Doppelganger
Stargate: Atlantis; John Sheppard Word Count: 439 (T)W: Parasitic Infection, Toxic Doubles, Nightmares, Death Request: Yes. “could you do a John Sheppard x reader that's kind of based on the episode doppelganger in season 4 where the reader has the nightmare thing in them and John goes in to help them kinda like he did for Rodney in the actual episode” – Anon A/N: Sorry this took so long nonnie! GIF Credit belongs to OP
You had heard about the “nightmare sickness” that was going around Atlantis. You knew it started with Teyla and had spread from there. The most recent person to suffer from it was Major Lorne who threatened to shoot Col. Sheppard to prove he was a replicator and not a human due to his sleepwalking. The whole base was on edge and Major Lorne was locked in the isolation room until it was determined he was no longer a threat to himself, or others and the team could determine if he still had the “nightmare parasite” in his system or not.
Your sleep was broken; you couldn’t tell if it was from the stress of the “nightmare parasite” or just the usual stress of being a part of the Atlantis expedition. You tossed and turned all night, woke up in cold sweats. John had never known you to be so restless in bed, especially when he was next to you. After what felt like several hours of tossing and turning you eventually decided to get up and go for a run to try and tire yourself out, careful not to disturb John’s sleep as you left the bed.
You were sitting in the mess hall with a water after your run to cool off before heading back to your room to shower when you heard John’s voice calling you. He placed a kiss to your head as he sat down next to you, moving his hand from your back to your hand. You sat in silence for a few seconds and then John said something you didn’t expect. He began belittling you, saying the opposite of the supportive things he normally would. Targeting your insecurities. You felt your entire world shatter. Your blood ran cold, your head was spinning.
John was pacing on the observation deck while you were unconscious in the isolation room. Radek had discovered fairly quickly where the parasite had gone after Major Lorne’s outburst and isolated you as soon as possible. Now John watched helpless while you were alone.
John, Sam, Teyla and Ronon were attempting to think of a solution when John asked if Sam had come across anything which allowed someone to enter another’s subconscious. Thing’s moved quickly after that and the next thing John knew he was being hooked up to a machine next to you, promising to help you.
You were crying now, trying to walk away from John while he followed you still tearing you down. You shouted, screamed, pleaded with him to stop. He wouldn’t. He just looked at you with a smirk and continued. Stalking you like a predator.
