SGA: Appalling Hurt/Comfort ficlet - John/Rodney - PG

[icarus]

See, in real life I can't even tell a joke because I can't make it to the punchline without laughing.

iibnf confessed her love of appalling OOC over-the-top Hurt/Comfort fics and I just couldn't resist writing her one. This is John/Rodney, Hurt/Comfort, post-"Trinity" tag (of course).

Appalling Hurt/Comfort Fic


Late at night, when no one could see, Rodney laid his head on his keyboard and sobbed as softly as he could. The echoes still seemed loud in the empty halls of Atlantis.

Everyone was avoiding him. John had asked that he to be removed from active duty. Heightmeyer, her chin tipped haughtily, claimed her schedule was full. On the range the marines made him fetch his own paper targets, by hand, and kept firing when he did. The internal Atlantis poll rated him ten points lower than Kavanagh -- Kavanagh! -- and only five points above the Wraith. Atlantis itself seemed to have picked up on the pervading mood. Doors refused to open, and then shut quickly behind him as Rodney skittered through. He'd had to cut his jacket free yesterday as Atlantis personnel walked by, heedless of his pleas for help. He could take a hint.

The enormity of his mistake weighed on Rodney. He hadn't felt so ostracized since he'd blown up the high school gym the week before prom night, or that time he'd obliterated Northwestern's new chem lab, or the time in Area 51 when he'd vaporized their first working F-302. At least then people yelled at him or gave him swirlies, instead of this deafening silence.

Rodney didn't care any more. He sobbed louder.

"Rodney-?"

John? Oh no! It was John. Rodney quickly sat up and wiped his face on his sleeve. "Oh, gee, I must have fallen asleep," Rodney said, his eyes red-rimmed.

John kneeled down beside him, his hand on Rodney's knee. "That didn't sound like you were sleeping."

Rodney gazed at John, at a loss as to what to say. Everyone knew he was a terrible liar, except for when - except for when he said he could outsmart the Ancients... Rodney burst into tears and seized John's lapel, sobbing into his shoulder. John stiffened, startled, and then his warm hand rubbed gentle circles on Rodney's back.

"Hey... it's okay," John murmured softly into the back of Rodney's neck.

"Really?" Rodney looked up at him, blue eyes filled with sudden vulnerable hope.

John shrugged. "What's a solar system between friends? We've got a lot of spares in the Pegasus Galaxy."

"Even though I blew up the only working model of an intergalactic space weapon we may never be able to recreate?"

John looked pained. He shut his eyes, thumb and forefinger pressed to his forehead. "It didn't work anyways."

Rodney sighed miserably. "No, I suppose it didn't. And the next experiment would probably have destroyed all life as we know it."

"So there you are." John spread his hands and brightened. He wiped Rodney's tear-stained face. "I have to tell you, you're a bit of a mess." He cupped Rodney's chin and smiled.

Rodney snuffled and wiped his nose on his sleeve. "I am." He tried to smile. John patted his back and stood.

"In fact, I'd say you need a bath." The look John gave Rodney was fond.

Rodney frowned, perplexed. "We don't have any baths in Atlantis. Just showers."

John was smug. "That was before I had the Roman Bath installed in my quarters yesterday." He grinned. "There has to be some perks to this job."

Rodney staggered to his feet, bemused, unable to believe John had forgiven him this quickly. A part in the back of his mind still waited for the other shoe to fall. Well... other twenty shoes.

John was saying, as he slung an arm around Rodney's shoulders, "There's nothing like some nude frolicking in a Roman Bath to make you feel like yourself at the end of a day. C'mon!"

"Yeah, okay," Rodney said submissively. "That would be nice."



Ha! I got him to cry three times in less than a page. And not_sally called me a sick fuck. I am so proud.

Comments

[miss-pryss.livejournal.com]

My new favorite SGA story, no question.

OMG ANGST!!!1!!

[dar-jeeling.livejournal.com]

Oh God. I'm not sure how I should react to that. ;) *laughs helplessly*

[brandinsbabe.livejournal.com]

hehehehe. so much crying indeed! amazing ;)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

*evil chuckle* Next up: predictable cuddling in the Roman Bath.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

LOL! Good!

I admit, I kept stopping to laugh as I wrote it. The... hee-hee... paper targets... hee-hee... still shooting... *makes snorfling sound*

Icarus

[dar-jeeling.livejournal.com]

I laughed out loud at that. And at the swirlies.

