stargateficrec | War Bride by Cesperanza (NC-17)

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Sheppard/McKay
Characters:: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Het/Slash/Gen: Slash
Warnings: None
Author on LJ:

cesperanza
Author's Website: Speranza's Fiction
Link: War Bride

Why This Must Be Read:

'War Bride' is the story part of an Artword "Illustrative Typography" challenge entry S is for Space. Lim's The Body is Revolting is the vid section. Together, they comprise one of the SGA stories I've re-read innumerable times - always enjoying how the story of how Sheppard and McKay come to be together - the scenes ranging from horror to humor.

When I looked through this comm's Memories, I was surprised that 'War Bride' had never appeared in the Sheppard/McKay listing. Considering how many times it's been asked for at

sgastoryfinders's, I guess everyone thought the same as I did, that it had already appeared.

Lucky me, I get to say to those few who haven't yet enjoyed the story and vid, "Go. Read. Watch."

Excerpt:

He remembers Nicky Sharpton calling from Korea and saying, "Shep, I swear, she's amazing, you'll love her; I can't wait for you to meet her." John remembers saying, "Uh-huh," and "That's great," and then, the first moment he thought he could say it and Nicky might actually hear him, "Look, Nicky, I'm sure she's a really great girl and everything, but you're overseas, man, away and alone and... Just, maybe slow down a little. Just, you know, before you make any definite decisions..." and Nicky says, "We got married on Tuesday," and John says, "Gee, Nicky, that's great: congratulations!"

Now he slumps back into one of the leather armchairs in their suite at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond and stares at the heavy, snoring lump of Dr. Rodney McKay, Ph.D Ph.D, who dropped his bags near the door and faceplanted into one of the sofas within moments of their arrival. He thinks he owes Nicky Sharpton an apology; Shinwon had, in fact, been a terrific girl: beautiful, smart, a lawyer specializing in international business, the daughter of U.N. Ambassadors, now the doyenne of their particular set inside the Beltway.

John doesn't know how the hell he's going to explain this.

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