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TEAM WAR: Feet of Clay, "Sticks and Stones (May Break My Bones But Words Will Never Hurt Me)"

Sep 05, 2009 19:44

Title: Sticks and Stones (May Break My Bones But Words Will Never Hurt Me)
Author: emeraldsword ( interview)
Team: War
Prompt: Feet of Clay
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Rating: Suitable for All
Warnings: None
Summary: "Are we going to crawl in there, assuming I can even fit through that gap, to get our faces chewed off by rodents with space-rabies?" - Set just ( Read more... )

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Comments 32

elementalv September 5 2009, 19:41:21 UTC

Oh, I enjoyed this, especially the way Rodney deliberately kept himself away from John after they returned to Atlantis. Lovely!

ETA: Also, I loved your literal interpretation of feet of clay -- beautiful!

emeraldsword September 30 2009, 21:31:29 UTC

Thank you very much! I couldn't quite resist the literal feet of clay, so I'm glad they were appreciated. :-)

rosiepaw September 5 2009, 20:07:41 UTC

"Of course I know it's not a tape."

(snort) Rodney McKay, evasion genius.

emeraldsword September 30 2009, 21:32:42 UTC

:-) Well, I didn't think Rodney was likely to actually answer that question! Thanks for commenting.

danceswithgary September 5 2009, 20:24:44 UTC

The best part was John being forced to confront Rodney in the end. :-D

emeraldsword September 30 2009, 21:35:02 UTC

Well, I thought that John would be unlikely to accept it if Rodney tried to move things on - John had to get into the right headspace first, and Rodney let him do that. (Also, no answer one way or the other would drive John crazy, I think.)

Thanks for commenting.

springwoof September 6 2009, 00:21:18 UTC

Patience is a virtue very rarely attributed to Rodney McKay and Ronon Dex, for very good reasons. Hee! hilarious. Yes, Ronon and Rodney are alike in several unexpected ways...

And I liked: John gave him the look he'd been giving Rodney more often lately, the one that Rodney couldn't interpret. and then, at last, he connected the dots & was able to interpret it. Too bad John jumped to conclusions right away, but I liked that Rodney gave him room and let him come to him in his own time--both immediately at the time, and after they got back to Atlantis...

emeraldsword October 6 2009, 17:08:36 UTC

Thank you for the comment! I'm glad you picked out the bit about Rodney and Ronon - I'm fond of those two, especially in the earlier seasons.

panisdead September 6 2009, 02:44:45 UTC

Very enjoyable, and oddly relaxed for a story about capture and evasion. :)

emeraldsword October 6 2009, 17:09:55 UTC

Thanks for the comment, I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)