1.Five years ago, famous archeologist Rodney McKay is on a dig when an earthquake traps him under a boulder in a cave. Certain he is going to die, Rodney documents his entrapment with a video diary. Toward the end of his ordeal, he began hallucinating about being rescued by a messy-haired, hazel eyed, wise-cracking hero.
John Sheppard, part of an elite SAR team that travels the globe, is called in to dig Rodney out, but Rodney is pinned in a crevasse under a five ton boulder. Knowing his foot is not salvageable, the decision is made to cut it off, with John wedging himself into the crevasse to do the amputation and bring Rodney out. The process of talking Rodney through the rescue until they can reach him takes hours. John is the only one who can keep him responsive.
Now, Rodney has written a book based on the event, which has been made into a movie. He's making the interview rounds, and everyone wants to see him with the man who rescued him. But John is certain Rodney wants nothing to do with him. He's avoided the publicity, has refused to read the book, etc. What he doesn't know is that Rodney can't stop thinking about him, and has been actively encouraging the publicity hounds to pull John into the media circus so he can talk to him again.
2. John Sheppard inherits Sheppard Industries on the death of his estranged father, only to discover that Sheppard Industries is involved in so much more than John ever knew. Among other things, SI keeps a semi-tame brilliant-but-arrogant inventor on staff. Dr. Rodney McKay is responsible for most of the weapons and computer science advances in the company, including advanced tech that belongs in a sci-fi TV show. While Rodney tries to convince John that SI needs to pull back from military applications and seek out more science-based projects, someone decides that Rodney McKay should come work for them, and kidnaps him. John pulls out the entire arsenal at his disposal to bring Rodney back safely.
Prompts Part 1
1.Five years ago, famous archeologist Rodney McKay is on a dig when an earthquake traps him under a boulder in a cave. Certain he is going to die, Rodney documents his entrapment with a video diary. Toward the end of his ordeal, he began hallucinating about being rescued by a messy-haired, hazel eyed, wise-cracking hero.
John Sheppard, part of an elite SAR team that travels the globe, is called in to dig Rodney out, but Rodney is pinned in a crevasse under a five ton boulder. Knowing his foot is not salvageable, the decision is made to cut it off, with John wedging himself into the crevasse to do the amputation and bring Rodney out. The process of talking Rodney through the rescue until they can reach him takes hours. John is the only one who can keep him responsive.
Now, Rodney has written a book based on the event, which has been made into a movie. He's making the interview rounds, and everyone wants to see him with the man who rescued him. But John is certain Rodney wants nothing to do with him. He's avoided the publicity, has refused to read the book, etc. What he doesn't know is that Rodney can't stop thinking about him, and has been actively encouraging the publicity hounds to pull John into the media circus so he can talk to him again.
2. John Sheppard inherits Sheppard Industries on the death of his estranged father, only to discover that Sheppard Industries is involved in so much more than John ever knew. Among other things, SI keeps a semi-tame brilliant-but-arrogant inventor on staff. Dr. Rodney McKay is responsible for most of the weapons and computer science advances in the company, including advanced tech that belongs in a sci-fi TV show. While Rodney tries to convince John that SI needs to pull back from military applications and seek out more science-based projects, someone decides that Rodney McKay should come work for them, and kidnaps him. John pulls out the entire arsenal at his disposal to bring Rodney back safely.