"When he met Kara, she was lounging in the corner of a booth in an off-base bar, and Zak was looking at her like she glowed from the inside.

She did."

Perfect description of how Lee looks at her - indeed, how she comes across on screen. Katee Sackhoff is somehow perfect when she's Starbuck.

Sad... Kind of beautiful and sad at the same time. Nicely done.

Loved this.

Whoa!

Amazing.

OMG, this is one of my FAVORITE Lee/Kara fics EVER! This is exactly how I imagine they met. I only wish there were more of this story. Well, I hope you write more L/K soon!

A very good character study. Very true to human thought/feeling.

Nice. I like the crisp, straightforward language. It suits the 'looking at the cold, hard truth' tone of the piece.

This resonates. Kudos.

Thank you so much for this story! I really love it - it seems such an inadequate a way to describe my feeling after I read your work, but there you have it none-the-less :) It's great - the dialogue between them is realistic, and I especially like the insights into the characters. Your descriptions are wonderful - "..he was the smarter faster older one, the hotshot pilot, the boy their mother loved best, even if the father did not". Great words!

No wasted text on fake scenarios or the 'big explosions' - just a good clean honest focus on the characters.

Perfect :)

"(Lee is never rude.)"

"Zak and Lee had never been competitive. Because Lee had already won"

Wow, very interesting start. Introspective...a side of Lee that he doesn't show very often. Liked how he felt bad that he couldn't remember the name of his girlfriend. Please continue.

loved it. don't really get the title, but i loved it anyway.