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Date: 7/13/05
Series: Season 1
Rating: M+
Category: Relationship
Pairing/Focus: Lee/Kara
Warnings: romance/fluff/some naughtiness
Summary: This fic is silly fluff, where Lee gets a little
protective and Kara as always is a little naughty.
Spoilers/Disclaimers: season 1; I don't own them wish I did
Commander Adama lifted the receiver, "What is it?"
"Picked up a Raptor," Says the XO, "Man claiming to be Lieutenant Agathon, says he's got Starbuck and a Cylon copy of Boomer."
A wash of relief floods the Commander. Thank the Lords of Kobol, he says to himself. "Have they docked yet?"
"No, I haven't cleared them. Could be a Cylon trap?"
"How many of the CAP did you train on them?"
"Two."
"Well have a heavily armed security detail meet them in the hanger deck, and have all unnecessary personnel cleared out."
"Bill, there's something else. Helo claims that Starbuck hit her head and hasn't been able to remember anything for the past three days."
Dead silence.
"Sir, are you there?"
"Bring them in now!"
"Yes Sir."
William Adama steadies himself against the wall, a father's worry engulfing him.
Early the next morning, the Commander opens his door to his son. He is faintly amused at Lee's almost inhuman willpower. He was on CAP when Kara came back, and had to wait four hours to see her. Lee was on best behavior since his little mutiny.
"How is she, son?"
Lee looks worried. "She was asleep when I got in last night. I spent three hours with her but she didn't wake up. I was on my way now to see her again. Dad, do you think she'll be okay?"
"She didn't recognise me, though she said she felt comfortable with me like she could trust me, so maybe she has a sense of her familiar connections. Did you get a chance to read Helo's report?"
"Not yet Sir."
"I'll have it sent to you. But Kara had two run-ins with Cylons, and that's how she got her knock on the head, with the second fight."
"Dad, Major Cottle told me last night that she needed familiar faces and surroundings to trigger her memory."
"Well, she has been on Galactica for just over two years now, and she has you for anything beyond that."
"Yeah well I hope that's enough."
Kara wakes up to swirl of different thoughts and emotions. She felt like she was looking at everything through a key hole, the bigger picture had yet to be revealed to her. The last four days had been scary, especially on the planet. She trusted that man Helo and oddly she felt like she could trust Sharon, but apparently she was the enemy.
When they got into space a kind of calm swept over her. When she mentioned this to Helo, he told her that she was a hot shot Viper pilot, and she loved her job. This unnerved her a little, because the thought of such a dangerous job seemed beyond her.
Also she apparently was in with the big wigs. The Commander had visited last night, she liked him immediately, and he seemed very happy to have her back.
She heard a "Hey," and looked up into the bluest eyes that ever were. The man stood there with a small half smile on his very handsome face. Well, thought Kara, she had thought that guy Helo was good looking, but this guy seemed to hit all her sweet spots. She tried to control the slight blush from creeping up her face.
"Kara, do you know who I am?"
Kara's brain is flitting about. She thinks to herself that if the God's were kind then he would be her husband or at least her lover, and if she has the worst luck in the world, then she's related to him.
"Sorry I don't."
Disappointment crosses his face. "My name is Lee Adama, the Commander's son. I'm also the CAG. So do you mind if I sit with you a while?"
"Please do." Kara feels she better get this over with now, before she starts drooling over him. "Um, how do we know each other?" Then she blurts out, "Oh that's right, I'm supposed to be a viper pilot so that means you're my boss, right?"
Lee's brain is ticking over. Oh how he would love to tell her that they were a couple and very much in love so he could try and sneak a kiss. Honesty prevails and he tells her as much of the truth that he can handle.
"Right, I am your boss but we've been friends for years. I've only been your boss for a few months."
Kara hides her slight disappointment at the FRIEND word. He must be involved with someone; because there is no way in hell she wouldn't out right pursue this major piece of eye candy. Then she considers herself, yeah not much to look at, probably why she hasn't pursued and kept hold of friend status. Some of this man's attention would be better than none.
"Are we close?"
Lee decides to throw caution to the wind and gives her a blunt answer. "We're as close as you allow."
