All Unwritten
By Dragon's Daughter 1980
Disclaimer: Other than playing in the sandbox, I have nothing to do with Stargate: Atlantis.
Author's Note: This is a collection of drabbles and one-shots based on prompts from the livejournal community all unwritten. Apparently, I'm a shipper at heart, though I hope to expand into gen-team/city stories.
Prompt: In the beginning
In the beginning, they didn't realize what was happening. A gesture, a smile; a word, a tone — It was simple, unlike everything else that surrounded them. They chose to see it that way, even when Fate was pulling all the strings.
In the beginning, she stared at the structures around her in awe, wondering what discoveries lay before her, and he stared at the structures around him in shock, wondering what he had gotten himself into. They hadn't yet come to call this place 'home.'
In the beginning, she worked with words and he worked with weapons. The battlegrounds were different: she waged war on the pompous behind glass walls and around conference tables, he waged war on the murderous behind trees and whatever cover he could find. She fought her battles to shield her people; he fought his battles to protect his people. They didn't see that they were on two different paths to the same summit.
In the beginning, she saw him as an unknown variable and he saw her as a familiar variable. She knew he was a pilot—disgraced, yes, but a soldier just the same. He knew she was a diplomat—compassionate, yes, but a politician just the same. They conveniently 'forgot' to realize when they knew that the other cared deeply—perhaps too deeply—for the people around them. She discovered the secrets he held, and he held the secrets she discovered. They didn't know that they would share the same secrets.
In the beginning, she was running from her life and he was running from his pain. She left someone behind; he left too many behind. They didn't know they were fleeing toward each other.
In the beginning, they didn't know they were in love.