[rydra_wong]

Followed by the Healing Sex, I presume?

[electricandroid.livejournal.com]

I dont know whether to love you. Or to go and pout lye into my eye sockets.

See, I'm watching SGA now - managed to DL it.

AND THIS HURTS ME MY PRECIOUS.

Cannot tempt you to write something with Carson in it? Can I? God I want to do dirty things to that accent.

[not-sally.livejournal.com]

You are and you should. *calls you squishy*

[millefiori.livejournal.com]

No, no, no, no! Something really horrible has to happen to Rodney first, *then* John can come to his senses and realize how mean he's been! See, first you have to make Rodney almost die in a tragic and very public way, working on something trivial and unimportant, located far, far away from all the meanies at the hub of the city. That way John gets to realize he's been an ass and everyone who was ever mean to Rodney feels very very small and sorry. :)

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

:::loves:::

OMG! I love this story. hehe I'm still giggling at the ending. *g*

[teaphile.livejournal.com]

*snort*

"Solar system"? I could have sworn from reading those appalling post-Trinity h/c stories he blew up 5/6 of a galaxy. Sometimes even a universe.

[teaphile.livejournal.com]

Don't forget that he has to lay around the infirmary bleeding out for a while, because Carson is too busy tending to poison ivy to sew up Rodney's gaping wound.

[lillian78.livejournal.com]

I always said Rodney crying three times in a fic would make me gouge out my eyeballs. Have you seen any eyeballs rolling around lately? I seem to have misplaced mine. Hee!

[rike-tikki-tavi.livejournal.com]

You know the only reason this doesn't make me want to scrub out my head with bleach and steel wool, is that my brain keeps coming up with ways how John really would react to Rodney sobbing uncontrollably into his shoulder. And that... makes me giggle like a loon.

Thanks.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Must admit to being a sucker for the hurt/comfort too and this was highly amusing (partly because I LOVED it! :p)

John kneeled down beside him, his hand on Rodney's knee. "That didn't sound like you were sleeping."
I actually went awwww. I think that makes me a sickfuck. ...and the city locking dorrs on him. *giggles* That's just too much!

Hee. Sickfuck or not, you are on my friends list these days, so I can get your sickness as it emerges. (...and because I want more figureskating!fic)

Wait, wait I know this cliche...

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Then...Shep argues with Carson and gets kicked out of infirmary during treatment, resulting in much thoughtful introspection on Shep's part, then Rodney takes weeks to heal, while Shep never leaves his side and they watch movies on thier laptops and have those deep and meaninful conversations and there's much crying and comforting...yadayada...and when he finally is released, he's suddenly well enough that they have wild sex and move in with each other and live hppily ever after. *giggles insanely*

[lilysaid.livejournal.com]

hahahhaa, omg, this is perfectly fucked up and over the top. Sadly, this is EXACTLY the type of OOC H/C fic that are my guilty pleasure. I even have some bookmarked and have read them multiple times; bonus points if they're post-Trinity.

[percysowner.livejournal.com]

This is great! I keep hitting the funny stories today, but this just takes the cake. So much Rodney angst.

[emrinalexander.livejournal.com]

This:

The enormity of his mistake weighed on Rodney. He hadn't felt so ostracized since he'd blown up the high school gym the week before prom night, or that time he'd obliterated Northwestern's new chem lab, or the time in Area 51 when he'd vaporized their first working F-302. At least then people yelled at him or gave him swirlies, instead of this deafening silence.

Made me laugh until I coughed up my spleen. But it was WORTH IT.

[bakarti.livejournal.com]

Oh, my. Words fail me.

I'll be on the lookout for a sequel!

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

And Rodney should stomp off and either join another team or leave Atlantis altogether, in a huff, without saying goodbye to his tormenters. That'd learn 'em!

(And have an affair with Krycek)

And then John and the others have to grovel on their bellies to get him back! And then the story never actually gets finished...

(Man, I love this shit.)

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

I posted your DVDs this morning, by the way. Slight delay as it took me a while to accumulate all the required stamps. If you get the parcel and the stamps are not cancelled - please return at your leisure. I like to recycle ;D

You should get your parcel in about 2 weeks, more or less.

[zoerayne]

Not only did you make Rodney cry three times in less than a page, you made me cry three times in less than a page.

Also? This story hurt, and not in the good way.

*g*

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

LOL Great crack!