nuBSG Roslin and Adama oneshot stories

[TariAdama]

Hello All!!! These are some oneshots for Roslin and Adama that I came up with.... when I had nothing better to do... Here is a few of them and I hope you guys like them.



Roslin sat at the table trying to stifle her sobs. Bill's words had hurt. Yeah she knew that he was a little drunk but they still hurt like a bitch. She couldn't sit her at the table and cry, so she moved over to the couch and curled up at one and hiding her face on top of the arm rest trying to get herself to stop crying. There was this overwhelming feeling of time slipping away from her and Bill Adama as well. When he left she tried to shake off her words like she had a dozen other times after one of their so called fights. She ran her fingers through her hair and some of it had come out. That's when reality crashed into her like a tidal wave. Then the little choice of doubt comes out saying, "What if Bill Adama is right and you will die and meaning less death."

"No, Bill didn't mean it." That was the part of her that cared for Bill Adama as a woman. This time she listened only the tears didn't abate, they just came faster. What she needed was anger. Anger at the universe, anger at Adama, and anger at Starbuck. But the anger wouldn't come so she was left with her tears.

Laura had no idea how long she had been on the couch crying when she felt Bill before he spoke, "Laura?"

"What Bill?" Laura tried hard to make an edge to her voice but there was a slight tremble to her words and if she knew it was there then so did he. She waited for his reply but none came. Instead Bill sat down next to Laura and placed his on her back. She wanted to cry all over again. Bill pulled Laura to him and held her while her body shook from a combination of emotion and exhaustion.

"I'm here for you Laura no matter what." Bill whispered and Laura felt a fresh wave of tears fell down her still wet cheeks. Hiding her face in his shoulder Laura just wept silent tears while Bill held her close. The last time they had been this close had been Colonial Day on New Caprica.

"I don't want my death to be meaningless." Laura whispered through her tears.

"It won't nothing you do could ever be meaningless. You're leading us to Earth." Bill replied resting his cheek on top oh her head. What he said was said out of anger and he wanted to hurt someone cause he was hurting; the closet person at the time had been Laura Roslin. As it was she was already on precarious ground with the Diloxan treatments.

Roslin pulled away from him and rose from the couch to start pacing. Bill wasn't sure what he was supposed to do so he chose to sit there and watch her. On her best days she could be confusing and now that she was dying again she was even more confusing than before. Some days the old Roslin would shine through and she would flirt with him like the old times and then on days like today she was painfully aware of the fact that she was going to die. He saw his opening to hurt her even more when he was drunk that he took it and now he regretted it; the man who regretted so little.

"I'm sorry." It was barely above a whisper but he heard it regardless. His quarters were so quiet you could hear a pin drop and the sound would be defining.

"I said I was sorry." There was anger in her voice now, "Sorry that you lost Starbuck, that you're losing Lee, and that you are losing me."

"Don't" Bill looked down and then made the move to get up off the couch to calm her down. Wrapping his arms around her Laura breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed a little pressing her back into his chest.

Bill had lain awake in his rack listening to her cry. He felt like an asshole for lashing out at her. 'For instant asshole just add alcohol.' Bill thought while he still held Laura.

"I have an idea." Bill said an Laura turned in his arms to look at him She still had a trail of tears staining her face but there was a smile there as well.

"Hmmm."

"You go and lay down and I will try to finish your work." Bill offered.

"You would do that?" Laura looked like she wanted to start giggling.

"Sure."

"Uh uh." Laura shook her head from side to side and moved out of his arms going to his desk. She opened the drawer and pulled out a cigarette case.

"You remember that stuff that grew on New Caprica?"

"Yes."

"Well I managed to get these off Colonial One before Tory could stop me. Since my next Diloxan treatment isn't for a few days I thought..." But Bill was way a head of her and pulled out his fathers lighter that he was never without.

"I think we need this." He said and offered her the lighter. "How many are in there?"

"About ten." Laura replied before she lit the cigarette and took a deep drag letting it out in a long slow sigh.

"Should you be doing that?" Bill asked and lit one for himself.

"I'm going to die anyway, what's it matter?" She commented absent mindedly and Bill felt his good mood darken slightly. He took a drag and exhaled before speaking.

"Don't say that. I know you're going to die. So stop throwing it in my face." Bill replied in a controlled voice and it was a voice that Roslin had heard on more that one occasion. Right now he wanted to shake her until she decided to fight harder for life.

Another drag and exhale. Laura didn't say anything as she shed her shoes and crawled into Adama's rack. She propped herself up using the side wall and letting her legs dangle over the edge. Craning her neck she looked over at Bill and smiled a wicked grin at him.

Bill couldn't resist, he had to see what she was up to. He walked over to her and stood right between her legs. She offered him another one of her sly smiles and rubbed her right foot up and down the outside of his left thigh.

"Laura?"

"What Bill?" She took another drag and exhaled tipping her ash into the ash tray that was on one of the shelves then she held it out to Bill so he could do the same thing.

"What are you doing?" He asked as he tapped the cigarette till the ash fell off.

"Nothing." Laura commented and continued what she was supposedly not doing.

Bill leaned into the alcove and rested one hand palm down on the bulkhead a few inches from Laura's head. He placed the cigarette in the ash tray and watched as Roslin followed suit. She hooked her left leg around his right thigh and smiled again,

"Why don't you join me down here?" She jerked her legs up bending them at the knee and Bill had to brace his free hand on the other side of her to keep from tumbling into the rack with her. now she was staying up at him and despite her wicked smile there was the same gleam in her eye he hadn't seen before.

"What game are you playing?"

"No game. I'm just helping you with not being alone." Laura reached her hand up and ran her fingers down his cheek. Her right arm wrapped loosely around his neck and she craned her neck up so her mouth could touch his, gently at first then she put more pressure behind it and Bill knew. This kiss was different from their first. She had been dying then too and it was out of gratitude, but this was... Bill couldn't put words to it. He said he would be there for her right up to the end. so now he put more into the kiss. If this is what she wanted?