Her eyes go a little wide at his forthrightness. A warm buzz settles in the pit of her stomach. Boy, what is this effect he has on her? There must be more between them than he is letting on, because now he was looking at her like she was the latest model Viper. He also has concern clearly in his eyes. "So I guess you don't mind that I'm back on Galactica?" She was having fun testing his emotional level for her.
A pained look spread over his features and he rushed to her side and grabbed her hand. "Kara," she liked the way he said her name, "I've been worried sick about you, I thought I….we lost you." She felt herself blush and did her best to reign in her smile. That little reaction told her a lot.
Lee was fighting his instincts, which were urging him to hold this adorable, vulnerable creature in his arms and protect her always. The shy blush spreading over her features made him want to kiss her in a way that would spread that blush through her whole body. Lords she looked sexy in that hospital gown. He never gets to see this side of Kara, the open, unprotected side. She is always mocking remarks or furious anger or cocky smugness. He is totally unaware of the fact that he's stroking his thumb over the back of her hand as he holds it.
Her playful, brazen nature takes over and she leans into him and gives him a barely there kiss on the very corner of his mouth. "Sorry to make you worry, Lee Adama." She sees his eyes flare with passion. Gotcha!Knew there must be more between us. She wonders why it doesn't feel odd to flirt with a virtual stranger, but deep down she feels she knows him; the pull between them is brutally strong. The look on his face does her ego good. He swallows hard and is completely focused on her mouth and his lips are slightly parted.
She lets out a breathy laugh and puts her head back on her pillow and raises her knee and her hospital gown slides down her thigh; now his attention is on her leg. She lifts up her hand to straighten her gown but Lee is still holding on and the back of his hand grazes against her bare skin. His touch flares like electricity through her entire body. She keeps his hand there and he doesn't seem inclined to move it. She can feel his baby finger stroking her skin, ever so slightly. They are both breathing a little heavy now.
Then Lee collects himself and removes his hand and has the decency to look a little flushed himself. Someone clears their throat. They both look and see the Vice President, Gaius Baltar standing in the doorway. "I hope I'm not interrupting?"
Kara sees Lee's face harden into pure distaste. Well if Lee doesn't like him, then maybe I shouldn't either.
"You're not interrupting, Doctor Baltar," Lee forces out, "I was just helping Lieutenant Thrace get reacquainted a little."
Gaius Baltar stands at the end of Kara's bed and raking his gaze along her body, ends his focus on her raised knee, deliberately looking up her hospital gown.
She immediately lowers her leg and smoothes down her gown. He smirks like it's nothing and moves to her side. The side opposite to Lee. "Kara," purposely using her first name to prove his intimacy with her and to frak with the Captain, "I'm so glad you're back, safe and sound. Well maybe not sound, I've been informed that you're having trouble remembering? Do you recognise me?"
"Umm, nope!" She then turns to Lee and gives him a conspirital wink and rolls her eyes grinning a little at him. Lee lets out a short laugh and immediately tries to school his features back to serious.
The VP looks miffed and seems to be muttering annoyingly over his shoulder. Then he demands Kara's attention by taking her hand. She tries to pull it away but he grips it a bit tighter.
"My dear sweet Kara, you and I are on VERY intimate terms, so it would only be appropriate that I help you in your recovery. You may even come and stay in my quarters if you like, I'm sure the familiar setting would be of benefit to you." Then he looked straight in the Captains eyes, satisfied at seeing the anger and jealousy build in his face.
Kara suddenly doesn't know what to do. Her natural instincts tell her that the VP is not to be trusted. And how could she be in a relationship with him when her irresistible pull to Lee made her feel she should be trusting him instead? And that assessment had nothing to do with Lee being the hottest frakking man she'd ever seen. Well considering her lack of memory, there could be some gorgeous guys filed away in there but she's pretty confident none would touch the full on raw maleness of the guy beside her. Kara's thinking she must be the horniest woman alive; she can't stop mentally devouring super sexy Lee Adama.
She tries to pull her hand away from Gaius again but he still won't let go, then Lee steps in.
"Get your hand off her."
