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chasingkerouacTitle: Galileo: Earth
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stagesoflove, fanfic100 053. Earth (Table)
Theme: Elements(Air, Water, Fire, Earth, Spirit)
Pairing: Carson Beckett/Laura Cadman (Stargate Atlantis)
Rating: G
Summary: Laura thinks he’s is being recalled to Earth for new staff selections.
Laura thinks he’s is being recalled to Earth for new staff selections.
That’s not entirely true, Carson conceeded as he watched the houses pass by as the taxi looked for the correct address. The population of Atlantis continues to expand, with new military being assigned on each trip of the Daedalus, and a growing segment of Pegasus natives that Colonel Sheppard and his team have collected from their off-world missions taking up residence in the city. With this influx of new people getting injured from missions off-world, from explorations of the city, from touching things that Rodney and Zelenka have warned people not to touch… from Rodney and Zelenka touching things that they didn’t know they weren’t supposed to touch… All of these just strengthen his argument for a larger medical staff in the city, especially staff trained in emergency medicine.
He’d spent two days at Cheyenne Mountain interviewing potential staff. He could farm out the job, or trust the SGC to hire quality people, but he’s far too hands on for that. There has to be something about the people he hires, a spark that lets him know they’ll be alright out here in Pegasus. That’s something he learned quickly that a resume will never tell him.
Laura thinks that he’s going to spend his time after staff interviews holding a seminar with SGC medical on new advances in the ATA gene research.
That was basically a lie. He submitted he knew could never be published to the program to inform the researchers at the base of his findings, but there wasn’t anything that he needed to brief them on personally. Especially with the frequent data transfer between Earth and Atlantis, they’d already been briefed with his latest important findings almost as soon as they’d occurred.
No, he wanted to spend as little time as possible inside that bunker as possible. He’d grown used to seeing the vast expanse of ocean from every window in the city, and now the mountain complex seemed terribly claustrophobic. Instead of staying, he was going to take a few days to travel.
Laura thinks that if he gets a chance, he’ll go home and see his mum. His cousin Abigail just found out she was pregnant, after all.
He would find his way to Scotland, of course. There was no way he could visit Earth and not run by and see his mother and family. Most of the people who went to Atlantis in that first wave either had no family or refused to talk about them, so he was singular in his affection for his family. No, this time instead of flying out of Denver, he’d fly out of Baltimore. There was something he had to do there, after all.
The taxi pulled in front of a home in Towson and Carson thanked and paid the driver quickly. They were expecting him, and while very few things made him nervous these days that didn’t include Wraith attacks or reversions to bug-like creatures, he had to remind himself to breath as he walked up the stairs to ring the door bell.
Laura thinks he didn’t want to take the break and come do work on Earth. She thinks its more of the same old, same old that he could’ve done from his office back in the infirmary.
He smiles broadly as a woman opens the door. There’s a definite resemblance. “Mrs. Cadman?” he asks, extending his hand. “I’m Carson Beckett. It’s a pleasure to meet you. Laura’s told me so much about you.”
Laura doesn’t know that he’s having dinner with her parents, introducing her father to a favorite scotch, and asking him questions he’d almost given up hope of getting the chance to ask. She doesn’t know that her mother is calling her brother over to the house to meet Carson, and that the group of them will share stories about her up until Carson has to leave to catch his flight to Glasgow.
And Carson’s glad she doesn’t know yet. There are far too few happy surprises on Atlantis.
Part 5 - Galileo: Aether
Challenge:
stagesoflove, fanfic100 053. Earth (Table)Theme: Elements(Air, Water, Fire, Earth, Spirit)
Pairing: Carson Beckett/Laura Cadman (Stargate Atlantis)
Rating: G
Summary: Laura thinks he’s is being recalled to Earth for new staff selections.
Laura thinks he’s is being recalled to Earth for new staff selections.
That’s not entirely true, Carson conceeded as he watched the houses pass by as the taxi looked for the correct address. The population of Atlantis continues to expand, with new military being assigned on each trip of the Daedalus, and a growing segment of Pegasus natives that Colonel Sheppard and his team have collected from their off-world missions taking up residence in the city. With this influx of new people getting injured from missions off-world, from explorations of the city, from touching things that Rodney and Zelenka have warned people not to touch… from Rodney and Zelenka touching things that they didn’t know they weren’t supposed to touch… All of these just strengthen his argument for a larger medical staff in the city, especially staff trained in emergency medicine.
He’d spent two days at Cheyenne Mountain interviewing potential staff. He could farm out the job, or trust the SGC to hire quality people, but he’s far too hands on for that. There has to be something about the people he hires, a spark that lets him know they’ll be alright out here in Pegasus. That’s something he learned quickly that a resume will never tell him.
Laura thinks that he’s going to spend his time after staff interviews holding a seminar with SGC medical on new advances in the ATA gene research.
That was basically a lie. He submitted he knew could never be published to the program to inform the researchers at the base of his findings, but there wasn’t anything that he needed to brief them on personally. Especially with the frequent data transfer between Earth and Atlantis, they’d already been briefed with his latest important findings almost as soon as they’d occurred.
No, he wanted to spend as little time as possible inside that bunker as possible. He’d grown used to seeing the vast expanse of ocean from every window in the city, and now the mountain complex seemed terribly claustrophobic. Instead of staying, he was going to take a few days to travel.
Laura thinks that if he gets a chance, he’ll go home and see his mum. His cousin Abigail just found out she was pregnant, after all.
He would find his way to Scotland, of course. There was no way he could visit Earth and not run by and see his mother and family. Most of the people who went to Atlantis in that first wave either had no family or refused to talk about them, so he was singular in his affection for his family. No, this time instead of flying out of Denver, he’d fly out of Baltimore. There was something he had to do there, after all.
The taxi pulled in front of a home in Towson and Carson thanked and paid the driver quickly. They were expecting him, and while very few things made him nervous these days that didn’t include Wraith attacks or reversions to bug-like creatures, he had to remind himself to breath as he walked up the stairs to ring the door bell.
Laura thinks he didn’t want to take the break and come do work on Earth. She thinks its more of the same old, same old that he could’ve done from his office back in the infirmary.
He smiles broadly as a woman opens the door. There’s a definite resemblance. “Mrs. Cadman?” he asks, extending his hand. “I’m Carson Beckett. It’s a pleasure to meet you. Laura’s told me so much about you.”
Laura doesn’t know that he’s having dinner with her parents, introducing her father to a favorite scotch, and asking him questions he’d almost given up hope of getting the chance to ask. She doesn’t know that her mother is calling her brother over to the house to meet Carson, and that the group of them will share stories about her up until Carson has to leave to catch his flight to Glasgow.
And Carson’s glad she doesn’t know yet. There are far too few happy surprises on Atlantis.
Part 5 - Galileo: Aether
