LINKDING

<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>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

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

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>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>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>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>

<blockquote>When John was sixteen years old, his father had told him that a life's ambition was more than saying, "I want to fly." It's also working to do it. This wasn't John's life's ambition. Elizabeth leans into his desk, smiling down at him with the kind of calm authority that won her two terms as the first female president of the United States. "We want you to run."</blockquote>

<blockquote>Teyla is the beautiful one, Ronon is the enigmatic one, and Rodney, of course, is the genius one. But John, John is the star.</blockquote> ➤ A band AU, and kind of quietly tragic

➤ the one where John is Rodney's mail order bride

<blockquote>John and Rodney are socks. Yes, socks.</blockquote>

<blockquote>AUs I'm definitely not writing.</blockquote> ➤ the last two are the best ones

<blockquote>"John," Rodney's mind-voice trembled, "Would you ever... want to pair with me?" "There's nothing more that I've ever wanted than to cradle our egg with my feet," John told him. "Aside from flying." "Well, yeah," Rodney said, "I'm working on that."</blockquote>

➤ the Holmes On Homes au

➤ the diner AU

<blockquote>When he disobeys orders, Major Sheppard is given a dead-end assignment in the tiny village of Durness... home to bitter ex-sapper Mr. McKay. Steampunk AU</blockquote>

➤ Pern AU with John the Benden Heir Apparent accidentally impressing a dragon. (Rodney is a green rider)

➤ John the real estate agent and Rodney the professor who seduces John back into a life of academia

➤ in which Rodney is home on furlough from Atlantis, and there's noisy construction outside his apartment keeping him from sleep

➤ In which, prior to Atlantis, Rodney picks up John in a club when John's on leave, and turns out to be utterly unlike any top he's known before. Fascinating dynamics ➤ (in which I have STRONG OPINIONS on my headcanon of what happens after the end, namely, THEY MEET AGAIN.)

➤ in which Rodney from our universe ends up in another one where John is female and her Rodney is a creepy-stalker ex.

➤ in which Rodney rents John's farmhouse-type place from him in order to have a place to work

➤ in which Rodney and John are skiers, reconciling after a 20-year misunderstanding.

➤ in which John owns and runs a bakery, and Rodney's a regular customer.

➤ An SGA au of Donkeyskin. Not nearly as creepy as that story CAN be, and well done.

➤ An SGA version of The Golden Bird; really good incorporation of elements from both.