Don't Forget to Breathe by Kho (NC-17)

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Rec Category: Rodney/Elizabeth

Pairing: Rodney/Elizabeth
Category: het, drama, h/c, pwp
Warning: het, sexual scenes
Author on LJ: khohen1
Author's Website: ...Fanfic by Kho

Link: Don't Forget to Breathe

Why this must be read:

She wishes she could bottle this, freeze frame it and show it to everyone who ever thought that Rodney was the cold-hearted conceited bastard that he makes himself out to be, because he's everything but that right now and she's always known that. 

I guess you could call this a pwp, but it would be a pwp with serious plot. It's a bittersweet piece with Elizabeth turning to Rodney after the events with the storm and the Genii, but at the end of the night, Rodney gives her an out. Her feelings about being a woman in charge and the pressures and expectations that it entails are well described, as well as the impact they have on Elizabeth's decision.There's also a more unusual perspective on how Elizabeth might really feel about Rodney. Kho manages to convey Rodney's feelings about the situation without ever being explicit, making the piece very much about Elizabeth but without Rodney being left in the background

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"Endings Unexpectedly Happy" by Mira (NC-17)

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Rec Category: pairing (OT4)
Pairing: John/Rodney/Teyla/Ronon
Category: apocafic, futurefic, established relationship
Warning: poly, apocafic
Author on LJ: mirabile_dictu
Author's Website: Mira's Fanfiction
Link: Endings Unexpectedly Happy

Why This Must Be Read: Every once in a while a story comes along and sweeps you off your feet, depositing you in a completely different world. This is that story.

Mira intricately balances present happiness against the future's great unknown in four unique ways, weaving the landscape into their relationships to build a fresh, new world. This is one of the few genuinely joyous fics I've ever had the pleasure to read. Also, it's really, really hot.

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Physics Of The Spin by mhalachaiswords (PG)

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Hey all! [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], our humor rec'cer for the month, has asked that I post her rec for her. She's a bit tied up at the moment but wanted to make sure that she made her recs. (Impressive dedication. *smiles*) So here is her first.

Rec Category: Humour
Pairing: None
Category: Humour, crossover
Warning: Gen. Post-series for Gilmore Girls; around "current" times for SGA, and spoilers for some parts of Season 4 of SGA, namely the Teyla thing. Post SG-1 series finale.
Author on LJ: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Author's Website:Mhalachai's Writing
Link:Physics of the Spin

Summary:There's something familiar to John Sheppard about the girl with the cleft chin and the pretty blue eyes...
This is a WIP

Why This Must Be Read:
I was never a fan of the Gilmore Girls but seeing I was curious as to what McKay would think of having a child I read part 1. This is brilliant. And incorporating Vala as the one who adopts a big sister role leaves me laughing my head off. Vala gets to the point when all others try the diplomatic approach to dealing with a young woman whose life has been turned upside down.

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"Never" by Jennghis Khan (R)

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Rec Category: Samantha Carter/Jack O'Neill
Pairing: Jack/Sam
Category: ie: H/C, smut, angst, jack/sam, episode tag
Warnings: Het, smut
Author on LJ: surreallis
Author's Website: Mindrot, fic journal
Link: Never

Why This Must Be Read: Among post-Death Knell tags, this one stands out for the hushed and tender tone. Jenn's Sam and Jack are always broken like they ought to be, and part of Jenn's gift is that she gives them the comfort they crave without giving the reader or the characters all the answers.

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The Hanged Man by M (NC-17)

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Rec Category: Jack/Daniel
Pairing: Daniel Jackson/Jack O'Neill, implied Daniel Jackson/Sam Carter, brief Daniel Jackson/Teal'c in flashback, possible implied Jack O'Neill/Sam Carter
Category: SG-1, slash, Daniel/Jack, Daniel/OFC, Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, adult content, bdsm, character study, dark, explicit sexual situation, team
Warning: Explicit sexual content, rough sex, language
Author on LJ: samdonne
Author's Website: d e r i v a t i v e f i c t i o n, b y M.
Link: The Hanged Man

Author's summary: The day they don't drag him back, it'll be time to let go.

Why This Must Be Read:

M writes a particularly gritty, edgy brand of SG-1. If gritty and edgy are your thing, go straight to the fic and when you're done click the 'home' button at the bottom and read everything else she's written -- it's all fascinating, gripping stuff. If you're looking for J/D romance, you're not going to find it in this one; there's nothing soft or gentle here, and although one brush of near-tenderness stands out the more starkly for that, it's a fleeting moment in a harsh encounter. But the rewards in character insight are worth the pain -- and that the themes play out between Daniel and Jack isn't authorial whim or convenience. It's exactly how this story had to be told, and says a lot about the bond between them, whatever form it takes, even if it's the last strand of a fraying rope.

I especially love the resonance of the title, which evokes all the interpretive symbolism of the twelfth card in the major arcana of the tarot, and adds all kinds of layers to this portrayal of Daniel. It's a good name for the fic-as-fic, too: you can look at it right side up or upside down, and it'll always be looking back at you the other way.

About 5500 words, set sometime in Season 5.

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