Bill pulled back to stand straight bringing Laura with him. He now stood fully between her legs with his mouth still hot on hers. Bill cupped her face. With his right hand he brushed some of her hair out of her face. That's when he pulled his mouth away to look down at his hand. Right there was some of Laura Roslin’s red hair. She got out of the rack and immediately put her back to him. It hit him there that this was it, she was really dying. he knew it but didn't want to believe it. This was a punch to the gut for him.

"Laura..."

"Don't Bill. If you say 'You're sorry.' I might lose it again and go back to crying." Laura replied and kept her back to him.

"What do you want me to do?"

"Go to Starbuck. Give her a ship and let her try to find Earth."

"You believe her then?"

"No but she believed in me when I only had a feeling." Laura turned to face him and she walked over to him and wrapped both arms around his neck. She held him for a moment like he was her life line to stay in this life.

"Don't tell her it was me." Laura whispered in his ear and she heard him chuckle.

He pulled away and went to the hatch. Bill stopped just before opening it. Laura had climbed back into his rack pulling the covers over herself. Without saying anything he left her to her thought, of which she had many.

Adama returned a few hours later to a dim cabin and a sleeping Roslin. he walked back to his rack and sat very carefully on the edge to watch her. She looked peaceful to his eyes and that was a rare thing for her. When Laura left him, the fleet, her death would cast a shadow of despair and it would cost them greatly. Gingerly he moved some of her bangs away from her closed eyes and smiled. This was the Laura he liked to see the most when he was here and not in CIC or around the Galactica.

Just like the first time a single tear fell from the corner of his eye onto her hand, a hand that he didn't realize that he was holding.

"I guess even rough and tough Admirals cry." Roslin’s sleepy voice filled the silent expanse of his quarters.

Bill Adama was at a loss for words. This woman could do that to him and he was going to miss that greatly. "Yeah."

"Come here." Laura motioned for him to lie down next to her. Bill removed his boots and uniform jacket before getting into his rack with her. She had moved back the covers for him too. When Bill was comfortable he moved his arm and pulled Roslin in next to him. She rested her head on his shoulder and fell back to sleep. The last thought she had was that Bill Adama would be there for her till the end. For the first time that thought comforted instead of fighting her.




The End.

 

[TariAdama]

BUSTED!!

Summary: Laura and Bill get seen on Colonial One. AU story.

Rating: PG-13

Laura didn't see the reporter who was busily snapping photos of her and Bill Adama as she kissed him passionately before he left her private quarters to go back to
Galactica. He had moved away but Laura pulled him back and kissed him deeper.

"Laura I have to go." Bill whispered.

"Few more minutes." Laura replied

"I have to go... now." Bill kissed her once more and then left Laura leaning against the bulkhead. The reporter would wait until she left then hurry to his dark hole a develop the pictures and send them to he Presidents right hand before he put them in the Fleets weekly paper.


Later that Morning.


Tory watched Roslin sipping at some orange juice and reading the first report in her large stack on the corner of the desk. She dropped the photo's right on top of the report and waited for the President to react.

"Where'd you get these?" Roslin asked.

"They were on my desk this morning. You said you would be careful about you and the Admiral."

"Tory it's not a big deal. So some cheesy reporter found out and I can deal with the press."

"This is a big deal."

"Tory, I will handle it. So far they are only on your desk. I can bet you that by tomorrow this will be all over the fleet. If it makes you feel better I'll talk to... the Admiral." Roslin said hoping her Aide would drop the subject for now and she did.


Admirals Quarters.


Bill Adama sat at his desk looking over some reports from night watch and sipped at his morning coffee. He had a feeling that Laura was going to call but he didn't know when. Last night had been a little more toned down with candles and music and a little wine that had been a gift to the President. Bill could still taste the wine from Laura's lips and that thought made him smile. The wireless rang and Bill picked up the receiver on the second buzz.

"Hold for the President." Dualla's said and a few seconds later he heard Laura giggle.

"Have you been read the riot act yet, because I got it from Tory just a few minutes ago?" Again she giggled.

"No, but I'm sure I will get a call sooner or later. I take it she got the pictures?"

"Yup."

"Do you think that you can get away long enough to have some lunch with me later?"
Bill heard some paper flipping and then a gasp.

"I do believe Admiral that I am free for lunch." Laura said over the wireless. Bill could swear the he could actually hear her smile.

"I'll send Athena for you." Bill replied.

"Ok I'll see you then." Bill hung up the receiver and continued on with the reports and when it was time to head to the CIC he greeted everyone with a smile.


Lunch Time.


Laura was wrapped around Adama leaning her head to the side while he worked his lips up and down her neck causing her breathing to deepen. She ran her fingers through his hair tracing them down the back of his neck and played with the collar oh his uniform jacket. Laura gasped when Bill grazed his teeth over her pulse point. He knew where to kiss her so that it got her blood pumping.

Bill moved back and smiled at her. She was grinning and slowly unbuttoning his uniform jacket. He put his hands over hers to still her actions. Turning her from the bulk head and walked over to his desk.

"You get me started and then you stop?" Laura said and followed him where she perched herself on the edge and watched him. He was being careful and not looking at her while he moved files out of the way. So Laura traced the outer edge of her ear with her fingernail and he moved his head to the side. She noticed that he had left his jacket unbuttoned and she had to smile.

"Bill?"

"Wait a minute."

"I don't have a minute. Tory has me pretty booked today. I almost had to call and cancel." She whispered and then nipped at his ear. Faster than she would have thought possible Adama had her on her back lying in front of him on his desk. he had a broad grin on his face while she wrapped her legs around his waist.

"Wow, I've never been on a desk before." She offered him her sly smile and licked her lips. he brought his mouth down to hers and made her burn.

"Madam President, sorry to inter... Oh My Frakking Gods!" Tory said startled and dropped the reports she was carrying.

Laura and Bill broke apart and looked at Tory. Neither of them moved. Tory turned around and headed out the door not daring to look back. Tory shut the door on the Admiral and the President laughing.

"Maybe we should have told her that the reporter was our idea." Laura mentioned.

