So sad. John would care and react this much. He probably saw something of himself in the unloved child. Beautiful job. Love how Teyla supports him.

I think you nailed your hoped for Shep characterization. Well done.

This was very good and very touching.

Wondeful story, sniff.

Wonderful! I really enjoyed this so much. It was so sad I felt all emotional...sniff! Great execution of the prompt. You created a compelling and tragic story, with great team friendship and Shep whump too! Sigh... Thanks for sharing! :)

You answered the prompt to perfection, providing us readers with a story which had all the elements of a really great read.

You nailed that challenge but good, Frisco! An excellent story, thoroughly canon and very well told! ^^

That was so nice. I had tears in my eyes. Thanks.

That was wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!

Thank you.

It is Christmas Eve and I am sitting here with tears in my eyes. What a great story. Now I must go and wrap up my kids presents. No more stories or I shall be in trouble. Peace and love to you all, Jan.

This is beautiful!:D

That was excellent, and handled very realistically. Sheppards grief at not being able to save the boy was very well done and it would be great if we could actually get to see John show some emotion like this on the show. Thank you.

I really enjoyed that! It's an unusual idea, and I liked seeing the Atlanteans in the role of helping to clean up after a natural disaster (as the military on Earth often does). Nice to see the team pulling together to help John.

(But I can tell you from personal experience that Sheppard's metal pin won't set off airport metal detectors! -grin- I have a lot of metal in one of my legs, and it doesn't.)

wow i would have loved to hear the arguement from the council when they burried the kid in the place they did lol could have been good :)

Wow Standing ovation from me. It's been quite a while since i read a story about Sheppard that is that good. You are and Outstanding author keep it up.
Merry Christmas