4 Who Got The Job, 1 Who Didn't [5 Things Challenge]

[2ndary_author]

Title: Four People Who Got the Job (and One Who Didn’t) OR  Below the Stairs, Before the Mast
Author: 2ndary_author
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Characters: Sheppard, McKay, Jack O’Neill, OC, references to Elizabeth Weir, Ronon
Rating: PG-15
Words: Too Many

Notes: set after Sunday with a slight, barely-there spoiler for that episode. I made up a lot

Comments

[eliyes]

You've got a bit of a repeat going here:

The general’s undone his stiff collar buttons and located a gallon of milk in the walk-in refrigerator. (The cooking wine’s not fit to drink and, besides, he’s still technically in uniform and on duty).

“You like working here in Yorktown, then?” The general unearths a stack of measuring cups and selects the two largest-the actual glassware is in the plating station beyond the dining room and neither of them can be bothered.

Harris shrugs. “Sure. A little fancier than what I was trained on, but that keeps things interesting. And it’s a nice area, good if you have a family. Nice schools. There’s milk in the fridge, near the cream sauce. It’s that or water; the cooking wine’s basically vinegar.” She sticks a few pieces of dampened ciabatta into the microwave, hoping to approximate the ordinary white bread, which her CO flatout refuses to keep in the kitchen.

“Milk’s fine for me. Technically still on duty, I guess, depending on what time zone we’re in.” The general finds a gallon in the walk-in. “Do you?” he asks.

[2ndary_author]

haha, yes I do. Or I did. It's fixed now. Thanks:)

[eliyes]

Glad to help! Very nicely executed 5 Things story. :3

[amph]

Nope, not quite: it still says:

The general’s undone his stiff collar buttons and located a gallon of milk in the walk-in refrigerator. and then two paragraphs later: The general finds a gallon in the walk-in.

What a delightful story! All of the original characters are so crisply drawn and their outsider perspective really hits you where it hurts (“Is there a solution, sir? To that last problem?” and “Everything is a timed task.”), while still being balanced with humor and great insight into characters we already love.