Series Title: - What the Eye Doesn't See…
Author: - Katt
Rating: - G (R eventually)
Pairing: - McShep
Feedback: - Like it or loathe it let me know
Disclaimer: - I own nothing, intend no infringement – please don't sue me.
Author's Notes: - A series of song fic which look at each episode of the show through slash tinted glasses. The song "Crash and Burn" is performed by Savage Garden and written by Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones. Also I know nothing about guns so please forgive any mistakes.
Fly Away With You Into The Night – Rising 2 (Rodney's POV)
"When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please to tame your wild, wild heart
I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
It's hard to find relief and people can be so cold
When darkness is upon your door and you feel like you can't take any more
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone."
Why was he doing this? Wandering around the quiet, empty and pretty damned spooky corridors of a city that had been abandoned for ten thousand years on his own when he could be down in the labs putting the fear of God into his science team or in the commissary making sure he got his fair share of the coffee. He could be doing a thousand other things instead of trying, and so far failing, to track down one airforce Major. It wasn't as if he even knew what he was going to do or say to the man when he found him, after all what could you say to someone who'd had to kill his commanding officer?
Then again he'd read the concise report on the rescue mission that the Major had turned in to Elizabeth and while Sheppard's description of these Wraith scared the crap out of Rodney the thing that had stuck with him most was the clipped, emotionless way the Major had described how he'd killed Sumner. Somehow those terse few sentences didn't seem to fit the man Rodney had been observing for the past weeks before the expedition had gotten under way.
Then he'd over-heard some of the chat in the commissary from a few of the marines, from Sumner's men. A couple of them mouthing off about being led by an airforce officer instead of a fellow marine, implying that Sheppard hadn't done enough to rescue the Colonel. There had seemed to be an undercurrent of accusation and mistrust and Rodney had be glad when Lieutenant Ford had stepped forward to stick up for Sheppard telling the others to be quiet, that they didn't know what they were talking about. While the soldiers had quieted down Rodney got the impression that Sheppard had probably found few friendly faces amongst them after the details of the last mission had gotten out.
So he'd rashly decided to track the Major down himself and try and offer some kind of support to the other man. Although Rodney wasn't really the comforting type, touchy-feely "lets all share our inner-angst" really wasn't his style he found that the thought of Sheppard somewhere in Atlantis alone with this burden on his shoulders rather more than he could bear.
"When you feel all alone
And a loyal friend is hard to find
You're caught in a one way street
With the monsters in your head
When hopes and dreams are far away and
You feel like you can't face the day
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone."
He'd been on the verge of giving up when the sound of rapid, steady gunfire had drawn Rodney towards an area of the city that he knew had been designated as the armoury and ordinance stores, and also the firing range. Just on a hunch he peeked in around the firing range door and saw a lone figure standing at one end of the room firing shot after shot into a distant paper target. Pulling one of the ear defenders from the rack by the door Rodney slipped into the room.
The smell of gun oil and cordite filled the room and as Rodney watched Sheppard took a step to the side abandoned his P-90 in favour of his 9mm and he began annihilating another paper enemy. Although Rodney could imagine that it wasn't paper targets that Sheppard was steadily decimating.
"'Cause there has always been heartache and pain
And when it's over you'll breathe again
You'll breath again
When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please
To tame your wild, wild heart."
While the Major's attention never wavered from his task Rodney just knew that the other man knew he was there. As he studied Sheppard's back Rodney thought he saw a slight relaxing of his stance, the rigid shoulders that had been held so tightly seemed to drop just a little. Rodney wondered for a moment if he should try to speak, try to offer if he could some comfort that didn't sound like cliches or platitudes. Then he realised he didn't have to. He didn't have to say a thing, just the fact he was there seemed to be comfort enough to the other man so instead Rodney found a chair and sat down to wait until Sheppard had finished.
Although he felt a little guilty about it Rodney couldn't help the tiny warm feeling he got in the pit of his stomach at the thought that maybe Sheppard wanted him there, had hoped he'd come, and he resolved to make sure that he'd always be there for the other man if he could.
"Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone."