Drabble x 2: It's Complicated / Indecisive
part of Two Ends of A Spectrum.
It's Complicated
(written for 1-million-words' Word of the Day: Perceptive.)
John has a dial.
Crank it up, he's sharp and perceptive on the job. Turn it down, he's dull and oblivious completely different from his military persona. But life's easier and he's not ashame to indulge in escapism.
However the looks between Jackson and Mitchell don't go unnoticed, no matter how much John's turned it down. He's caught in the middle, unwittingly.
Mitchell is fun. He's a pilot, an equal, and most important of it all he understands. John hasn't had something like that for a long time.
Mitchell's something John hasn't wanted for a long time.
Despite the complications.
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Indecisive
(written for 1-million-words' Word of the Day: Competent.)
Reya Varrick has been a mistake.
It hasn't been enjoyable and it has nothing to do with the aftermath. The mistake is in the person of choice, not in the act.
Cam reckons he needs stability and permanence. Jackson's been that something. Until Sheppard and the others get kicked out of Atlantis. One football match on TV and two six-packs later, Cam's become something he despises.
Infidelity turns out to be the one vice he isn't competent enough to shake. The right thing to do is choose one and let the other go.
But the truth is, he can't.
It's Complicated
(written for 1-million-words' Word of the Day: Perceptive.)
John has a dial.
Crank it up, he's sharp and perceptive on the job. Turn it down, he's dull and oblivious completely different from his military persona. But life's easier and he's not ashame to indulge in escapism.
However the looks between Jackson and Mitchell don't go unnoticed, no matter how much John's turned it down. He's caught in the middle, unwittingly.
Mitchell is fun. He's a pilot, an equal, and most important of it all he understands. John hasn't had something like that for a long time.
Mitchell's something John hasn't wanted for a long time.
Despite the complications.
---
Indecisive
(written for 1-million-words' Word of the Day: Competent.)
Reya Varrick has been a mistake.
It hasn't been enjoyable and it has nothing to do with the aftermath. The mistake is in the person of choice, not in the act.
Cam reckons he needs stability and permanence. Jackson's been that something. Until Sheppard and the others get kicked out of Atlantis. One football match on TV and two six-packs later, Cam's become something he despises.
Infidelity turns out to be the one vice he isn't competent enough to shake. The right thing to do is choose one and let the other go.
But the truth is, he can't.