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TITLE: A Bitter Kind of Mercy
FANDOM: Stargate Atlantis
LENGTH/RATING: 100 words, PG-13
PAIRING/WARNINGS: Carson and Rampant Pessimism
SUMMARY: Written for sga_flashfic's Not Dead Yet challenge, but is too depressing to post. :P
It wasn't a question, hadn't been one for years, but every time he woke back from the darkness, he thought-- I'm not dead yet?
Because there was no time in the cold, just overwhelming darkness; flashes of nothing that splintered his life into slivers of light.
The faces were never the same, but he'd learned not to let them explain. Too much time, too much life, was lost to the nothing. He let them run their tests and trials, and went back into the darkness carrying empty promises of 'next time' and 'almost'.
And his last thought, every time, was--
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Technorati tags: writing | fan fiction | science fiction | stargate atlantis | the unforgotten country | fanfic
FANDOM: Stargate Atlantis
LENGTH/RATING: 100 words, PG-13
PAIRING/WARNINGS: Carson and Rampant Pessimism
SUMMARY: Written for sga_flashfic's Not Dead Yet challenge, but is too depressing to post. :P
It wasn't a question, hadn't been one for years, but every time he woke back from the darkness, he thought-- I'm not dead yet?
Because there was no time in the cold, just overwhelming darkness; flashes of nothing that splintered his life into slivers of light.
The faces were never the same, but he'd learned not to let them explain. Too much time, too much life, was lost to the nothing. He let them run their tests and trials, and went back into the darkness carrying empty promises of 'next time' and 'almost'.
And his last thought, every time, was--
"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