Two Minutes by blue_underwing (PG)

[duonoaikouka.livejournal.com]

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Characters: Rodney McKay
Pairing: none
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warning: canon character death, spoilers for episode "The Defiant One" and other Season 1 episodes
Author on LJ: blue_underwing 
Author's Website: Fic tag on LJ
Link: Two Minutes

Why this must be read:

An incredible look at a superpower that is more painful than helpful. Rodney has the ability to go into the past two whole minutes. While growing up, he explored different ways he could play with this and make his life easier; however, he discovers that two minutes doesn't change a lot in the larger scheme of things. Until he joins the Stargate program and Atlantis. Now those two minutes are extremely precious and horrifyingly sad. The whole Brendan Gaul bit... Wow... I starred at the screen for minutes on that one!  And the "Don't touch that!!" screams Rodney's famous for... Very nice touch. I adored this exploration of Rodney and how a superpower can mold the person who carries it. I know you'll adore it as well.

Story Summary: Two minutes. Two precious minutes.

On Atlantis, he’d learn to hoard those two minutes. There were so many things that could go wrong, so many doors not to open, so many buttons you should just not Push. He didn’t think that there was a single person on his staff that hadn’t blown themselves up at least once. He set up a triage system. First come, first serve, but he would only reset for maiming or death and when he was in a position to prevent it. He’d learn that the hard way.

They always thought he was overreacting when he started screaming "Don’t touch that! Do you want to kill yourself, You Idiot?!" They never knew how often he was screaming because he’d just watched them die.

Comments

[rissabby.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed this story. Thanks for the rec. There are a lot of good Rodney McKay gen stories that I've never read. Thank you for letting me know about your favorites.

[duonoaikouka.livejournal.com]

Very welcome. :) Rodney has always been a fav from the beginning so I've enjoyed exploring his character this rec cycle. BTW, adore your icon! Very pretty. :)