🔨 for the ask game!
Not sure which fic you want so I'll go with the Last Men. This is the story of original timeline Rodney during the Last Man episode and who helps him send John back in time to fix the timeline.
I didn't expect this fic to be so long with so many characters. I had intended to only have about five or six chapters but it accidentally became an epic.
Here's a fun scene hearkening back to the Pegasus Project where Vala finds out Cam threatened Rodney with a lemon and is outraged demanding an apology. She adopted Rodney as her woobie real quick.
The Last Men ~ excerpt from Chapter 10
New Found Family
Vala gently pulled Rodney off the stool as Colonel Cameron Mitchell waltzed through the lab door.
“Hey, Doc! Heard you needed a lift,” Cam drawled out in his midwestern accent.
“Oh no! I’m not going with you! Last time we shared a vehicle you threatened my life. You’re not taking me anywhere, Lemon Boy!”
Rodney was visibly shaking by now and Cam took a step back, apparently having no idea he’d have this effect on him after all this time.
“Cameron Matthew Mitchell! You threatened Rodney’s life?!” Vala nearly shouted.
“With a lemon! I’m deathly allergic and he pulled one on me!” Rodney backed her up.
“...and you never apologized? Apologize…now!” Vala demanded.
“Okay, okay,” Cam held up his hands as if in surrender, “I’m sorry…”
“Like you mean it!” Vala crossed her arms, she and Rodney nodded at each other knowingly.
Cam hung his head, “Guess I’ve had this coming…I’m sorry, Dr. McKay, for pulling a lemon on you when Sheppard told me you were allergic. I knew he was kidding about keeping one on him and guess I should’ve known he was laying it pretty thick with you. But you guys really were close…like you said. Anyway, I’m sorry I was so insensitive. And I’m sorry you lost Sheppard. I’d like to help get him back…and Sam too, if I can.”
“Really? You mean it?” Rodney eyed him suspiciously.
Cam raised his hand, “On my Catholic grandmother’s grave, I swear to God, that’s the honest truth. I was a dick before and I’d like to make it up to you. Can I take you home? Vala can come too if you’re uncomfortable. What do you say?”
Vala clapped her hands and looked at Rodney excitedly.
~ continued in AO3
