Word Count:
223
Rating:
PG.
Category:
Angst.
Story Status:
Complete
Summary: Rodney's
POV, after the events of Sunday.
Beta:
Thank you to Leesa Perrie for the beta-reading.
‘Bye, Carson
By Jayne Perry
As Rodney stood on the balcony, watching the sea ripple and break
beneath him and the breeze gently caressing his face, he found
peace. The first time he had felt that particular feeling in
a
long while. He knew he would never accept Carson’s
death,
or that he was totally blameless, but he found that he was coming to
terms with it. Life went on, as much as he wished that he
could
turn back the hands of time, to change what had happened, to have gone
on that fishing trip. But it wasn't to
be. He missed
his friend, one of the few people he felt to be his equal, not that he
would ever have admitted that.
He finally admitted to himself, that things happen. Things
over
which he had no control; that he wasn't omniscient. It didn't
stop him having regrets, but he knew deep down that he could never
totally control all that was around him, no matter how much he
tried. It was this knowledge, that allowed him to
slowly
come to terms with all that had happened on that particular Sunday.
Turning slowly he retraced his steps back to the busy corridors of
Atlantis. And as he did so, he felt he could almost hear a
voice
on the breeze saying, "And about time too you daft…"
The End
