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Fic: Finding Happiness 5/?
Title: Finding Happiness
Author: sglab
Rating: G
Summary: Rodney is there for John after losing Elizabeth in an accident
Spoilers: None
Pairings/Characters: Sheppard/McKay and Sheppard/Weir
Warning: Character death, slash
Disclaimer: Characters aren’t mine, just having fun with them.
A/N: Teyla/Ronon and Carson/Laura are miner pairs. The end of season 3 didn’t happen nor did season 4
Chapter 5
Rodney had been pacing the infirmary. He didn’t have much to do at the moment. Carson said it would be awhile before they were finished.
Twenty minutes ago Rodney and the rest of his team had returned from a disastrous mission. Rodney did his usual open mouth insert foot and managed to piss someone off in the Alneon government. Sheppard ended up getting shot saving Rodney’s life.
Carson had assured them the Colonel would be fine, but he had to remove the bullet. Ronon and Teyla had left to check on their daughter and they would be back soon.
Running out of steam, Rodney left the infirmary. He found himself standing in front of the Becketts’ door.
He rang the chime and a nine month pregnant Laura opened the door.
“Rodney, I heard Colonel Sheppard came back injured.”
“Yeah,” Rodney mumbled.
“Is he going to be all right?”
“Carson said he should be fine.”
That’s good. Is there something I can do for you?” She asked.
“Do you have Maddie here?”
“Yeah, she’s in the nursery.”
“Can I come in?” He asked.
“Oh,” she stepped back embarrassed. “Of course. Is everything all right, Rodney?”
“Fine,” he waved his hand dismissively and walked toward the nursery.
“Rodney, are you sure?” She frowned.
“Everything is fine, Cadman,” he snapped.
Rodney approached the crib and looked down at Maddie. She was awake, but she looked content to just lay there.
He reached down and picked her up.
“I didn’t think you knew how to hold a baby,” Laura said from behind him.
“Yes well Elizabeth forced the lessons on me. She even had me change a few diapers and feed Maddie once or twice.”
Laura let out a chuckle.
Any other time Rodney would come up with an insult, but his thoughts were elsewhere.
“Rodney, I want you to learn how to hold Maddie properly,” Rodney was standing in the middle of John and Elizabeth’s quarters. Elizabeth approached him with Maddie in her arms.
Maddie was just over a month old. Elizabeth had dragged Rodney back to her and John’s quarters informing him she was giving him lessons on the care and feeding of infants. He was so startled he hadn’t said anything yet.
“Elizabeth, this is a bad idea. Babies don’t like me. I don’t like babies…” he stopped abruptly. “I mean I like Maddie. She’s of course the exception. As well as Madison. Of course she’s not a baby anymore and actually I never knew her as a baby.”
“Rodney,” Elizabeth’s voice was firm, but not too sharp not wanting to upset Maddie.
“Sorry,” he froze.
“Rodney,” Elizabeth smiled at him. “Sit down.”
Rodney backed up until he was up against the couch and sat down.
“Now,” Elizabeth sat down next to him and proceeded to instruct him on the proper way to hold a baby. “Don’t forget to support the head and neck. There. And relax, Rodney.”
Rodney inhaled a deep breath and then let it out. He decided to look down at the little girl in his arms. She had green eyes like her Mom and they were looking right at him. Then again he might have been imagining that. He seemed to remember being told babies couldn’t see very well at first, but couldn’t remember at what age that would change. Her little hand came up to open and close in mid air.
She let out a little gurgle and Rodney tensed. She made a couple other odd little noises. “Elizabeth?” Panic started to build.
“Time to feed her,” Elizabeth said.
“Oh. I’ll just go then,” he tried to pass Maddie off to Elizabeth, but she got up from the couch.
“You can feed her,” Elizabeth said. “I expressed some milk this morning.”
Rodney’s face twisted up. “Seriously Elizabeth, TMI.”
Elizabeth just laughed and handed him the bottle showing him what to do.
Several minutes later they heard a laugh behind them. John was standing in the doorway of the nursery. “Rodney, are you doing what I think you’re doing?”
“So it would seem,” Rodney replied tossing out the dirty diaper he was holding. “Your wife thought I needed to learn the care and feeding of a baby.”
John snickered some more and kissed his wife before he picked up his daughter once Rodney was finished.
“Are you staying for dinner?” John asked.
“Yes he is,” Elizabeth answered.
Rodney looked at Maddie. He had made Elizabeth a promise not long after and he intended to keep it.
Carson was speaking in his ear then telling him John was out of surgery and in recovery. He put Maddie back down and thanking Laura he left to return to the infirmary.
