Fic: Love, War, and Reunions

[wickedwords]

Title: Love, War, and Reunions
Author: Rachael Sabotini (wickedwords)
Other Info: Gen-or-Not, Lorne/Weir possible, 590 words
Summary: Lorne's family comes from a very small town.

sherrold and z_rayne were kind enough to beta this for me, and I really appreciate their work. Written for the third round of atlantis_lvw. The theme was 'gifts', and we had a 600-word-count limit.


Love, War, and Reunions

The Lorne family reunion--technically, the McInerney family reunion--was held at the Keyhole Country Club, Pine Haven, Wyoming. Picking up his beer and scanning crowds of people in the main dining room, Nick wasn't sure why he'd come. He didn't really have anything in common with the rest of his family--most of them farmers, ranchers, and engineers--but his mom wanted all of her boys to come some year, so this time, Nick had. He hoped it made up for some of the many times he'd missed Easter, the Fourth of July, or Thanksgiving.

Anyway, he was still recuperating from getting his leg slashed up in the last Wraith firefight. He really didn't like limping around the halls of Atlantis, seeing the concerned looks on everyone's faces, or the way Dr. Weir looked at him, her eyes so full of guilt.

"Excuse me?"

Nick glanced away toward the speaker. She was about 16, with wood-brown hair pulled back with barrettes and wearing a cotton sundress. He wondered if she'd sewed it herself.

"Hello," he said, nodding at her. "I'm Nick. Nick Lorne. And you're--"

"Sarah McInerney." Of course. "Uhm, listen," She stared down at the floor a second, then back at Nick. "They told me you were in the military, and that you'd been injured."

"That's right." Nothing classified about that.

"Well, the bishop talked to us all at youth group last Wednesday, about, you know, making stuff for people overseas--"

Oh, for the love of-- "I'm fine, really--" He held up his hand to stop her, but she barreled on through, scientist-fast.

"And I was wondering if you could tell me how to find my aunt, so I could send her something."

That took Nick aback. "I'm sorry. You're looking for your aunt?"

"Well, she's kinda my aunt," the girl said solemnly. "She's a friend of my mom from college, and she's not exactly military, more a civilian contractor? I think." Her mouth pursed. "We lost track of her a couple of years ago. She used to work for the U.N." She twisted the fabric of her dress between her fingers.

Wow. Nick had no idea where to start. "What's her name?"

"Elizabeth Weir," she said, and then corrected herself: "Dr. Elizabeth Weir."

**

Lorne stood just outside Elizabeth's closed office door, waving the package in his hand, a big grin on his face. He didn't limp at all anymore, and it was great to be back. Elizabeth leaned back in her chair and motioned him in.

"I thought Sergeant Campbell normally delivered the mail?" she asked as Lorne handed her the bundle.

"He does ma'am, but as I was already on the Daedalus when she landed, I figured I'd take advantage of the situation." He slid into the chair across from her. "Just call me Santa Claus."

"Well, thank you, Major Claus. It's good to have you back." She smiled at him, the warmth in her eyes more than her tone telling him how welcome he was.

She picked up the brown paper wrapped package and looked at the label: written in red, crosses on the front, and a return address in Gillette, Wyoming. "It's from my niece Sarah," she said, sounding a bit overwhelmed. "She's never sent me anything before." She glanced at Lorne. "You think it's cookies, don't you?"

"I detected the faint odor of chocolate chips about it."

"If you're right, I promise to share." She tore the paper opening the box, and the delight on her face was better than Christmas.

Comments

[miera-c.livejournal.com]

awww. That's the kind of fic you want to snuggle with. :)

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hon. *g* Hey, you remember my questions about posting to LCF regarding gen-ish, possibly pre-het stories right? If I posted this story there, how should I label that?

[flyingcarpet.livejournal.com]

That's adorable, and really well-done-- you fit a lot in that little piece. I love the idea of how cut-off they are from home, so much more so than regular soldiers. And I admit, I have an enormous weakness for Lorne/Weir, even when it's just hints. :)

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

I go back and forth on my secondary partnerships, and I think that Lorne/Weir has some real chemistry to it. Thanks!

[kimberlite.livejournal.com]

and wearing cotton sundress. He wondered if she'd sewed it herself.

I love how totally alien that seems (to me, anyway). I think you're missing 'a' after 'wearing'

He held up his hand to stop her, but she barreled on through, scientist-fast.

'Scientist-fast' is fabulous.

She smiled at him, the warmth in her eyes more than her tone telling him how welcome he was.

Aw, I really like the comfortable banter between them.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Oh! Thank you for catching the missing 'a'. I've added it in.

And yes! She is a little alien. How cool to put it that way.

Thanks.

[emyrys.livejournal.com]

I liked this, i really did. :-)

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[larianelensar.livejournal.com]

Keyhole Country Club, Pine Haven, Wyoming.

I'm about 30 (or less) miles from there ....Just had to throw that out there when I saw it...How in the world do you know about Pine Haven?

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

I googled. I knew a little bit about Gilette and thought from what little we know about Lorne -- he was on a mining team on SG1 -- it seemed to be a good fit for where he might have grown up. So I looked around for someplace near there where a family reunion might be held, and decided that the Pine Haven would be a great place for it. So the story became one about the people of a very small town in Wyoming, and what they expect the world to be like, and how Lorne fits in with that.

[larianelensar.livejournal.com]

*laughs* How funny. But I could imagine him from being from there, definitely.

[larianelensar.livejournal.com]

*squee* That was cute. *is going to look up Elizabeth's niece--Gillette isn't that big!*

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

I've lived in some towns about that size, and no, they aren't really that big. *g* Thanks!

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

That was fantastik! I love little glimpses into the characters and the daily goings on of their lives...

...and "Major Claus" is adorable~~

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I think he'd kind of adorable too. *g*

[sg-lab.livejournal.com]

I liked this. It was very cute. I'm starting to look for Lorne/Weir fic.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[dossier.livejournal.com]

oh, this is so sweet and charming, and unexpected--the world is really a small place, even if you live eleventy-billion light years away!

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

It's strange how once people have connected, how sometimes they keep turning up in unexpected places, isn't it? Thanks!