Sentry Post, by astolat, for the First Night challenge.

[astolat]

Many thanks to merryish and resonant8 for giving this a beta pass.
Bates POV, gen, 442 words.

Summary: Sheppard's got Sumner's dogtags, but now Bates has his job.

Comments

[zortified]

Ooo, nice. Very chilling look into his head.

[minnow1212]

Oh, I liked this a *lot.*

>he's got Berman and Yeats, who don't drink, and Chastow, who can be trusted not to if he's asked<

I liked this especially for some reason.

[verstehen]

Oh, wow, Bates-centric fic. I didn't think this existed, even after Letters From Pegasus. ;) I'm impressed, especially by your treatment of his issues and professional paranoia. And the pills. That tiny little detail makes the short more than anything; it really shows how driven he is.

[cesperanza]

I didn't see this before you posted--I like this a lot. We really need to do a "other characters" perspective challenge at some point, because it's amazing to think of Sheppard as a flyboy with a do-not-promote stamped on his record who only got brought along because Weir wanted herself a piece of ass in a uniform and McKay wanted somebody to flip the fucking light switches. WAY cool.

[maryavatar]

Oooh, I love this insight into Bates's mind. I'm rather fond of him.