Title: Love Still Stands
Author:
inkscribePairings: Beckett/McKay
Rating: NC-17
Words: ~460
Spoilers: none
Locations:
beckett_mckay,
icaw,
malesofatlantis,
notmcshep,
carsonsmut,
rodneysmut,
sgaauwtptbdfu, my LJ, other backup journals
Feedback: yes, please!
Author's Note: A futurefic snippet. Thanks to
tdancinghands for the title suggestion.
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What I envisioned is that Rodney was hurt somehow -- head injury, perhaps -- something non-recoverable. He's grownup, he's married to his lover, he's on Atlantis. The injury post-dates the marriage.
Carson feels guilty because while he accepts til death do you part for being with his husband, and loves him still dearly, he is conflicted between being Rodney's caregiver and Rodney's husband. The thing is, Rodney might not be able to say a word anymore, but he still knows what he likes, and that includes sex.
One of my not-so-little pet peeves is the asexualisation of people with disabilities. It doesn't surprise me that this trend occurs in situations where a person is born with a disability -- the dangers of abuse from caregivers is always present and certainly something worth staying on guard against. However, far too many loving couples end up asexualising themselves because of situations like the one above, and I just felt the need to outline that ( ... )
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Sometime I might flesh this out further ... hard to say. It was a very difficult piece to put to paper, even so short, so I don't know if I'm up to the task of adding in the obvious exposition in any readable way.
Thank you for reading (and dropping bye a couple more times, lol!) :-)
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But now knowing what backstory the fic deals with...just makes it heartbreakingly sweet.
The way you've portrayed, and jumps out of the page of, Rodneys innocence is just...wow. Carson's reaction again, is just astoundingly wow...I'm not sure if I'm getting my meaning across here.
So the reader, now knowing the context of the story, can be carried through the innocence and shame, into Ronon's acceptance.
And through this, I believe we understand human relationships a little better.
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Human intimacy is one of the most basic human needs. Nothing hurts more than the inability to connect with others, and as I said above, it really saddens me when this happens by choice (after tragedy). There's nothing easy about continuing on in the face of adversity, but turning one's partner into a celibate because of injury, illness, or disability is outright cruel, imnsho.
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