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[Fic] How to Save A Life
Jul. 19th, 2009 10:59 pmTitle: How to Save A Life
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Characters: Michael
Word Count: 951
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Michael tries to save a life this time, instead of taking one.
It was the second jumper crash he was on hand for. A part of him wondered if the people of Atlantis could continue on losing jumpers this way, even as he reminded himself that he had no idea what the limits of their resources truly were now. The Wraith who was sometimes known as Michael picked his way through the wreckage, identifying twisted and mangled bodies as unsalvageable, resisting the temptation to feed on the dying. It would only mark them as having been used by a Wraith and he did not need the people of Atlantis knowing where he was again.
Even if it meant Teyla knowing where he was. Letting her find him again, being able to see her again. To feel that bond. A mental connection with someone else. It was tempting.
It was very tempting, and the thought of her was so vivid in his mind that he knew without it playing through that she would not forgive him for feeding off of the dying. Not with all that they had shared and what he had been able to achieve. She knew that he was capable of better than that.
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Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Characters: Michael
Word Count: 951
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Michael tries to save a life this time, instead of taking one.
It was the second jumper crash he was on hand for. A part of him wondered if the people of Atlantis could continue on losing jumpers this way, even as he reminded himself that he had no idea what the limits of their resources truly were now. The Wraith who was sometimes known as Michael picked his way through the wreckage, identifying twisted and mangled bodies as unsalvageable, resisting the temptation to feed on the dying. It would only mark them as having been used by a Wraith and he did not need the people of Atlantis knowing where he was again.
Even if it meant Teyla knowing where he was. Letting her find him again, being able to see her again. To feel that bond. A mental connection with someone else. It was tempting.
It was very tempting, and the thought of her was so vivid in his mind that he knew without it playing through that she would not forgive him for feeding off of the dying. Not with all that they had shared and what he had been able to achieve. She knew that he was capable of better than that.
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