Stargate: Atlantis
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard, brief mention of het
Season: Future Time
Rating: PG
Warning: Character Deaths, Adultery / Betrayal
Notes: Despite warnings, this is simple fluff. Really! ;)
Thanks to ozziebabe for letting me play with her story idea.

* -- segment by ozziebabe

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--a story in ten-word segments--
by Night Spring
original story idea by ozziebabe

Despite all Carson's efforts, Katie Brown McKay died in childbirth.

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"She's beautiful Rodney"
Rodney smiled sadly.
"Yes, yes she is."*

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Rodney stared at the DNA results.
Not his daughter.
Sheppard's.*

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"She's yours."
"I know."
"Well, she's yours!"
"What the... Rodney!"

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"What do you want?"
"She won't stop crying."
"..."
"Please? Rodney..."

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"I'm sorry."
"I know."
"We didn't want to..."
"I know."

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"Hey, change her diaper!"
"No! I did it last time!"

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"There's no more milk."
"What? Didn't you order more?"

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"It's just a wee fever, lads."
"Carson..." "You sure?"
"Lads..."

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"She said, 'da'!"
"She meant me."
"No, moron! She meant me!"

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"Look, John, she's walking!"
"Aaaaargh! Who taught her skateboard??"

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"Hey, Rodney, she can do math."
"What? Who taught her?"

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It was official. Their daughter had genius-level IQ. Rodney claimed credit.
John retaliated by teaching her to fly the jumper.

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Elizabeth and Radek stood proud beside Sophie Anne McKay Sheppard.
Valedictorian at the Air Force Academy, PhD in astrophysics.

If only John and Rodney had lived to see this day.