TM 217 - Image Prompt, Ring/Book

[special_destiny]

I never wanted to get married. Never. But I did, and I can’t even really say why. I wish I could say it was because I loved Sam … maybe I did, I don’t know, but that’s not why I married him. I could say it was because of Lee, and maybe that’s a little more true, but it’s still just another frakkin’ excuse

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[laura_muse]

But you were happy with Sam before the Cylons came back. Would you really have missed out on the happiness of that year just because of what happened afterwards?

I've heard that love is the only worthwhile thing to stick around for. I don't know if I agree with it, because there's far too much on my plate as it is, but it makes me sad to see how sad you are sometimes.

You're more deserving than you think you are.

[special_destiny]

Maybe I was happy ... for a while. I was happier before we got married than I was after. I don't know how much getting married actually had to do with that, though - there were plenty of other factors.

You've heard that love is the only worthwhile thing to stick around for? You must've found something worthwhile if you've only heard about love - and I haven't met many people as determined to stick around as you.

Don't worry about my sadness, Madam President. I think you've got enough of your own to manage.

[laura_muse]

You don't have to be sleeping with someone to love them, Kara. And a relationship with one person doesn't have to be the defining love of your life.

I didn't find the defining love of my life until after the Cylons destroyed the Colonies. It might sound trite, but the fleet is the reason I stick around, the reason I fight. It's pretentious of me to even think this way, but I imagine the love I have for every single person out there is very much like the love a mother has for her child. I can't take every loss personally, but in a very big way, every loss is personal.

I don't know that the love I have for our people is the only worthwhile reason for me to be around for a while, but it is a very large part of the equation.

I worry about you because I care, and other people I care about worry about you.

[arrow_of_apollo]

[Locked]

Who were you protecting when you ran off to marry Sam? You, or me?

[special_destiny]

I wish I had an answer for you, Lee, I really do. If I said it was to protect you it would make me seem kinda selfless, wouldn't it? Except then that by protecting you, I put Sam right in the line of fire.

Anyway, turns out I didn't protect anyone, so I don't see what it matters.

[arrow_of_apollo]

Why you do things always matters.