Depth of Field by lamardeuse NC-17
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Alternate Universe,
Characters:: Rodney McKay John Sheppard Ronan Dex Teyla Emmagan Laura Cadman Elizabeth Weir Radek Zelenka
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Het/Slash/Gen: Slash Angst, Romance, First Time
Warnings: Highlight: Explicit Sex
Author on LJ: lamardeuse
Author's Website: when the world is puddle-wonderful: lamardeuse's site
Link: Depth of Field
Rodney is a photographer, a brilliant photographer but he has lost his muse. He is searching for that one thing that makes the years spent behind the camera worthwhile. John Sheppard is a community organizer and Rodney is drawn to him. IS John his muse or something more.
Excerpt:
“Do I have to spell it out? I don't work with children!” Rodney exclaimed. “My God, it's not as if I haven't told you this about fifty million times before.”
“She's won an Academy Award,” Laura said slowly, “and she has been performing on Broadway since the age of three. She's probably more mature than both of us combined.”
“She's twelve,” Rodney snapped. “I don't work with anyone under the age of eighteen, not only because most children are nightmares, but because I have to deal with the parents hovering and simpering and telling them to turn this way or smile that way, and that is my job, thank you. And so once more I say: no.”
“Rodney, for -”
“Tell her to call me back in six years.”
“Rodney -”
“End of discussion.”
“Rod -”
“Next topic,” Rodney snapped.
Laura treated him to a final glare, then, incredibly, did as he asked. “The contract for the new book is almost ready. Pitt and Jolie want a percentage, and the lawyers are arguing about the cut.”
Rodney leaned forward. “Excuse me? A cut - of my book?”
Laura sighed. “It's standard procedure for cover shots these days.”
“Then cut their shot from the book.”
Laura blinked. “Cut them?”
“I'm sorry, are you starting to go deaf? Perhaps you should make an appointment to have your hearing checked.”
Laura flapped her hands at him. “You realize the publishers will go batshit, right? This will affect sales. They were counting on a Brangelina cover.”
“Then get me new publishers if you have to,” Rodney said, pinching the bridge of his nose. “Listen. You're my business manager, and I have always had a business manager because I hate business. I generally wish to have as little to do with it as I can.”
Laura rolled her eyes. “This I already know. It was in the speech you gave me my first day.”
“Then you should also know this: I have no patience with subjects who think they own a piece of my artistry, or, for that matter, a piece of me, simply because they own a face that people like to photograph. I am more than happy to show the door to anyone who feels that I'm working for them. And I did not work twenty years to hone my craft so that the people in front of my lens could call the shots. Cut them.”
Laura regarded him for a long moment, and then she nodded. “I gotta hand it to you, Rodney,” she said, “as annoying as you are to work with, you've got some brass ones.”
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Rec Category: Alternate Universe,
Characters:: Rodney McKay John Sheppard Ronan Dex Teyla Emmagan Laura Cadman Elizabeth Weir Radek Zelenka
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Het/Slash/Gen: Slash Angst, Romance, First Time
Warnings: Highlight: Explicit Sex
Author on LJ: lamardeuse
Author's Website: when the world is puddle-wonderful: lamardeuse's site
Link: Depth of Field
Rodney is a photographer, a brilliant photographer but he has lost his muse. He is searching for that one thing that makes the years spent behind the camera worthwhile. John Sheppard is a community organizer and Rodney is drawn to him. IS John his muse or something more.
Excerpt:
“Do I have to spell it out? I don't work with children!” Rodney exclaimed. “My God, it's not as if I haven't told you this about fifty million times before.”
“She's won an Academy Award,” Laura said slowly, “and she has been performing on Broadway since the age of three. She's probably more mature than both of us combined.”
“She's twelve,” Rodney snapped. “I don't work with anyone under the age of eighteen, not only because most children are nightmares, but because I have to deal with the parents hovering and simpering and telling them to turn this way or smile that way, and that is my job, thank you. And so once more I say: no.”
“Rodney, for -”
“Tell her to call me back in six years.”
“Rodney -”
“End of discussion.”
“Rod -”
“Next topic,” Rodney snapped.
Laura treated him to a final glare, then, incredibly, did as he asked. “The contract for the new book is almost ready. Pitt and Jolie want a percentage, and the lawyers are arguing about the cut.”
Rodney leaned forward. “Excuse me? A cut - of my book?”
Laura sighed. “It's standard procedure for cover shots these days.”
“Then cut their shot from the book.”
Laura blinked. “Cut them?”
“I'm sorry, are you starting to go deaf? Perhaps you should make an appointment to have your hearing checked.”
Laura flapped her hands at him. “You realize the publishers will go batshit, right? This will affect sales. They were counting on a Brangelina cover.”
“Then get me new publishers if you have to,” Rodney said, pinching the bridge of his nose. “Listen. You're my business manager, and I have always had a business manager because I hate business. I generally wish to have as little to do with it as I can.”
Laura rolled her eyes. “This I already know. It was in the speech you gave me my first day.”
“Then you should also know this: I have no patience with subjects who think they own a piece of my artistry, or, for that matter, a piece of me, simply because they own a face that people like to photograph. I am more than happy to show the door to anyone who feels that I'm working for them. And I did not work twenty years to hone my craft so that the people in front of my lens could call the shots. Cut them.”
Laura regarded him for a long moment, and then she nodded. “I gotta hand it to you, Rodney,” she said, “as annoying as you are to work with, you've got some brass ones.”
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