Sheppard Feeling His Age

[pacificngal.livejournal.com]

Looking for fics in which Sheppard, while still fit and vital, is beginning to feel his age, on and/or off duty.  Want main focus to be on Sheppard - how he's feeling and learning to deal with it, and maybe how he feels he is viewed in the eyes of his young subordinates.  Some age or combat/training-related whumpage would be a bonus.   Thank you!!

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[khaki-assassin.livejournal.com]

It's more about Rodney, but there are a few places where old!John is there too.

I got straight A's for the first time ever that semester. I'm not a dumb person, no matter what Dad or 30B try to tell me, but I never really had time to learn the stuff, what with working so much of the time. I started off high school with pretty good grades and then they just went straight downhill. So I guess you can understand, Mom, that when I got my report card, I just kinda sat at the table in the lounge and stared at it for a while. If I could finish out high school with grades like these, it was possible that I might be able to get into a decent school. I might actually be able to do pre-med. Even then, even though I knew I wasn't well-suited for it, it was still what I want to do.

"Good job," said a voice behind me. I looked up, startled, and saw the Colonel doing his propping-up-a-wall thing in the doorway.

I just kinda shrugged. It's dumb, but I always feel weird about getting compliments, especially from people I don't know very well. "I had help."

"I know." He dragged up a chair to the table, and I saw him start to do that straddling-a-chair-backwards thing that some people do, stop with a wince as his hips or back gave him trouble, and sit down the right way. For a guy his age, he was in really good shape, and I sometimes got the impression from watching him that he kept forgetting he couldn't do the things he used to do when he was younger. Age sneaks up on some people. I think Military Guy was one of those.

This was the first time I'd ever had one-on-one time with him. Usually it was just me being a fly on the wall for one of his bickering sessions with 30B. It would be the perfect time to ask him just how exactly he and 30B knew each other, but I couldn't think of how to lead into it. Instead I said something dumb, as usual. "What do you want?"

http://www.sholiofic.com/sga/soldiers.shtml

feeling his age

[pacificngal.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'll check this out. :)

[b00b00t00.livejournal.com]

These aren't a perfect match but maybe you'll enjoy them anyhow:

The Daily Grind by Kristen999 http://kristen999.livejournal.com/351702.html (John is still recovering from being impaled (in "Search and Rescue") and is in charge of the city after Carter leaves and before Woolsey arrives)

Fill All Thy Bones with Aches by Kisahawklin http://archiveofourown.org/works/43716 (John is old and his back goes out)