Hanging By a Thread

[coolbreeze1]

Title: Hanging By a Thread
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Sheppard, Ronon
Warnings: No major spoilers, set early season 3 - about a year after Ronon joins the team
Recipient: katstale
Prompt: sick/exhausted Sheppard, Ronon, offworld setting

Written for the sheps_atlantis 1st Quarterly Ficathon.

Huge thanks to everybetty for the beta!

Comments

[kriadydragon]

That was great! Wonderfully intense, and I loved that Ronon's experience as a runner came in handy. And a tired, sick, poisoned Shep - you do know how to beat the poor boy up in just the right way ;)

[coolbreeze1]

Thanks! Ronon is in his prime, lost in a jungle.

[syble4]

Ah nice Shep whump indeed. I like your use of Ronon's runner skills, like the stalks with water. The arrival of the jumper was nicely done. At first I wondered if the natives had some kind of shield device. :)

[coolbreeze1]

Thank you! Ronon has a lot of runner skills that could come in handy in all kinds of situations.

[black_raven135]

Ronon found him in a cage hanging from a tree, asleep.

Oh bless his heart.......so tired that he fell asleep standing up.....poor darlin'

Great story of heroism and so like Ronon in his care for Sheppard.
I love the Sheppard and Ronon relationship.
From the first I knew Ronon would be Sheppard's back unlike any of his other team.
Sheppard believed in him and stepped up to the plate. Ronon never forgot that.

[coolbreeze1]

Thanks! :D

I love the bond of friendship between Sheppard and Ronon.

[black_raven135]

Yes a very special bond
There is so little written about them, other than slash which I don't read, so it was a real treat to read yours. I especially loved how they were picked up by the cloaked jumper......
:-)

[kairi2310]

Awesome! Very intense- you really know how to whump Sheppard! :D

I loved the way Ronon was caring for John and how they were waiting for McKay to rescue them. :)

[coolbreeze1]

Thanks! Stories featuring John and Ronon are my favorites to write!

[obsessed1o1]

Oh this was great - Ronon's reference to running, his feet and Atlantis making him soft was spot on and Sheppard - poor Sheppard! Always getting bitten and attacked by bugs :D

Thanks for sharing!

Always getting bitten and attacked by bugs

[black_raven135]

LOL......I was thinking of him this morning when I went out to water my courtyard. There was something sitting on one of the huge leaves of a plant which is tucked in the corner.....I don't know what it is, but let's just say Sheppard would also be creeped out......I wonder if he has arachnophobia as badly as I do?
:P

[coolbreeze1]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. I love Sheppard's bug phobia - it's such a great weakness to exploit.

[black_raven135]

It just makes me chuckle whenever I think of it...so amazing that someone with his obvious strength would fold up with a small insect.
The lizard is something entirely different though and so was the Iratus bug.........but ordinary garden variety.......OK that one today was pretty big and ugly.
:P