John Sheppard was glad that he hadn't attended Rodney's funeral… he didn't think he could have made it through the ceremony without running away. Also, he would have missed those precious last moments with Elizabeth before she sank deeper into her coma.
She was now on life support.
Simon, her former fiancé, sat on one side of her bed, and Sheppard sat on the other.
They never spoke; they just sat there in silence, loving the woman on the bed before them.

"I'm sorry about Dr. McKay."

John looked up in surprise as Simon softly spoke, and then nodded graciously. "Thank you."

Chapter to be completed soon.