Prompt 145.05

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Five times someone on the Destiny/the SGC/Atlantis cried


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[csichick-2.livejournal.com]

Five Times John Sheppard Cried

1. When his mother dies. John had known she was sick, but his father sent him and Dave back to boarding school anyway. The tears were for the fact he didn't get to say goodbye.

2. When Nancy miscarries. Though they both try to tell themselves – and each other – otherwise, they only got married because of Nancy's pregnancy. John's tears are both for the child they lost and for the fact that he knows they won't try again.

3. When they lose Elizabeth. As acting leader of Atlantis, he needs to stay strong for the rest of the city. However, in the privacy of his quarters, he lets himself grieve.

4. When his father dies. They'd had their differences ever since John was old enough to have his own opinion. He just wishes that the last words to his father so many years before hadn't been hateful ones.

5. The first time he holds his son in his arms. This time, they're happy tears.

[archersangel (from livejournal.com)]

very good.

[csichick-2.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[skieswideopen]

Awww! I see that kid!fic peeking through. ;)

I like John mourning privately for Elizabeth--I can see that happening.

And he gets a happy ending! Yay!

[csichick-2.livejournal.com]

And it's open ended kid fic. Since no matter which pairing sandbox I play in, babies happen.

John would never deal with his emotions in public, but there was no way it didn't hit him hard.

[mackenziesmomma.livejournal.com]

Awwww....#2 hit me really hard (then again I wept openly during that part of "Marley and Me" and merely shrugged over him being put to sleep. Yes I am odd.)

And #5 leaves so many questions....

[csichick-2.livejournal.com]

I left #5 ambiguous on purpose. Choose your own adventure baby!fic.

[saphirablue]

Oh John! *hugs him*

Thank you!

[shena8.livejournal.com]

Title: Five times someone on the Destiny cried
Author: Shenandoah Risu
Rating: PG
Content Flags: tears
Spoilers: most of Season 1, early Season 2
Characters: Darren Becker, Everett Young, Jeremy Franklin, Vanessa James, Adam Brody, Kiva, Ginn, Eli Wallace
Word Count: 1,122
Summary: Five people, five tears, five reasons.
Author's Notes: Written for prompt set #145 at sg1_five_things.
Disclaimer: I don't own SGU. I wouldn't know what to do with it. Now, Young... Young I'd know what to do with. ;-)
Thanks for reading! Feedback = Love. ;-)
Please leave comments at my LJ if it's not too much trouble.

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Five times someone on the Destiny cried (http://shena8.livejournal.com/84612.html)