The Pack by ashinae & linden_jay (NC17)
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stargateficrecShow: SGA
Rec Category: Alternate Universe
Characters: John Sheppard Rodney McKay Teyla Emmagan Aiden Ford Ronon Dex Elizabeth Weir Carson Beckett Jennifer Keller Richard Woolsey Sam Carter Acastus Kolya Jeannie Miller Sergeant Bates
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay; (off screen) Teyla Emmagan/Evan Lorne, Ronon Dex/Jennifer Keller, John Sheppard/Aiden Ford, Rodney McKay/Peter Grodin
Categories: Slash HET
Warnings: explicit m/m sex, language, and violence
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ashinae linden_jay
Author's Website: Pain and Suffering in various Tempos Linden_jay.livejournal.com
Link: The Pack
Why This Must Be Read: When Major John Sheppard shoots Colonel Sumner, he thinks of only one thing: keep the creature feeding on him from learning their secrets. He doesn't think that with that one act, he'll become Alpha of the pack in the Atlantis expedition.
Warewolves, Mythical creatures, special powers, deamons, angels, witches. I adore fics like this but this one I have enjoyed so much with its warewolves and witches. John is a lone-wolf and has to battle with his own deamons as well as care for his pack the pack he doesn’t want or does he and juggling with his feeling for his infuriating scientist while the expedition fight the wraith. Lots of angst and drama
There was an elephant in the room. John had thought maybe they'd have been able to avoid talking about it until they'd all had a good night's sleep.
But the elephant made an awful lot of noise. It looked an awful lot like Colonel Marshall Sumner. Maybe even smelled like him. John doubted that Elizabeth or McKay would have known enough to bring it up. Beckett might have, but it wasn't his place. Ford wouldn't have stepped on anyone's toes since he was just a kid.
Bates, though? Bates just had to go and make sure everybody knew about the great big, gaping hole in the pack.
The injuries Bates had sustained during his captivity were already almost healed, and although he had to be grieving the loss of his Alpha, it wasn't showing. "Thank you, Major, for taking charge of things while we were gone, and leading the rescue. I'll take it from here," he said. He turned to Elizabeth. "Considering the situation here in Pegasus, I think that some drastic rearrangement of the command structure is going to be necessary."
Elizabeth was startled. She looked from Bates, to John, to Bates again. "I'm sorry, Sergeant," she said, "but I don't see why that would be at all necessary. Major Sheppard is ranking military officer, and that leaves him in charge."
The look that Bates gave Elizabeth was incredibly patronising. "I'm afraid it doesn't work that way, ma'am," he said, as though she was very young, and very stupid. "Major Sheppard may be ranking military officer, but I am... I was Colonel Sumner's second. That means the pack is mine." It didn't, not exactly, but Bates knew the rest of the pack, and there was no one currently capable of challenging him for the Alpha position.
"That doesn't change the fact that Major Sheppard is the one with the appropriate military rank," Elizabeth said, straightening her posture just a little. John was impressed with her composure. "And it's only appropriate, given the number of humans amongst the military personnel here, that we honour the chain of command."
Bates wasn't interested in having this discussion with Elizabeth. "Due respect, Dr Weir? You're not military. It's not your call," he said, turned his back on her, and dismissed her. "Lieutenant Ford, I'm going to want to address the military personnel as a group--say thirty minutes from now," he ordered.
John was ready to just tune him out, really, but he felt someone watching him. He looked at Dr Beckett.
He suddenly remembered something he'd heard in passing. One of the reasons Dr Beckett was chosen for the expedition was that they needed a human--and a doctor--who knew almost as much about the werewolves as the wolves knew about themselves. Apparently he could trace the line of witches in his family as far back as was possible to go. And just by keeping his gaze trained on John, he was as good as daring him to speak up. To step up.
"That won't be necessary, Lieutenant," John said, voice very quiet. "We'll take care of things tomorrow. I think everybody deserves to take the night and settle in. Get to know our new friends." He glanced at Teyla.
Ford looked between Sheppard and Bates, clearly uncomfortable, before he took a deep breath and straightened his shoulders. "Actually, Sergeant... I don't think it's as automatic as you're thinking it is, in this case." His voice was steady, despite the fact that he already knew just how well (not at all) Bates was likely to take this. "The Wraith didn't kill Colonel Sumner. Major Sheppard did," Ford said, looking over at Sheppard again. "He didn't have a choice--Sumner as good as asked him to do it--but technically speaking, Major Sheppard killed the Alpha. That means he has a claim to the pack."
Of course he did. That's exactly what John had felt back on the Wraith ship. The claim; the right to take the pack was his. Well, damn. Now he had to do something about it.
