Fic: Watchers
Title: Watchers (drabble)
Fandom: Stargate SG:1
Author: Rhianne
Summary: Being forced to wait on the sidelines can be the hardest of all. Gen fic.
He watches. Standing in the control room as the gate swirls to life, looking down through protective glass as the soldiers in his command head into the unknown. They have MALP telemetry but it’s never enough, and Hammond knows he can’t guarantee that those who walk into the wormhole will ever come back.
They envy him his command, hoping that one day they’ll be promoted to General, but Hammond was born to fight, to be a soldier, and he doubts anyone under his command could ever understand how hard it is to be the one who can only ever watch.