"Probably." Bill agreed and looked back to Laura.

"One way or another, this will be all over the fleet and we don't have to hide anymore." Laura leaned up and kissed his cheek making him look at her.

"I think it's safe to say Madam President that your aide will have you in the dog house for a very long time." Bill chuckled and stood up bringing Laura with him. She looked over his shoulder and gasped. Moving Bill out of the way she got off his desk and grabbed her shoes.

"I'm going to be late for a meeting." Laura said and rushed back over to him to kiss him then she was out the door with Adama staring after her.

"Damn." Bill whispered and headed for CIC.


CIC


Saul watched as Bill walked in with a frown on is face. That was a stark contrast from this morning. It was enough to make Tigh walk over to his friend and see what happened.

"Bad lunch Bill."

"Didn't get any... too much work." Bill replied and rubbed his eyes.

"You have lipstick on your collar." Saul whispered and headed back to his post while Adama just stood rooted to the spot. Then he heard Saul chuckle.

"Very funny." Bill said and got down to work.


Later that Night on Colonial One.


Bill sat across from Laura as he watched her go over paper work. She was chewing on her lower lip while she read and Bill found himself wanting to kiss her hard.

"I take it your in the dog house?" Bill asked instead.

"Yeah, and here I thought I was President. My schedule is booked solid for two weeks."

"That's rough."

"Considering when all I want to do is lounge in a rack all day with you." Roslin blew out a breath and looked at him smiling.

"Then I should let you get back to work and I will call you tomorrow." Bill rose form his chair and headed for the curtain that closed off her office.

"Bill?"

"Yeah?"

"Don't forget." She whispered and smiled. Bill smiled back and headed out of her office and to the Raptor.

 

[TariAdama]

They sat across from each other in her office aboard Colonial One. She had just been sworn in two hours ago and Laura let everyone get some rest for the rest of the day. Truth be told she wanted to have some time alone with Adama. It had been so chaotic the last three days and she just wanted to see him. The plain and simple truth is Laura missed Bill. New Caprica had taken its toll on everyone; the people on Galactica were no different. Laura knew she was smiling but she couldn't help it. Adama was sitting right there in front of her.

"You're smiling about something." Bill said.


"I'm back where I should be and back on the road to Earth. What's not to smile about?" Laura replied but she wanted to add that she was back on the road to Earth with him, with William Adama. Her feelings towards him had changed and while the Cylons had occupied the planet she grew to miss him more and more eventually thinking about him all the time.


Adama merely smiled back at her and continued to sit at her desk. Laura had never mentioned why she wanted him to stay. They enjoyed each others company but some thing of late had changed between them. Adama knew that Roslin had been in the detention center. He wasn't sure how to ask her. Bill doubted she would tell him but there was the chance Laura would talk about it or she would keep the anger locked inside and use it to fuel her search for Earth and keeping the fleet together. Like her Bill couldn't keep the smile off of his face.


"Now who’s smiling?" Laura whispered from in front of him. He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he hadn't noticed her get up from her chair and lean against her desk in front of him. He liked where she was. It gave him a chance to take in the site of her. Flashes of her in the red dress danced in his brain and his smile grew wider. Laura looked particularly wonderful in it and he wondered if she still had that dress. Bill doubted but he still had the memory of her in it.

“There is just a lot to be smiling about right now." Laura commented.

"Until the next crisis." Bill replied taking Laura's hand in his. This was the time he enjoyed with her the most. Laura just being Laura. Bill first remembered when he had met her. She had talked about a networked computer aboard Galactica and he had her in not some many words, over his dead body. She never even flinched. Laura was his only President and she would always be President to him.

"Thank you for getting us out of there." Laura said squeezing his hand.


"Just doing my job." He replied in his usual manner and returned the light pressure to her hand.

 

[TariAdama]

Bill sat on the floor of the Hybrids chamber with Laura sleeping at his side. He ran his hand up and down her free arm while the Hybrid spoke nonsense. And for whatever reason it was something to chase away the silence. Laura said she had gotten used to all the little limping steps towards home. Bill was beginning to see what she means. The time he had spent away from her made him realize what Laura Roslin meant to him. Then he had landed his Raptor on the Basestar and taken her in his arms. Bill felt a weight lift from his heart as she told him that she loved him. Something must have happened for her to say those words out right to him, but he was glad that she did. It didn't make his pain any less. She was in his heart and that was where she was going to stay. He knew she was strong, but the cancer had ravaged her body.

If Bill could be selfish about one thing he was going to be selfish and keep Laura by his side as long as she could. She had been strong for years and now that strength was beginning to wane. He could see it everyday. More and more it fled. Bill placed a light kiss on her forehead and rested his head lightly on top of hers. For once in his life it couldn't hurt to offer prayer to Gods he didn't think existed, but Laura believed and it couldn't hurt.

'I know I have no right to ask this but spare her life. You Gods have never been a fore front in my life but she believes in you and I'm at the end of my rope. I need her too much.' Bill thought and pulled Laura closer to him. If he let her go now he would not be the same person. She had changed his life for the better and after all the wasted time he was going to lose her soon. Bill wouldn't be able to bare it.

"You can't leave me." Bill whispered and felt a single tear role down his cheek. He could feel the pain welling up in him as he thought about life with out her. If she died the pain of losing her would be like a knife to the heart and everyday with out her the knife would turn making the wound bleed anew in his heart. It's true that as time would go on Laura would be a cherished memory but now he wanted to keep her as long as he could.

"Bill?"

"Laura go back to sleep." Bill whispered.

"No." She replied and sat up. Laura looked into his eyes and saw the tears waiting to spill over. Cupping his face in her hands Laura used her thumbs to wipe away the tear trails that had fallen. "I've never seen you cry before." Laura said and offered up a weak smile when Bill turned his face into her palm and placed a gentle kiss there.

"I was thinking about when you leave this world and move on into the next." Bill spoke.

"Bill, I'm not going anywhere. I told you I'm not leaving you." Laura replied and settled back down next to him. Her stamina was the first thing to be taxed and she was tired more often. Bill didn't mind that she used him as a pillow. The sooner he got her back to Galactica the better he would feel. Just having her on this Basestar made him nervous.

