stargateficrec | Evening the Odds, by Cleo the Muse (G)

Rec Category: Gen
Characters: Colonel Reynolds
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

cleothemuse
Author's Website:

cleothemuse_fic
Link: Evening the Odds

Why This Must Be Read: Reynolds fic! Who writes fic about Reynolds, one of the more enjoyable minor characters at the SGC? Cleo does, in this charming, deprecating character sketch in which Reynolds muses over the chain of events that led to his position as leader of SG-3. From our first encounter with him in Touchstone to that fateful meeting with Arrom on Vis Uban, here is an entertaining look at Colonel Reynolds and his own version of beating the odds!

It was about this time that I realized my ability to own up to my own mistakes was precisely what was getting me my promotions. Turns out, General Hammond liked officers who were willing to take it on the chin for screwing up every now and then. When you're as good at making a mess of things as I am, you'd better get used to 'fessing up.

Or maybe they were just trying to get rid of me for good, since SG-3 had gone through more team leaders than any other team. The founding team leader was Makepeace, but a family medical crisis took him out of the picture for several months, so Warren took over. Makepeace came back, Warren moved to SG-2, and Makepeace got himself arrested for treason. A whole string of commanders followed after that: Hoeker (medical retirement), Wade (KIA), Washington (retired), Castleman (transferred), Keplinger (medical retirement), Blake (KIA), Lawrence (KIA), Bishop (transferred), and finally Deckard (KIA).

Counting Makepeace's stints separately, that makes me lucky number thirteen. Yay.