Fanfic Rec: "After the Dance" (Battlestar Galactica)

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When Lee dances with Kara he is actually surprised, when they swing and clutch in the buzzy fluff of the jazz, that he has not felt the in-between of the fingers, has never brushed close enough to the shape of her ribs; he wonders why and he should not ask himself and yet he wonders what else, what else, what else.

I would have rec'd this fic a while ago when Layla posted it because it's so lovely and needs a lot more love, but she had me expecting her to finish more BSG stuff soon which I might want to include in the same post. But nope.

This one-shot cleverly compares two separate instances when Kara and Lee engaged in some sort of "dance," starting with some missing scenes after the party in "Colonial Day" and then showing what could have happened after "Unfinished Business." And of course it's kind of funny in such a very Kara/Lee way which kind of dance was actually followed by some kind of progression of their relationship.

Title: After the Dance
Author: Layla (ninety6tears/vdkapenguin)
Characters & Pairings: Lee/Kara
Rating: PG-13
Summary: “You don’t lose control,” his father says to him. “That’s why you don’t win."
Link: the particular glowing anomaly that is Kara Thrace in a dress...