"The sooner I get you home the better I'll feel." Adama mentioned and Laura chuckled and turned her head into his shoulder.

It felt good for her to be near Adama again. Her home was Galactica because he was there with her. He would often give her the greatest council she would need or pleasant conversation and sometimes he would oblige her with a fight if she was in the mood for one. Right now all she wanted was for Adama to hold her and he was. So she was content, and she would be exuberant when she was back on Galactica. Till they were home she was going to enjoy the closeness of Adama until they were back in his quarters. Right now was her peace of heaven and she intended to enjoy it

 

[BolianAuthor]

Very nice, Madam President... I like them all... of course, I like all your work... that's why we write so well together, hehe.

Keep it up... the people here want more nuBSG fic... I don't want to be the only one!

-BolianAdmiral

 

[TariAdama]

Thank you Admiral.... I only use the best for you.

 

[TariAdama]

Summary: Laura helps Bill with his injuries after his bout with the Chief.


Rating: TEEN


Laura accompanied Bill back to his quarters where she told Cottle and her guards to wait outside. Though knowing Cottle he would have headed back to Life Station and let her give the Admiral a piece of her mind. That's what Laura intended to do.

"You were crazy you know that right?" Laura asked as she returned with some bandages and a few other things to help patch Bill up.

"It needed to be done." Bill groaned and grabbed his side.

Laura pulled out the ace wrap and had Bill lift his arms above his head as far as he could. She pulled the wrap as tight as she could and heard him grunt in pain.

"I hope it hurts." Laura muttered and wrapped more around his ribs.

"Are you trying to hurt me?" Bill said through the pain.

"Yes. Because it seems that pain is what you want right now." Laura snapped. First it was his resignation after he told her about the mission in Cylon space, now he his trying to hurt himself just to apologize by getting the frak beat him.

"Beautiful." He growled.

Laura finished wrapping his ribs and smiled when Bill leaned his head against her stomach. "You're going to get blood on my suit you know." Laura whispered and Bill leaned back to stare up at her.

She took out some antibiotic ointment and placed it on the cut above his left eye. He hissed in a breath and fisted his hands in the fabric at her waist. Laura was going to make him regret getting in the ring and facing Tyrol but it had to be done to get his point across. They had all gotten too close an he allowed it to happen. Even Laura was too close but by the gods he wouldn't push her away. He needed to see her; needed to here her voice even if it was over the wireless.

Laura taped a piece of gauze over the cut and then ran her fingers down his cheek and over his lips where there were still traces of her blood. Leaning down she kissed him none the less. She knew that when she licked her lips there was going to be a slightly metallic taste there from his blood.

"You didn't have to do that."

"I wanted to even though you were being stupid." Laura said and sat down next to him on his rack. She rested her head on his shoulder and Bill moved his arm around her waist then moved it back when his ribs protested.

"You should rest Bill." Laura moved away from the side of his rack and headed to the door.

"Laura, stay please." Bill whispered and Laura halted in her tracks. She turned to him and nodded walking back to his side.

"I would lie down but I don't want to hurt you."

"You're worth the pain. Come on." Bill replied and carefully moved his arm so she could lie next to him. Laura was careful not to align her body to his and then rested her head on his chest. She listened to his breathing and allowed it to soothe her into slumber.


The Next Morning


Bill escorted Laura to the hanger deck and watched her board the Raptor with Racetrack as the pilot. He knew that she would get her safely to Colonial One. Bill stood for a few more moments after the Raptor was off the deck but then he pulled himself away and headed to CIC.

When he arrived in CIC Bill saw Saul at his post and went immediately to the center console to talk to his friend. When he looked Saul in the eye he noticed that his friend had a smirk on his face.

"What are you smirking at?" Bill asked.

"You look like you're in a good mood."

"Ok, and that would mean?"

"If I was you I would be in a good mood if the President patched me up last night." Saul said to Bill and his smirk widened.

"Yeah well she's got a lighter touch that Cottle." Bill replied and he and Saul chuckled. Gaeta brought over a report and the Admiral and XO sobered up so they could get down to work.


Raptor 295


Laura sat in the back of the Raptor across from where an ECO would normally sit but since she was merely hoping from the Galactica to the Colonial One there was no need of a ECO. When ever she had to be run back to Colonial One in the morning Bill had always asked Racetrack to fly her. To tell the truth Laura liked the young woman.

"So, is it true that you are frakking the Admiral?" Racetrack asked and turned to look at Laura.

"I'm sorry?"

"You know you and the Admiral frakking. Been hearing rumors like that for a while."

"Racetrack I'm not frakking the Admiral." 'At least not yet.' Laura thought and it made her smile.

"Sure but that smile of yours says a lot." Racetrack answered and turned back to look out of the front of the Raptor.

Laura settled back into her seat and thought of Bill Adama and how he had been when she had first met him and how he was now. She liked how he was now and how he seemed to like having her around. When ever she looked at her schedule for the day and she say that she had a meeting with the Admiral Laura could be happy beyond all reason. Then when she would be stuck on Colonial One she would hope for a phone call from him just to brighten her day.

"I know I'm going to get a big pay day." Laura heard Racetrack mutter and she smiled. Then other thought entered her mind and before she knew it they were on the deck of Colonial One and Roslin had no choice but to start her day.​

 

[TariAdama]

During a battle with the Cylons Bill knew something had happened to Laura. He didn't know how he knew he just knew. Without a word Bill rushed out of CIC in search of his President and friend. Thy Cylons had made a real mess of the Galactica on the outside and on the inside. His Marine's had barely managed to stop the Centurions after the battle had happened. Now he was looking at bullet holes and wounded soldiers. Bill made his way to his quarters where his gut told him Laura was.

When he pushed open the hatch that's when he saw the mess. There were little drops of blood on the floor and a curled up Laura on the couch. Her right hand was clutching her left shoulder. She was barely moving in the dim light. Bill rushed over to her and turned her to towards to the light. She was pale and cold to the touch.

