They That Walk Beside by kodiak bear (PG-13)

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Show: Stargate Atlantis
Rec Category: Rodney McKay and Ronon Dex Friendship
Characters: Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, John Sheppard
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warning: Illness, somewhat graphic injuries
Author on LJ: kodiak_bear
Author's Website: Master Fic List (incomplete) , on ff.net
Link: They That Walk Beside on lj (with bonus illustration), on ff.net

Why this must be read:
There can never be enough "Rodney and Ronon dislike each other, but are forced to work together to save x" stories. Let x be an injured Sheppard, replace "dislike" with "hate" and put them on a winter planet with frozen lakes, glaciers and purple-eyed polar bears and you get this fic. I really like the slow process of learning to respect what the other does and how they don´t suddenly become best buddies.

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Until Love Can Find Me by isagel (NC-17)

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Show: SGA
Rec Category: Sheppard/McKay
Characters:: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Het/Slash/Gen: Slash
Warnings: Highlight:
Author on LJ: isagel
Author's Website: Drops of Moonlight
Link: Until Love Can Find Me

Why This Must Be Read:

This Vegas tag follows Sheppard to New Orleans where he slowly fits himself back into the world. I loved the idea of him leaving messages for McKay detailing his cases and not expecting a response, making it easier for him to talk. Sheppard's world is gritty and sharp-edged, like one of the pulp novels McKay references when they meet again, but John finds he's more alive after his brush with death than he's been for years.

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