Title: Forgiveness
Author: Trialia
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Character: Dr. Elizabeth Weir
Challenge/Prompt: 100women, 097, (writer's choice) guilt
Word Count: 121
Pairing: John Sheppard/Elizabeth Weir
Rating: PG
Summary: I can't cry over this.
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I won't cry about anything, though we almost lost him tonight.
His arms encircle my waist; I can feel the warmth of his chest against my back through layers of clothing, and his hands stroke the skin beneath my shirt as if he can't get enough of it, his breath warm against my throat.
We shouldn't be this close, but damn it-- he nearly died, again.
I keep sending them into situations like this. How long can John's team come back just this side of dead, alive enough for me to send them out on one more mission?
I know he senses my guilt; his lips start to trace my neck with kisses.
He wants to take it away.
He can't.
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