fic for bluflamingo: Joy! 'Tis Christmas Morning

[sg1jubileemods]

Title: Joy! ‘Tis Christmas Morning
Author: skieswideopen
Recipient: bluflamingo, who wanted to know how John and Cam celebrate Christmas while in different galaxies, and who also said she likes angst.
Pairing: Mitchell/Sheppard
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~6100
Summary: The party had a surreal feel to it, the cheerful celebration clashing badly with his own internal state of

Comments

[bluflamingo]

Thank you so much, I love this! Poor John, actually getting into the Christmas spirit only to have it all fall apart. I was willing him to tell someone why he was upset, but the way you wrote it was better, much more like John.

I loved all the little details of how deep their relationship is and how much they care about each other. I'm really curious about the gifts now though :)

[skieswideopen]

I'm very glad you liked it!

Poor John, actually getting into the Christmas spirit only to have it all fall apart.

I really wasn't very nice to either of them here, was I? The sequel is a little kinder.

Everyone is curious about the gifts. I'll work on developing the full list. No promises, though. :)

[tesserae_]

This is so perfectly John in the way it's obvious that he feels everything so deeply, but does his best to hide it all and keep going....

[skieswideopen]

Thank you! That's really what I was going for--capturing depth of feeling while remaining consistent to his characterization as someone who doesn't discuss his feelings.

[advection]

Just wonderful -- all the stories and relationships weaving around the tense line of Sheppard's worry and the memories and background of the core pairing.

[skieswideopen]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it. :)

[slybrarian]

Great! It's very like John to not tell anyone, even Rodney, because even under normal circumstances he's not that sort of guy and with this he's got all those years of training himself not to show what's really going on. It also fits him and Cam that John would never be able to actually bring himself to say he loves Cam, and that Cam wouldn't mind it. I was glad he at least managed to say something with Carter. The intergalactic gift exchange was sweet, too.

[skieswideopen]

Glad you liked it!

It also fits him and Cam that John would never be able to actually bring himself to say he loves Cam

This seems to be a fairly common characterization of John in John/Cam fics, but I think that's because it fits--he speaks through actions, not words.

[adafrog]

Wow, wonderfully done.

[skieswideopen]

Thank you!