Fic: Four Times Rodney McKay Got Shot Saving the Day (And One Time He Didn’t)

[linziday]

Title: Four Times Rodney McKay Got Shot Saving the Day (And One Time He Didn’t)

Author: linziday

Genre/rating: Gen, PG13 (language, violence)

Spoilers: None that I can think of past season 2
Disclaimer: SGA and its characters are mine, all mine! Bwahahaha. *cough* Um. Never mind.

AN: Written for astridv , who won this fic through the help_haiti auction. Her prompt was

Comments

[tridget]

Loved those scenarios and the feeling of having come full-circle as the fifth one started out. Rodney's characterization was perfect. His reactions and choices were all just so Rodney. The warm teamy ending rounded it off perfectly.

[linziday]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it and felt like Rodney was IC. Brave little toaster Rodney is a favorite. :)

[astridv]

Whaaa, that was awesome! What a cool take on my prompt! That was so much fun to read. Totally worth the wait. :D

Rodney eyed the blaster trained on him. Hang on, the man said. Hang on. Like he had a choice.
“Like I have a choice,” Rodney snapped.

Oops. Heh, that's so typical Rodney. But for a second there, he was quite suave and 007-like. (And he still gets to save the day.)

Loved the Pegasus paintball. And I love how the fifth one ties back to the first.

Great fic, thank you!

eta: needless to say, feel free to post this to ffn anytime you like! I want to share this fic. Actually, I'm writing a rec right now because I'm sure the friends list will dig it, too.

Also, I just saw that I got fivethousand words, wow. I was lucky to snag you. :) Really, thank you so much.

[linziday]

*collapses in relief* Thank god! I was worried after waiting so long and SO patiently that you'd hate it. I'm so happy you liked it!! :D

Your prompt was absolutely awesome. Thank you! Originally I was going to have the fifth section be just like the first four, but it bothered me that his team hadn't stepped in to stop Rodney from getting shot. So the last one was my solution to that. I couldn't see the team doing anything else. :)

I will post it to FF.net tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks again! SO happy you liked it.

[frith_in_thorns]

Awesome fic! I love it when Rodney gets to save the day, and he was great here! I particularly liked how the last one tied back to the first one like that :)

[linziday]

Thank you! I love brave!Rodney. :)

[michelel72]

This is simply fantastic. The near-circularity is perfect. Number four breaks my heart. ::sniff::

[linziday]

Thank you! Number four broke my heart writing it. Poor Rodney.

[trystings]

That was wonderful! I am a sucker for Five Times, friendship and early SGA and I love how the story circles back to Rodney's first time being shot at the end.

[linziday]

Thank you! It bothered me that the team hadn't stepped in to stop Rodney from getting shot, so the last one was my solution to that. I had to have the happy, teamy ending. :)