Word Count:
209
Rating: PG
Category: Angst.
Story Status: Complete
Summary: Claustrophobia and Rodney.
Spoilers: Contains
spoilers for Grace Under Pressure (S2) and Search & Rescue (S5).
Beta: Thank
you to Jayne Perry for the beta-reading.
Five Reasons for
Claustrophobia By Leesa Perrie
1) Aged 9
Finding himself trapped in a closet when playing hide and seek with
Jeannie; the door had jammed so he couldn’t get out right
away,
though eventually it yielded to his frantic pushing.
2) Aged 11
Being stuffed into a locker at school by bullies; he was small for his
age and easily fit inside one. A janitor let him out, and the
bullies found stink bombs in their lockers the next day.
3) Aged 19
Finding himself trapped on his own in an elevator; the college building
was old and poorly maintained and the call button wasn’t
working. Eventually someone heard him shouting and got an
engineer out to fix the problem.
4) Aged 37
Being stuck in the back of a sinking jumper; Griffin had sacrificed
himself, leaving him alone in the dark and cold and so very small
jumper. He was rescued against all odds, partly in due to a
whale.
5) Aged 40
Finding himself buried under the ruins of a building; he
wasn’t
alone, but Lorne wasn’t good company and sucked at the whole
distracting him from his fears thing, unlike Sheppard would have
been. Once dug out, he had a crisis to help deal with, and a
pregnant friend to save.
The End
Author's Notes:
Ages for Rodney in the last two are derived from his birthday
year, stated in Quarantine as being 1968 ( the actor’s year
of
birth), and the year the season was aired.