Strange Attractors by Zoe Rayne (slave challenge)

[z_rayne]

Title: Strange Attractors
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Rating: NC-17
Challenge: sga_flashfic - slave challenge

Summary: Of all the things he'd wanted but been sure he'd never get, John Sheppard was at the top of the list.

A/N: This is a darker take on the scenario I wrote in Icing on the Cake. You should probably read Icing first, if only so the set-up makes

Comments

[terrie01]

Ow. A good ow, but still ow. Loved the ending.

[z_rayne]

Thank you; I'm glad you liked it.

[cesperanza]

Wow, that was just--really amazing. Angsty and awful and true-feeling.

[z_rayne]

Thank you so much.

[auburnnothenna]

The other version was light and enjoyable, but this one is the one that will stay with me and I'll take it out and think about at odd moments. Points for both of them succeeding in keeping what happened between them secret as well. John's shaking hands while he tried to get information from Beckett without betraying himself was the perfect detail.

[z_rayne]

*blush*
I am incredibly pleased that you liked it. I have to say that the memory of The Taste of Apples was a lot of what gave me the strength to be uncompromising on the ending. I kept thinking, "If I can only make it a quarter as stark and real and powerful as that, I'll be happy."
*is a little giddy*

[barkeep]

Oh, that was amazing.
It's always nice to read something where you can see and hear the whole thing in your head and there's not one single "slightly off" word to throw you out of the moment. *sigh*

[z_rayne]

Wow, thank you. I'm really pleased that you felt it worked so well.

*sniff*

[raveninthewind]

*mutters fixitfixitfixit*

Please?

Re: *sniff*

[z_rayne]

I think it's kinda too broken to be easily fixed. *is sad*

Re: a fix

[raveninthewind]

But Rodney and John need you. *nudges the all-powerful author*

Re: a fix

[z_rayne]

*snort*

The idea that the author is all-powerful is truly hilarious. I mean, you read "Icing on the Cake," right? The story that was supposed to be "Strange Attractors" but kept insisting on being funny instead of being dark and serious?

Writing, for me, is like being adrift in a small boat with a bedsheet full of holes for a sail and swiss cheese for a rudder. If I'm determined enough, I can make something go the way I want, but it's usually more trouble than it's worth unless I'm about to smash into a reef or something. (Ooh, look, shiny extended metaphor. *g*)