Baltar smirks and releases her hand. "You shouldn't interfere captain. The Lieutenant is a big girl and I'm sure she doesn't need you looking out for her."
That was it. Lee had had enough. "Get out now!"
"You have no authority over me."
"Until, KARA, decides she wants to spend time with you, you are going to stay away from her. I don't care what sort of relationship you think you have with her, but I do know she told me that you didn't mean a thing to her, so back off now!"
Kara put her hand over Lee's fist which was pushing down on her bed. He glances down at her and she is looking at him with wide sparkling eyes and a small shy smile. Lee wonders how she manages to make him feel so weak yet strong at the same time. He now wishes she would get her memory back, because as nice as it is to have a pliable Kara, he feels like a cheat. Winning her affection and trust so easily when he should have to fight for it, the way only she demands.
Gaius is stalking out of her room muttering to himself and Lee is glad. He didn't want to spend time in hack for hitting the VP when he could be spending it with her.
When Kara is released later that day to go back to quarters, Lee is with her yet again. They companiably walk through Galactica's corridors and Kara still can't remember anything, though she feels images and sounds lurking at the edge of her mind. They finally get to their bunk room and she thinks, great we live like sardines.
Lee is very nervous because he knows as soon as she sees her photograph she going to want to know. Lee doesn't feel like being pushed to the edge of her world again just yet.
She heads to the locker which Lee pointed out and opens the door. Her eyes instantly take in the picture and it hits her like a thunderclap. "Zak!" His name escapes her lips before she realises.
Lee is instantly pleased and hurt. Glad she recoginsed Zak and hurt that seeing himself never had that effect on her.
All her memories came flooding back and she swayed against her locker. Lee rushed to her side to steady her. She turns in his arms and clung to him. "I remember Lee. I can't believe Helo and I made it back from Caprica. I was scared I was never going to see you again and fix things between us." Lee's grip tightened around her.
Then all of a sudden everything that happened in Medical this morning dawned on her. "Lee Adama, were you trying to defend my honour with Doctor Baltar?"
Lee felt like he had just been caught. It was easy to let his guard down when she obviously didn't have hers up, but now he felt the need to protect himself. He let go of her and took a step back. "I just didn't want him to take advantage of you."
"Oh, you didn't think I could take care of myself?"
"Well quite frankly, no. Besides you seemed to need me and it's been so long since you've wanted anything from me that I couldn't let go and I really wanted to be the one you turned to. Sorry."
"Don't be sorry. I was actually very impressed with you."
Lee smiled. "Liar, but it's nice of you to pretend for my sake."
Kara doesn't understand why he always gives her the easy way out whenever she says something even remotely personal. The card player in her wants to call his bluff and see what finally makes him crack. "No I'm serious Lee. You know while we were talking I kept sensing a very strong connection between us that made me think we were more than just friends," Thinking now is his usual time to back away.
"That's because maybe we are more than friends, or should be more than friends." The look on his face was nervous and just a little hopeful.
Kara decides to go for broke. "I think we should be more than friends too."
"You do?"
Kara nods and gives him a devious smile and inches closer to him. Lee thinks he must be sleep deprived because that was too easy. The conversation actually seemed to be going okay.
As Kara reaches her goal, which is to be in range to plant one on him, he beats her to it and gives her a soft, sweet and very chaste kiss. Damn, she wasn't expecting that and it had a stronger affect on her than she would have thought. But being Kara, she wanted a hot, mind-blowing kiss, not sweet and shy. And she was just about to show him what she wants when Lee steps away from her.
Before she can speak or react he announces, "We're going to do this right, Kara. So to start, I think we should have dinner together in the mess. Would you like to?" His expression was one of slight amusement and determination.
She splutters, "You want to have a date?"
"Of course. What? Did you think I was going to throw you on that table and frak you senseless?" His look was very smug.
Kara tries to cover her disappointment by putting the ball back in her court as quickly as possible. "I would love to have dinner with you Lee, but I think I need to change first." Then she immediately started taking off her clothes, deliberately tossing her shirt on the table.
Lee quickly turns around. "I, um, will wait outside." And as quick as a flash he was gone.
