Lullabies in a Minor Key by Penknife (PG by reccer)
Rec Category: Jeannie Miller
Pairing: none
Category: Rodney McKay, angst, gen
Warning: none
Author on LJ: penknife
Author's Website: Box of Pens
Link: Lullabies in a Minor Key
Why This Must Be Read: It's nice to read a story that portrays realistically messed-up family dynamics without painting the children as victimized woobies or their parents as one-dimensional bad guys. This sharp, dark look at Rodney and Jeannie's childhood and young adulthood offers a clear-eyed portrait of two children struggling to overcome their family's emotional problems, reaching out to each other in the middle of a situation that borders on abusive but never quite steps over the line.
Pairing: none
Category: Rodney McKay, angst, gen
Warning: none
Author on LJ: penknife
Author's Website: Box of Pens
Link: Lullabies in a Minor Key
Why This Must Be Read: It's nice to read a story that portrays realistically messed-up family dynamics without painting the children as victimized woobies or their parents as one-dimensional bad guys. This sharp, dark look at Rodney and Jeannie's childhood and young adulthood offers a clear-eyed portrait of two children struggling to overcome their family's emotional problems, reaching out to each other in the middle of a situation that borders on abusive but never quite steps over the line.