LINKDING

<blockquote>“I don’t know how they do it in the United States Air Force, but in Canada if someone can’t keep their core temperature up, we share body heat. Scoot up Colonel.”</blockquote>

<blockquote>Written for the 2016 SGA Secret Santa. Dave Sheppard's girls are kidnapped. John Sheppard and his team - and the dubiously-humored Dr. Daniel Jackson - show up to help. Gun fights and car chases ensue.</blockquote>

<blockquote>But then Rodney would stand close to him, or be unexpectedly kind, or do something stupid and heroic, and John’s entire body would shout him, that one, Rodney McKay, him. Like the world was a candy store where John could just point and say I’ll have the genius with the big blue eyes and Rodney would be his with a bow on. / John did not ask to sprain his ankle, to be reassigned to the best quarters in Atlantis, or for Rodney McKay to become his new neighbor. But that’s what happened. Post-series. Here’s wishing callunavulgari a very Merry Christmas. She gave me a detailed letter with lots of avenues to explore. I was struck by “domesticity” and “a slow, lazy kind of jam that just makes me happy.” Here’s my attempt at that. <3</blockquote> ➤ aaahhhh I love it

<blockquote>A cube is a region of space formed by six identical square faces joined along their edges. It's also the region of space that John and his team are currently trapped in.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"I'm sorry," the librarian said. His voice sounded genuinely regretful. "But I can't possibly grant access to a lone electron."</blockquote>

<blockquote>After John's ignominious departure from the Air Force he rents a beach cottage in Oregon, a quiet place to work on his PTSD and figure out what's next in his life. But after he finds a journal left by the previous occupant, John develops an irrational connection to Rodney McKay. When Rodney shows up on his doorstep after having been missing for two years and dealing with his own trauma, can they co-exist at the cottage?</blockquote>

<blockquote>McKay and Sheppard in the universe from SG ep. 10.13, "The Road Not Taken". After Carter returns to her universe, someone's got to finish saving this one from the Ori.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The jumper hummed to John in his sleep, a soft buzzy murmur that carried him as gently and as warmly as he would have carried a puppy. He was just awake enough to know where he was, and asleep enough to see the stars blurring past the walls. He'd been traveling a long, long time. "Your sleep cycle has ended," the jumper said, and John sighed. "I know," he said, not opening his eyes.</blockquote>

<blockquote>It's bad enough being a teenager and probably gay, but going crazy makes it all worse.</blockquote> ➤ In which teenage John starts having visions of the future that he thinks are hallucinations. Rodney of course eventually shows up to fix it, though by "fix" I here mean "make John forget about the future so his crappy life at the time is the only one he knows" so you know, not a super cheerful ending. But someday he'll be on atlantis!

<blockquote>"Any plans for shore leave?" Rodney asks, and this time Sheppard doesn't even look at him.</blockquote> ➤ an old classic; I don't love it but it's good

<blockquote>Rodney is stuck in an endless Monday.</blockquote>

<blockquote>John gets fed up with the whole looping thing.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Summary: Rodney wasn't trained for this. Author's Note: So, I mentioned I was working on a fic where Rodney ends up involuntarily in charge, right? Yeah. This is it.</blockquote> ➤ of course, Rodney ends up in charge bc of bad things having happened

<blockquote>Engineer Rodney McKay went to North Carolina's Crystal Coast to help his sister design a series of bridges. He hoped to rebuild his career following a professional disaster; he didn't expect to be drawn into the small community of Athos Island, where he found friendship and perhaps something more with helicopter pilot John Sheppard. But when Rodney tries to learn more about John's past, what he discovers might tear them apart. (non-Stargate AU)</blockquote>

<blockquote>John Sheppard goes west.</blockquote> ➤ The one where John's a ski instructor. I was convinced I'd read this fic before? But it was juuuuust published! So I guess that somewhere in the fandom's history there's another ski instructor au - wouldn't surprise me anyway. ➤ At any rate: I'm eternally delighted by how SGA au's, no matter how au, still often end with them getting to go to Atlantis. Because the otp is really an ot3: John/Rodney/Atlantis 4ever

<blockquote>John always gets a little thrill when he sees Rodney sign at him across the room, casually dissing people literally standing next to him and John is the only one who knows.</blockquote> ➤ In which Rodney is mute and talks in sign language

➤ I NEVER BOOKMARKED THE GIRL SCOUT COOKIES FIC???