Kara sighs; this is going to be more of a challenge than she thought. But she's not worried. She can get guys all the time; she doesn't even have to try. If she turns it on, Lee won't stand a chance. Oh and she is now determined that he will frak her senseless on that very table.
Lee is standing outside the hatch gathering all his strength to do battle with Kara. Thank goodness he had it in him to walk out, because he'd spent half the morning ogling her in her hospital gown and she radiated sexual energy that drew him like a siren. But Lee was determined not to let Kara do this her usual way. When she wanted a guy, she just took him, never needed to work for it. Well he was going to make her work for him. He was going to break down her defenses and make her see that they as a couple were worth the effort. He was going to romance her until she was desperate for him. He only hopes he can last that long, because Lords, she had the sweetest lips and that small taste was enough to make his senses reel.
She comes out of the bunk room ready to go to the mess. "Lee, you have something…." She reaches up and brushes her fingers lightly along his neck under his ear.
His breath hitches slightly and he grabs her hand and kisses her palm and says, "Let's go."
Lee didn't realise just how naïve his plan was until he sat across from her watching her deliberately put things in her mouth for twenty minutes. Lords, she had even managed to find some hard sweet to suck on. He was going to get her back for this.
The next day Kara walked into the gym and stopped dead in her tracks. I mean what woman could even stand upright with a shirtless Apollo lifting weights. Her knees actually felt weak. The play of hard rippling muscles, flexing and straining was hypnotic. Frakking hell, a woman could only take so much.
That night playing cards, Kara couldn't quite work out what she could do without the other pilots completely noticing. Then something Zak had told her, repeatedly, came to mind. There were two things about Kara that used to have an overwhelming effect on Zak, would get him hard in an instant. Her sultry voice, when pitched to full effect, and her devastating smile of which she had many. She wondered if it was just Zak or hopefully Adama's in general that were under her power.
But instead of directing her talents at Lee, she decided to direct them at everyone else. She was already fully aware that he had a jealous streak a mile wide when it came to her. She didn't feel sorry for him; these were his rules after all. At the end of the evening Lee had pulled her into a darkened corridor, shoved her up against a wall and kissed her with hot possessiveness. This was more like it. But ten minutes later she was standing there alone, trembling with want and a rapid forming bruise on the top of her right breast where he deliberately pulled down her top a little to mark her skin with his strong lips. She shakily made her way back to the bunk room.
Very early the next morning Kara went for a run. She needed to pound away the energy which had built up over her sleepless night. A night which she had spent reliving the hot, hungry way Lee had devoured her up against that wall.
As she got into the showers Lee was wiping his face as he'd just finished shaving over the sink. They stared at each other through the mirror. He glanced around to make sure no one was in ear shot, only hearing running water from a couple of showers he chanced it. "Morning, beautiful."
Kara didn't smile. He was frakking with her in every way possible. She grabbed his hand and pulled him down to the last shower stall and dragged him in. She turned on the water to muffle their voices.
"Hey what's wrong?" Concern in his voice.
"You hurt me last night, Lee."
Lee went stock still. "What? No, I… didn't mean to, what did I ….?"
Her lips curled up, he was too easy. She smashed down her smile and continued. "I have very sensitive skin, Lee, I bruise very easily, look!" And she pulled off her top and bra together. The look on his face was priceless, trying to smash down desire and focus on his guilt. She came right up into his space and pointed at the hickey. "I think you need to kiss it better or I'll bruise you, Lee Adama." She was openly smirking at him now.
He finally got it and shook his head with a grin on his own face. "I have to kiss it better?"
"Uh huh, and do it properly or I'll hurt you anyway." He put his hands on her hips and bent his head, then very gently but thoroughly kissed away the bruise. Then he slowly trailed his mouth lower and sucked in her nipple, she let out a noise…….
Lee doesn't think two and a half days can be considered a victory, but as he feels her hand encircle him and the hot taste of her is still on his tongue, he's amazed he lasted two and a half days.
Kara didn't get that frak on the table in the middle of the bunk room. Instead Lee frakked her senseless up against the wall of the last shower stall. As the most toe curling orgasm ripped through her, Lee had to cover her mouth to muffle her sharp cries because, yes, he was just that good.
fin
okay, I kinda got carried away and wrote a sexy scene that didn't fit in with the story, so here it is as an extra snippet......
