Title: A is for Angel
Author: KellethMetheus
Spoilers: Search and Rescue part 2: 501
Category: Gen, kidfic
Summary: Rodney's having a bad day that improves with the appearance of an Angel.
Disclaimer: Not mine and I'll put them back when the Muse runs out, maybe.
Warnings: none

Beta: Thanks to Tigerlilly Brown.

Challenge: #112: A is for....

Rodney took a deep breath getting ready as Teyla bore down once more. This was it, this was crunch time, and he was the only one here. He had to do this; Teyla needed him, there was no one else.

Quickly he stripped off his jacket and laid it on the floor between her legs.

He could see that Teyla was pushing as she said, "Here it comes!" But her words ended in a scream as she pushed.

Groaning with disgust, he wished that he was anywhere but there. He couldn't stop the sounds of disgust as the baby began to slide out. It touched his hands and he hated the feel of the slimy new person while he waited for it to enter the world.

The shoulders were out, the baby was coming faster, and Rodney began to feel a thread of excitement. "Okay, almost there. Almost there."

The baby slid out into his waiting hands and he stared down at the new life, overcome with joy. "Oh! I caught him! I caught him! I--"

Hating the fact that he's now outside, the baby let out a loud long cry. Rodney, still amazed at what he had done, just sat there in a daze. "He's a boy." The baby squirmed in his hands and Rodney almost dropped the newborn.

Teyla smiled and Rodney could tell she was glad this was all over. "Watch his head," she quietly reminded him.

"Right, right. Okay, so, cut. Okay, look at him. Do I get to cut the cord? I get to cut the cord then, right?"

He waited for Teyla to nod and then he bent to cut the cord. That done he wrapped the baby in his coat. The small little person looked up at him and seemed to smile. Holding this beautiful new life, Rodney had never felt so proud. It made him want to be a father, to hold his own child someday.

Although he hated to give him up, Rodney held out the angel to his mother. "Yeah, okay, so…okay. Teyla, I'd like to introduce you to your son."

Laughing with delight, she cuddled her son close and Rodney looked on proud that he'd helped the little Angel into the world.