stargateficrec | Refraction by Martha Wilson aka LTLJ (PG13)

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Quantum Mirror Universes
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Aidan Ford, Teyla
Pairing: none
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warning: adult themes
Author on LJ: unknown
Author's Website: AO3 and The LTLJverse
Link: Refraction

Why this must be read:

Even though Martha is better known for her Retrograde AUverse, Refraction jumps ahead of the pack as well for sheer fantastic storytelling. Atlantis' #1 team stumbles across a familiar object in Stargate fandom, that ever lovely Quantum Mirror. When our Rodney gets kidnapped by AU John Sheppard, a fast-paced adventure starts that will sweep you away with out-of-this-world attention to details and flawless word flow. There are surprises and twists that will make you want to keep reading long after the fic is done.

Story Summary: It's a Quantum Mirror, and it probably wants to kill them.

The temple was cool but a little too humid, and Rodney was starting to desperately need a breath of actual moving air. His legs were cramping from sitting in one position too long, and he was actually starting to look forward to the walk out of the dense forest and through the godforsaken pollen-ridden field to where the jumpers waited, cloaked and protected by their force fields. God, and this was a sign of how much Atlantis had changed him, he was actually looking forward to being with the others again. To watching Sheppard and Teyla take point across the field, their eyes on the tall grass with the casual concentration of lions waiting for antelope to break cover, making Rodney feel almost safe. To listening to Ford and Yamato talk about college football and anime, Stackhouse and Markham torturing each other with descriptions of what they would rather be having for dinner instead of MREs, and Corrigan babbling about Ancient-influenced decorative painting. And he was getting hungry, too.

He was distracted and tired, and when he heard Sheppard's step on the gritty stone floor, he didn't notice that it had come from the wrong direction, not from the doorway. He looked up. "Hey, I said not to-- Oh, no--"