TEAM ANGST: Graveyard Shift, "[shift] Reality"

[trobadora]

Title: [shift] Reality
Author: gblvr ( interview)
Team: Angst
Prompt: Graveyard Shift
Pairing(s): McKay/Sheppard (perceived Weir/Sheppard; minor Weir/Caldwell & Lorne/Zelenka)
Rating: R
Warnings: bodily injury
Summary: The life he leads is what he's been given, what he has, so he pushes the wishes away, and goes on....
Notes: Many, many thanks are owed

Comments

[scififreak]

Oh, I've always loved this idea. It's a scary but fascinating to thing to think that the world you think of as real isn't, and if you had to make a choice, would you choose the right one? And would it even matter. I loved it when Buffy did it. Charmed did a pretty decent ep as well with the same idea.

[mellyna]

Amazing story. Thanks for sharing.

[omglawdork]

I finished this story and couldn't decide if I was relieved for them, or brokenhearted for them, or both. Wow. Very well done.

Like the icon says, THIS is angst.

[anonymous]

This was beautifully written and agonizing to read. (And "agonizing" is the highest form of praise I have for beloved angsty stories.) The shift as Rodney moves from the lonely, unhappy life he had toward a better one, and the wonder he must have felt at finding a place where was *seen* and loved and cared for, is so painful to read

Re: Like the icon says, THIS is angst.

[eccentricweft]

Whoops, I was so impassioned about expressing my appreciate for this story, I forgot to sign in. This was from me, eccentricweft.

[argosy]

Is it a happy ending? Is it an unhappy ending? Who knows? And that's the strength of your story, I think. Lovely. ♥