Prompt me!

[bluflamingo]

So: sga_santa fic is done and sent in, sg1_jubilee fic is done and sent in, yuletide fic is done and waiting a day before I give it a final proofread and send it in. I have sg_flyboys fic to write, but that's stalled out until I hear back from someone which won't be today.

In other words, I have no super-imminent deadlines looming. I do have an idea for a story, but it's so depressing that I'm not sure I want to write it.

So -

Give me a character and a story and I'll tell you three things about them that didn't make the story (stolen from miss_porcupine).

Comments

[skieswideopen]

John in "Stranded" and/or "Like Pegasus Triple A, But With Added Unwarranted Imprisonment" (since they fit pretty closely together).

A little of Stranded, a little of Pegasus Triple A

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

1. John’s got a whole load of reasons why he doesn’t sleep at first: nightmares of Atlantis, empty and abandoned; hyper-alertness that makes him twitch in the dark; plain old exhaustion, too strong to fall into sleep. He’s never telling anyone that he listens to the noises of Cam’s nightmares while Cam’s sleeping and John’s at the controls, and thinks that being that vulnerable, that open, scares him more than any of his own nightmares.

2. He and Larrin have a vibe, after the better part of five years of working together, on and off: she ties him up, he talks back to her, she slaps him around, he talks back some more, and it’s all okay because there’s a hum of attraction that’ll never be anything more under it all. It’s a game now, the way that they conduct their sort-of-almost friendship.

He throws them both off when he talks back without the current of attraction, and it’s probably the only reason she doesn’t tie him up. Truth is, his body’s buzzing so high with Cam, and his brain’s so stuck on Oh God oh God, what if they’re all dead? that he’s got nothing left for his and Larrin’s weird flirtation.

Doesn’t mean he doesn’t notice how good she looks in leather though.

3. Even once John starts sleeping again on the jumper, he doesn’t sleep well, has nightmares, wakes up full of adrenaline, agitated. It’s different now, though, because he can feel Cam watching him, watching over him, and it doesn’t make him feel vulnerable, too open. It makes him feel safe and cared for, and who knew he’d have to maybe lose everyone to find that again?

Re: A little of Stranded, a little of Pegasus Triple A

[etain-anders.livejournal.com]

Love this--John not wanting to be that open, and then finding how much he enjoys Cam watching over him.

Also, I think you did more to make me like John/Larrin in that one snippet than everything else I've read thus far.

[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

Lorne in Been Five Years.

Lorne in Been Five Years

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

1. He takes himself off the mission roster after he gets promoted. It's bad enough trying to live up to Sheppard's crazy decisions. He's not going to even try to live up to Sheppard's crazy off-world heroics.

2. The night before Sheppard's going back to Earth - for good, though everyone very carefully says that of course nothing is for certain, and there are medical advances every day - Evan goes down to the infirmary, where Sheppard's still staying. He's not entirely sure what he's going there to say: goodbye, good luck, we'll miss you, it's been a pleasure working for you, I'm sorry, I don't think I can do this, I don't want to.

It doesn't matter anyway, because when he gets there, Sheppard's team is there, sounding half-hysterical with forced cheer. Sheppard's the one who notices him, looking up and catching him loitering in the doorway, smiles, makes a little 'come in' gesture with his left hand. Evan shakes his head, backs away, because whatever he came to say, he can't say it in front of Sheppard's team, and he's suddenly completely certain that he shouldn't say it to Sheppard, at all.

3. A year and a half after Sheppard leaves, Evan gets stabbed with a poisoned blade during an off-world trading deal that he goes to as a representative of Atlantis in Woolsey's place. The stab wound isn't all that serious, for a stab wound, but the poison makes him hallucinate for three days.

Coming out of it and realising that none of it was real, that Sheppard hasn't come back and that Evan is still in charge, hurts much more than getting stabbed in the first place did.

[bruinsfan.livejournal.com]

Lorne in "Almost, But Not Quite."

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Which Lorne, the one who went through the gate or the one who got sent back to Earth?

[angelofmercy.livejournal.com]

Lorne in Two Weeks.

Lorne in Two Weeks (well, one in Last Cigarette, but it's the same universe)

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

1. He never thinks about staying on Earth. He knows it’s what Sheppard worries about, but, despite everything he still has on Earth, he can’t imagine not going back to Atlantis.

