i have too many wips, have the start of a spideypool SGA AU
Peter has studied and trained and tested and sacrificed for this moment: this incredible, unbelievable moment where Peter arrives in an ancient alien city in a galaxy millions of light years from his own.
It’s a powerful, emotional, life-changing moment—until Dr. McKay ruins it.
Dr. McKay takes one look at him and makes a high, tea-kettle whistle of agitation. He turns a bright, furious red, and wheels towards Lt. Colonel Sheppard.
“What the hell is the SGC playing at? Are we so hard up that we’ve been forced into child labour?” McKay squawks.
Peter feels an indignant blush climb his face.
“I’m twenty-nine,” Peter says defensively. He knows he’s got a bit of a baby face, but he is a fully grown adult.
McKay only rolls his eyes. “Oh, never mind, John, he’s twenty-nine, my mistake, not to worry, he’s only just hit puberty.”
“Now, now, McKay,” Sheppard soothes, and Peter would be grateful except there’s a sharp, mischievous glint in the colonel’s eye that says he’s enjoying this. “I’m sure Dr. Parker is going to be a real asset to the team in uh,” Sheppard glances down at his tablet, “...xeno-arachnology?”
“What?” McKay snaps and snatches the tablet out of Sheppard’s hands. He makes the sharp rage whistle again. “You mean this teenager isn’t even useful? I asked for physicists and they sent me bug boys?”
Peter takes a deep, centering breath.
“I’m an expert in arachnids,” Peter says through gritted teeth. “Specifically spiders. Given the fact that the Pegasus galaxy’s biggest threat is a species that evolved from a web-spinning vampiric bug, the SGC thought it might be useful to have me around to study it.”
Sheppard’s mischievous glint has turned into something Peter hopes is approval. McKay only sputters.
“See, Rodney,” Sheppard says and claps Peter on the shoulder. “Not a bug boy. A spider man.”
It’s an inauspicious start to Peter’s life on Atlantis.
