TEAM WAR: Tilting at Windmills, "Where the Brave Dare Not Go"
Title: Where the Brave Dare Not Go
Author: telesilla ( interview)
Team: War
Prompt: Tilting at Windmills
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None
Summary: John Sheppard has had over twenty years to come to grips with the fact that every four or five weeks, he turns into a mountain lion. Like most Were, he accepts that that's just the way it is, and so he's not particularly interested when he learns that researchers at the local university are trying to to develop drugs that will help Were control their cycles. Then he meets Dr. Rodney McKay, a brilliant but irascible biochemist with reasons of his own for spearheading the university's Were research and John suddenly finds himself struggling with more than just his attraction to McKay.
Notes: A lot of people helped me with this one, so I'd like to thank: kyuuketsukirui for the initial idea, the Usual Spatula Suspects as well as Team War for the hand holding and cheerleading, darkrosetiger for being amazingly patient with me every time I asked "so, is this working?" (and I asked a lot), and, of course, my awesome Partner In Crime, padwanhilary for taking the time to beta this monster. The title is from "The Impossible Dream," which is, of course, from Man of La Mancha, which is, of course, based on Don Quioxte, who tilted at windmills.
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Author: telesilla ( interview)
Team: War
Prompt: Tilting at Windmills
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None
Summary: John Sheppard has had over twenty years to come to grips with the fact that every four or five weeks, he turns into a mountain lion. Like most Were, he accepts that that's just the way it is, and so he's not particularly interested when he learns that researchers at the local university are trying to to develop drugs that will help Were control their cycles. Then he meets Dr. Rodney McKay, a brilliant but irascible biochemist with reasons of his own for spearheading the university's Were research and John suddenly finds himself struggling with more than just his attraction to McKay.
Notes: A lot of people helped me with this one, so I'd like to thank: kyuuketsukirui for the initial idea, the Usual Spatula Suspects as well as Team War for the hand holding and cheerleading, darkrosetiger for being amazingly patient with me every time I asked "so, is this working?" (and I asked a lot), and, of course, my awesome Partner In Crime, padwanhilary for taking the time to beta this monster. The title is from "The Impossible Dream," which is, of course, from Man of La Mancha, which is, of course, based on Don Quioxte, who tilted at windmills.
Please note: This story is hosted on a temporary website. If linking to this story please link to this post and not the story itself to ensure you don't end up with broken links after the fest ends. Thank you.
Once you've read the story, please take a moment to vote in the poll below. Ratings go from 1 (low) to 9 (high), so all you need to do is enter a single number in that range into each text entry box. You'll be able to see the Prompt and Team (Genre) information in the header above.
More details about the voting procedure can be found here.
Where the Brave Dare Not Go
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