Out Of Reach by _inbetween_ (Left Behind challenge)

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JS/RM, short.


This was a long fic, the flip-side of Gay Me Up.
But I like the punch of the bare-boned nucleus.
Thanks to wychwood for giving it the once-over.



Out Of Reach


He couldn’t stop him.

There had been passion and pleasure, brief by its very nature.

There had been mutual affection, he was sure of that.

It wasn’t enough.

John didn’t love those women, but then love and affection didn’t matter; passion and pleasure even less so.

John might have loved Rodney, but shared moments could not make up for the weight of the world.

It was no use when Rodney shouted he’d only be shouldering another burden. It was no use that he tried every argument, and then everything that couldn’t be said with words.

Rodney realised that ascending wasn’t as cool as he’d thought when the coolest guy he knew decided otherwise.

Comments

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Very interesting. Kinda grows on ya. cool.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Thank you :) Interesting observation, I think I do indeed prefer "growers".

[sp23.livejournal.com]

Aw, poor Rodney, but I don't think he needs to worry. John'll get kicked out of the club just like Daniel was. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Ah, the optimism of youth ... ;)

He'll stay in the parallel universe, don't worry, but I think if he really made up his mind to go, knowing all he did about the ancients, he'd stick it out.

[sp23.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, do you really think that John would be constitutionally able to ignore his friends in danger? That's what got Daniel in trouble with the other Ascended; he couldn't not do something to help. I think that John is that way in spades.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

No, I don't, and that's why John refused the offer in Epiphany, but if he ever got so far to take the offer, and get past the café stage?

[alizarin-nyc.livejournal.com]

This, is very John:

shared moments could not make up for the weight of the world.

Nice job.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Thank you, I thought so :)

[calijirl5150.livejournal.com]

Very thought compelling.