Over Vales and Hills by gaiaanarchy (NC-17)

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Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Character: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard
Category:
Warning: Violence

Author on LJ: gaiaanarchy
Author's Website: http://gaia.fictionresource.com/
Link: Over Vales and Hills
Why This Must Be Read:
We don’t know why they are there, we don’t know the resolution – it’s the middle slice of the story.  Rodney is searching for John off-world, surrounded by seemingly harmless plants.  Then Rodney hears the screaming. 

Hynos and Phobetor by eretria (PG-13)

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Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Character: Rodney McKay, Carson Beckett, Elizabeth Weir, John Sheppard
Category: AU Episode Tag, Hurt Comfort, Angst
Warning: Mention of Character Death
Author's Website: http://www.midnight-tea.de/
Link: Hypnos and Phobetor

Why This Must Be Read:  Imagine that after ‘The Siege II’ that John is lost. Rodney is reaching the end of his rope, hiding from sleep, personal contact, and stopping to think about anything other than returning Atlantis to pre-Siege condition. After four days without sleep, Carson forcibly intervenes. Banished to near the Athosian settlement (but by himself), he’s looked after by Halling while dealing with hallucinations and a continuing inability to sleep.

Your Cowboy Days Are Over (Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys) by M (NC-17)

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Rec Category: Original Character
Pairing: no romantic pairings, John Sheppard/OFC sex
Category: gen, original character, John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagen, Acastus Kolya, AU, drama, angst, character study, het, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Michael
Warning: sex, references to past torture
Author on LJ samdonne
Author's Website: Burchered Art
Link: Your Cowboy Days are Over (Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys)

Why This Must Be Read: I know this story has been recced all over the place, but it deserves it. This is the fic that got me to start watching Stargate and the first time I read it, I was entirely sucked in even though I knew nothing about the canon. Reading it again after I'd seen the show made it that much better.

Meet Ben, the child John "fathered" with the help of the Wraith in this AU that spins off the season 2 cliffhanger. John and Teyla, with Ben in tow, have fled Atlantis and taken refuge on a planet protected by an Ancient shield. Bajan is safe from the Wraith, but life is by no means easy as they trade John's memories for that protection and Ben becomes increasingly difficult to deal with. Add Acastus Kolya to the mix, along with a small band of refugees all bent on continuing to fight against the Wraith, and you get a masterful story in an intricately created world full of new and familiar characters.

I can't say enough about how amazing and inventive this story is - just make sure you have time when you click on the link because it is long and hard to put down.

( sneak preview )

'Our hearts, they beat and break' by kalesbohan (PG)

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Rec Category: Daniel Jackson/Vala mal Doran
Pairing: none, possible Daniel Jackson/Vala mal Doran UST
Category: AU, angst
Author on LJ: kalesbohan
Author's Website: here
Link Our hearts, they beat and break

Why This Must Be Read: The premise for the AU itself is interesting--Vala was picked up by SG-1 long, long before season nine, and is around when Sha're dies. Add to this some nice Daniel/Vala dialogue, and this fic tells a very taught "what if" story.

( snippet )