After the Siege, by audreyscastle (PG-13)

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Rec Category: Episode Related
Pairing: Rodney McKay / Radek Zelenka
Categories: episode tag, humour, angst
Warnings: mild slash
Author on LJ: audreyscastle
Author's Website: n/a

Summary: Sometimes, just surviving isn't enough. Sometimes you need a little more. (post-The Siege III)
Link: After the Siege

Why This Must Be Read: Rodney and Radek are high and they really, really need to come down. But that's easier said than done. audreyscastle ives us humour and angst and perfect Rodney and Radek characterizations all in one story. They banter, the pout, they are geniuses.

"What's the M stand for, anyway?"

"Mass," Radek replied, "as usual. I was not feeling particularly original."

"No, no, not in the equations, you dolt," Rodney snapped, though it lacked his usual heat. Damn, he was getting soft. But, hell, Radek had helped him save the city. "Your initials."

"Oh." Radek looked mildly surprised. "Michel. A middle name in my country is not the usual custom, actually, at least among certain age groups, but my parents never were conformists."

Rodney found that amusing, somehow, being non-conformist by giving one's child a middle name. "Hmm. Neither were mine."

"So you do not have one, then?" Radek asked, sitting down in the chair nearest Rodney.

"Rodney is my middle name," Rodney told him. He was getting dangerously close to ground he didn't want covered, but he had a back door exit.