Be Happy, chapter 1
Disclaimer: The characters are not mine. I just write about them.
Author: Pajus
It was one year since they entered the Pegasus galaxy. A year of fabulous adventures, hard work, gains and losses. Six weeks ago they returned to Earth to pick new people for the Atlantis expedition and also to reconnect with their loved ones. And now they were back after a three weeks trip on the Daedalus. In retrospect, both wished they never got back to Earth.
When Elizabeth Weir took a one day break from reading through personal files of Atlantis candidates to ask Carson about dr. Simon Wallace and subsequently to convince Simon to go with her, she didn't know what fate had in store for her. The man she loved was engaged with a member of his staff. The moment he told her was worse than being attacked by a hive ship. And he found another woman for himself even before Elizabeth's video message arrived.
The wife of dr. Radek Zelenka was almost the same story. When he stepped through the wormhole leading to Earth, he had a message waiting for him. Strange how one simple word changed Zelenka's life forever. "Promiň" and a stack of divorce papers. He didn't call her. In all his years of life he learned that there are things a man can neither choose, nor change. Radek signed the papers and sent them to his former home.
Colonel Caldwell beamed the new expedition members to the gate room ten at a time. Weir and Zelenka both in the first group along with Colonel Sheppard, dr. McKay and dr. Beckett to give the newbies some bearings. For the following two weaks dr. Zelenka was drowning in his own emotions of sorrow and pain. He made some mistakes in his research, but dr. McKay didn't notice what was going on inside his Czech colleague. McKay took Zelenka's mistakes as another proof of his own perfection. Two weaks after they returned to Atlantis, Zelenka was working late at night in his lab. He was going through some jumper modifications when he noticed his coffee can to be empty. "Krucinál", he mumbeled and went to the mess to brew some more. As he was approaching his intended destination, Zelenka noticed a single person sitting at the table. It was dr. Weir. She was sitting there alone and in the dark. He would never notice her if it wasn't for the stars in the night sky. Both Elizabeth and Radek had a strong emotional perception. The moment they looked at each other, they knew something bad happend to the other. Radek knew she was under a lot of stress, but this was far worse than a Wraith attack.
Two weaks in Atlantis and she still couldn't shake the little voice in her head saying "It was your fault!". Now she saw dr. Zelenka sitting next to her. She knew something bad happend to him - she could see it in the face of her friend. After a few moments awkward silence Elizabeth decided to ask what happend. His story about Klára ended with "It was my fault. I should've stayed with her." Elizabeth took his hand into hers saying "It wasn't, your fault, Radek. You chose your path and she chose hers". Radek wasn't going to argue with his boss, so he asked Elizabeth to share her story. Radek concluded that Elizabeths story was remarkably similar to his own. "This whole thing sucks bigtime" she said in the end. It was as if they just discovered a new part of each other. Elizabeth was a strong leader and Radek never thought there could be a sensitive soul crying for the love of a man. Radek was a man whose compassion with others was well known in all of Atlantis and Elizebeth couldn't imagine him to have problems of his own. Their bodies were slowly leaning to each other and into a long friendly hug. Radek raised from the chair and put a gentle smile on his face saying "Thank you for the help. See you in the morning". Elizabeth also got up to her feet. "No. I thank you" she said to the smiling face of the Czech, who made her feel so much better.
AN : Promiň - Sorry
This is my very first story. R&R please.