Title: Virus

Author: Feral Geek

Rating: Pg-13

Disclaimer: Stargate owns me, not the other way 'round, if I did, the Wraith would have less clothes, Sheppard and McKay would be orgasm-ing all over the place, and Dex and Weir would be quite together.

Summary: Poem-fic, the stages of infection, McShep fashion.

ONWARDS!

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Stage One

Incubation.

Gazes lock across a table

time stands still

look away, look away

life goes on.

Undeniable attraction.

Friendly touches linger.

Trailing.

To touch.

Not to touch.

Hover beside the infirmary cot.

Can't leave.

Fear.

Stage Two

Hostile takeover.

Calloused hands run across bared flesh

sweat-slicked skin rubs.

Friction.

Heat.

This is not going in the mission report.

Aliens made them do it.

Do what you must

for the love Atlantis

for the love of a ZedPM.

Nothing happened here.

Just like nothing happened in the storage closet

in the puddlejumper

on the east pier

staggering though halls and loosening clothing.

The list goes on

Touch.

Touch.

Deny.

It is the inevitable.

Stage Three

Treatment.

Chances for recovery are now slim.

Avoidance is recommended

if they care to risk it.

look away, look away.

Misery.

Relapse is a high possibility.

Denial is just a river in Egypt.

Not so.

Stage Four.

Full recovery has never been documented.

Love is a terminal disease.

-Fin-

A/N: So…what did you think? Good? Bad? Written in my geo. course earlier this morning, forgive any mistakes.

Review, review! All is wanted, all is needed.