Not In The Stars by greenconverses (PG-13)
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stargateficrecRec Category: Teyla Emmagan/John Sheppard
Pairing: pre-ship (pre-meeting) Teyla Emmagan/John Sheppard
Category: Teyla Emmagan/John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, John Sheppard, Character study, Alternate reality, Role swap, Gen, Het
Warning: PG-13 for realistic soldier language
Author on LJ: http://greenconverses.livejournal.com/
Author's Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/179301/Kioko or http://greenconverses.livejournal.com/tag/fic
Link: http://greenconverses.livejournal.com/59
Why This Must Be Read: Teyla is the Air Force major and John the Pegasus native in Not In The Stars by greenconverses aka kioko. tielan's also done a series of stories exploring with this genius concept. I love both author's different approaches and recommend both. I chose to spotlight greenconverses's more lyrical and less humorous take because it's the less well known piece.
Not In The Stars is deeply moving. The author plays thoughtfully with the differences in their lives due to the role switches and how both lives would diverge from canon due to their difference in gender and essential natures. This is a fascinating pre-ship and gen character study of what parts of John and Teyla are nature and what parts are nurture. Of course, nothing could change their electric chemistry, displayed when they meet at the story's end. I long for a sequel (hint, hint).
A snippet....
The one memory John has of his blood family is screams; terrible, stomach churning screams that can only be heard in the darkest hours of the night. Screams that created many a sleepless night and served to remind him of the shortness of life.
Tagan said that was how his people had discovered his existence in the ruins of his village – screaming his breath away and no memory of himself except for a name. John asked for the story once, when he was very young, and never asked again.
When Tagan took him back to his home planet, John saw and touched the crumbling ruins of his old home. He was never more grateful not to remember his losses.
Nature had reclaimed the structure – weeds climbed the walls and a young tree was growing in the center of the building. There were few personal objects remaining, scavenged by local animals or curious ring travelers. John managed to recover a small ring in the dirt outside the room Tagan had found him hiding in. After they returned to Athos, he put the ring on long strand of leather and tied it around his neck. He never took it off.
Whenever he moves, he can feel the ring beat against his chest in time with his heart.
Pairing: pre-ship (pre-meeting) Teyla Emmagan/John Sheppard
Category: Teyla Emmagan/John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, John Sheppard, Character study, Alternate reality, Role swap, Gen, Het
Warning: PG-13 for realistic soldier language
Author on LJ: http://greenconverses.livejournal.com/
Author's Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/179301/Kioko or http://greenconverses.livejournal.com/tag/fic
Link: http://greenconverses.livejournal.com/59
Why This Must Be Read: Teyla is the Air Force major and John the Pegasus native in Not In The Stars by greenconverses aka kioko. tielan's also done a series of stories exploring with this genius concept. I love both author's different approaches and recommend both. I chose to spotlight greenconverses's more lyrical and less humorous take because it's the less well known piece.
Not In The Stars is deeply moving. The author plays thoughtfully with the differences in their lives due to the role switches and how both lives would diverge from canon due to their difference in gender and essential natures. This is a fascinating pre-ship and gen character study of what parts of John and Teyla are nature and what parts are nurture. Of course, nothing could change their electric chemistry, displayed when they meet at the story's end. I long for a sequel (hint, hint).
A snippet....
The one memory John has of his blood family is screams; terrible, stomach churning screams that can only be heard in the darkest hours of the night. Screams that created many a sleepless night and served to remind him of the shortness of life.
Tagan said that was how his people had discovered his existence in the ruins of his village – screaming his breath away and no memory of himself except for a name. John asked for the story once, when he was very young, and never asked again.
When Tagan took him back to his home planet, John saw and touched the crumbling ruins of his old home. He was never more grateful not to remember his losses.
Nature had reclaimed the structure – weeds climbed the walls and a young tree was growing in the center of the building. There were few personal objects remaining, scavenged by local animals or curious ring travelers. John managed to recover a small ring in the dirt outside the room Tagan had found him hiding in. After they returned to Athos, he put the ring on long strand of leather and tied it around his neck. He never took it off.
Whenever he moves, he can feel the ring beat against his chest in time with his heart.
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