stargateficrec | Scratching Calculations in the Dirt (by Giddygeek) (Teen)

Show: SGA

Rec Category: Animal Transformation
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Radek, Carson, Elizabeth, Teyla, Ronon and others.
Categories: pre-slash until the end
Warnings: Nil
Author on LJ:

giddygeek
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Scratching Calculations in the Dirt on AO3

Why This Must Be Read: Rodney turns into a dinosaur off-world! So firstly, dinosaur! Also it's hilarious, and touching, and generally a great read. There's also a podfic by

librarychick_94.

John wasn't particularly happy about having to leave Rodney on P4X-707, but couldn't stay. There was too much going on in the city, and he hadn't planned to be away overnight.

"I'll be back in the morning," he said. "Don't eat anyone, okay?"

Rodney roared and, through pathetic dinosaur melodrama, managed to convince John that he did actually need a small mountain of unwrapped Powerbars brought through the gate for him in the morning, although with Parrish's help, he had managed to find a pretty varied selection of edible vegetation.

"Fine, but don't expect room service every day," John said, and reluctantly went home.

*

Rodney got room service every day. In the morning, while he was happily munching his way through the stack of Powerbars, making pleased rumbly noises, John tended to stay on the other side of the clearing with the crew. Rodney was not a neat eater, even when he was human.

When he was done, he followed John and they tried to help the scientists and doctors figure out how they were going to get him back to normal. On the tenth morning, Zelenka straightened and pushed his glasses higher on his nose.

"Colonel," he said. "Perhaps you could be of more use to us if you were to take Rodney for a walk. You can see, it is a bit of a distraction to have him attempting to scratch calculations in the dirt with his claws. Also he has broken three laptops and a nurse."