Five Shots Sheppard Wishes He'd Taken by ismenetruth (R)

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Rec Category: John Sheppard
Pairing: Sheppard/m
Category: John Sheppard, angst, character study, John/original character
Warning: slash
Author on LJ: ismenetruth
Author's Website: none that I could find
Link: Five Shots Sheppard Wishes He'd Taken

Why This Must Be Read:

Because brief snippets can still be incredibly revealing. And these are perfectly Sheppard.

Sheppard pulls his shot at the last moment, getting the leg instead of the heart.

Months and another encounter with Ford later, sitting in the infirmary staring at Rodney’s sweat-soaked form and the dark rings around his sunken eyes, Sheppard wonders if Ford’s new team would still be alive if he’d done it.