Take With You My Love - The Blending of Lantash and Martouf by Pagan Twylight (R)

[roeskva]

I will be reccing Martouf/Lantash, one of my favourite SG-1 characters,  this month.  I will attempt to mostly rec GEN fics, but the majority of great fics with this character seems to be SHIP, so one or two will be that. This first one is GEN.

Rec Category: Character Other (Martouf/Lantash)
Category: Drama, Martouf/Lantash, preseries
Warning: Violence
Author on LJ: pagantwylight
Link: Take With You My Love - The Blending of Lantash and Martouf

Why This Must Be Read: This fic gives us the background for Martouf becoming a host to Lantash. I've always liked stories that looked into the past of the characters, and this is a well told and interesting version of their meeting and blending.

Red Sun by Merlin71 (PG-13)

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Rec Category: Hurt/Comfort
Pairing: None
Category: gen, hurt/comfort, angst, friendship, John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Warning: violence, drug use, withdrawal, death of a secondary character
Author on LJ: clarkangel
Author's Website: On FF.net
Link: Red Sun

Why This Must Be Read: After Sheppard is tortured through the use of a potently addictive drug, it's up to Rodney to help get him through the withdrawal. This is a sad but ultimately beautiful story of friendship between John and Rodney, showing the lengths Rodney is willing to go to help free John of the dependency that was forced on him. Merlin also does a wonderful job of portraying John's high - the pain and hallucinations - and the agony of the withdrawal that follows.
The story is dark, but also hopeful.