Opposition of the Stars, by kageygirl, for the Darkness challenge

[kageygirl]

Title: Opposition of the Stars
Author: kageygirl
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Spoilers: post-"Siege 3", mild Season 2 spoilers (of the kind readily available from Gateworld)
Summary: There's nothing there in the dark that wasn't there in the light.

Thanks to maching_monkey for the lovely simian beta. Any remaining unfortunateness is, as always, all me

Comments

[kalikahuntress]

This was really good but so sad, I feel drained after reading this bcse you can feel the want so strongly with these two and it hurts when you as the reader realize that yes, it shouldn't happen again and probably won't.
On a happier note, im even more excited for season 2.Gateworld makes the wait even more intolerable though( 'cause the spoilers are so good) but I can't stay away.
Anyway, thanks for the lovely fic.

[kalikahuntress]

Oh and when I mean shouldn't I meant to say it really felt real how much Rodney and Shep felt that they had so much to loose if they did give in. Forgot to add that:)

[kageygirl]

Thank you--I'm so glad you liked it. (And the wait for S2 is killing me. Killing me! *g*)

[tafkarfanfic]

"We can't," Rodney whispers. "We can't, we can't, we can't."
Moments like these are far hotter to me than ten pages of sex. Thank you - this is the first piece of John/Rodney I've enjoyed in AGES. (No slight to everyone else out there; it's not you, it's me. It's a pairing I'm not terribly into, and I like the *tension* here so much.)

[scrollgirl]

I'm definitely a Sheppard/McKay fan, but yeah, I have to agree with you that the tension here is far hotter than explicit sex. It tugs at my heartstrings, so to speak, much like poor Sheppard in julad's "Beneath the Roses".

[kageygirl]

Thanks! (I know what you mean, actually--the wish-fulfillment part of me likes the getting-together, but I think the wanting that has been thwarted can be really compelling.)

[g_shadowslayer]

*whimper* Would love to read, but since I'm avoiding all spoilers, I can't yet. Wanted to thank you for putting that in the header, though, so I'm saved discovering it the hard way! :)

[kageygirl]

LOL. You're quite welcome--I used to be pretty spoilerphobic, myself, but my addiction has grown to the point that I can't stop myself. (Is it July yet?)

[g_shadowslayer]

:D Having had the wonderful experience of seeing not just Unbreakable but also the BSG first season finale completely unspoiled, I kinda like it. Although it really becomes a test of willpower in situations like this :)

[scrollgirl]

Oh God. *whimpers* There's just something about unresolved tension that makes my chest ache. They want so much and force themselves to deny it. *pets the boys* Melancholy is definitely (one of) the right word(s). Also regret and bowed. I can see how John would feel that way.

[kageygirl]

There's just something about unresolved tension that makes my chest ache.

Oh, mine too. And in what's probably an excess of empathy, I feel bad about doing that. I like happy...

[grey_bard]

Arrgh! Poor, poor men.

[kageygirl]

I know! I want my fears to be unfounded, and S2 to make me happy and relieved and squeeful.

[grey_bard]

Yes, I can't get it out of my mind that it might be some kind of disquieting loss of innocence. Or something. Something vital. I don't want it to be true, but I fear it a little.