Long Road Home by Friendshipper (T)

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Hi, *waves* I got my posting access a little late this month, so I'm posting two recs in a row in the category John & Rodney Friendship. Hope you don't mind. This first post to make a separate entry for the story Long Road Home, which I double posted in my postrec of 31 May.

Rec Category: John and Rodney friendship

Pairing: none
Category: h/c, John/Rodney friendship, gen, au, team
Warning: some violence, mention of rape
Rating: T
Author on LJ: friendshipper
Website on LJ: City on the Ocean's Edge

Link: Long Road Home

You can run to the ends of the Earth, but you can't escape from yourself. An illegal immigrant, an emotionally and physically damaged veteran, and a border patrol agent who hates his job ... maybe they were destined to be friends in any universe.

Why This Must Be Read: this story was posted under the AU category in 2006, but it is such a gorgeous friendship fic, I'm sure no one minds if it is recced again under Friendship.

This is an AU. If AU is not your thing, read on anyway because you wouldn’t want to miss this. The story is set in Texas, near the Mexican border and John, Rodney and Teyla fall seamlessly into a background of illegal immigration, border patrols and local bad guys against the backdrop of the dusty Texas desert. The interactions, the team dynamics, it's all there and it never gets out of character. And the story itself is gripping. A must read.