"The Price That Life Exacts" by cathalin

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Title
The Price That Life Exacts

Author
cathalin

Prompt
Big Bang 2008.   John is more Ancient than anyone realizes. / After season 4.

Summary
When John disappears without a trace during a routine mission, people in a beleaguered Atlantis eventually have to try to move on. Rodney never completely gives up hope of finding John, and though he soldiers

Comments

[cathalin]

Oh, thank you so very much for your kind words. Getting Rodney's emotional state conveyed without getting heavy-handed was something I was aiming for, so I'm thrilled that his anguish came through -- though sorry your heart was ripped out.:(

Actually, the fact that you are a musician and liked that element thrills me, because I did worry that those scenes could come off as half-baked. Ah! The Moonlight Sonata, yes -- and perhaps you're familiar with its purported history, supposedly being written by Beethoven after the death of his lover, which devastated him... I ended up not able to write that fact into the story without it being too heavy-handed, but it's there, in the background.:)

I'm thrilled the baby worked for you -- obviously writing a baby felt rather risky, lol, but in this case the story compelled me.

Keller! I'm so glad you liked her. A number of my betas commenting that they liked her in this fic, and I'm happy about that -- her character has so much potential. Haha, in Keller, Rodney met a force he couldn't really combat. *g*

Thanks so much for your comments!