Where the Ocean Meets the Sky
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Chapter Twelve – Shining Cities.
Elizabeth paused by the notice board outside the commissary. Originally somewhere to leave movie/sports night reminders and warnings about the lunch menu and Dr McKay's rampages, the notice board had quickly become somewhere for Atlantis personnel to show off birthday cards and photos of their extended families. Elizabeth always checked the board after the mail arrived.
Today there were three new photos. Corporal Fischer's youngest sister in her prom dress, an extremely nervous young man in an ill fitting tux standing next to her. Lieutenant Harper's brother kissing a woman, in front of the water tower fountain in the Roald Dahl Plass. Doctor Liu's newborn niece and nephew, his sister looking exhausted, but exhilarated. And...
Elizabeth stepped back from the board.
"Dr Fleischman."
She looked at the photo her was pinning up and smiled. It showed fourteen children; the eldest 8 or 9, the youngest 4 or 5.
"Not all yours I hope?"
"Sort off," Joel Fleischman smiled back, "I delivered them."
He handed her a second photo.
"Adorable. Who is her?"
"My godson, Joel Bernard Stevens."
To be continued...
Northern Exposure/Stargate Atlantis