Title: To The Grave
Rating: PG-13
Character: Teyla Emmagen
Warnings: Blood, death
Summary: Even in the womb, her people know this sound.

Author's Note: ...well, this did not turn out like I was thinking it would, but since it was written for this challenge and still has to do with "kids"...

( There is a peace in this, a simple acceptance of the reality that lies around her without protest or illusion of control. )

He fell in the line of duty / gave her life to save her team / went down fighting / bought us enough time

knew what he was doing / understood the risks / made the choice

in a better place / will be sorely missed / his memory lives on

We regret to inform you / our condolences on your loss / Jesus, I’m sorry

NEXT OF KIN: _____________

your son

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1. Because He's Gay

The candlelight, the warm oil, and her state of nudity would normally lead to a scandalous conclusion. It isn't even a remote possibility in her mind, however, as the strong hands working their way down her back hit a particularly tense muscle. He focuses on the area, massaging away the stress and pain while she stifles her ( Read more... )

Title: Physician of the Mind Diseased
Author:
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Title: Building Bridges (Instead of Walls)
Author: soapbox_solo38
Rating: PG
Character: Elizabeth Weir
Summary: And Atlantis has broken all the other rules; why should this one be any different?

( She didn’t have to be told that those in power were alone. )

It fails again.

I have a migraine from trying to read the scrawling instructions in a waterlogged notebook that’s still drying. The bruises on my hands, my legs and arms and torso, are a testimony to the challenge of piecing together shattered Ancient technology; various cuts sting from the salt water.

Some unnamable pain in my chest, aching ( Read more... )

 “We’ll put them in cryo,” the old mechanic grunted as he hefted the woman’s legs higher, trying not to look at the blood that was turning her red shirt something closer to black.

“But-” The younger engineer started to protest, lines deepening on a face that was too young for them. He stopped when the ancient ship groaned, wearying in its fight ( Read more... )

He honestly can’t say how it happened; after all, he had only been freezing his ass off and ready to suggest they pile the flammable objects in the middle of the lab before letting a tech set them on fire. The blue-tinged faces of the few Atlantis personnel around him had been more worrying than the fact that he couldn’t feel his fingers anymore ( Read more... )

You have moments when you wonder if more than the appearance of the Doctor Keller has sunken into your form. Although you are given free leave to morph and assume the identities of others in the Atlantis expedition or, for that matter, the whole galaxy, you prefer this soft, rounded appearance. It is… comfortable.

You forget that there is danger in ( Read more... )

The next time hope started to slip out of his grasp and Elizabeth noticed, she put her hands flat on her desk and stood up with an exasperated sigh.

“Rodney, come here.”

“Huh?” Interrupted in his tired monologue of all the things that were dooming them this time, he watched as Weir pulled something out of a drawer and started towards the door. ( Read more... )