stargateficrec | Kiss Me, Arthur by Goddess47 (NC-17)

Show: SGA with brief hint of SG1

Rec Category: Alternate Universe
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Elizabeth Weir, Radek Zelenka, Teyla Emmagan, Steven Caldwell, Ronon Dex, Todd, and minor appearences from Jennifer Keller, Laura Cadman, Cameron Mitchell, Daniel Jackson & Jonas Quinn
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: Slash, Adult Themes,
Warnings: Angst AU Alternate Universe Romance, First Time, Drama
Author on LJ:

goddess47
Author's Website: Goddess47 Goddess47 on AO3

Link: Kiss Me, Arthur.
Why This Must Be Read:
This fic comes with some fabulous art by

danceswithgary

The Summary says: It had always been Elizabeth Weir's dream to produce a revival of Camelot on Broadway. She finally had the chance to do so and had cast Rodney McKay – primarily an opera singer but also currently down on his luck – as Arthur. Two weeks before Opening Night, a serious accident takes out Broadway-favorite Daniel Jackson, who had been cast as Lancelot, and Elizabeth's now desperate for a replacement. Fate intervenes and John Sheppard, mega-star and lead of John Sheppard and Friends pop fame is available. But is there more than fate involved?

This is a fun fic by another of my favourite writers and it jumps into the world of musical theatre and I adore musical theatre. The way Goddess47 writes this story paints vivid images in my mind bring back memories of being back stage myself from my teenage years and school drama classes and with a good glug of John and Rodney, well, you can’t go wrong. This story is from the 2012 Atlantis Big Bang

Rodney is a well known opera singer but he has unfortunately fallen out with the Director of the Met. He has accepted the offer to join the cast of Camelot in the lead role of Arthur, after all he has to eat. John Sheppard is a pop singer from a singing family who fell out with his father years ago and formed his own group whom have since become more successful. Elizabeth has asked him to take over the role of Lancelot until Daniel and Cameron return boosting sales of tickets and publicity. An instant friendship is formed by John and Rodney but problems lie over the horizon. Suddenly strange things keep happening just before opening night.

“John?” Laura’s voice demanded over the phone. “This is exactly the sort of thing you’ve been looking for. Don’t tell me you’re having second thoughts?”

John hesitated. “No. Not second thoughts exactly....” He let that trail off.

“Well, what do I tell Weir then?” Laura asked patiently. "Since she's in New York, it's later there than it is where you are, but I should at least call her with something tonight."

John rubbed a hand over his eyes. It was exactly what he had been looking for, enough so that he wasn’t sure he wanted to trust it. He sighed. “Yes,” he said softly. “Tell her I’ll do it.”

“Any special requests?” Laura asked cheerily. “Not that you ever have any.”

John gave a small laugh. Protect me from myself. “No... wait,” he interrupted himself. “Tell her I’ll work for scale but no one is to know. She can make a donation in the name of the production to...” he debated, “some kids’ hospital in the city. I’ll trust she finds a good cause.”

John was grateful that Laura didn’t give him any grief over this. She had worked as his agent long enough to know he wasn’t in show business for the money. Heaven only knew he had enough of that from his grandmother’s trust fund and what he took from his records.

“Anything else?” Laura asked.

“Find me a hotel that will give me a piano in the room,” John told her. He had something that started brewing in the back of his head as soon as he heard Weir's offer -- it hadn’t crystallized but would when it was ready. "I'll take an electronic keyboard if I have to, but a piano would be better."

“New material?” Laura prompted.

“Something like that but not sure yet,” he told her.

“Okay then,” she was back to business. “You finish up tomorrow night in Chicago and you need to be in New York on Wednesday morning to start rehearsals so you have a mostly free day on Tuesday. I have Weir sending you what she can so you can look it over before you get there. ‘If you’d like’ she said, and she did ask politely. I'll be in New York on Tuesday morning to make the press announcement with her. Until then, she's planning on keeping this pretty much to herself to get the best mileage out of you agreeing to do this."

John did laugh at that. “I understand, no talking about it. And I’ll look at whatever she can send me all right,” he promised her. "If she has anything electronic she can send you, you can forward it on to me."

“Not a problem. Let me know if you need anything else,” Laura said.
“Always. And thanks!” John told her sincerely. After confirming some tentative travel arrangements, John hung up.

Broadway. And Rodney McKay.What had he just gotten into?