Signs & Symptoms: Common Cold (f**king freezing challenge)

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Title: Signs and Symptoms: the Common Cold
Author: 2ndary_author
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Characters: Rodney (slight Ronon, Zelenka)
Rating: PG
A/N: this is set against the backdrop of the signs ‘verse, although hopefully it will make sense without having read that since it doesn’t actually have much to do with Sheppard.  For the "f**king freezing" challenge at sga_flashfic

Summary: {Signs & Signifiers}
"Homesickness.  What are you thinking it meant?" Zelenka asks, because he and Ronon always commiserate about the randomness of English words.

Ronon shrugs.  “I thought it meant…like the time Sheppard got stuck on the ice planet and the heating system went crazy.”
                                                                                             

Comments

[bratfarrar]

*is thrilled beyond words by this newest Signs story*

[water-soter.livejournal.com]

Wonderful, it had been with my heart in my hand till the end. Great work! Love your Rodney!

[2ndary-author.livejournal.com]

Thank you--it's hard to work up suspense with Rodney because he talks so much (and because I had to come up with such a ridiculously complicated way of killing him), so I'm glad it worked!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Fascinating - intriguing Atlantis technobabble and McKay characterization. The prose is dense enough I had to read it through twice to follow it, but it is so very Rodney, to plan a logical sacrifice and not mention it to anyone. And also to try to get Ronon out of the way, playing favorites with his team...

[2ndary-author.livejournal.com]

Any story featuring Rodney should require at *least* two read-throughs. He's a genius, have you heard;) thanks for commenting!

[leesa_perrie]

Yay, another good one in this series! Poor noble (I almost spelt that nobel, lol!) Rodney...glad that he didn't have to go through with it at the end there. Love the way you write my favourite geek!

[2ndary-author.livejournal.com]

Noble/Nobel, tomato/tomahto, as far as Rodney is concerned. I'm really glad you enjoyed it!

[accidentalfan.livejournal.com]

I'm glad Radek saved the day so Rodney didn't have to nobly sacrifice himself. Great characterizations of both of them, though mainly Rodney, of course.

[2ndary-author.livejournal.com]

He would have sacrificed, eventually, and then come back to taunt everybody...I'm sure of it! Thanks for commenting.

[xueyie.livejournal.com]

It is great to see Rodney trying to be nobly heroic and Zelenka saves the day. So excited to see more of this series.

[2ndary-author.livejournal.com]

Did Zelenka fix things, or did Atlantis fix herself while Zelenka just happened to be in the room? We may never know. But Rodney's ok, so who really cares? Glad you liked it:)

LOL

[linziday.livejournal.com]

Love this. My favorite line: Whereas he, Dr. Rodney McKay, genius nonpareil, is going to die because Major Freed broke his thumb playing foosball.

*g*

Re: LOL

[2ndary-author.livejournal.com]

See, when I let them have a happy ending, everyone has fun! I should do that more often;) Thanks for commenting: I'm glad you enjoyed it.