Fic: "Truth and Promises"

[aurora_0811]

Fic:  Truth and Promises
Pairing:  K/L
Rating:  PG
Setting:  AU ending for Daybreak Part 2
Summary:  Kara fulfilled her destiny but before she leaves Lee needs to learn the truth.
Note:  This fic was born at Dragon*Con 2011 during a great conversation about the BSG finale.  This was what I wished for Kara and Lee.  In case this is my first and only

Comments

[ecstaticdance]

Meep! This is lovely, Susan! I'm all misty. What a heart-wrenching, beautiful story. Thank you, thank you for writing it. ♥

[aurora_0811]

Thanks Jen! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. *hugs*

[callmeonetrack]

Now I can be all fangirly at you! I thought this was just lovely, so poignant and so...what he needed. Lee always wanted that validation. I love the part you added about these being the words he longed to hear for years. <3 <3

And I love the implication that, in the end, she did turn into the Goddess Aurora.

And these bits are my favorite:
Lee turns around and freezes. Kara is staring at him, wearing an intense gaze like she’s seeing him for the first time. The light of the fading sun illuminates her face in a blaze of gold and orange. She’s breathtaking and he quickly thinks that he forgot to add “with you” to the end of his answer.

It made no sense, Kara--his Kara-- wouldn’t go unless she was kicking and screaming and frak anyone who told her differently.

God yes. WITH YOU. Sigh. AND KICKING AND SCREAMING!

Beautiful resolution to their "unfinished business." <3

[aurora_0811]

BB! *all the hugs* I can't thank you enough (again) for the help!

My heart will forever break for Lee because at the end he was just SO alone. Sure he understood why Papadama was leaving and they had goodbyes. I could never wrap my head around leaving such an empty thread with Kara after everything they had been through. If Lee was going to go on, he had to have that knowledge that it wasn't all for nothing...ya know?

You knew I would have to toss my bb Goddess Aurora in there! *sigh* The one single piece of mythology I wished they had pursued further. It's such a lovely metaphor for who/what Kara was and what her destiny really meant.

I'm so happy you liked the idea and all your additions/suggestions helped me make it the best it could be! <3

[kag523]

Oh goodness, I have such an ache in my throat now. Thank you for taking the plunge (because it's HARD damnit to put your writing out for the world) and letting us into your mind. I think I mentioned to you when you said this at the table last night, that THIS is exactly how things should have ended. This slight variation allows me to truly believe the journey for the two of them... and as sad as it is, it works absolutely eloquently. *heavy sigh* He knows that she knows. There's no wondering. There's just love tinged with heavy regret.

Really beautiful written word. You have 'them' down. And I certainly hope this is not the last piece I get to read of yours. I would LOVE to read more. *hugs super tight*

Thank you, S! K :>)

[aurora_0811]

Thank you Karin! Compliments from you with your ability to churn out fic ideas like they're going out of style means so very much to me!

I'm so happy you enjoyed it and felt like it was a believable way for their story to end. I need to live in my own personal canon where Lee absolutely knew the way Kara felt about him. That even though he had to go on alone, he knew that he had loved and been loved in return. It hurts and it breaks my heart but I firmly believe that they were reunited again in the afterlife or the next life.

Thank you again for all the encouragement! <3

You ROCK!

[kag523]

Can't wait to read more from you. Woot!!!

[ninjamonkey73]

So many people who've reworked Daybreak have undone the poof that I really wasn't expecting this. I'm having some trouble verbalizing my intense love of what you've done here...

His journey from standing there with Kara to coming to terms that this isn't Kara rings so true and believable. Given the path the show put Kara on after Maelstrom, this is the ending that needed to be canon. Her body on that planet necessitated this being someone/thing else, and you really worked out what was wrong, in my mind.

OMG, YOU ARE A FIC WRITER NOW! (the secret handshake instructions will arrive by self-destructing package at some point)

*sigh*

This is as much closure as I was ever going to get out of the canon arc, and I never saw it coming! So much love for this!

*taps foot impatiently, waiting for your next story*

[aurora_0811]

OMG! There's a secret handshake? Do you guys have matching jackets?! DO WANT! ;)

I'm kind of thrilled that you said you weren't expecting it! I think the poof (even if I don't love it) is a huge part of Kara's story. It could have brought everything full circle and given her ending so much more impact to have know who, what and why she was and did everything she did.

I'm so happy you liked it! Stop tapping your foot! It's too much pressure :P *hugs*

[scifishipper]

Gah. I don't even understand why you can make me cry so much. It's gutting and perfect. WHY SHOW WHY??? It's beautiful and makes me so damn sad and wistful for what could have been. You've done something wonderful and my heart was in my throat.

He’s been lucky to love and been loved by Kara Thrace.

We were lucky to have her and him and pilots forever. *sniff*

You have to write more, now. I love this. <3

[aurora_0811]

*HUGS* I'm so sorry and so happy I can make you cry! Thank you for all the wonderful pilots conversations we have had online and in person! If it wasn't for you this may have never been more than something rattling around in my brain.

I'm beyond thrilled that you enjoyed it. They'll always be our OTP and even years and years later I still carry a torch for all the awesomeness they were and could have been <3