Title: The Touchstones of Our Characters
Author:
velocitygrassPairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Rodney McKay/Katie Brown established
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 35,066
Summary: Rodney McKay is Chief Scientific Project Manager at Wraith Enterprises and engaged to Katie Brown. His life is going according to plan-until the day he meets John Sheppard. During one weekend at the International Automotive Conference he first loses his room and soon contemplates giving up his fiancée and his job when John offers much more than a room. But then there's John's past with Wraith and a secret that threatens Rodney's new future before it has really begun...
Notes: I want to thank
smuffster,
wickedwords and especially
ladyoflisquill for answering my legal question (the dealing of which is only vaguely mentioned in the fic) and
lavvyan,
ozsaur and
neevebrody for their notes and corrections, which have been immeasurably helpful! The beautiful title graphic was done by
sonadorita. The title of the fic comes from a quote by Henry David Thoreau. Last but not least, I want to thank
goddess47. This started out as her
livelongnmarry fic, but became so huge that I didn't finish on time. I hope you enjoy it.
The Touchstones of Our Characters