Unexpectedly Lucky, by Ellex (PG)
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stargateficrecRec Category: Rodney McKay
Pairing: N/A
Category: Character study, gen, h/c, Rodney McKay.
Warning: Angst.
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ellex42
Author's Website: Profile @ Wraithbait
Link: Unexpectedly Lucky
Why This Must Be Read: This was one of the first stories I read when I tiptoed into the SGA fandom earlier this year, and it's been a favorite ever since. Ellex has Rodney's voice down perfectly, and this is a neat little glimpse of him during the first season. The plot's fairly simple: Rodney has an allergic reaction while offworld. What really makes the story memorable though, in my opinion at least, is how he reacts afterward, once he's safe in Atlantis and has time to think.
[Rodney] flopped down on one of the stone benches around the well, thinking he ought to sit down before he fell down.
The symptoms were horribly familiar, but he couldn’t think of anything that could have triggered an allergic reaction. He’d had peanut butter PowerBars before, so unless they’d changed the recipe…Rodney dug the empty foil wrapper out of his pocket. Trying to read the list of ingredients was almost impossible between the tiny type and the way his vision was blurring as his right eye itched and watered continuously.
He’d drunk the water from the well the day before, after testing it with a handy Ancient device. Not only was the water perfectly safe, it was full of healthy natural minerals, as well. There were people on Earth who’d pay through the nose for water like this, and often did.
The stomach cramps hit him without warning, stealing even more of his breath. Oh yeah, definitely an allergic reaction to something, he thought dazedly, and not a mild one. Not quite as bad as full anaphylactic shock – which he’d never actually experienced, despite his vociferous complaints – but bad enough. If he couldn’t manage to get himself moving soon, back to the hut where he and the rest of the team had spent the night, it could get quite a bit worse.
And if his oxygen intake was too limited for too long…well, the only thing he really had to offer was his brain, and the brain didn’t do too well without oxygen.
He’d read somewhere that lack of oxygen produced a brief euphoria, which didn’t quite explain why some people were so eager to kill off their brain cells through ingesting various substances. He certainly wouldn’t describe the way he felt now as euphoric. Lightheaded and dizzy, maybe even a little giddy, but euphoric? Really, no.
Pairing: N/A
Category: Character study, gen, h/c, Rodney McKay.
Warning: Angst.
Author on LJ:
ellex42Author's Website: Profile @ Wraithbait
Link: Unexpectedly Lucky
Why This Must Be Read: This was one of the first stories I read when I tiptoed into the SGA fandom earlier this year, and it's been a favorite ever since. Ellex has Rodney's voice down perfectly, and this is a neat little glimpse of him during the first season. The plot's fairly simple: Rodney has an allergic reaction while offworld. What really makes the story memorable though, in my opinion at least, is how he reacts afterward, once he's safe in Atlantis and has time to think.
[Rodney] flopped down on one of the stone benches around the well, thinking he ought to sit down before he fell down.
The symptoms were horribly familiar, but he couldn’t think of anything that could have triggered an allergic reaction. He’d had peanut butter PowerBars before, so unless they’d changed the recipe…Rodney dug the empty foil wrapper out of his pocket. Trying to read the list of ingredients was almost impossible between the tiny type and the way his vision was blurring as his right eye itched and watered continuously.
He’d drunk the water from the well the day before, after testing it with a handy Ancient device. Not only was the water perfectly safe, it was full of healthy natural minerals, as well. There were people on Earth who’d pay through the nose for water like this, and often did.
The stomach cramps hit him without warning, stealing even more of his breath. Oh yeah, definitely an allergic reaction to something, he thought dazedly, and not a mild one. Not quite as bad as full anaphylactic shock – which he’d never actually experienced, despite his vociferous complaints – but bad enough. If he couldn’t manage to get himself moving soon, back to the hut where he and the rest of the team had spent the night, it could get quite a bit worse.
And if his oxygen intake was too limited for too long…well, the only thing he really had to offer was his brain, and the brain didn’t do too well without oxygen.
He’d read somewhere that lack of oxygen produced a brief euphoria, which didn’t quite explain why some people were so eager to kill off their brain cells through ingesting various substances. He certainly wouldn’t describe the way he felt now as euphoric. Lightheaded and dizzy, maybe even a little giddy, but euphoric? Really, no.
