Heart Arrhythmia by lavvyan
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stargateficrecShow: SGA
Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Jennifer Keller
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard; Rodney McKay/Jennifer Keller
Categories: slash, het, hurt/comfort
Warnings: No Archives Warnings Apply
Words: 5,540
Author's Journal:lavvyan
Author's Website: lavvyan on AO3
Link Fic: Heart Arrhythmia
Author's summary: Rodney suddenly had two good friends he was simultaneously in love with. And he desperately wanted to believe that love wasn't an either-or, except if the two people one was in love with didn't also love each other, one ended up with the unfortunate prospect of having to choose one of them or none at all.
Why This Must Be Read: This is an absolutely adorable story written by the amazing lavvyan shortly after the show's finale aired. It's a wonderful character piece that brings both Rodney's faith in logic and his confusion about matters of the heart to life in a truly heartwarming way, yet still makes your heart ache a little, too—not just for Rodney, but also for Jennifer and John, doing real justice to all three of them.
It's a story about weighing options and making decisions, sticking to them, and finding a sense of safety and belonging—only for life to have other plans and throw you a curveball.
Beautifully written and deeply sensitive, it makes you feel for everyone and leaves you with a smile on your face.
Rodney went with a cost-benefit analysis. He wanted to love and be loved in return, so all he had to do was figure out with which constellation that outcome was more likely. With Jennifer, at least Rodney was fairly certain that she did love him, to some extent. John was significantly harder to read. Oh, he liked Rodney, that much was a given, but did he love him? Rodney wasn't sure, and he couldn't ask. And that alone told him everything he needed to know to reach his decision.
Really, Jennifer was the smart choice.
Wasn't she?
~~~
"Go get the girl," John said, and Rodney nodded, and finished his beer.
Observation had taught him this as well: if the person one wanted to be romantically involved with actively encouraged one to court someone else then, in all likelihood, they didn't want to be romantically involved with oneself. Come to think of it, John had encouraged him to propose to Katie as well, which in hindsight should have been hint enough.
Well. Not John, then. Rodney nodded again, if only to himself this time.
If only everyone were smart enough to settle matters of the heart by means of the brain, there'd be a lot less war out there.
Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Jennifer Keller
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard; Rodney McKay/Jennifer Keller
Categories: slash, het, hurt/comfort
Warnings: No Archives Warnings Apply
Words: 5,540
Author's Journal:
lavvyanAuthor's Website: lavvyan on AO3
Link Fic: Heart Arrhythmia
Author's summary: Rodney suddenly had two good friends he was simultaneously in love with. And he desperately wanted to believe that love wasn't an either-or, except if the two people one was in love with didn't also love each other, one ended up with the unfortunate prospect of having to choose one of them or none at all.
Why This Must Be Read: This is an absolutely adorable story written by the amazing lavvyan shortly after the show's finale aired. It's a wonderful character piece that brings both Rodney's faith in logic and his confusion about matters of the heart to life in a truly heartwarming way, yet still makes your heart ache a little, too—not just for Rodney, but also for Jennifer and John, doing real justice to all three of them.
It's a story about weighing options and making decisions, sticking to them, and finding a sense of safety and belonging—only for life to have other plans and throw you a curveball.
Beautifully written and deeply sensitive, it makes you feel for everyone and leaves you with a smile on your face.
Rodney went with a cost-benefit analysis. He wanted to love and be loved in return, so all he had to do was figure out with which constellation that outcome was more likely. With Jennifer, at least Rodney was fairly certain that she did love him, to some extent. John was significantly harder to read. Oh, he liked Rodney, that much was a given, but did he love him? Rodney wasn't sure, and he couldn't ask. And that alone told him everything he needed to know to reach his decision.
Really, Jennifer was the smart choice.
Wasn't she?
~~~
"Go get the girl," John said, and Rodney nodded, and finished his beer.
Observation had taught him this as well: if the person one wanted to be romantically involved with actively encouraged one to court someone else then, in all likelihood, they didn't want to be romantically involved with oneself. Come to think of it, John had encouraged him to propose to Katie as well, which in hindsight should have been hint enough.
Well. Not John, then. Rodney nodded again, if only to himself this time.
If only everyone were smart enough to settle matters of the heart by means of the brain, there'd be a lot less war out there.
