One of Those Days All Week by Mad Maudlin (PG-13)

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Show: Stargate Atlantis
Rec Category: h/c
Characters: Rodney McKay, ensemble
Het/Slash/Gen: gen
Warning: Spoilers for "The Hot Zone," "The Hive/Lost Boys," "The Shrine"
Author on LJ: mad_maudlin
Author's Website: --
Link: One of Those Days All Week

Why this must be read:
Rodney has a bad day. A very long, very bad day. (5,145 words)
This was written for the Wish Fulfillment Challenge at flashfic; the prompt was "Rodney whump and exhaustion" and this story delivers. ;) It's funny and intense at the same time. Mad_maudlin writes Rodney running on empty, and she really gets into his sleep-deprived head.

Shrine Tag, by friendshipper (PG)

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Show: Stargate Atlantis
Rec Category: h/c
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Jennifer Keller, Teyla Emmagan
Het/Slash/Gen: gen
Warning: spoilers for S5 The Shrine
Author on LJ: friendshipper
Author's Website: City on the Ocean's Edge
Link: Shrine Tag

Why this must be read: Rodney is slowly recovering (too slowly for his taste!) I love how friendshipper writes whumped&cranky Rodney, and his friends who're there to look after him. Excellent Shrine tag, it feels like it's part of the actual episode. (2,850 words)