2. He’s not ready to lose John when John gets reassigned to something that he can’t talk about. It’s only been three and a half weeks since he watched his team die around him, since John came swooping in to rescue him. He’s well aware that he’s leaning too hard on John, but he can’t seem to do anything about it, trying to fight his way out of grief and anger and guilt that feels like it’s choking him every second of the day.

He’s not grateful at all when his best friend marches him down to the base psychiatrist’s office two days after John leaves. Within a couple of months, he’s incredibly grateful, because looking back, he was so close to the edge that it scares him.

3. He thinks about asking Cam to come back to Atlantis with him, permanently, though he knows he won't ask. He wants to though, because Cam belongs with him and John, the three of them belong together. He doesn’t believe in fate, but he doesn’t really believe in coincidences either, and they’re so close. Trouble is, Cam’s no more likely to leave SG1 than he and John are to leave Atlantis, and not asking is the kindest thing he can do.

[angelofmercy.livejournal.com]

You could write more Colby/Lorne.

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

I could. Prompt me?

[angelofmercy.livejournal.com]

Erm...David (or Don) meets Evan for the first time?

Don meets Evan for the first time (Lorne/Colby)

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Colby’s never actually introduced anyone he was sleeping with to any of his friends, and after this, he’s pretty sure he’s never going to do so again either.

It’s not that he forgot that Evan was coming to town for three days, or even that today was the day he was coming. It’s just that, between bomb scares, and actual bombs, and David nearly getting himself blown up because he doesn’t have the sense to wait for the bomb squad to show… well, Colby really thinks he should be forgiven for getting distracted enough that it slipped his mind for a minute.

Also, it’s completely not his fault that Evan’s introduction to Don comes in the form of Evan flashing his military ID, which apparently includes level of security clearance well above even Charlie, and ducking under the crime scene tape. Colby could have told him that would just piss Don off – would have told him, except that he’s over by the ambulance, glaring at David for pulling such a dumb stunt while the paramedic checks out what’s almost certainly a broken arm from when a secondary device went off and collapsed a small wall on him and the bomb disposal officer.

The first thing he hears is Don saying, “Don’t care what level of clearance you have, this is my crime scene and –“ followed by a woman’s voice saying, “What the hell are you doing here? What, do you have a psychic sense of when things are going a little bit wrong?” at which point he realizes the woman is the bomb squad officer who got crushed along with David.

“Sorry,” a man’s familiar voice says, making Colby look round for the source of it.

Evan’s standing just inside the crime scene tape, Don’s hand on his chest like he’s about to forcibly remove him from the scene. The bomb squad officer is glaring at Evan from just behind Don, apparently unaware of the paramedic trying to pull her away to be checked out. Considering she’s on her feet, Colby’s not too worried about her.

“Sorry,” Evan says again, looking between Don and the officer. “I’m not trying to intrude on your case, I just –“

“Oh, for God’s sake,” the woman says irritably, shaking off the paramedic then pushing Don back out of Evan’s space. “We used to serve together, he’s over-protective, he can’t help it. I think he has a built-in radar for his people getting a little banged up.”

Evan makes a wry face, and Colby realizes that this must be Laura Cadman, the ex-marine turned bomb squad officer who he’s still friendly with. Don’s making a good attempt at still glaring at Evan, but there’s nothing that gets to Don faster than someone worrying about their people, considering it’s hard-wired into Don.

Still, Colby decides maybe he’ll just hang out with David for a bit longer, before he goes and outs himself to his boss and half the bomb squad.

[dracotelitha.livejournal.com]

Cam! in that story which the title i forgot but john doesn't have the gene. Or as a challenge Daniel during your Big Bang Fic when Cam is in Atlantis (and Daniel isn't.)

Cam in Lines in the Darkness (which I assume is the one you meant)

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

1. Cam doesn’t know how to deal with Sheppard at first. It’s painfully obvious that he does not want to be at the SGC, and equally obvious, especially when Cam gets into his file, that he probably doesn’t have much choice, not if he wants to stay in the Air Force. Cam mostly picks him for the non-existent SG-1 out of something he can’t quite call pity, wanting so hard to make it better.

