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stargateficrecShow: SGA
Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Radek Zelenka
Pairings: Rodney & John, Rodney & Radek
Categories: gen, hurt/comfort, emotional whump
Warnings: none
Word count: 14,573
Author's Journal: Winter-Ashby on FFN
Author's Website: Winter Ashby (rosweldrmr) on AO3
Link: Losing Touch
Why This Must Be Read:
Originally published on fanfiction.net, this fic really deserves more attention on AO3.
It's a captivating, emotional read that centres around Rodney's devastating loss of his ability to use Ancient Technology and its emotional fallout. In the aftermath, a revelation leads to a deep personal crisis, and it takes more than a pat on the back from his friends to make things right and allow for a happy ending.
"He thought, you all thought... what? I was going to lock him in his quarters? Send him home?" she [Elizabeth] looked around the room, from one set of eyes to the next. All of them said the same thing: 'Yes'. Unequivocally, John knew it was only a matter of time before he was replaced.
At first, it would be on an as needed basis. When there was a mission that required a skilled scientist with the gene. Then, when there was another crisis in the city, and McKay couldn't get to something, or turn something on, he would be need help. And soon he would send someone else when he knew he couldn't. And, eventually, he would be a stay-at-home mom for the civilian scientist. John never thought Elizabeth would send him home. She wasn't that cruel. But she would give him a bureaucratic title, like Chief of Staff, and he would be miserable and eventually he would leave.
"This is unbelievable!" Elizabeth huffed and put her hands on her waist. "What you're suggesting of me... how could I ever... It's RODNEY." she emphasized and gestured her hands in what she thought was a 'no duh' kind of motion.
"He thinks the same thing." Ronon informed her. "He didn't say anything to me, but I can tell. He feels betrayed."
"And isolated." Teyla amended. "He is surrounded by wonders that he was sent to discover but he can no longer perform the most basic of functions with that technology. You can not imagine what it is like for him."
"It's torture." All heads in the room turned as McKay's voice chimed in from the doorway. "I would have been here sooner, but I couldn't activate the transporters, or open the restricted doors in the East corridor." And all the bluster, all the confidence and arrogance that John had come to associate with Rodney McKay was gone. Swallowed up by the fate of losing what was once second nature.
Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Radek Zelenka
Pairings: Rodney & John, Rodney & Radek
Categories: gen, hurt/comfort, emotional whump
Warnings: none
Word count: 14,573
Author's Journal: Winter-Ashby on FFN
Author's Website: Winter Ashby (rosweldrmr) on AO3
Link: Losing Touch
Why This Must Be Read:
Originally published on fanfiction.net, this fic really deserves more attention on AO3.
It's a captivating, emotional read that centres around Rodney's devastating loss of his ability to use Ancient Technology and its emotional fallout. In the aftermath, a revelation leads to a deep personal crisis, and it takes more than a pat on the back from his friends to make things right and allow for a happy ending.
"He thought, you all thought... what? I was going to lock him in his quarters? Send him home?" she [Elizabeth] looked around the room, from one set of eyes to the next. All of them said the same thing: 'Yes'. Unequivocally, John knew it was only a matter of time before he was replaced.
At first, it would be on an as needed basis. When there was a mission that required a skilled scientist with the gene. Then, when there was another crisis in the city, and McKay couldn't get to something, or turn something on, he would be need help. And soon he would send someone else when he knew he couldn't. And, eventually, he would be a stay-at-home mom for the civilian scientist. John never thought Elizabeth would send him home. She wasn't that cruel. But she would give him a bureaucratic title, like Chief of Staff, and he would be miserable and eventually he would leave.
"This is unbelievable!" Elizabeth huffed and put her hands on her waist. "What you're suggesting of me... how could I ever... It's RODNEY." she emphasized and gestured her hands in what she thought was a 'no duh' kind of motion.
"He thinks the same thing." Ronon informed her. "He didn't say anything to me, but I can tell. He feels betrayed."
"And isolated." Teyla amended. "He is surrounded by wonders that he was sent to discover but he can no longer perform the most basic of functions with that technology. You can not imagine what it is like for him."
"It's torture." All heads in the room turned as McKay's voice chimed in from the doorway. "I would have been here sooner, but I couldn't activate the transporters, or open the restricted doors in the East corridor." And all the bluster, all the confidence and arrogance that John had come to associate with Rodney McKay was gone. Swallowed up by the fate of losing what was once second nature.
