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Rec Category: John/Rodney friendship

Pairing: none
Characters: Sheppard, McKay
Category: gen
Warnings: none
Author: shrift
Summary: how to navigate a minefield.

Link: Mutually Assured Destruction

Why This Must Be Read:

This is what I love about Sheppard and McKay: their ability for inane conversations under the most dire of circumstances. Here they have stepped into a minefield - literally - and are slowly trying to back their way out.


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"So, Rodney. What do you know about land mines?"

"Yes, because I'm exactly the sort of person who vacations in Phnom Penh," Rodney said, fiddling with a doohickey that looked like a souped-up PDA. A moment later, he went still and peered at John. "Why do you ask?"

"Oh, just idle curiosity," John said breezily. "Do me a favor, though: don't move."