Long Way to Fall, Night Off
My rec table.
Claim: Stargate: Atlantis - John Sheppard
Title: Long Way to Fall
Author: sprat
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay.
Prompt: 40. Confession
Rating: PG.
Length: medium (4,373 words)
Brief summary: John has a near-death experience that convinces him that life is short and secrets are a waste of timeso he decides not to keep any anymore. The adrenaline wears off and he has to sober up eventually, but people adjust and it all works out.
He made a weird sound, not exactly a laugh, and all of a sudden several things came crystal clear in his head:
#1 - He was alive.
#2 - The difference between alive and dead was half a goddamned inch.
#3 - The difference between alive and dead was maybe always half a goddamned inch.
So #4 - Lying about stuff because you were worried what people would think of you was a colossal waste of time.
Link to the story: Long Way to Fall
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Claim: Stargate: Atlantis - John Sheppard
Title: Night Off
Author: Caro, aka barely_bean
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay.
Prompt: 42. Holiday.
Rating: R.
Length: medium (3,425 words)
Brief summary: For John, Halloween is the one night he can actually be himself (though there is a bonus Halloween costume at the end).
"Haven't you ever just wanted to be someone else for a night, Rodney?"
And that was...it, Rodney thought, shaking his head, trying to stop thinking about all the ways that he just wanted to be closer to John, especially when the vibes John was giving off indicated that he wanted to be just as close. For John, it would be one night of being someone else, when for Rodney it would be...
"I don't want to be anyone else."
"Really?" John asked, in a disbelieving voice.
"Really," Rodney snapped, irritated. "I know it's hard to believe, Colonel, but I'm actually satisfied with who I am. I'm not the one who feels the need to hide parts of my personality to make people like me."
Link to the story: Night Off
Claim: Stargate: Atlantis - John Sheppard
Title: Long Way to Fall
Author: sprat
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay.
Prompt: 40. Confession
Rating: PG.
Length: medium (4,373 words)
Brief summary: John has a near-death experience that convinces him that life is short and secrets are a waste of timeso he decides not to keep any anymore. The adrenaline wears off and he has to sober up eventually, but people adjust and it all works out.
He made a weird sound, not exactly a laugh, and all of a sudden several things came crystal clear in his head:
#1 - He was alive.
#2 - The difference between alive and dead was half a goddamned inch.
#3 - The difference between alive and dead was maybe always half a goddamned inch.
So #4 - Lying about stuff because you were worried what people would think of you was a colossal waste of time.
Link to the story: Long Way to Fall
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Claim: Stargate: Atlantis - John Sheppard
Title: Night Off
Author: Caro, aka barely_bean
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay.
Prompt: 42. Holiday.
Rating: R.
Length: medium (3,425 words)
Brief summary: For John, Halloween is the one night he can actually be himself (though there is a bonus Halloween costume at the end).
"Haven't you ever just wanted to be someone else for a night, Rodney?"
And that was...it, Rodney thought, shaking his head, trying to stop thinking about all the ways that he just wanted to be closer to John, especially when the vibes John was giving off indicated that he wanted to be just as close. For John, it would be one night of being someone else, when for Rodney it would be...
"I don't want to be anyone else."
"Really?" John asked, in a disbelieving voice.
"Really," Rodney snapped, irritated. "I know it's hard to believe, Colonel, but I'm actually satisfied with who I am. I'm not the one who feels the need to hide parts of my personality to make people like me."
Link to the story: Night Off