Invisible
Rating: PG
Word Count: 308
Ship: None
Summary: Written for the prompt "Stargate: Universe, Eli, invisibility" on comment_fic
When they weren’t teasing him, all the other kids at school ignored Eli. They abandoned the Lincoln logs to him and played duck-duck-goose. Alone in the corner, Eli constructed metropolises of wood, cannibalizing other buildings in the name of progress. It was lonely, but he didn’t mind not having to share.
In high school Eli did everything he could not to be invisible. He tried to become the class clown, but he was too quiet. Though the circle of people he would call friends was small, many Fridays he found himself giving girls rides home. Nothing ever came of it. They forgot he existed come Monday, and Eli contented himself with the knowledge that there was life beyond high school.
The few semesters he spent at MIT were with an ever changing cast of roommates who seemed to ignore his presence and hook up as he attempted to sleep only a few feet away.
While Rush spent his time berating the other scientists for even thinking about touching the consoles, Eli slipped about tinkering here and there. Rush never said a word to him.
Colonel Young never paid much attention to Eli when it did not suit his purposes.
Chloe sought him out when she was bored or lonely. Eli listened well and could always be counted on for a hug. As soon as Scott appeared, Chloe forgot that Eli had ever existed. Even when it was just Colonel Young or someone, if she was not in distress, Eli could not catch her attention.
So after the accident and the chaos of it all, it took Eli some time to catch on that he actually was invisible. He was so used to being ignored that invisibility wasn’t much of a change. It was only when Greer tried to walk straight through him that Eli suspected something was wrong…
Word Count: 308
Ship: None
Summary: Written for the prompt "Stargate: Universe, Eli, invisibility" on comment_fic
When they weren’t teasing him, all the other kids at school ignored Eli. They abandoned the Lincoln logs to him and played duck-duck-goose. Alone in the corner, Eli constructed metropolises of wood, cannibalizing other buildings in the name of progress. It was lonely, but he didn’t mind not having to share.
In high school Eli did everything he could not to be invisible. He tried to become the class clown, but he was too quiet. Though the circle of people he would call friends was small, many Fridays he found himself giving girls rides home. Nothing ever came of it. They forgot he existed come Monday, and Eli contented himself with the knowledge that there was life beyond high school.
The few semesters he spent at MIT were with an ever changing cast of roommates who seemed to ignore his presence and hook up as he attempted to sleep only a few feet away.
While Rush spent his time berating the other scientists for even thinking about touching the consoles, Eli slipped about tinkering here and there. Rush never said a word to him.
Colonel Young never paid much attention to Eli when it did not suit his purposes.
Chloe sought him out when she was bored or lonely. Eli listened well and could always be counted on for a hug. As soon as Scott appeared, Chloe forgot that Eli had ever existed. Even when it was just Colonel Young or someone, if she was not in distress, Eli could not catch her attention.
So after the accident and the chaos of it all, it took Eli some time to catch on that he actually was invisible. He was so used to being ignored that invisibility wasn’t much of a change. It was only when Greer tried to walk straight through him that Eli suspected something was wrong…