stargateficrec | And All We Have by seekergeek (NC17) (Reply)

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Sheppard/McKay
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Ronon, Teyla, Elizabeth Weir
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Het/Slash/Gen: Slash with background het
Warning: character death (the inhabitants of Earth and minor characters)
Author on LJ: seekergeek
Author's Website: AO3, Fanfiction tag on LJ
Link: And All We Have

Why this must be read:

When Atlantis can't contact Earth late Season 3, they have to learn and adapt to survive. John and Rodney learn to turn to their team and each other for comfort and family in these trying circumstances. I love the build-up of John's and Rodney's relationship; it isn't just jump in the sack and presto, instant love. It takes some pushing by teammates and realizations on their parts to reach a love for the galaxies. Besides this fantastic John/Rodney build-up, there's some great cultural introspection and wonderful storytelling in this story. A definite must read for anyone who loves the "cut off from Earth" trope with a side of John/Rodney.

ETA (2/18/11): Totally forgot to add that there's a podfic for this by jinjurly. Bad duonoaikouka !!

Story Summary: Earth is gone, lost to the Ori and Atlantis has to take a hard look at how to survive now that they're on their own.

John would like to have said that they were surprised the first time the gate failed to connect back to Earth for their regularly scheduled databurst, but they'd all been expecting this for months now. The Ori war had not been going well, and with the loss of SG-1, a lot of the heart had gone out of Stargate Command. The foursome had been considered something of a good luck charm and their loss had hit everyone hard. Even O'Neill had given in after a while, admitting their deaths when Daniel Jackson had stubbornly failed to make any kind of return appearances.

Rodney turned and looked at him after the third and final try at dialing Earth. "I guess this is it, then," he said, his voice breaking.