Sheppard’s no easier to figure out when he’s close, which is pretty much what Cam expected, but Sheppard’s the only one who doesn’t make an excuse and flee the team, and that has to count for something.

2. Cam doesn’t mean to sleep with Sheppard when he offers to take him home, though Lam’s smile over Sheppard’s head says clearly that she thinks otherwise, making him regret the one time they got drunk together and he let her talk him into confessing that he thinks Sheppard’s hot. It’s just that Sheppard looks tired and bruised and abandoned, even while Cam’s still sitting next to him on the infirmary bed, and he spent most of the day getting beaten up. Cam’s always been a soft touch for strays, and there’s no-one more stray that Sheppard. He can’t leave the man in the infirmary, it just wouldn’t be right.

So he takes him home, tucks him up in bed, and does not think, even waking up beside him the next morning, how good it would be to have this every day.

3. Cam nearly quits the SGC five times in his first month. He doesn’t want to be in charge, doesn’t feel *capable* of being in charge. Doesn’t want to spend thirty to fifty per cent of every week just talking people into coming through the gate with him and Sheppard. Wants to serve with SG-1, the heroes his pilots gave their lives helping. Wants to feel some of what they felt, going through the gate, instead of an endless sense of struggle just to stay in one place.

He doesn’t quit, of course, and it’s at least partly because he can’t be another person who abandoned Sheppard to his fate, and he knows he wouldn't be allowed to take Sheppard with him.

[10pmpacifictime.livejournal.com]

I was having trouble coming up with something and then I realized I want Lorne/Colby in "What Happened Next."

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I never really thought about there being any Lorne/Colby in What Happens Next. Of course, now I am...

[ninja007.livejournal.com]

John, Cam and Alex in "What Happens Next".

Any Cam thoughts? John thoughts? Alex thoughts?

I'll take any scraps you can give me on John/Cam pairing...

One John, one Cam and one... kind of Alex thought from What Happens Next

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

1. John knows within a couple of weeks that his new post at the SGC isn’t going to work out. He’s in hour five of a three hour meeting in which he has yet to say a single word, and he thinks, This is what I gave up Atlantis for? And then he has to excuse himself to go have a brief, silent, freak-out, because this is what he has to put up with in order to have the things he gave up Atlantis for, Cam and Alex and a family that won’t find someone else to love or get killed, and the prospect of forgetting that makes him feel sick.

It takes him another three months to admit that the sick feeling isn’t going away, isn’t going to go away, and another month after that to figure out how to fix it. The thought of leaving the Air Force, the SGC, leaving Atlantis behind for good, makes him feel shaky and unsure, but he only has to look at Cam and Alex, something he never thought he’d have, to know it’s going to be worth it, because now he has them, he’s sure as hell not going to lose them to his own resentment.

2. Cam’s favorite thing about John being home for good, about having Alex, is that his empty apartment that he used to avoid is suddenly home, affection and love and belonging in a hundred casual touches between the three of them every day. He feels like he’s walking around smiling, all the time, like he’s wrapped up in a warm blanket. Like there’s a tiny piece of him that’s always curled up on the couch with John and Alex and hot chocolate, warm and secure and happy.

It makes him feel like the worst kind of sentimental idiot when he thinks about it too hard, but when he doesn’t think about it, it just makes him feel great.

3. Both John and Cam are hesitant about including O’Neill in the informal invitation that Alex’s presence seems to extend to everyone at the SGC to come to their apartment. It’s partly because O’Neill is, in a way, responsible for their careers, responsible for Alex, responsible for *them*, and it’s a little weird to have that unacknowledged, though nowhere near as weird as it would be if it was.

It’s also partly because O’Neill is the reason that there are no guns in the apartment ever, under any circumstances. Still, it’s mostly because they both look at Alex and think of O’Neill’s son who never grew up, and try not to imagine a repeat, try not to wonder how he can bear to be around anyone’s healthy, happy, living children.

It’s Teal’c who brings him along one day, just dropping by, mostly. Alex takes one look at O’Neill, then stumble-runs across the room to him to throw himself at O’Neill’s knees in the universal sign for ‘up, now.’

Cam and John both say, “Alex,” in warning, but O’Neill just grabs Alex under his arms and hauls him up until they’re at eye level. “Hi,” Alex says, and O’Neill says, “Hello there,” totally serious, and everything’s okay.

