crack_van #2: A Brief History of Friendship by Cupidsbow (R)
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: None.
Author on LJ: cupidsbow
Author Website: Cupidsbow Story Archive
Why this must be read:
I love stories with layers, where the story has both a clear story-telling layer, and a second meta layer that add to my understanding of characters and relationships in the show. This story is a great example of that. The main layer is the back story of John Sheppard's relationship with Helene Cortez, his best friend when he was thirteen, but the meta layer talks about John's relationship with Rodney. So while the story is short, it is also deeply cool.
Before Atlantis, the best friend John ever had was Helene Cortez.
It was 1982, John was thirteen, and his parents had condemned him to a summer at Forest Lodge, a grim, no-frills camp for military brats.
As John stood in the parking lot watching the dust settle behind his mother's retreating station wagon, duffel still slung over his left shoulder, Cortez nearly took his head off with a lethally-fast frisbee.
It was pure instinct that saved him, his free hand snapping up to catch the frisbee less than an inch from his nose.
A Brief History of Friendship
Pairing: None.
Author on LJ: cupidsbow
Author Website: Cupidsbow Story Archive
Why this must be read:
I love stories with layers, where the story has both a clear story-telling layer, and a second meta layer that add to my understanding of characters and relationships in the show. This story is a great example of that. The main layer is the back story of John Sheppard's relationship with Helene Cortez, his best friend when he was thirteen, but the meta layer talks about John's relationship with Rodney. So while the story is short, it is also deeply cool.
Before Atlantis, the best friend John ever had was Helene Cortez.
It was 1982, John was thirteen, and his parents had condemned him to a summer at Forest Lodge, a grim, no-frills camp for military brats.
As John stood in the parking lot watching the dust settle behind his mother's retreating station wagon, duffel still slung over his left shoulder, Cortez nearly took his head off with a lethally-fast frisbee.
It was pure instinct that saved him, his free hand snapping up to catch the frisbee less than an inch from his nose.
A Brief History of Friendship