Under the Skin 57/67

Carson watched his friend drift off into sleep, relieved that at least he knew the man was going to get a good night’s sleep. Once he was sure Rodney was out, he dropped down into a nearby chair.
He let his mind drift for a minute, forgetting he wasn’t alone. He jerked when a hand touched his shoulder, reminding him of their ( Read more... )

Under the Skin 56/67

Walking down the hall with Sheppard attached to his right arm, McKay felt a little disconnected. He knew something had happened, something big, but for the life of him he couldn't figure out what had gotten his two friends so worked up.

His mind was quieter now than it had been, the memories and images faded into the background.

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Under the Skin 55/67

As he hurried down the hall, first dodging Colonel Sheppard, then hurrying his steps when he heard echoes behind him, Carson knew this was a bad idea.

The last time he had sat in the chair, it had nearly killed him. Doing it again, when he had no guarantee of any better success was not only stupid, it was borderline suicidal. ( Read more... )

Under the Skin 54/67

After Rodney had left Sheppard standing in the hallway, he hadn't known where to go, what to do. He was still restless, but also exhausted. All the waking he'd done had certainly taken its toll on the reserves of energy he'd had.

He'd grabbed a little dinner and then collapsed into bed, sliding into a restless slumber, waking ( Read more... )

Under the Skin 53/67

His shift was over, but Carson found he wasn’t really tired. He had finally caught up on all his sleep, and the infirmary didn’t really have any major cases at the moment. He had been working on paperwork for most of the day, which wasn’t very strenuous.

He tried going back to his room, but when he caught himself pacing ( Read more... )

Under the Skin 52/67

It was strange, odd even, for Rodney to have nothing to do. But, for once in his life, he didn't mind it. He'd slept until his body had had enough and then he'd taken to wandering through Atlantis, grabbing food when his body demanded it, but otherwise meandering through the corridors, finding familiarity in places he had no ( Read more... )

Under the Skin 51/67

Carson knew he had been a coward. He had started out wanting to try to make Rodney understand how needed he was, but had let his own problems get the better of him.
He had pulled it together, and was determined that he would do whatever was necessary to make sure his friend understood how valuable he was, not just for his brain ( Read more... )

Under the Skin 50/67

Rodney was bored. After sleeping for most of the past few days, his body had finally decided it was time to be awake. Without a laptop-they'd hidden the one he'd managed to wheedle out of Radek the last time-he found himself with way too much time on his hands.

Which, of course, led to thinking…which, in his case was generally a ( Read more... )

Under the Skin 49/67

Carson saw John leave, knowing he had probably just had it out with Rodney. Did either of them ever sleep?
Although to be fair, he was up because he couldn’t sleep either. He didn’t go back on duty for another few hours, so he figured he would come check on his primary patient and see how he was doing.

Rodney was sleeping, his ( Read more... )

Under the Skin 48/67

Rodney knew he woke up several times over the course of the next day or so, only to quickly fall back to sleep even though various people-Carson, Sheppard, Weir, Zelenka, and Anne-demanded he stay awake.

He was just so tired.

The last time he woke it was sometime in the middle of the night and Sheppard was sprawled in a chair ( Read more... )