Drabble: BSG

[lettered]

Title: Children of the Stars
Summary: Sharon, Hera. Occurs near end of season 2.
A/N: Written with my_daroga's prompt: undergrounds either literal or figurative. You can still prompt here; just don't include a fandom.


Children of the Stars

Mother earth is alien to her, its teeming life, natural cycles, hot womb that births and tomb that holds the dead. She is a machine. She wasn’t born; she has no childhood; she has no mother. Athena sprang from Zeus’s head fully formed. That’s not much of a family tree. Sharon never felt very grounded.

Then there was Helo.

Then there was her.

Which is why she wishes that instead of scattering Hera in the stars, they’d buried her in the ground. It would have meant much to leave daffodils at the grave.

The roots, though not deep, are strong.

Comments

[my_daroga]

Aw. Wow. I love that you explored Athena's anxieties over this--we never really see inside her anymore. Thank you.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Must admit one thing I didn't like about S3 was there wasn't enough Eight.

I replied to you on gmail.

Thanks for your fb!

[my_daroga]

That's certainly true; they could have gone a lot deeper, there.

[lynnenne]

Oh, OW OW OW. You've really captured the sense of a mother's agony at the loss of her child. Well done.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I dunno if I believe it (the part about wishing she could bury Hera), but it worked so well thematically! Thanks.

[redbrickrose.livejournal.com]

Ah, Athena. This is so good.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Thanks!