Stargate Atlantis
pg-13
spoilers
for 'the real world' and 'common ground'
john/elizabeth
angst,
hurt/comfort,some romance
"I look at you, and smile because i'm fine"
Elizabeth hasn't seen John all
day. he's not at the mess at dinner.
finally giving in, she goes
looking for him.
she finds him at a balcony. not their balcony,
but a much secluded one. where she knows he likes to come and
think.
he's standing with his back to the door, leaning over the
railing,looking down.
she walks up to him. "John?" she
asks, softly, trying to shake him off his thoughts.
a few seconds
pass and he turns to her.
"lizabeth?" he says, confused
"what you doin' here?"
she offers him a smile. "I
... i came to check on you"
"I'm ok, liz, don't worry
about me."
she decides, this once, to let the dreaded
nickname slide
"Why not?" she asks instead "You
always do. and i'm the leader,it's my job"
he smirks."and
you one hell of a job. they oughta give you a nobel"
she
chuckles quietly. "i doubt it"
he remains quiet, not
quite sure what to say to calm her nerves that won't sound like a
complete lie.
"you know.."she starts,slowly "i
realized something today. i never said thank you.
you saved my
life with the nanogenes and i never said anything.
all i did was
leave you to die. fed upon by a wraith."
she slid down to the
floor as she spoke, not daring to look at him.
"elizabeth...
you did what you had to do. it was the right choice. i know you feel
guilty but i'm here, i'm alive. it all worked out. this
time,everybody lived"
he took her hand as he talked and she
leaned her on his shoulder. she needed the assurance of his physical
presence. it wasn't dream.
"it gets harder every time."
she says. "not letting you go saved my life and now i can't not
do it"
he looks down, still holding her hand "i know"
he states
"you never told me what happened. what did you
see?"
she bites her lip.
"are you sure you want to
know?"
"i am. please tell me"
she moves closer
to him, looking for a comfortable posicion, before starting her
story
"i was back on Earth..."
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