Badge Of Honor
Rated: G
Category: Drabble, Gen, Episode Tag, Rodney/Ronin Friendship
Season: Three
Spoilers: Tao of Rodney
Summary: Everyone Knows That Scars Have Stories. But What Does Their Absence Say?
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On Sateda, scars had powerful connotations.
They spoke of honor, bravery, and sacrifice.
I grew up with those notions. I never thought anything would change them.
But now, looking at smooth, unmarred skin in the mirror for the first time in years, I can't help but realize that a lack of scars says something, too. What it says surprises me. I always thought it spoke of weakness; of softness; of something I could never respect.
Turns out I was wrong.
As I look over my shoulder at my back again, I know my perfect skin says only one thing.
Love.