The Speed of Acceptance, by blade_girl

[blade_girl]

Title: The Speed of Acceptance
Author: Blade blade_girl
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Category: Gen
Warnings: Major character death
Summary: John has plenty of experience in losing comrades. He knows how to handle it.

A/N: Like so many others, my assignment for the picfor1000 challenge managed to meet the criteria for the Missing Persons challenge as well. My picture

Comments

[tipper_green]

Wow -- absolutely incredible, and dead on. Painful too. Beautiful job!

[blade_girl]

Thanks for your kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the story.

[iamrighthere]

"He sits up in bed, the clack of sticks still ringing in his head."

Beautiful detail.

Really spot-on. John would be as subtle as you wrote him. Very impressive.

[blade_girl]

I'm honored. Thank you.

[duffy_99]

He sits up in bed, the clack of sticks still ringing in his head.

**sob** What a wonderfully heartbreaking sentence.

[blade_girl]

Thank you. :)

[dossier]

wonderfully heartbreaking. I'm going to buck the trend and say I don't believe it needs a sequel; you've shown us everything we need to know--John's pent-up rage, and McKay's guilt, and in the end, just a little acceptance, by simply looking where he wouldn't before. well done!

[blade_girl]

I tend to agree that we don't really need a follow-up to this. I do have an idea for something from Rodney's POV, but it wouldn't be a sequel, really - more of a companion piece. But thanks very much for reading and sharing your views! I'm glad you enjoyed the story.

[ellex42]

Waaah, that's so sad! *sniffles*

But amazingly good. The sense of irreplacable loss is just heart-breaking.

[blade_girl]

Sorry if I made you cry. ;) But thanks for the compliment.