[kyizi.livejournal.com]

Yeay for having finished!!! *g*

Give me a character and a story and I'll tell you three things about them that didn't make the story

Cam, anytime during the Return’verse *g*

Cam, at two fairly nebulous and one specific point during the Return'verse

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

1. Cam spends the entire year after John and the others go back to Atlantis waiting for John to freak out, waiting for John to run, or break it off. He doesn’t think it’s a particularly paranoid response, given that John’s reaction to their first kiss was to go off and get married. There’s no big moment when he realizes that it’s not going to happen this time. He just gradually worries less and less, until he wakes up and realizes that he’s not worrying at all any more, that he has faith in John, in the two of them together.

It’s a damn shame John’s in another galaxy at the time, because it’s a giddy, bubbly, exuberant-sex-in-the-sunlight kind of feeling, and as much as he loves his team, they’re not the ones he wants to share it with.

2. Cam reads all the reports that come from Atlantis, or at least the summary reports. It’s a ridiculous waste of his time and in no way part of his job, which means he keeps it to his limited off hours, and gives himself children’s nightmares of monsters if he does it too late.

The worst part is, he pretends not to do it, not to know the things that John doesn’t choose to tell him. It’d be easier not to know them at all, but he knows himself well enough to know that John’s got trigger points Cam never wants to trip, and this is the only way to make sure he doesn’t.

It helps a little that he’s ninety percent sure, from the couple of times John’s slipped, that John does exactly the same thing for him.

3. SG-1’s trip out to Pegasus is the first time Cam’s seen John in years – he hadn’t even known John had joined the SGC until John was already on his way back to Atlantis, without Jackson. He expects it to be awkward, is kind of twitchy with nerves combined with the hemmed in feeling of the ship through the whole flight out. It’s a good thing Jackson’s practically bouncing off the walls with excitement, so nobody notices that Cam’s losing his mind.

When he gets to the city, he thinks he could have saved himself a lot of sleepless nights, because John looks at him and he looks at John, and they both smile, wry recognition that, of all the times to be suddenly together again, this is possibly the least convenient, and then they get on with their jobs.

Although Cam does take a quick second to check that, nope, John really isn’t wearing his wedding ring, which confirms what his file said, and maybe gives Cam a little bit of hope.

[dracotelitha.livejournal.com]

Okay so our talk about Teyla and her status during pregnancy sort of made me want Teyla fic and I'm noticing a sad lack of Teyla prompts. So something (not necessarily from one of your fics) to do with Teyla's pregnancy. Like 5 missions Teyla decided were too dangerous for her, or when Teyla realized what she was exposing her child to or OOO! 5 things that made Teyla decide to leave Atlantis (and the 1 thing that made her stay) or a variation on any of those.

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Hmm... Go over and leave them as prompts (http://community.livejournal.com/sg1_five_things/27798.html) at sg1_five_things as well please?

[bruinsfan.livejournal.com]

If #3 had been the way events were broadcast, I think I would have liked Cameron a lot better on the show. His behavior in "The Pegasus Project" really tarnished the character for me, but if it could be explained as hostility toward someone who got to spend the tons of time with John that he wanted to, it would sit much better than the combo of habitually bullying nerds and being the unreasonably overprotective big brother figure for someone more than capable of holding her own that it actually read as.

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

the combo of habitually bullying nerds and being the unreasonably overprotective big brother figure for someone more than capable of holding her own that it actually read as.

See, I have no problem hand-waving that whole thing as Cam's southern gentleman thing getting a little out of control, because he's heard the stories about McKay (didn't he nearly get Teal'c killed, and I imagine he comes across as more creepy towards Sam out of context), and sure, Sam doesn't need protecting, but that doesn't mean he won't sometimes. I dunno, I guess maybe I'm extrapolating too much from some of the men I know, who get all gentlemanly and protective on me sometimes, despite me not needing it, and while it would annoy the hell out of me in a stranger, I kind of like it in them because I know it's meant with affection and respect. So I suppose I imagine Sam feeling similarly towards Cam, and she does get protective of him in reverse, so, you know, not so bad.

Of course, it doesn't hurt to imagine that he's feeling a bit off balance at seeing Sheppard again and also maybe wondering if Sheppard and McKay are more than just friends...