Rec Category: Alternate Universe
Characters: John Sheppard Rodney McKay Teyla Emmagan Aiden Ford Ronon Dex Elizabeth Weir Carson Beckett Jennifer Keller Richard Woolsey Sam Carter Acastus Kolya Jeannie Miller Sergeant Bates
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay; (off screen) Teyla Emmagan/Evan Lorne, Ronon Dex/Jennifer Keller, John Sheppard/Aiden Ford, Rodney McKay/Peter Grodin
Categories: Slash HET
Warnings: explicit m/m sex, language, and violence
Author on LJ:
ashinae linden_jayAuthor's Website: Pain and Suffering in various Tempos Linden_jay.livejournal.com
Link: The Pack
Why This Must Be Read: When Major John Sheppard shoots Colonel Sumner, he thinks of only one thing: keep the creature feeding on him from learning their secrets. He doesn't think that with that one act, he'll become Alpha of the pack in the Atlantis expedition.
Warewolves, Mythical creatures, special powers, deamons, angels, witches. I adore fics like this but this one I have enjoyed so much with its warewolves and witches. John is a lone-wolf and has to battle with his own deamons as well as care for his pack the pack he doesn’t want or does he and juggling with his feeling for his infuriating scientist while the expedition fight the wraith. Lots of angst and drama
There was an elephant in the room. John had thought maybe they'd have been able to avoid talking about it until they'd all had a good night's sleep.
But the elephant made an awful lot of noise. It looked an awful lot like Colonel Marshall Sumner. Maybe even smelled like him. John doubted that Elizabeth or McKay would have known enough to bring it up. Beckett might have, but it wasn't his place. Ford wouldn't have stepped on anyone's toes since he was just a kid.
Bates, though? Bates just had to go and make sure everybody knew about the great big, gaping hole in the pack.
The injuries Bates had sustained during his captivity were already almost healed, and although he had to be grieving the loss of his Alpha, it wasn't showing. "Thank you, Major, for taking charge of things while we were gone, and leading the rescue. I'll take it from here," he said. He turned to Elizabeth. "Considering the situation here in Pegasus, I think that some drastic rearrangement of the command structure is going to be necessary."
Elizabeth was startled. She looked from Bates, to John, to Bates again. "I'm sorry, Sergeant," she said, "but I don't see why that would be at all necessary. Major Sheppard is ranking military officer, and that leaves him in charge."
The look that Bates gave Elizabeth was incredibly patronising. "I'm afraid it doesn't work that way, ma'am," he said, as though she was very young, and very stupid. "Major Sheppard may be ranking military officer, but I am... I was Colonel Sumner's second. That means the pack is mine." It didn't, not exactly, but Bates knew the rest of the pack, and there was no one currently capable of challenging him for the Alpha position.
"That doesn't change the fact that Major Sheppard is the one with the appropriate military rank," Elizabeth said, straightening her posture just a little. John was impressed with her composure. "And it's only appropriate, given the number of humans amongst the military personnel here, that we honour the chain of command."
Bates wasn't interested in having this discussion with Elizabeth. "Due respect, Dr Weir? You're not military. It's not your call," he said, turned his back on her, and dismissed her. "Lieutenant Ford, I'm going to want to address the military personnel as a group--say thirty minutes from now," he ordered.
John was ready to just tune him out, really, but he felt someone watching him. He looked at Dr Beckett.
He suddenly remembered something he'd heard in passing. One of the reasons Dr Beckett was chosen for the expedition was that they needed a human--and a doctor--who knew almost as much about the werewolves as the wolves knew about themselves. Apparently he could trace the line of witches in his family as far back as was possible to go. And just by keeping his gaze trained on John, he was as good as daring him to speak up. To step up.
"That won't be necessary, Lieutenant," John said, voice very quiet. "We'll take care of things tomorrow. I think everybody deserves to take the night and settle in. Get to know our new friends." He glanced at Teyla.
Ford looked between Sheppard and Bates, clearly uncomfortable, before he took a deep breath and straightened his shoulders. "Actually, Sergeant... I don't think it's as automatic as you're thinking it is, in this case." His voice was steady, despite the fact that he already knew just how well (not at all) Bates was likely to take this. "The Wraith didn't kill Colonel Sumner. Major Sheppard did," Ford said, looking over at Sheppard again. "He didn't have a choice--Sumner as good as asked him to do it--but technically speaking, Major Sheppard killed the Alpha. That means he has a claim to the pack."
Of course he did. That's exactly what John had felt back on the Wraith ship. The claim; the right to take the pack was his. Well, damn. Now he had to do something about it.
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