Abandonment Challenge: "Sticks And Stones" by Krissy Mae Anderson

[kma]

Title: Sticks and Stones
Author: Krissy Mae Anderson
Category: Angst / Gen / Pre-Series
Rating: K +/ Angry Green Wombat
Characters: Sheppard & OCs
Spoilers: maybe "Letters from Pegasus", but not directly
Beta & Encouragement: neth_dugan and darkmoon711. Thanks, guys!
Summary: Sticks and stones might break your bones, but words can shatter a family.
A/N: This is

Comments

[neth_dugan]

This is good... and you already know what I think, like what you've done to it since I last saw it too. *g* Poor, stuborn men.

[ficklememeer]

..........wow. *shakes head* Wow! This piece is so powerful! So so filled with emotion! Bravo!

[darkmoon711]

I told you it was amazing. But I had to read it again, and be in tears... :(

[nikej]

Wow.

That was an incredibly powerful piece of writing. There's so much in there, I had to go back and read it a couple of times to get the full sense of the thing. I love how you get inside John's father's head and the way he can't deal with his grief, and they way you portray John. These lines:

Johnny's calm façade cracks, and tears are spilling down his cheeks, leaving wet trails on his grimy face. His lips tremble slightly, and for a moment, Jeremy sees his son for what he really is - an exhausted, traumatized kid whose life has been turned upside down, and who has not been given time to grieve.

But then the red haze takes over again,

were just heartbreaking. It's great to get an insight into John's possible past too. Just...wonderful fic. *g*

[clarkangel]

This is so painful to read, but worth it. I can see Shep being like this as a kid. I can see this kind of thing happening. Soemthing like this being the start of him becoming the man he is today. So to speak. Which is to say that you done GOOD! :D