Truth and Consequences by Aelfgyfu (T)
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stargateficrecShow: SGA
Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Characters: Rodney McKay, Sam Carter, Radek Zelenka
Pairings: none
Categories: gen, friendship, angst, emotional hurt/comfort, episode tag, s4e9: miller’s crossing
Warnings: no archive warnings apply
Words: 6919
Author's Journal:aelfgyfu_mead
Author's Website: Aelfgyfu on AO3
Link: Truth and Consequences
Author's summary: “Colonel Carter? What brings you down here this”—he shot a quick look at his computer screen—“this time of night?”
She walked closer and pulled up a stool.
“I’m, I’m still working on the code, as you can see,” McKay said, waving at his laptop. “The problem is—”
Be blunt, Zelenka had advised, and that fit her own understanding of McKay, so she went with it. “The problem is that you seem to be working yourself into the ground.”
Why This Must Be Read: This is a great, plausibly written what-if fic, originally posted on LJ, from the time when SGA first aired. It will make you see the events and outcome of the episode "Miller's Crossing" in a different light.
It's written from Sam's Pov and takes you on the guilt trip with Rodney, and in parts with Sam, too, looking at things from various unexpected angles, and it gives you so much insight into their thoughts and emotional pain.
It's a wonderful, sensitive conversation, and it's not about the perfect solution but very much about friendship, compassion, and comfort.
“She’s my sister!” He looked at her, forehead creased, face reddening. “You say you know what it’s like to have estranged siblings? Well, we, we just made up, and I nearly got her killed! Or brain-wiped! Did you ever do that to your sister?”
“Brother,” she muttered. Louder, she said, “Didn’t happen, Rodney,” finally putting a hand on his shoulder in spite of herself. She felt a slight shudder run through him, but he didn’t pull away. “You couldn’t know. And you went after her to save her, putting yourself in danger. But you were also there to help her work on the programming.”
“She was better at it than I was! Wallace injected the wrong person!” McKay’s voice was quiet but full of anguish. “If I had waited for Sheppard and not gone looking for her on my own, they wouldn’t even have caught me. She would have been working, and she might have gotten the same work done without me, and she never would have been injected! Maybe Sharon would even have lived. And Wallace wouldn’t be dead, and Sheppard wouldn’t—”
He broke off, looking away, face even more guilty than before.
Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Characters: Rodney McKay, Sam Carter, Radek Zelenka
Pairings: none
Categories: gen, friendship, angst, emotional hurt/comfort, episode tag, s4e9: miller’s crossing
Warnings: no archive warnings apply
Words: 6919
Author's Journal:
aelfgyfu_mead Author's Website: Aelfgyfu on AO3
Link: Truth and Consequences
Author's summary: “Colonel Carter? What brings you down here this”—he shot a quick look at his computer screen—“this time of night?”
She walked closer and pulled up a stool.
“I’m, I’m still working on the code, as you can see,” McKay said, waving at his laptop. “The problem is—”
Be blunt, Zelenka had advised, and that fit her own understanding of McKay, so she went with it. “The problem is that you seem to be working yourself into the ground.”
Why This Must Be Read: This is a great, plausibly written what-if fic, originally posted on LJ, from the time when SGA first aired. It will make you see the events and outcome of the episode "Miller's Crossing" in a different light.
It's written from Sam's Pov and takes you on the guilt trip with Rodney, and in parts with Sam, too, looking at things from various unexpected angles, and it gives you so much insight into their thoughts and emotional pain.
It's a wonderful, sensitive conversation, and it's not about the perfect solution but very much about friendship, compassion, and comfort.
“She’s my sister!” He looked at her, forehead creased, face reddening. “You say you know what it’s like to have estranged siblings? Well, we, we just made up, and I nearly got her killed! Or brain-wiped! Did you ever do that to your sister?”
“Brother,” she muttered. Louder, she said, “Didn’t happen, Rodney,” finally putting a hand on his shoulder in spite of herself. She felt a slight shudder run through him, but he didn’t pull away. “You couldn’t know. And you went after her to save her, putting yourself in danger. But you were also there to help her work on the programming.”
“She was better at it than I was! Wallace injected the wrong person!” McKay’s voice was quiet but full of anguish. “If I had waited for Sheppard and not gone looking for her on my own, they wouldn’t even have caught me. She would have been working, and she might have gotten the same work done without me, and she never would have been injected! Maybe Sharon would even have lived. And Wallace wouldn’t be dead, and Sheppard wouldn’t—”
He broke off, looking away, face even more guilty than before.
