Title: Always Crashing In The Same Car
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay/Beckett
Rating: PG
Prompt: lj's slashthedrabble's #78- David Bowie song titles. Also for lj's au100's prompt 044-circle
Word count: 215
Beta: Thanks to squid for the wonderful beta.

As the cliché goes, everything is too good to last and, for most people, it's a fact.

Except, John, Rodney, and Carson aren't most people.

Their friendship had blossomed into something more physical. For the first few weeks, it was great. It was what they wanted, sex without the hassle of commitment.

But then—things changed. Emotions and sudden—rather unexpected—declarations had entered the equation. It was getting too much. He hadn't signed up for this. Nor had he expected their sudden declarations. When did the rules change? When did sex turn into the equivalent of a relationship? Was he the only one who didn't want this? Didn't want a relationship? Why did John and Carson think that he'd be okay with their declaration? That said, how could he have been so blind? How could he have not seen the signs? Or was it his stubbornness that refused him to see the truth?

He didn't want this. He never wanted this. Why couldn't John and Carson tell? Why were they being so selfish? Why did they have to tell him that they loved him?

He never wanted this. Never wanted the hassle of being in a relationship. He wasn't ready. Surely John and Carson knew this.

Rodney had no choice but to end things.