Lee was fighting his instincts, which were urging him to hold this adorable, vulnerable creature in his arms and protect her always. The shy blush spreading over her features made him want to kiss her in a way that would spread that blush through her whole body. Lords she looked sexy in that hospital gown. He never gets to see this side of Kara, the open, unprotected side. She is always mocking remarks or furious anger or cocky smugness. He is totally unaware of the fact that he's stroking his thumb over the back of her hand as he holds it.
Her playful, brazen nature takes over and she leans into him and gives him a barely there kiss on the very corner of his mouth. "Sorry to make you worry, Lee Adama." She sees his eyes flare with passion. Gotcha! Knew there must be more between us. She wonders why it doesn't feel odd to flirt with a virtual stranger, but deep down she feels she knows him; the pull between them is brutally strong. The look on his face does her ego good. He swallows hard and is completely focused on her mouth and his lips are slightly parted.
She lets out a breathy laugh and puts her head back on her pillow and raises her knee and her hospital gown slides down her thigh; now his attention is on her leg. She lifts up her hand to straighten her gown but Lee is still holding on and the back of his hand grazes against her bare skin. His touch flares like electricity through her entire body. She keeps his hand there and he doesn't seem inclined to move it. She can feel his baby finger stroking her skin, ever so slightly. They are both breathing a little heavy now.
Lee's thought process fails him completely. He can only feel; desire, need, want. With his body on auto pilot he looks into her eyes and she gives him a sultry, I dare you, kinda look. Then she shifts her hand slightly so the back of his hand slides deliciously lower down her thigh. He watches her try and take a sreadying breath.
Lee's blood is rushing through his ears and obviously some other places as well. He then so very slowly drifts the back of his hand a little furher down her thigh and he can feel a slight tremble under her skin. Her skin feels like it's on fire. He neatly turns his hand under hers so his palm is now adding its own heat to hers and she still keeps her hand on his.
Kara is laying there forcing herself to keep still. The excitement in her stomach tightens as she feels his hand drift futher, he's now reached the edge of her gown and she bites her lip in expectation.
Lee slightly hesitates. He needs to know she really wants to be touched by him as much as he really wants to touch her. She applies gentle pressure over his hand. Doesn't push it under her gown, just gentle pressure. Well Lee doesn't need much convincing. He slides his hand under and she definitely doesn't hold him back but moves with him, urging him on until his fingers graze her underwear.
They still haven't broken eye contact. Lee drifts his fingers over the front of her panties with a butterfly touch. She squirms. She wants to push his hand down, but resists. Then he presses two fingers into her. That's when it becomes too much for her. She takes her hand off his and grabs his tanks and hauls him in for an open mouthed, hot frakking kiss. Then his hand is under her panties and he's stroking her and her skin is so sensitive it's almost too much to bear. She arches into his hand and moans into his mouth.
Lee can't decide which feels hotter. Her searing mouth or the slick burning heat between her legs. Then he suddenly realises that someone could walk in at any moment, and as much as he wants to feel her clench around his fingers and shake with pleasure, he's quite sure Kara wouldn't want to cry out and have a nurse come running. So he breaks the best kiss he's ever had and hoarsly says,"Kara baby, we can't do this here."
Her eye-lashes flutter then her back arches. "Then you better stop ......ah.... ah... stroking me."
Lee can't help himself so he slides one finger deep inside of her and quickly leans down to swallow her cry into his mouth and sweeps his tongue along hers, before reluctantly withdrawing his hand.
"Ooh you bastard." Her writhe mesmerising and intoxicating.
Lee can't move until the bulge in his pants goes down, he's never been this turned on in his life.
She's openly smirking at him. "Having a problem there?"
"Yeah, want to help me out with it?"
She gives him that sultry look again, "Actually, I would love to but as you pointed out, someone could walk in at any moment.
Lee leans down and kisses her again, then whispers in her ear,"You need to let me know the minute they let you out of here."
She turns her mouth to his ear and gently bites his lobe, "Believe me, I fully intend to."