Title: You Don't Get A Second Chance To Make A First Impression (But If You're Going To Do Something, You Might As Well Keep At It Until You Do It
Right)
Author: Sian1359
For the SGA FlashFic Second Verse Challenge
Pairing: McShep pre-slash
Category: AU; Action/Adventure
Rating: PG-13 for adult situations and implied violence
Word Count: ~16,000
Disclaimer: Not Mine
Spoilers: I've used/abused canon details about families for some of the characters.
Warnings: None
Notes: Texans, please note that Rodney's impressions are his own. I know nothing about the Nobel selection process or the FBI other than what I could find on line. Also, my last trip into the tunnels under Houston's downtown district was thirty years ago, so many liberties are sure to have been taken. Finally, as I've placed this story some ten years ago, certain information may be slightly modernized as it is difficult to find outdated news articles, reviews and general information since the web is all about what's happening
now.
Not betaed; maybe if I stop writing 'flashfic' I'd have time to request a full, proper edit. I'm sure there are typos; hopefully there aren't too many egregious mistakes, although I did change locations a couple of times and had to go back and find all the fixes -- I certainly could have missed one. Feel free to send in corrections.
Summary: Rodney is not the only one to find out he's on the 1996 Nobel short list
( Second Chance )