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TITLE: 100 Cranes (1/100)
FANDOM: Stargate Atlantis
AU: Imaginary Gate Team 5
LENGTH/RAITING: 409 words, PG-13
PARIING/WARNINGS: Ant/Amy, Post-death!fic
SUMMARY: Choices.
The first swan is sky blue; outspread wings bleached white by time. Made from an Earth origami square and written with blue glitter pen, it's the oldest in the flock. Ant unfolds it carefully, his world shrinking down to a three inch square of blue on blue.
Hey Jonny, it's me again.
He almost puts it down again, because Johnny had been her twin and letters between the dead seem somehow sacred. But this is all he has left of her, and he can't let go.
I know you won't ever read this, but you're the only one I can talk to. Everything's classified, everything. They made me sign this whole stack of paperwork before they'd tell me what I was signing up for. If Jess hadn't pushed me I would have backed out. This is big Jonny, really big. If I told anyone, I think they'd kill me.
Or they'd sue me, one of the two. I'm more afraid of the lawyers.
He remembers his own pile of paperwork and the sickening drop in his stomach when he'd learned just what his CO had talked him into. At least Amy had already been in the Stargate program, Ant had been just a marine.
Not that they'd believe me, even if I told them. Another galaxy Jonny, not just another planet-- and how bad does that sound that I can say 'just another planet'? But can you believe it? Another galaxy. It's not one-way trip anymore either, just another two-year tour, extendable. But really, how do you come back from that? Only six months in Japan, and three years later I'm still carrying those habits. God Jonny, who am I going to be after two years?
He'd forgotten she'd been part of the second wave; she'd never talked about going home. Most of them did, the ones that saw Atlantis as just another war zone, constantly focused on putting in their time and then getting back to Earth and on with life. Amy never had. He wondered if she'd been proud of who she'd become.
But I can't say no. You would have gone, wouldn't you? I keep my promises Jonny-boy, you know I do.
She'd been living for both of them ever since the accident, Ant had known that, but he hadn't realized just how much she'd shaped her life into Jonathan's memorial. Now, staring at the faded swans he wonders how many other things he didn’t know.
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Technorati tags: writing | fan fiction | science fiction | stargate atlantis | the unforgotten country | fanfic
FANDOM: Stargate Atlantis
AU: Imaginary Gate Team 5
LENGTH/RAITING: 409 words, PG-13
PARIING/WARNINGS: Ant/Amy, Post-death!fic
SUMMARY: Choices.
The first swan is sky blue; outspread wings bleached white by time. Made from an Earth origami square and written with blue glitter pen, it's the oldest in the flock. Ant unfolds it carefully, his world shrinking down to a three inch square of blue on blue.
Hey Jonny, it's me again.
He almost puts it down again, because Johnny had been her twin and letters between the dead seem somehow sacred. But this is all he has left of her, and he can't let go.
I know you won't ever read this, but you're the only one I can talk to. Everything's classified, everything. They made me sign this whole stack of paperwork before they'd tell me what I was signing up for. If Jess hadn't pushed me I would have backed out. This is big Jonny, really big. If I told anyone, I think they'd kill me.
Or they'd sue me, one of the two. I'm more afraid of the lawyers.
He remembers his own pile of paperwork and the sickening drop in his stomach when he'd learned just what his CO had talked him into. At least Amy had already been in the Stargate program, Ant had been just a marine.
Not that they'd believe me, even if I told them. Another galaxy Jonny, not just another planet-- and how bad does that sound that I can say 'just another planet'? But can you believe it? Another galaxy. It's not one-way trip anymore either, just another two-year tour, extendable. But really, how do you come back from that? Only six months in Japan, and three years later I'm still carrying those habits. God Jonny, who am I going to be after two years?
He'd forgotten she'd been part of the second wave; she'd never talked about going home. Most of them did, the ones that saw Atlantis as just another war zone, constantly focused on putting in their time and then getting back to Earth and on with life. Amy never had. He wondered if she'd been proud of who she'd become.
But I can't say no. You would have gone, wouldn't you? I keep my promises Jonny-boy, you know I do.
She'd been living for both of them ever since the accident, Ant had known that, but he hadn't realized just how much she'd shaped her life into Jonathan's memorial. Now, staring at the faded swans he wonders how many other things he didn’t know.
"STARGATE ATLANTIS", "STARGATE SG1" and other related entities are owned, (TM) and © by MGM TELEVISION and DOUBLE SECRET PRODUCTION in association with GEKKO FILMS and THE SCIFI CHANNEL. All rights reserved. No copyright infringement is intended nor implied.Technorati tags: writing | fan fiction | science fiction | stargate atlantis | the unforgotten country | fanfic