Oh, fascinating! I love how in such a short piece, you give us a sharp perspective both on Sheppard's past life as a soldier and on a Rodney of a different sex. Lovely details here -- the layered new haircut, for example: of course Kolya would use this kind of opportunity to demoralise. The memory of Afghanistan was a powerful one, too, and again I marvel at your sense of realism. Generally nice Sheppard and McKay, by the way.

I'd absolutely love it if you wrote more in this universe. Thank you for this, for now.