OMG, I LOVED these! I was offline for a couple of days and I came back to this wonderful present (and unexpected too, because I forgot I even requested this) and I was so, so, *gleeful*. And all of these mornings are *so* perfect and so Rodney ("sleep is for the under-excited" which we all know Rodney never is and "He wouldn't have known what to say anyway." which is, yes, yes, Rodney is only struck speechless by other people's mortality, other people's sacrifices), but I fell in love with the morning after they returned to Earth - the 'normal' conversations and traffic sounds, forgetting how to work the coffee machine. But the last line broke my heart: "If he listens hard, he can almost hear the ocean" becuase just the depth of meaning and longing in those few words demostrates how very much Earth isn't home for Rodney anymore, how despite the anguish that living in Atlantis can bring, it's home. *smiles*

Now that I've babbled at you, you should go here (http://ekaterinn.livejournal.com/115905.html) and request a "5 Things" from me. ^_;