It's less faith in their abilities than faith in their thinking that he's worth it

The really interesting thing is that, in Grace Under Pressure, McKay focuses primarily on the technical shortcomings of his potential rescuers. I don't know that it's necessarily that he's confident they like him enough to want to save him, but he believes enough in his value to them as a commodity. Sheppard, not so much. Hmm.

And, yes, this ep diffinitely needs lots of fic. Of course, I think there should be more fic for everything, but then I'm just like that :>