Before the Whales Come Crashing Down by linziday (1st Quarterly Ficathon)

[linziday]

Title: Before the Whales Come Crashing Down

Author: linziday

Rating: PG13

Word count: about 2,200

Warnings: Mild language, traumatic hallucinations

Spoilers: Up to the second half of season 2.

Summary: One person. Awake five days. And this time it's not Rodney.

Prompt: Written for

Comments

[padawan_aneiki]

SQUEEE! I love it. :D Total luv! I adored it. :) So cool how Rodney's experiences kept John's Iratus hallucinations at bay, and how he's never had to worry about the little whales because the team kept those away...

:D :D :D Thankies!!!!

[linziday]

Oh, thank God! I'm so glad you liked it. I wasn't totally happy with it and really worried it wasn't any good and wasn't quite what you wanted. So I'm thrilled you're happy with it! *does happy writer dance* :D

[padawan_aneiki]

I think it's adorable. :) Shep takes one on the chin for the team, so to speak, and the team carries him through it, and in this case, Rodney in particular. :) Luff!

:D

[linziday]

Yay! :D

[tridget]

So that's what the sleep deprivation info was being used for! You made really good use of the information on the effects. It was great Shep whump. I like the way Rodney was there for his friend and the ending was very touching. Rodney's whale hallucinations were priceless.

[linziday]

LOL... yes! Thanks to everyone over at the whumpers page for helping me out with that. The info was awesome! I'm not sure if I got it quire right, but it seems like there's some wiggle room there for different people, so I just say any split from the norm is all because of Sheppard. :)

I'm glad you liked it. The end was my favorite part... and the description of the whale hallucinations. :D

[drufan]

I thought this was adorable. The Pffft! really just made me giggle. And whales with tiny teeth...scary tiny teeth but the image is just so strange.

Good story!

[linziday]

Thank you! I really didn't plan the "Pfft" at all, but Sheppard just came out with it and, well, what else could I do? :)

[obsessed1o1]

Oh just lovely! Sleep deprived Shep is a favourite of mine and a little team bonding mixed in for good measure!

[linziday]

I love sleep deprived anyone. You just can't beat the loopiness. :)

Glad you liked it!

[gottalovev]

tiny whales! with teeth! the perfect hallucination for Rodney. and makes perfect sense that it would be bugs for John. love how you did this, that Rodney is now safe before of the team, and so is John. lovely

[linziday]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it. I have a soft spot for the team feeling safe with each other. :)