"Oh, frak," Kara swore, and leaned over to pick up the puzzle piece that had fallen to the floor. Cottle had finally taken the bandages from her hands and had suggested the toy as an exercise to strengthen her fingers again. It was driving her crazy. She'd got it about half done, but the pieces were small and fiddly and it was taking her longer that it should. Still, it was giving her something to think about other than the Temple and whatever the frak was going on with Lee and the Eye of Jupiter and all the things Leoben had said.
Lee ached a little. Dualla was not happy with him at all. Little surprise he found his way to the rack where Starbuck was currently recovering.
She was there struggling to pick a piece of puzzle that she had dropped and he automatically picked it up and handed it back to her.
"Hey there, loose something?"
She gave a slow half smile. She wasn't expecting to see him, she didn't really know where exactly they stood, but she was glad to see him.
"My mind?" she quipped, smiling. She raised a hand and wiggled her fingers, they were just a little stiff now. "Doc says I'm almost all better, but he gave me this thing," she said, holding up the puzzle, and pointing at the five or so pieces she had left. "And the stupid frakking thing is driving me insane," she said.
"That's kind of a given," Lee smirks.
He seats himself next to her rack. "So you're making progress, that's uh good." She looks a little surprised to see him and he isn't really sure why he came.
"Let me see it," he holds his hand out to have a look at the puzzle. It does look complicated.
She pulled her hand out of his reach, smirking at him. This was comfortable, this she knew. Teasing and playing, it's what they'd always done. Even though him sitting so close made her very aware that they were alone.
"No, I got it," she said, still smirking, slotting the piece she had in her hand in and reaching for another.
She was taunting him now.
"Hey let me see," Lee made a grab for the nearly complete puzzle.
She laughed.
"See with your eyes not with your hands, Lee," she teased, as the piece slotted in. He made another lunge for it, leaning over her and grabbing it.
She laughed and tackled him, trying to get it back. They tousled, laughing and trading insults, even running around the room, each getting a piece in every now and then, and soon there was only one piece left.
She leaned over, holding his arm still so she could slot it in place, determined to be the one to finish the puzzle.
"Aha!" she cried, triumphant, grinning at him as the piece clicked in.
But something was wrong. She looked up, and her brow furrowed, reaching for her sidearm instinctively, spinning around and looking at her new surroundings. Chairs. Carpets under her feet. Natural light...
They weren't on Galactica anymore.
"What the frak?" she breathed, looking over at Lee, completely freaked out.