(TM) 148. Sleepless Nights

[admiral_adama]

What keeps you up at night?

It's not so much what, as who.

You can lower the raised eyebrows. I'm not talking about sex. Wish I was.

Faces are what keep me up at night right now, the faces of those I love ... those I abandoned on New Caprica.

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[lord_marbury]

"Appears you could do with a night cap, my dear chap."

Lord Marbury unceremoniously lets himself down on the couch and hands Bill one of the two glasses he'd been holding. He pours him a ample helping of Lagavulin before liberally filling his own glass.

After taking a moment to savour the liquor he turns to the Admiral.

"Have you considered that the divide could be a blessing as well as a complication?"

Excuse me

[lord_marbury]

"Excuse me?"

Both men turn and see a young woman with long brown hair and blue eyes.
She smiles as she walks toward both men. Stopping in front of them, she
takes Lord Marbury's glass, sipping a bit of liquor before handing it back
to him.

Then she turns to Adama, bends down, slips her arms around his neck, and
gives him a hug. A minute passes, and she turns--to brush her lips against
his before giving him a soft kiss. Then she unwraps her arms from his neck
and straightens back up.

Adama looks at her, confused.

She smiles again and says "Take care, William." She leans forward to brush
her hand against his cheek. Then she drops her hand, turns, and walks away--

Re: Excuse me

[lord_marbury]

Lord Marbury's eyes follow the young woman sauntering away. He blinks, when he catches himself doing it and closes his mouth abruptly. The glass she's appropriated, seems to have acquired a whole new quality and not only because of the lipstick marks on the rim. He brings it to his face and sniffs.

Marbury blinks again, and turns to the Admiral with a crooked albeit still slightly dumbfounded grin.

"Now, that would keep me up at night too."

[twilight_mash]

*big squishy hugs to Bill*

Mmmm... EXCELLENT work as usual.