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Prompt 133.5
Five people who strongly influenced Rush
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Five people who strongly influenced Rush
Author: Shenandoah Risu
Rating: PG-13
Content Flags: non-SGU characters
Spoilers: pre-series SGU through Season 2 "Twin Destinies"
Characters: Nicholas Rush, Gloria Rush, Chloe Armstrong, Everett Young, other characters
Word Count: 1,755
Summary: “History was never made by people who played nice and alphabetized their bookshelves.”
Author's Notes: Written for prompt set #133 at
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. ;-)
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Five People who strongly influenced Rush
Rush's Mum left when he was three. He doesn't remember her. Never saw her again after that, although he faintly recalls a few visits with his grandparents where Mum was supposed to come and see him but never turned up.
Making his Dad a single father in an era before single parents were common and a man raising a small child unheard of. But Dad stuck it out. Times were tough, but there was always a roof over their heads and food on the table, even if it was only beans on toast for tea. (Dad's cooking prepared him well for Destiny's cuisine.)
When Nickie tested out at genius level in primary school, Dad, who left school at 14 to work at the shipyard, had moved heaven, earth and local Education Authorities to get Nickie transferred to best state school Glasgow had. And gotten up two hours early every school day to get him to it until he thought Nick was old enough to navigate the buses by himself.
Dad couldn't manage the funds for special tutoring. But Dad could, and did, insist on on paying all of the household expenses, so that Nick could put the money from his jobs toward preparing for University. Dad would be front and center for every ceremony, honor and award, Nick would ever receive; swelling with pride and ready to tell anyone who would listen about “M' lad, Nick, he's a smart one, ya know...”
2. Doctor Who
Other kids would hide behind the sofa at the monsters. Nick would stay glued to the telly. The Doctor was brilliant. He was smart, and he got to travel the universe discovering interesting things. And even though he was a swot (like Nick) pretty girls followed him everywhere. (Girls were just starting to become an object of interest to young Nick.) He wanted to be just like the Doctor.
During one of their all night programing sessions, Eli somehow got onto the subject of Doctor Who. Rush, by that point too damn tired to watch his tongue, admitted his childhood desire. Eli had actually been impressed. “Though I suppose that might fall into the category of be careful what you wish for.”
3. Daniel Jackson
Jackson, with his offer of a chance to work for the Stargate program, came at a time when the rest of his life was disintegrating. Rush would have been tempted by the offer at any time, but if Gloria had been willing to take treatment for her cancer, he'd never have left her side. Not even for the wonders of the universe. But she was dying and Rush needed something in his life. Because
4. Gloria
Gloria was more than the love of his life. She opened worlds for him. Taught him to feel and not just analyze. He would have fought death itself for her. When she declined to fight and let the cancer take her, that part that she had awaken, the part of him that felt, he locked away and buried himself once more in numbers. Until
5. Eli
The kid was lazy, annoying and frankly far too full of himself. But something in the lad's joy of discovery matched Rush's. Maybe it had simply been enough time and he was ready to let himself feel again. He certainly would have cracked the ninth chevron problem without Eli. Eventually. But the fact is that the lad did challenge Rush in ways that he hadn't been challenged in a very long time.
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Doctor Who! That is awesome. :-D
I'm glad that Eli is there to be a constant influence in his life, whether as an annoyance or as someone to share things with. And I'm sure Rush appreciates a good challenge!