Jail Break (Elizabeth Weir/John Sheppard) [PG]

[havocthecat]

Title: Jail Break
Author: havocthecat
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Pairing: John Sheppard/Elizabeth Weir
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Characters: Laura Cadman, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, John Sheppard, Elizabeth Weir
Written For: aj for the 2009 round of the swficathon.
Prompt: Elizabeth has to rescue John. I'd prefer action/adventure, but her bailing him out of a political

Comments

[havocthecat]

Hee! Cadman is awesome, isn't she? As is Teyla. Neither one of them is likely to let Elizabeth get away with anything, head of the expedition or not.

[yaboiksar]

LOL great job

The Sheppard Special nearly made me snort my water.

[havocthecat]

Thank you! Seriously, if they haven't started calling it a Sheppard Special by, oh, halfway through first season? I'd be very surprised.

[anuna_81]

It makes me wonder what Dex Special would be. *g*

[havocthecat]

I'm fairly sure it's similar to the Cadman Special, but Laura didn't bother mentioning that one, I notice. ;)

[anuna_81]

THis is just what I needed today! I loved it - Cadman was awesome, and the rescue was great! My favorite part, however:

"What now?" asked John. He had one hand resting on Elizabeth's thigh, but the other held her hand in a grip so tight it almost hurt. Almost. Instead, it grounded her. It kept her in this moment, with John. She felt, for the first time since they'd returned to Atlantis, the sick fear start to dissipate. She'd lived with it every moment on Belka since their negotiations went sour.

Some days, that fear felt like it would be her constant companion. Not tonight, not any more.

"Stay the night," said Elizabeth. "We can talk in the morning."

I loved the calm, quiet ending to this. Thank you for sharing, it was well worth the wait.

[havocthecat]

Cadman rocks my world. Have you been watching Eureka this season? Jaime Ray Newman has seriously been rocking it there as Tess Fontana.

I'm also glad the ending works! I was hoping it was a nice contrast to the wackiness and snark before that, not that it was a disconcerting 180 degree turn.

[anuna_81]

Oh, I just loved the ending. It works perfectly, IMO. One would need the quiet and the calm after all the action (and snark. Snark was great!)

I haven't seen one ep of Eureka. Another show I have to put on my watch list, which is cool! Right now I'm in love with "Bones".

[havocthecat]

Bones is awesome. I have to finish watching season four so I can move on to season five. Hopefully s4 will be on sale on DVD some time soon.

Eureka is also awesome, and full of the really good crack. I predict that you'll adore Allison from the beginning. Also! Many amazing and well rounded female characters!

[aj]

Oh, KIDS.

I love that it's kind of the odd-team-out group! There's Cadman! Snarking at and with Ronon! I didn't know I wanted to read that until I did, and there it was! (!!!!! just to abuse the exclamation mark some more.)

I love that you wove all the girls in there like that and had them being awesome at their jobs. Plus, Elizabeth breaking John out of jail, which is just twelve kinds of awesome. THANK YOU SO MUCH for this story! It was great!

[havocthecat]

Yes! I had fun tossing people whom you'd never see working together on the show into this jailbreak situation, where they HAVE to do it, and then Elizabeth is sitting there trying not to laugh at Cadman and Ronon snarking each other. Cadman and Ronon feel like kindred spirits to me, they really do.

It was SUCH A CHORE for me to work competent women into a fic. REALLY. I hate writing Teyla and Laura and Elizabeth (and mentioning Kate), and it's SUCH A PAIN for me to write Elizabeth talking her way through a breakout.

Why are you laughing at me? Hee!

In all seriousness, I'm very glad you liked this!