This is a gorgeous take on the Vegas verse. I really love that while it's from John's POV, we get an indepth look at Vegas Rodney as well. This feels very real to me. I always wondered why no one mentioned the gene to John in the episode. And I can see this being an extension of the episode. I adore how they are drawn together like some inevitable force, because really every Sheppard needs a McKay in his life.
And this:
"Missing the point," McKay says, eyes shining. "It's always you, Sheppard. In every universe."
John feels something ugly twist in his stomach. He never agreed to this. He never agreed to anything and yet somehow he's looking at Dr Rodney McKay's hopeful face and feeling something tighten anxiously in his chest in response, like he owes him something.
"Why are you even here?" John asks. McKay jumps at the sudden harshness in his voice but he doesn't care. Enough is fucking enough. "Aren't you supposed to be in another galaxy or something? With your team?"
McKay opens his mouth and closes it again. His eyes are wide, stricken, for the brief moment before all expression disappears from his face. John has no idea how it's possible that he, of all people, somehow has the power to hurt this guy but he hates it, that visceral twist of guilt and responsibility, all the shit he thought he'd left behind for good.
sums up not only Vegas John to a tee, but also something that's underlying in John Sheppard's in every universe. Just a perfect, insightful piece of writing.
Thank you Santa for putting Vegas John and Rodney under my tree this year. I could not have asked for a better story.
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And this:
"Missing the point," McKay says, eyes shining. "It's always you, Sheppard. In every universe."
John feels something ugly twist in his stomach. He never agreed to this. He never agreed to anything and yet somehow he's looking at Dr Rodney McKay's hopeful face and feeling something tighten anxiously in his chest in response, like he owes him something.
"Why are you even here?" John asks. McKay jumps at the sudden harshness in his voice but he doesn't care. Enough is fucking enough. "Aren't you supposed to be in another galaxy or something? With your team?"
McKay opens his mouth and closes it again. His eyes are wide, stricken, for the brief moment before all expression disappears from his face. John has no idea how it's possible that he, of all people, somehow has the power to hurt this guy but he hates it, that visceral twist of guilt and responsibility, all the shit he thought he'd left behind for good.
sums up not only Vegas John to a tee, but also something that's underlying in John Sheppard's in every universe. Just a perfect, insightful piece of writing.
Thank you Santa for putting Vegas John and Rodney under my tree this year. I could not have asked for a better story.