<blockquote>when everyone's lost, the battle is won, with all these things that i have done.</blockquote> ➤ In which John survives Atlantis, but is done with it after Rodney dies of a heart attack ➤ also at http://minervacat.stormwerks.net/gates/sga/notasoldier.html

from kiki_eng's rec: <blockquote>There's an oppressive government in the U.S.A. and John and Rodney are strangers who get married so that John can be safe in Canada, and you know how that genre of fic goes, how there's tentativeness and then the couple finds common ground and they figure out that they want to be together for more than just convenience's sake and they figure out their relationship? That doesn't happen; it's a WIP. They meet and they're awkward and tentative and then there's just... no more fic. </blockquote> ➤ but what a great premise and beginning! I'm glad it exists even in this abandoned state

<blockquote>YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ALONE</blockquote> ➤ the one where John keeps walking into doors and injuring himself because he's used to the way Atlantis opens doors for him

<blockquote>Every morning's the same. John wakes up before dawn, goes down to the kitchen, and starts making honey bread. Next come muffins, turnovers, cinnamon twists, single batches of different kinds of cookies, and a second batch of honey bread for later. He starts in on his deliveries at six-thirty. When he walks into Weir & Caldwell Accounting, the receptionist brightens and says, "Oh good, the bakery guy is here! Thanks!" That's basically all he ever hears her say. He doesn't mind. He only knows her name is Laura Cadman because she signs the receipt neatly.</blockquote> ➤ yet another of those delightful sga fics I read but didn't bookmark back in the day

<blockquote>Summary:John Sheppard remembers something he knows Rodney McKay doesn't. Will he ever share? Notes: Based on the "They were friends/loves when children, and meet up as adults" cliche. And there's math camp. And. Stuff.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Featuring John Sheppard as The Man.</blockquote> ➤ oh dude so many feelings. ➤ Lovely established relationship fic about Rodney and John's actual functional relationship in amongst all the difficulties of life on Atlantis.

<blockquote>Teyla had heard an Atlantian aphorism that seemed to express it: "I wouldn't throw him out of bed."</blockquote> ➤ apparently I never bookmarked this one? okay. ➤ endgame ship is teyla/ronon and rodney/john but still lovely teamfeels all the way

<blockquote>"I can't believe he ascended the baby," Dr. Kavanagh says.</blockquote> ➤ or: the one where Atlantis discovers Ancient TV, and Ancient soap operas

<blockquote>John is a military prisoner under Colonel Caldwell's command. Controlled by Goa'uld technology, he is little more than a slave. Briefly stationed on Atlantis, his ATA gene is discovered by Rodney, who is a force to be reckoned with.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Screw the bet. Rodney was going to prove the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence. Oh, and incidentally, he might just catch the United States Air Force with their pants around their ankles.</blockquote> ➤ series still wip but the stories stand alone. Probably abandoned at this point - last updated in 2010. (I first bookmarked in July 2009, Whizzy's google docs version, which no longer seems to work. Thankfully it is on ao3!) ➤ series consists of: Black Helicopters at Dawn Big Dish Guy Wrong End of the Rescue Tensile Strength Black Mountainside Blown Away

<blockquote>"We are not alive!" Rodney yelled. "We are barbeque! You don't realize—the stasis pods, we barely have a clue how they work, they're completely experimental and Zelenka barely knows anything about them—Carson would never put us in there unless—"</blockquote> ➤ or the one where Rodney and John are stuck in an only half-decent virtual reality together for a long time and among other things solve a Millenium Problem. ➤ Also I keep being astonished at how many fics I DIDN'T BOOKMARK back in the day. Don't worry, people who follow me on pinboard, I'll stop harping on this subject someday, but I'm still busy judging my past self SO HARD

<blockquote>John decides that California doesn’t seem like such a bad idea. After Antarctica, the sun is a very, very attractive prospect, and there are beaches for surfing, and he could go barefoot and wear shorts all the time, which is a nice thought after years in uniform. The letter from his great-uncle’s lawyer tells him that he’s inherited ownership of the store, and it’s probably in his best interests to sell it, unless he’s willing to put the time and effort into refurbishment.</blockquote> ➤ adding another in the list of "sga fics I read back in the day and inexplicably didn't bookmark"

<blockquote>Governor John Sheppard is widower and aspiring presidential candidate. Rodney McKay is his new communications manager. With Rodney's help, John's campaign manages to close the distance to the favorite to win, Cameron Mitchell. However, with the nomination and a likely general election win within reach, John has to realize that his feelings for Rodney could be the one issue that can still stop him.<blockquote>