stargateficrec | Phone Call Home (by Kuonji) (G)

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Time travel
Characters: Rodney McKay and John Sheppard
Categories: Gen
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW:

kuonji
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Phone Call Home on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a nice little story about adult John being sent back in time and meeting Rodney as a kid, whose trust he needs to win so as to get back to his own time. Amusing and enjoyable.

"Hi." Rodney jumped. The man had dropped down on the bench right next to him. "You're Rodney McKay."

The voice was friendly and not at all condescending. Besides, nobody called him Rodney. He'd been trying to promote the usage of his middle name, but as soon as the teacher called roll, that crashed and burned into the usual endless teasing and laughing at his expense. Useless bags of hormones, all of them. Rodney would never become like them, obviously.

"Yeah, Rodney. That's me," he replied, pleased.

The man nodded, and his deepset eyes were still fixed on Rodney's face, as if studying him or cataloging him.

Sudden terror gripped Rodney. Now that he thought about it, no grown-up had ever called him 'Rodney' in his life.

A stalker. He had caught the attention of some stalker of genius children. And there was no one else around right now. He was going to wind up locked in a closet somewhere, like, like the twisted stalker's pet. His parents would never find him.

Rodney slapped his notebook close, ready to bolt, when he realized what he'd written on the cover, in large black letters: PROPERTY OF RODNEY MCKAY.

So, not a stalker then. Just some stupid guy trying to be funny. He felt relieved, and weirdly disappointed.