Ficlet: Homecoming, McKay/Sheppard PG13 Enemy at the Gate

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Fic
Title: Homecoming
Author: Hyperfocused
Episode and type of story: Enemy at the Gate
Rating: PG13
Categories: slash, reference to canon het.
Character(s) or Pairing(s): McKay/Sheppard, McKay/Keller, Ronon, Teyla
Warnings: none, really
Wordcount:200. Just a double drabble
Summary or quote(" Home is where the heart is.

Originally for McSmooch. Just a double drabble. I'm sick with Strep, but wanted to get a snippet in.)



"I'm home," Jennifer says, looking out at the Golden Gate Bridge, and that's when it hits Rodney, irrevocably and finally. They can never be what the other needs. Not when he sees John leaning over to Teyla, saying 'We'll get back home."

Keller doesn't even say "We're home", which wouldn't be accurate, either, not for any of the original expedition, Rodney's pretty sure, though perhaps it's different when you know you can go back again. Earth certainly isn't home for Ronon or Teyla. They may have learned about its cultures, and neither would seem out of place in San Francisco, or even better, Santa Cruz, but Rodney knows home is the Pegasus Galaxy. He knows this, because it's home for him, too.

Still, it's a relief to see her safe, and in her element. It's all he ever wanted for her, really. She's smart enough to know it's 'goodbye' when he kisses her. He can't quite feel guilty for what he does next, saying "fuck it" inside his head, and turning to kiss John, instead. They've saved the world. They're due a little happiness. When John sighs, and kisses him back, it finally feels like a welcome home.