Comfort’s not as simple as we’d like it to be.

I think a lot of us lost what was comfort to us when the Cylons came and our worlds were shaken and people were killed. So many of us were flung headfirst into new territory, running for our lives and living in constant fear that with the next jump we’d be wiped out completely.

In the past, comfort would have been a friend, a lover or a family member but the rules of the game have changed and we’re all just trying to adapt. Comfort is individual to every person, some people take comfort in others whilst others seek out their own company for the comfort that they so desperately need.

Comfort to me means that I don’t have to look over my shoulder and worry about what’s coming next, comfort is knowing that we’ll get there one of these days. It’s also a fickle thing, you’ll feel safe and then the worst thing can happen and all those false feelings of security and comfort are destroyed with one fell swoop.

My idea of comfort used to be my mother, it used to be my constant rise throughout ranks and moving from Battlestar to Battlestar. Now, I guess comfort comes in many different forms and it’s changed a lot as time has passed.

It was laughing with other pilots when we were all off duty, it was flying CAP and talking about all the things we used to love, it was running the corridors with Kara, it was being the CAG.

Now it’s knowing the people under my command will do everything in their power to get us back to where we’re needed to be, comfort is having faith in the people on the planet surface to survive, comfort is having my father at my side and it’s knowing that I have the ability to do something about what’s happening.

Comfort is the promise of a better tomorrow.

Muse : Cmdr. Lee 'Apollo' Adama
Fandom : Battlestar Galactica (New TV Series)
Word Count : 328