Searching
He hadn't always been John Sheppard.
He hadn't always been the man he was today.
He used to be blonde haired with jade eyes and high cheekbones. Now he had black hair, hazel eyes and subtle cheekbones.
This was his second regeneration after the Time War (his seventh regeneration now) waiting and searching for his father.
But he had at least found his kind-of sister Jenny. She had dropped in on Atlantis every other month and he would upgrade her ship for her, and she would leave again.
So they both searched galaxies on their own and waited for each other.
He was waiting.
He was searching.
For his father.
The Doctor.
