Hero for a New Age by Smitty (PG)

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Show: Stargate Atlantis

Rec Category: Rodney McKay and Ronon Dex Friendship
Characters: Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warning:
Author on LJ: smittywing
Author's Website: here, but her SGA stories seem to be inaccessible at the moment.
Link: Hero For a New Age

Why this must be read:
This is the story where Rodney and Ronon bond over comics. And also explosives, but trust me, what you will remember are the comics. (You do not need to know a lot about comics to enjoy this fic, as I´ve found out first-hand.)
Their friendship here is so very plausible: what they do have in common and what they don´t, how they´ll never be best friends but do become more than teammates. John, Teyla, Lorne, Sam and everyone else on Atlantis are always there in the background; this is daily life on Atlantis while Ronon slowly figures out the important questions – who is Mister Fantastic and is Teyla really invisible? – and rediscovers his own stories.
“Hero For a New Age” has one of the best Ronon POVs I´ve seen and perfect in-character voices for everyone. It´s a story about friendship, family and (super-)heroes, and just as a bonus, it also has explosions and way too many funny parts to quote.

Summary by the author:
"Superman's the last of his kind, too," Ronon said quickly. “I'm going to try to get McKay to rig me up some heat vision so I can melt steel like Superman."