New Fic: Badge of Honor

[jackwabbit]

Badge Of Honor
Author:  jackwabbit
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rated: G
Category: Drabble, Gen, Episode Tag, Rodney/Ronin Friendship
Season:  Three
Spoilers:  Tao of Rodney
Summary:  Everyone Knows That Scars Have Stories. But What Does Their Absence Say?

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On Sateda, scars had powerful connotations.

They spoke of honor, bravery, and sacrifice.

I grew up with those notions.  I never thought anything would change them.

But now, looking at smooth, unmarred skin in the mirror for the first time in years, I can’t help but realize that a lack of scars says something, too.  What it says surprises me.  I always thought it spoke of weakness; of softness; of something I could never respect.

Turns out I was wrong.

As I look over my shoulder at my back again, I know my perfect skin says only one thing.

Love.

Comments

[lemonpiefirefly.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwww...
Tao Squee!

[jackwabbit.livejournal.com]

Thanks. This was a rework of a very old WIP that I tried to finish today. Turns out, it wanted to just spawn a new one and stay a WIP.