Sudden Jolt by Kristen999 [K]
Rec Category: Ronon Dex
Pairing: none
Category: gen, Atlantis, hurt/comfort
Warning: none
Author on LJ: kristen999
Author's website: Author's page on fanfiction.net
Link: Sudden Jolt
Why This Must Be Read: This is a deceptively simple, short h/c piece in which Ronon is trapped with a badly injured Sheppard. But it's woven through with wonderful insights about Ronon, his insecurities and fears and the difficulty that he's having in picking up the threads of a normal life after having learned to put aside everything but survival during his seven years on the run. It's also a nice look at the deep but emotionally-restrained friendship between the two men.
He sites the heel of one hand, then places the other on top, and presses down, keeping his arms straight, elbows locked.
This is the point when he broke the dummy in class... when he was reminded that he was only good at taking life.
Knives, guns, fists. Death, that's his talent.
He releases the compression.
One and two.
Three and four.
Teyla's soothing voice reminds him to press in a steady, regular speed, like a child's nursery rhyme, until he reaches fifteen and he counts in his head to keep from compressing out of beat.
Ronon ignores an internal voice that tells him Sheppard is dead, and beating up his lifeless body won't bring him back. He silences the nagging doubt. This is just another fight and they'll face it side-by-side.
Pairing: none
Category: gen, Atlantis, hurt/comfort
Warning: none
Author on LJ: kristen999
Author's website: Author's page on fanfiction.net
Link: Sudden Jolt
Why This Must Be Read: This is a deceptively simple, short h/c piece in which Ronon is trapped with a badly injured Sheppard. But it's woven through with wonderful insights about Ronon, his insecurities and fears and the difficulty that he's having in picking up the threads of a normal life after having learned to put aside everything but survival during his seven years on the run. It's also a nice look at the deep but emotionally-restrained friendship between the two men.
He sites the heel of one hand, then places the other on top, and presses down, keeping his arms straight, elbows locked.
This is the point when he broke the dummy in class... when he was reminded that he was only good at taking life.
Knives, guns, fists. Death, that's his talent.
He releases the compression.
One and two.
Three and four.
Teyla's soothing voice reminds him to press in a steady, regular speed, like a child's nursery rhyme, until he reaches fifteen and he counts in his head to keep from compressing out of beat.
Ronon ignores an internal voice that tells him Sheppard is dead, and beating up his lifeless body won't bring him back. He silences the nagging doubt. This is just another fight and they'll face it side-by-side.