"Laura?" Bill tried to wake her but he got no response. He was going to get her to Life Station. She was lighter than she looked when he gathered her into his arms ad the small jostling made her wake.


"Bill?" She gasped out and he set her down on the couch. There was so much blood under her that Bill didn’t know how she survived.


"Laura, what happened?"

"A Centurion... the Marine." She made a motion with her bloody hand to where a dead Marine guard lay next to a chrome dome. She must have been caught in the crossfire.

"I have to get you to Life Station." Bill said.

"No, no Cottle." Laura bit out. This was one thing that Bill didn't have time for. The more blood she lost the less likely it was that Cottle could save her. Again he picked her up and didn't listen to her protests.

"I will not let you die." Bill growled at her and walked towards the open hatch. He was being careful not to jostle her left shoulder any.

"Come Laura you have to stay conscious." To get her awake Bill dug the tips of his fingers into the back of her shoulder. Laura let out a yelp and grasped his shoulder in pain.

"Frak you." she hissed and bumped her head against his chin.

"I'm not letting you die." Bill repeated and kept moving. Half way to Life Station Bill encountered a med team. "The President has been injured. Help her." Bill ordered the Med team and they snapped to attention taking the President from the Admirals arms and rushing her the rest of the way to Life Station with the Admiral hot on there heels.

5 HOURS LATER.


Adama sat on the floor in front of his couch just staring at Roslin's Blood. he hadn't gotten around to wiping it up he was still waiting for word on Laura's condition. Her blood still stained his uniform and his hands, but he hadn't bothered to change or wipe the blood off him or the couch. There was nothing he could do down in Life Station except listen for Cottle to tell him to get the frak out.

"Bill?"

Bill leaned his head to the side as he heard Saul's voice in the entrance way of his door. "You ok Old Man?"

"I could have lost her today." Bill said absent mindedly and rubbed his hands together.

"Come on Bill, Cottle's waiting."

Bill got to his feet and looked at his friend. There was something in his face that Bill wasn't sure he wanted to acknowledge. Saul wouldn't look him in the face. If something had happened to Laura Bill would make the Cylons pay dearly.



LIFE STATION.



Cottle had immediately pointed Adama in the right direction of Roslin’s bed. There was a little more color in her cheeks. She was sleeping and Bill stood there to watch her. He didn't want to get any closer because he was still bearing her blood on his hands.

"Here." Cottle offered Adama a wet towel so he could wipe his hands off. Before he did so Adama removed his uniform jacket and tossed it on the chair. Minutes later the towel went into the same direction as his jacket. Bill sat on the edge of the gurney and took her hand gingerly in his own.

"Cottle may be a gruff son of a bitch but he knows what he's doing." Bill whispered.

"Hmm." Laura moaned and opened her eyes.

"You son of a bitch." She slurred.

"I'm still alive?"

"Yes I think you are." Bill smiled and looked at her when she squeezed his hand.

"I think I should have stayed in CIC."

"That would have been the smart thing, but you are a live and well. Before you know it you will be out of here and fighting me. You will be the death of me woman." when he looked back to Laura she was fighting to stay awake.

Laura gave him one of those drugged out smiles before her breathing evened out and she was asleep again. Bill stayed there for two more hours before Cottle forced him to leave so he could get some rest himself. It was apparent to everyone how the Admiral felt about his President and the same could be said about the fondness the President had for her Admiral. If something happened to one of them the other might shut down inside. The only thing was that neither of them would ever let go long enough to be happy together. There would be nothing they wouldn't do for each other and half the Fleet was already taking bets on when they would be frakking each other.

Two hours later Adama was back and sitting next to Roslin. Cottle tried to get him out of there and eventually gave up opting to watch them instead. He had seen this many times before but never like what he was seeing between Roslin and Adama. There may be hope for this fleet yet. If two totally different people could find common ground then maybe this fleet could find Earth.

 

[TariAdama]

Laura Roslin thanked the Lords of Kobol that Bill Adama was still alive as she lie curled into his side. After he had met her Bill had brought her back here where she could rest and just be held by him. Laura fisted her right hand in his uniform. He would whisper over and over, ‘I’m here. I’m right here.’ And that had comforted Laura because he was here holding her. She had felt her heart shatter when Zarek said Adama had been executed for treason, and then the anger had flooded her system renewing her will to fight. Laura just needed to feel the beating of Bills heart under her closed fist. Today Bill could have died. That had scared Laura more than losing her own life. Adama ran his hand up and down her back trying to reassure and comfort her. Today he had narrowly escaped being shot as a traitor and that made him appreciate the life he had now; it made him appreciate the time he had left with Laura even more. Bill had seen the tears brimming in her eyes and when they had reached his quarters she allowed them to flow freely albeit silently. Her right hand relaxed and Bill looked down to see she had relaxed into sleep. This was the most peaceful he had seen her in a while. In the last few days when she had dropped off into sleep Bill had taken to watching her before his weary eyes pulled him down into darkness.

“Bill?” Saul Tigh said as he walked further into the Admiral’s quarters. The XO came back to where he knew the rack to be and saw Adama propped up in one corner with a sleeping president curled into his side.


“Shh.” Bill whispered and continued to rub small circles on Laura’s back. Tigh watched this and was amazed at what he saw. The Admiral and the President had come together despite everything that had happened. Bill nearly being executed had probably solidified their bond even more.

“They’re ready when you are Bill.” Tigh replied quietly.

“Give me ten and I’ll join you.” Bill said. Tigh turned to leave and cast a glance back over his shoulder at them. The Old Man still held the President to him and rested his cheek gently on the top of her head. He knew that when the President’s time came Bill Adama wouldn’t be the man he is now. A part of him would die when she did.

“We’ll be waiting.” Tigh commented and headed silently out of the room.

Bill heard the hatch close and smiled. Out of everything that had happened today he could still smile because he had Laura with him. When he had given her time to escape he didn’t know if he would see her again. Then he had heard her voice during the ridiculous trial and the worry had lifted from his heart. Laura was alive on the Baseship and now she was back on Galactica; her home. Bill shifted to allow Laura to stretch out when green eyes focused on him.

