stargateficrec | Five Ways They Cheated Death (in our Universe) by Sholio aka friendshipper (PG)

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Five Things
Characters: Sheppard, McKay, Emmagan, Dex, Ford, Ellis, Lirrin, Weir
Pairing: none
Het/Slash/Gen: gen
Warning: character death
Author on LJ:

friendshipper
Author's Website: SGA Fanfic tag at LJ, City on the Ocean's Edge
Link: Five Ways They Cheated Death (In Our Universe)

Why this must be read:

An extremely eye-opening and touching look at five fates that might have been our Atlantis Expedition's but for the stroke of Lady Luck. All of these are painful in their own ways and enough, each by themselves, to bring a tear to the reader's eye. All five together... just make sure you've got at least one tissue handy for a quick nose honk, as it'll be needed. Friendshipper just shows us again how she may be the queen of action/adventure team-y goodness, but her depth of talent for writing outside the box will make you gasp in wonder as well.

Story Summary: There but for the grace.

"Anyone you know, Lirrin?" he asked softly.

"I don't think so. He's not dressed like one of my people." She nudged at the long leather coat half-covering the corpse. "Perhaps he stole it, or traded for it on another world."

"Well, whoever he is, we owe him one for killing all these Wraith." Sheppard looked around, meeting each of his team members' eyes in turn, and saw the same thought reflected in all of them.

The floor of the cave was too rocky for an actual burial, so Sheppard and Lirrin planted small C4 charges at either side of the cave while the others waited outside.

"You gonna keep that?" Sheppard asked, looking over from setting his timer to see Lirrin standing by the corpse, turning the gun over in her hands.

She shook her head. "No. Regardless of how he got it, it was his. I think it should stay here with him." She flicked the gun's power switch to off, and reverently laid it in the corpse's lap before retreating to the mouth of the cave with her team.