Jan 9, 2009

Homesickness

thedeadparrot

Stargate Atlantis

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Summary

Rodney has never been one for post-it notes.

Notes

Takes place during The Return, Part I. I have also gone on record as saying that I’d never write proper SGA fic, but apparently, post-it notes can get me to go back on my word.

Rodney’s never been one for the post-it notes, because it takes more time to write things down than it does to type them up. Long hand is just not something he does anymore.

At the moment, he’s getting used to Earth again, the weird things, like his refrigerator, like carpeting, like Area 51, and he just doesn’t get the yellow pieces of paper that are everywhere in people’s offices.

They didn’t bring any with them on the first expedition, and if the Daedalus brought any on their supply runs, Rodney never saw them.

Area 51 seems to be run on post-its, though. Their supply closet has at least four shelves devoted to the damn things, varying in size and shape and color. Rodney likes them even less, now.

John, however, has a fondness for them, and when he stays at Rodney’s place, he likes to leave them behind on

Rodney’s bedroom door,

his toaster,

At first, it’s simple stuff, like

and

YOUR MEAT IS GOING BAD

on the refrigerator, and

near the kitchen sink.

But then other things start popping up, like

hidden where the hinges of the front door meet the wall,

against the window in Rodney’s room,

[ THAT FAKE-CHICKEN I NEVER REALLY LIKED

on the stove. ](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2436187/homesickness/p15.JPG)

Rodney doesn’t know where John gets the post-its from, perhaps the SGC supply closet, but he certainly brings them with him when he visits, and he certainly takes them with him when he leaves.