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anythingbutgrey) wrote2007-12-10 12:01 pm
anythingbutgrey) wrote2007-12-10 12:01 pm
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Multifandom -- Be Still, Heart (or: five girls with ex-boy issues)
Be Still, Heart
or: five girls with ex-boyfriend issues.
(Dee, Claire, Bella, Marian, Hermione)
She never calls again, turns toward the sun setting in the west, the end of something.
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fiannan for the beta and deadduck008 for letting me steal this multi-fandom idea from her brain (five days)
01. Anastasia "Dee" Dualla
She keeps a picture of Billy in a drawer between pages of scripture she knows Lee won’t touch, pins another on the wall as a consequence of war.
But his death (she still swallows at the word) is not a consequence of war but a consequence of her.
After nightmares, she tells Lee she dreams only of Cylons and fire. He doesn’t ask about those – everyone has them now.
Billy sighs behind her eyelids, Oh, Dee.
02. Claire Bennet
No, they weren’t dating, but Zach’s in her heart, it’s close enough, and he won’t leave.
She never even got to say goodbye. Not that he would understand, his memories washed away by the wind (or other, more human means), but it would have been worth something. She knows he would have nodded, solemn, arms around her and “I’ll miss you. I don’t know why, but I’ll miss you.”
So she calls him to hear him pick up the phone with a small “Hello?” from different pay phones, but one day the phone rings and, instead of a greeting, she gets – “Claire, come home.”
She never calls again, turns toward the sun setting in the west, the end of something.
03. Bella Swan
Tally marks tick off in her brain until the wedding, and it’s a good thing Alice doesn’t sleep because otherwise things wouldn’t be done in time.
Some nights, the moments before she falls asleep, she almost wishes for Jacob to come home and sweep her away. Then she can pretend it’s just her mind running away with things and she doesn’t mean it, just like she never meant, when Edward pulled her from her car that last night with Jacob, that there was part of her that yearned for Jacob’s arms instead. She never meant it.
She looks for him at the wedding, and can’t see him. But she has always been better at feeling him than seeing him, closes her eyes and breathes deep.
No, he’s not there. But he still feels her.
Be happy, she hears him whisper, opens her eyes and pretends they are shining with joy.
She’ll spend eternity wishing he had been there; he’ll spend his (too short, she’ll think, no matter if he lives to 60 or 102) life happy he wasn’t present – he never would have changed anything.
She knew that too.
04. Maid Marian
A yes sits on her tongue and on the fingers of her left hand. She can’t help but wonder, though, the images of last time we tried this painted in her mind. She still winces at the memory of herself in a frozen pile on the floor.
There’s last time and there’s this time and she hopes for something different.
Hope is a scary thing. He taught her that.
05. Hermione Granger
She stops thinking Harry will wake up (eventually) the day she spots him on one knee in front of Ginny in the park.
Ginny’s hand flies to her mouth; Hermione’s to her throat.
Later, she won’t be surprised at the motions of their hands, and threads hers through Ron’s hair instead of simply staring at her fingers for hours.
He laughs against her mouth, “Nice to see you too.”
But in her head Ron whispers I love you and she trains her mind to say it back.
*
feedback?
or: five girls with ex-boy
(Dee, Claire, Bella, Marian, Hermione)
She never calls again, turns toward the sun setting in the west, the end of something.
thanks to
fiannan for the beta and deadduck008 for letting me steal this multi-fandom idea from her brain (five days)01. Anastasia "Dee" Dualla
She keeps a picture of Billy in a drawer between pages of scripture she knows Lee won’t touch, pins another on the wall as a consequence of war.
But his death (she still swallows at the word) is not a consequence of war but a consequence of her.
After nightmares, she tells Lee she dreams only of Cylons and fire. He doesn’t ask about those – everyone has them now.
Billy sighs behind her eyelids, Oh, Dee.
02. Claire Bennet
No, they weren’t dating, but Zach’s in her heart, it’s close enough, and he won’t leave.
She never even got to say goodbye. Not that he would understand, his memories washed away by the wind (or other, more human means), but it would have been worth something. She knows he would have nodded, solemn, arms around her and “I’ll miss you. I don’t know why, but I’ll miss you.”
So she calls him to hear him pick up the phone with a small “Hello?” from different pay phones, but one day the phone rings and, instead of a greeting, she gets – “Claire, come home.”
She never calls again, turns toward the sun setting in the west, the end of something.
03. Bella Swan
Tally marks tick off in her brain until the wedding, and it’s a good thing Alice doesn’t sleep because otherwise things wouldn’t be done in time.
Some nights, the moments before she falls asleep, she almost wishes for Jacob to come home and sweep her away. Then she can pretend it’s just her mind running away with things and she doesn’t mean it, just like she never meant, when Edward pulled her from her car that last night with Jacob, that there was part of her that yearned for Jacob’s arms instead. She never meant it.
She looks for him at the wedding, and can’t see him. But she has always been better at feeling him than seeing him, closes her eyes and breathes deep.
No, he’s not there. But he still feels her.
Be happy, she hears him whisper, opens her eyes and pretends they are shining with joy.
She’ll spend eternity wishing he had been there; he’ll spend his (too short, she’ll think, no matter if he lives to 60 or 102) life happy he wasn’t present – he never would have changed anything.
She knew that too.
04. Maid Marian
A yes sits on her tongue and on the fingers of her left hand. She can’t help but wonder, though, the images of last time we tried this painted in her mind. She still winces at the memory of herself in a frozen pile on the floor.
There’s last time and there’s this time and she hopes for something different.
Hope is a scary thing. He taught her that.
05. Hermione Granger
She stops thinking Harry will wake up (eventually) the day she spots him on one knee in front of Ginny in the park.
Ginny’s hand flies to her mouth; Hermione’s to her throat.
Later, she won’t be surprised at the motions of their hands, and threads hers through Ron’s hair instead of simply staring at her fingers for hours.
He laughs against her mouth, “Nice to see you too.”
But in her head Ron whispers I love you and she trains her mind to say it back.
*
feedback?
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glad you liked it, bb!
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It's nice to see another BSG fan in the Twilight fandom. I loved this little ficlet. Although... one little thing. She is, was, and always shall be Anastasia "Dee" Dualla. She never changed her name to Adama. I'm glad, because that would have annoyed the crap out of me. Also, it was another big clue (if you didn't know already) that their marriage wouldn't last more than a season. LOL, how pathetic is it when your own husband refers to you by your maiden name, or a shortening of it?
Sorry to be picky, I just hate her so much, and I hate to see Adama tacked onto her name. Although I was actually surprised she *didn't* change it. I think that had more to do with the writers knowing it wouldn't last long. But if they were true to the character, I think she would have jumped at the chance. It's been clear since season 1 that she's crazy in love with the Adama name, the legacy. If Lee had been anyone other than Bill's son, I don't think she would have persued him the way she did. She was so desperate to ingratiate herself with an Adama. So desperate to be Bill's "daughter". Did you notice her sticking to him like glue once she married Lee? I hated UB when she followed him into the boxing room. Never before they married would she have been following him around like that. I imagine Bill was probably quite annoyed by it. Like "Oh, let me be my new daddy's shadow!" I'm really glad they're over so she is now the shamed D-I-L and can stop hovering around him.
Sorry, can you tell how much I despise this chick?
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but oh, i hear you. i mean, i loved her before the whole billy/lee/dee triangle of "please shut the fuck up" but since then... oh, the rage.
i'm glad you liked the fic!
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But LJ ate it.
Fucking LJ.