“I was trying to be quiet.” Bill whispered and offered her a weak smile.

“Gaeta and Zarek.” Laura said. She knew that was where he was going. He hadn’t told her the specifics of what was to happen but she knew.

“They have to be dealt with… as traitors.”

“I know.” Laura whispered and moved out of his arms to sit on the edge of the rack. Bill reached out towards her and placed his hand in the middle of her back. She let out a shuddering gasp and turned to him. Everyone was in such an emotional state that Laura could feel the tears welling in her eyes again.

“I’ll take care of it.” Bill stated and moved to the edge as well so he was sitting in front of her. He cupped her face in one hand and wiped away a tear that slid down. Bill didn’t want to leave her alone, but he had to be the Admiral and deal with Gaeta and Zarek.

“I know you will because you are the Admiral.” As she spoke the last work broke with all the emotion that was in her voice.

“Just rest and I will be back.” Bill said and stood up with one last look to his woman. Laura had lain back down on her side and hugged one of the pillows to her chest. Bill leaned over her and removed her glasses and set them on the side table. She smiled her lazy smile and settled down again and closed her eyes. Bill took a moment to watch her and then shook his head. The Admiral had to be front and center. Bill Adama had to stay in this room with his lover Laura Roslin. The President would not be joining her Admiral this time around. This was something he had to take care of himself.

 

[TariAdama]

This one is set in Season 1 during the ending of Colonial Day.


Bill Adama was holding Laura as they swayed to the music during the Colonial Day celebration He didn't know how good she would feel in his arms, but she fit like her body had been made for his. Bill listened as the music washed over them, it was like a slow electric current encasing them in sound and nothing else. Adama pulled Laura a little closer to him and for a moment he could feel her heat beat against his chest.

Laura Roslin inhaled the scent that was uniquely Bill Adama. She could freely indulge in being close to him while they danced. His body felt right with hers some how. They were two different people. "Didn't know you could dance?" Laura half whispered, half shouted to Bill.

Bill pulled back from her and smiled, "There is a lot you don't know about me, Madam President."

"I'm beginning to realize that." She replied and looked puzzled when Adama dropped his arms and then taking her hand Bill lead her off the dance floor and out into the simulated night of the Cloud Nine.

Laura looked up into the star laden dome and sighed. It was times like these that she could forget the fact that the Cylons were chasing them and that they were the last survivors of the human race. It may have been a fleeting thought but it entered her head none the less, 'And I'm here with Bill Adama.' Laura shook her head quickly and then stared into Bill's brilliant blue eyes. Those eyes would trap her in his gaze if she wasn't careful.

Bill watched Laura thinking, nothing sexier than a red head who was lost in thought. He stood and watched her for a few more minutes before saying, "Did you enjoy the dance?"

"Yes, you a quite skilled Commander." Laura still held the Commanders hand and smiled. He had a way of making her smile without saying anything. When they had first met she was just the Minister of Education, but now she was the President. And the President was alone with her Commander; very alone. This should be enough to worry her, but she was oddly at ease around him. She could feel her heartbeat speed up and if she wasn't careful her breath would come out in ragged gasps. If someone didn't come along soon Laura might do something unbecoming of a President. Laura knew that she was moving closer to Adama but something about the setting and the faint sound of music floating on the air between them was electrifying.

Bill was moving slightly closer to the President. She a source of confusion for him at the best of times, and now for her to be here looking at him like this it made him wonder who she really was. There was more to Laura Roslin than her just being a school teacher turned President. Her green eyes held guile and a subdued happiness. 'Gods she is beautiful.' Bill thought and shook his head.

"We should head back in before your guards come looking for you." Bill said suddenly and let go of her hand. Laura felt as if cold water had been tossed on her.

"Ok," Laura had nothing else to say. She just turned and left. Whatever had been there between them was gone now. But Laura had a sinking feeling hat it would return in full force one day to plague them.

 

[BolianAuthor]

That's right... the old man can dance... and don't you forget it! LOL. Good job.

 

[RevdKathy]

Just a small reminder that nothing can be posted here that's rated over PG13 please.

 

[TariAdama]

I promise all of this stuff will remain PG-13.... I know I may toe the line but I will not cross it.

 

[RevdKathy]

Thanks You rated this one as 'teen' which waqsn't quite clear.

 

[TariAdama]

Thanks You rated this one as 'teen' which waqsn't quite clear.

My bad..

I'm used to posting on Fanfiction.net where the ratings are as follows....

K suitable for all ages
K+
T PG
T+ PG-13
M Adult.

I know M is not allowed.

 

[TariAdama]

Laura Roslin stood by the one and only window on the Battlestar Galactica. She was on the OPS deck for a little piece and quiet after the disaster that was Baltar's trial. Laura had just told a room full of people that her cancer had returned, and she hadn't even told Bill in private about it. No, he had to find out when Lee cornered her on the witness stand about taking Chamalla again. If only she had told Bill first then she could have spared him some of the shock that she knew had to have been on his face. Damn her pride. It was always getting in the way when it came to Adama.

"Laura?"

It was Bill. His voice filled the void that the silence had cloaked her in. it would not last. She had to turn around and explain why she didn't tell him, but no matter how much her heart screamed at her for her to turn around, Laura still remained looking out the window at the see of black stars. She crossed her arms over her chest and rested her head against the bulked head. His reflection could clearly be seen in the window and he was coming closer to her. She tried not look into his eyes, but Laura watched him come closer to her. With every step Adama took near Laura felt her heart speed up. Why did he have such an effect on her.

Bill could see the different thoughts playing out in Laura's eyes. She wanted him to come closer and at the same time she didn't want him anywhere near her yet. he had to find out today that she was dying all over again. Her cancer had returned. Bill couldn't believe it. Why couldn't she have just told him that morning when he met with her? Bill didn't know what to say to her. All he knew is that he wanted to be close to her for whatever the President would need.

"Why did you come here?" Laura whispered and locked her gaze with his in the window.