Author: sglab
Rating: G
Summary: Rodney is there for John after losing Elizabeth in an accident
Spoilers: None
Pairings/Characters: Sheppard/McKay and Sheppard/Weir
Warning: Character death, slash
Disclaimer: Characters aren’t mine, just having fun with them.
A/N: Teyla/Ronon and Carson/Laura are miner pairs. The end of season 3 didn’t happen nor did season 4
Chapter 5
Rodney had been pacing the infirmary. He didn’t have much to do at the moment. Carson said it would be awhile before they were finished.
Twenty minutes ago Rodney and the rest of his team had returned from a disastrous mission. Rodney did his usual open mouth insert foot and managed to piss someone off in the Alneon government. Sheppard ended up getting shot saving Rodney’s life.
Carson had assured them the Colonel would be fine, but he had to remove the bullet. Ronon and Teyla had left to check on their daughter and they would be back soon.
Running out of steam, Rodney left the infirmary. He found himself standing in front of the Becketts’ door.
He rang the chime and a nine month pregnant Laura opened the door.
“Rodney, I heard Colonel Sheppard came back injured.”
“Yeah,” Rodney mumbled.
“Is he going to be all right?”
“Carson said he should be fine.”
That’s good. Is there something I can do for you?” She asked.
“Do you have Maddie here?”
“Yeah, she’s in the nursery.”
“Can I come in?” He asked.
“Oh,” she stepped back embarrassed. “Of course. Is everything all right, Rodney?”
“Fine,” he waved his hand dismissively and walked toward the nursery.
“Rodney, are you sure?” She frowned.
“Everything is fine, Cadman,” he snapped.
Rodney approached the crib and looked down at Maddie. She was awake, but she looked content to just lay there.
He reached down and picked her up.
“I didn’t think you knew how to hold a baby,” Laura said from behind him.
“Yes well Elizabeth forced the lessons on me. She even had me change a few diapers and feed Maddie once or twice.”
Laura let out a chuckle.
Any other time Rodney would come up with an insult, but his thoughts were elsewhere.
“Rodney, I want you to learn how to hold Maddie properly,” Rodney was standing in the middle of John and Elizabeth’s quarters. Elizabeth approached him with Maddie in her arms.
Maddie was just over a month old. Elizabeth had dragged Rodney back to her and John’s quarters informing him she was giving him lessons on the care and feeding of infants. He was so startled he hadn’t said anything yet.
“Elizabeth, this is a bad idea. Babies don’t like me. I don’t like babies…” he stopped abruptly. “I mean I like Maddie. She’s of course the exception. As well as Madison. Of course she’s not a baby anymore and actually I never knew her as a baby.”
“Rodney,” Elizabeth’s voice was firm, but not too sharp not wanting to upset Maddie.
“Sorry,” he froze.
“Rodney,” Elizabeth smiled at him. “Sit down.”
Rodney backed up until he was up against the couch and sat down.
“Now,” Elizabeth sat down next to him and proceeded to instruct him on the proper way to hold a baby. “Don’t forget to support the head and neck. There. And relax, Rodney.”
Rodney inhaled a deep breath and then let it out. He decided to look down at the little girl in his arms. She had green eyes like her Mom and they were looking right at him. Then again he might have been imagining that. He seemed to remember being told babies couldn’t see very well at first, but couldn’t remember at what age that would change. Her little hand came up to open and close in mid air.
She let out a little gurgle and Rodney tensed. She made a couple other odd little noises. “Elizabeth?” Panic started to build.
“Time to feed her,” Elizabeth said.
“Oh. I’ll just go then,” he tried to pass Maddie off to Elizabeth, but she got up from the couch.
“You can feed her,” Elizabeth said. “I expressed some milk this morning.”
Rodney’s face twisted up. “Seriously Elizabeth, TMI.”
Elizabeth just laughed and handed him the bottle showing him what to do.
Several minutes later they heard a laugh behind them. John was standing in the doorway of the nursery. “Rodney, are you doing what I think you’re doing?”
“So it would seem,” Rodney replied tossing out the dirty diaper he was holding. “Your wife thought I needed to learn the care and feeding of a baby.”
John snickered some more and kissed his wife before he picked up his daughter once Rodney was finished.
“Are you staying for dinner?” John asked.
“Yes he is,” Elizabeth answered.
Rodney looked at Maddie. He had made Elizabeth a promise not long after and he intended to keep it.
Carson was speaking in his ear then telling him John was out of surgery and in recovery. He put Maddie back down and thanking Laura he left to return to the infirmary.