stargateficrec | And Here is the Place Where You Put Down Roots by Riverlight (PG-13)

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Ronon Dex
Characters:: Ronon Dex, John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen
Pairing: Ronon/John/Rodney/Teyla
Het/Slash/Gen: Het, Slash, OT4
Author on LJ:

riverlight
Author's Website: None besides LJ that I know of
Link: And Here is the Place Where You Put Down Roots

Why This Must Be Read:This is a really great Ronon POV. It's basically a pining fic, wherein Ronon realizes that he loves his team. I love pining fic, and this one is done so well. Ronon fights throughout most of the fic to keep his balance between what he feels and what he thinks is right.

Added to that is the almost subtle angst of Ronon finally finding his place and his fear of losing it because of these feelings.

Excerpt:

They were beautiful, all three of them. Teyla had to be one of the most gorgeous women he'd ever seen, and Sheppard was pretty good looking for a guy, he figured; Ronon liked the smile lines around his eyes. And McKay was nice to look at, too, sitting there waving his hands as he talked, animated and smiling and oddly graceful.

And then he had to get up and leave, because he'd been feeling this for a while; he'd thought it was just happiness at finding a place to fit in after so long, but it wasn't that, it wasn't that at all. He made some excuse when Teyla asked, he didn't know what but it must have been okay because she didn't follow, and he went and stood in one of the washrooms so he could catch his breath.
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