"It happens to be my Battlestar and I can go where I please." Bill tried to make his tone light and teasing but it didn't work. Laura looked away from him an focused on some unknown star out in the distance. He reached out his hand and gently paced it on her shoulder. Bill felt her sag a little but then straighten up as if to try and convince him that she was alright. Adama knew her too well for that. Removing his hand from her shoulder Bill wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her back to rest against him. Laura sagged then and let Adama support her for only a moment. She was grateful for him in a way she had never felt before. Laura breathed out a sigh of relief and shifted slightly in Bill's arms.

"I should have told you before hand." Laura whispered and keaned her head against his.

"You weren't ready." Bill replied and closed his eyes. It reminded him of when they were on New Caprica and she was in his arms the entire night.

"When are we ever going to have time..." Laura started to ask but her words faded away. she wasn't ready for the answer, and she probably never will be. Her feelings for him made no sense to her, but they were there none the less and try as she might her heart wouldn't let those feeling's die. She had gotten used to the slight increase in heart beat and the way she would smile when he was around. Everything about him made Laura want him.

"We'll have time." Bill whispered and turned his head to kiss her temple. If this was all Bill could get from her then this is what he would take. Bill needed Laura more than he knew. There was nothing that this woman could not do to him to cool his feeling towards her. Laura was his and she wold always be his.

 

[BolianAuthor]

Very nice. Full of feeling, yet still simple.

 

[TariAdama]

"YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HELL YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!" Laura shouted at Adama.

Bill stood there staring at her. She had looked tired and restless all day and he had heard from Tory that this wasn't the first time she had blown up at someone. He had made a comment about something regarding New Caprica and she lost it. When she looked at him there were tears in her eyes and a look of untold nightmares that she had witnessed. Bill made a motion to get up and go to her but she backed up and put her hand up halting him.

"I can't do this." She said in a voice that was barely above a whisper and passed through the curtain leaving him in her office. Laura heard him sigh and walk out of her office. She curled up in one of the big chairs and huddled in the dark. Her mind took her back to New Caprica and into the cell the Cylons had put her in.

There were screams and sounds she didn't care to identify. One scream rang out in the dark and Laura knew who it was. She couldn't mistake Saul Tigh for anyone else. There was a Cylon voice but she couldn't here what it was saying then she heard Tigh.

"FRAK YOU, YOU FRAKKING TOASTER!!" then she had heard him scream as they did something to him. That was the first time she was taken and Laura was released shortly after. But the memory of his scream burned in her brain and would stay there.

Laura sat bolt up right in the chair breathing hard and she could feel sweat running down her back. For weeks now she had been reliving the same moment over and over. Bills comment hadn't helped and now she wanted to talk to him about it. By now he would be on Galactica; probably in his quarters nursing a drink that he poured and didn't really want.

Laura went to the phone and contacted Galactica and waited for the Admiral to answer. "What?" Bill sounded a little angry and Laura wanted to apologize so bad it hurt. But she resisted the urge and merely stood for a moment not saying anything.

"Laura I know you're there." He said.

"Can you come back here...? Please?" Then she replaced the receiver and
curled back into the chair to wait for him. Laura knew he would come back. If anything else he would come back to make sure that she was alright and he would let go of her outburst. Looking at the clock every so often Laura felt like hours had passed before she heard him walking her way. Still she sat curled in the chair.

"Laura?"

"I'm here."

Bill moved the curtain back and walked into the room that passed for her bedroom. He had memories of her laying on the cot while her life slowly ticked by. She had been dying then and when he looked in her eyes now she was dying all over again, but not form the cancer. This was from something that was entirely more insidious. Bill felt the overwhelming need to hold her and tell her that it would be alright.

"What's wrong?"

"When you made the comment about the Detention center I know I blew it way out of proportion, but I was there twice. Once when Tigh lost his eye I heard him scream Bill. That sound I hear in my nightmares..." Laura's voice broke and she covered her face trying to hide her tears. Bill uncovered her face and made her look at him.

"There was nothing you could have done."

"I know but every time someone mentions that place I just..."

"I know." Bill pulled her to her feet and hugged her close. He hadn't been able to protect those closest to him and try as he might Laura Roslin has gotten closer and closer to him as they searched for Earth. To him it was a pipe dream but to Laura it was something to grasp onto for every one and it was her mission to find and Bill would be there for her to help.

Her arms came around him and held on. This was what she needed. Laura Roslin needed Bill Adama for his strength and courage. With out him she might have lost a part of her soul that she never would have been able to get back.

"Thank you."

"For what?" Adama asked and rubbed his hands over her back.

"For being you and putting up with me." She chuckled and pulled back to look at him. He cupped her face and used his thumbs to wipe away her tears.

"I put up with because I like to, and you're my boss." Bill replied and Laura bowed her head. He tipped her face up so he was looking into her eyes. Laura saw that he meant to lean into kiss her and she turned her head to the side.

"This isn't a good idea right now. I'm a basket case."

"Ok, I'll leave it up to you. I will be here for you."

"Thank you Bill." Laura whispered and walked with him back to the hanger deck and watched him board the Raptor back to Galactica.

 

[TariAdama]

You know the drill on all of the beginning stuff.


Rating: PG


Summary: Laura needs reassurance.




Laura sat on the edge of Bills rack and watched him sleep. She had so rarely seen him in sleep and it fascinated her how one man with so much on his shoulders slept so soundly. Laura herself tossed and turned most nights. There wasn't a time that she had seen Bill sleep. It was always Laura falling asleep first and when she woke Bill was already up and sitting at his desk. Many times she found herself thinking about Bill during her late nights awake and thinking of 'What Ifs'. This was something she used to distance herself in the beginning. If she thought with her heart then they would have been dead long ago. Laura thought she had shut her heart away in a cold dark box and hidden the key from the worlds, but Bill Adama had found it and opened up the box and allowed her heart to feel again in that short time they were together on New Caprica. Now she had to be cold and decisive for everyone, including Adama.


