633 words. A thousand thanks to theicemenace for catching some ridiculously insane boo boos for me…that's what I get for writing something at 1 AM.

MGM owns SGA…not me. Set during 'The Shrine'.

Jennifer angrily pushed her laptop away and sat back in her chair. She'd been hunched over the computer for over an hour, poring over Rodney's tests results, scans and whatever else she could get her hands on. She'd gone through each and every bit of info numerous times over the last week, but she could not- would not- give up. She looked to the time displayed in the bottom right hand corner of the screen and realized it was after three in the morning and she hadn't checked on her patient in quite some time.

Jennifer took in a deep breath and slowly lifted herself up out of her chair. She'd been sitting for so long that her body moaned in protest, but she soldiered on and walked towards the door and out into the dimly lit Infirmary. She took the same route to Rodney's bed that she'd taken countless times since he'd been confined to it and before she knew it she was standing next to Rodney.

He was lying on his back with his head turned towards her, and she could see something most people never got to see: a look of peace upon the face of Rodney McKay. Despite the severity of the situation and the sheer hopelessness of it all, Jennifer couldn't help but smile at him.

A soft sigh turned Jennifer's attention to the Rodney's sister. She was sitting in a well padded chair on the other side of Rodney. She was leaned back and had sunk down in the chair, most likely after she'd fallen asleep. Jennifer cringe in sympathy- Jeannie was going to have an awful kink in her neck in the morning.

The sympathy was short-lived, though. In the morning, Rodney would be herded aboard a Jumper at Jeannie's request- based upon anecdotes from Ronon and Teyla- and forced to make a dangerous trip to cave in the middle of nowhere. And why? If the shrine worked then Rodney would have one more day to spend with the people he cared about. If it didn't, then his last few hours would have been spent traipsing around Pegasus for nothing.

She had no doubt in her mind that Rodney would want no part of it, but Jeannie was right- as his next of kin it was ultimately her decision.

And Jennifer wanted no part of it. Unfortunately for her, as the CMO and Rodney's doctor, she had no choice but to go.

Jennifer looked to Rodney's face and was shocked to see his bright blue eyes looking at her.

"Who are you?"

Jennifer's eyes misted over and only the smile she forced onto her face kept the tears from rolling out onto her cheeks. "It's me, Rodney," she said in a whisper. "Jennifer."

"Jennifer?" Rodney repeated softly. "Jennifer? Jennifer?"

Jennifer reached over and covered his hand with hers as he continued to mumble her name. It didn't take long for him to fall back asleep and once she was sure he was, she let the tears fall.

Once the tears had dried up, Jennifer went back to her office and brought up the Day Six recording of Rodney's video diaries. She fast forwarded the video to the part where Rodney told her he loved her and paused the video. She studied his smiling face and felt the tears come again.

As the first tear left her eyes, she realized she was going with Rodney to the shrine not because she had to, but because she wanted to. She wanted him to remember her; she wanted to spend more time with him; she wanted to hear him speak to her as himself one more time; and she wanted the opportunity to tell him what she should have told him on Day Six: that she loved him, too.

A/N: "Who are You" was written by Pete Townsend and released by the group The Who on their 1978 album Who Are You. You younger whippersnappers would know it better as the theme music for 'CSI'.