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Scenes From an Intergalactic Marriage by live_brave (PG-13)
Rec Category: Teyla Emmagan/John Sheppard
Pairing: Teyla Emmagan/John Sheppard
Category: Teyla Emmagan/John Sheppard, Het, John Sheppard & Teyla Emmagan friendship, Teyla Emmagan, John Sheppard, Team, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Future, FutureFic, Friendship
Warning: PG-13 is strictly for a little salty language
Author on LJ: http://live-brave.livejournal.com/
Author's Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/128984/
Link: http://live-brave.livejournal.com/36725.html
Why This Must Be Read: My law school's semester end comes alarmingly early in the year so I currently feel the need for comfort fic to cope with my beyond stressful finals. I always turn to one of the more beloved genres in the John/Teyla pairing, that of the angsty but ultimately happy-ending plot of John and/or Teyla struggling with what they believe to be unrequited and team-destroying feelings for the other until they learn the other feels the same, leading to commitment/marriage. I get especially excited when an author manages to deal realistically with what happens in a relationship after those initial moments, which even Jane Austen never managed to move beyond.
I recently rediscovered this gem and remembered just how much I loved it. Scenes From An Intergalactic Marriage was quite deservedly nominated for a 2008 Isis award. It stands out as one of the best and most charming of the genre. Another of my favorites is Wedjatqi's Making a House a Home, previously recommended, to which I return to again and again. live_brave manages here to make a rather tired story convention feel fresh and emotionally vibrant. The tone is wryly funny and true. The trick is all in the writing rather than the events of the story, which follows the couple over the course of many years in Atlantis. The two's chemistry is combustible and tangible. The writer deftly and thoughtfully handles the issues that arise from John's awkwardness and emotional repression, Teyla's tendency towards inscrutability, the cultural clash of two galaxies (which play out in surprising ways), and living where you work on a forward operating base in an active war zone. The little details of the characterizations are pitch-perfect and gave me little thrills of recognition. Best of all, the author manages the rare feat of genuinely suspenseful and laugh-out-loud hilarious moments in less than 4600 words.
A snippet to whet your appetite...
“Is he gone?” Teyla whispers, her breath warm against his cheek.
John shakes his head, careful not to bump his chin against her forehead. Belatedly, he realizes that in the darkness of the storage closet she cannot see the movement. Teyla moves a fraction closer and for a moment John doesn’t trust his own voice. He is saved from immediately answering by a crash of metal in the hallway outside.
“Might want to give it another minute,” John breathes.
Dimly he can hear Rodney ranting to a hapless bystander. John knows that several scientists saw him and Teyla hurry passed earlier, trying to escape Rodney and whatever harebrained scheme he wanted to enmesh them in. He hopes that those scientists’ fear of Rodney and their natural sense of self-preservation do not outweigh their loyalty to him and Teyla.
“How long do you suppose we will have to hide from him?” Teyla asks.
“I like to think of it as strategic maneuvering.”
“How long will we have to strategically maneuver?”
John smiles. “Let’s hope he gives up soon and chooses other test subjects.”
“You think that is likely?”
“Knowing McKay, no.”
Pairing: Teyla Emmagan/John Sheppard
Category: Teyla Emmagan/John Sheppard, Het, John Sheppard & Teyla Emmagan friendship, Teyla Emmagan, John Sheppard, Team, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Future, FutureFic, Friendship
Warning: PG-13 is strictly for a little salty language
Author on LJ: http://live-brave.livejournal.com/
Author's Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/128984/
Link: http://live-brave.livejournal.com/36725.html
Why This Must Be Read: My law school's semester end comes alarmingly early in the year so I currently feel the need for comfort fic to cope with my beyond stressful finals. I always turn to one of the more beloved genres in the John/Teyla pairing, that of the angsty but ultimately happy-ending plot of John and/or Teyla struggling with what they believe to be unrequited and team-destroying feelings for the other until they learn the other feels the same, leading to commitment/marriage. I get especially excited when an author manages to deal realistically with what happens in a relationship after those initial moments, which even Jane Austen never managed to move beyond.
I recently rediscovered this gem and remembered just how much I loved it. Scenes From An Intergalactic Marriage was quite deservedly nominated for a 2008 Isis award. It stands out as one of the best and most charming of the genre. Another of my favorites is Wedjatqi's Making a House a Home, previously recommended, to which I return to again and again. live_brave manages here to make a rather tired story convention feel fresh and emotionally vibrant. The tone is wryly funny and true. The trick is all in the writing rather than the events of the story, which follows the couple over the course of many years in Atlantis. The two's chemistry is combustible and tangible. The writer deftly and thoughtfully handles the issues that arise from John's awkwardness and emotional repression, Teyla's tendency towards inscrutability, the cultural clash of two galaxies (which play out in surprising ways), and living where you work on a forward operating base in an active war zone. The little details of the characterizations are pitch-perfect and gave me little thrills of recognition. Best of all, the author manages the rare feat of genuinely suspenseful and laugh-out-loud hilarious moments in less than 4600 words.
A snippet to whet your appetite...
“Is he gone?” Teyla whispers, her breath warm against his cheek.
John shakes his head, careful not to bump his chin against her forehead. Belatedly, he realizes that in the darkness of the storage closet she cannot see the movement. Teyla moves a fraction closer and for a moment John doesn’t trust his own voice. He is saved from immediately answering by a crash of metal in the hallway outside.
“Might want to give it another minute,” John breathes.
Dimly he can hear Rodney ranting to a hapless bystander. John knows that several scientists saw him and Teyla hurry passed earlier, trying to escape Rodney and whatever harebrained scheme he wanted to enmesh them in. He hopes that those scientists’ fear of Rodney and their natural sense of self-preservation do not outweigh their loyalty to him and Teyla.
“How long do you suppose we will have to hide from him?” Teyla asks.
“I like to think of it as strategic maneuvering.”
“How long will we have to strategically maneuver?”
John smiles. “Let’s hope he gives up soon and chooses other test subjects.”
“You think that is likely?”
“Knowing McKay, no.”