Laura leaned over and rested her head on his chest and closed her eyes listening to his heart beat. "Why did you have to make me feel Bill Adama?" She whispered. He shifted a couple of times as is sensing her there lying with him but he never woke.


Laura laid there and recalled the first time she met him. He hadn't made much of an impression with his gruff manner, but after they reached and understanding he was very nice to talk to and be around. Then the whole thing with Kobol happened and they went from being allies to players on opposite sides of the board. It was Adama who had come to get her on Kobol. He made the first step towards reconciliation. She had grown closer to him on that day in the woods. More so than she had realized or wanted to acknowledge.


It wasn't until the light kiss he had given her that Laura realized that she had found something special and that death was going to take her away from that. She wanted to live for one more day just to see Bill smile or hear his voice. Then Baltar saved her life with Sharon's unborn child's blood. By some twist of fate she had been given a second chance and she took it. Those months on New Caprica before the Cylons had been wonderful. Bill had come down to see her and they could be together like two normal people without the weight of her office staring them in the face.


Most people had suspected the Admiral and former President were involved but when Bill had first come to New Caprica Laura had been in the square watching a pick up game of Pyramid. Bill had walked right over to her and pulled her into his arms and whispered he had missed her. She wanted to cry right there in his arms but she was so happy then he was there the tears made themselves scarce and she enjoyed the little time she could get with him.


"Laura?" Bills voice broke through Laura's thoughts and she sat up to look at him.


"Did I wake you?"


"No, the wheels turning in your head did." He offered her a sleep filled smile and Roslin couldn't help but return it.


"Sorry, you should go back to sleep." Laura moved but was halted when Bill wrapped him hand around her wrist and pulled her back into the rack with him. He wrapped her in his arms and held her close.


"I missed you." Bill whispered and Laura felt tears well in her eyes.


"I missed you too." Laura replied and wrapped one arm around his neck while she threw her right leg over his to align most of her body to his as she could.


Those three little words took her back to the dark tent and a cold night where Adama warmed her bed then to the morning where she had to kiss him goodbye because Baltar only allowed him down there when they had a meeting. The rest of them time he had to be on Galactica manning the lighthouse as he called it.


Now they were back on the road to Earth and she was losing all over again. Soon she would die and there would be no third chance this time. She would just be gone and there would be no more pain and no more Bill Adama and his wonderful smile and they way he made her feel would be gone as well. Laura could feel herself falling in to the dreamless oblivion of sleep. "I love you." dropped from her lips as she succumbed to sleep. Laura never heard Bills reply and she somehow knew how he felt so he never had to say anything.

 

[TariAdama]

This is set in S3. R/A as always... lol!! Enjoy and review.




Laura Roslin had managed to slip away from Tory and her guards. she had been walking discreetly past the empty brig; the same brig in which Commander Adama had put her in. Back then he had only been a Commander until she had promoted him. It was the best thing she had done in her life. Laura could still remember the way he looked at her as the door banged closed. The look wasn't one of out right hate, but it was disappointment and something else. She knew he hadn't hated her, he didn't trust her back then. But she knew that he trusted her now just like she trusted him. Laura could see Adama standing on the other side of the bars and she started to tremble. Taking a step closer Laura stepped into the open cell and turned around like she had nearly two years ago. This time there was no guard to close the cell and no Adama looking at her. Back then she had been on Chamalla and the symptoms of withdraw had already begun to rack her body with shakes. It was all she could do not to let the intimidating Commander see how weak she had become. Laura closed her eyes and let the scne play out in her mind.

"You want me to close the door?"

Laura took a deep shakey breath. It was Bill, and he knew what she was thinking. he always seemed to know what she was thinking. She opened her eyes and gave him a wry smile. Before she could take a step out of the cell Bill engaged the mechanism so close the door. Laura gasped, then realized what Bill was doing. He was going back to when he was the Commander and she was the diposed President. Bill stepped up to bars with a wickd grin on his face. For a moment Laura didn't know what he was going to do. Usually she was pretty good at reading him and predicting his next move, but not at this very instant. He placed his hands on the bars and leaned in. Laura took a step forward and leaned her head on the bars.

"So Admiral, what's the charge this time?" Laura cast a glance up at him and saw the ghost of a smile.

"Should there be?" Bill reached through the bars to lift her chin so she could see his eyes. A sudden image of himself kissing Laura though the bars entered his mind. He could almost feel the softness of her lips and taste how sheet she was. Right now he wanted her to see the feelings that floated beneath the surface. Bill needed her and he wanted her. The instant Laura looked into his eyes he knew she saw what he wanted her to see. The same emotions were coursing through Laura and she knew that it was only a matter of time before they showed in her eyes as well. Her hand came through the bars and touched Bills chect, right above the scar she knew to be there. The wound that had almost stole his life from him and from Laura. She needed him more than she knew. Bill looked at her and knew what had to be going through her mind. Laura's fingers traced the path of the scar down as far as she could reach.

Images bombarded her mind of a pale Adama on a gurney in sick bay after having yet another surgery while ylons invaded his ship. she had been sprung from the brig in an atempt to escape Galactica, but when they had come upon sick bay Laura instantly searched for Adama. Her eyes found him and immediately her heart sank. Even back then Bill was important to her even though he had arrested her and tossed her in the brig.

"Laura..."

"Let me out." Laura whispered and stepped back from the cell door. She just needed to hold him, if only for a few moments. His strength kept her going. In this moment they could be just Laura and Bill and not the President and Admiral.

The door slid open and Laura walked out and straight into Adama's arms. They came around her and incased her in his scent and his warmth. 'You need him.' That thought came into her mind and Laura did not push it away. His arms wrapped tighter for a moment and then began to slide away from her form but her arms still remained arouns his neck.

"I'm not going to leave you." Bill whispered and removed Laura's arms from around his neck. For a moment she felt cold but when she looked inot his eyes there was something in them that warmed her heart. In some small corner of her mind, Laura was grateful that the Colonies had been destroyed. If they hadn't been then she would never have met Bill Adama. 'You were destined to meet.' That little voice whispered again and she knew it was true.