Salt of the Earth (by Dasha) (M - by reccer)

[mific]

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Drama!
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Carson Beckett, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Elizabeth Weir, Radek Zelenka
Categories: Sheppard/McKay (platonic)
Warnings: No AO3 warnings apply. I give it an M rating for graphic violence and descriptions of illness and medical procedures. 
Author on DW: n/a
Author's Website: Here on Wayback (Area 52) and on AO3
Link: Part 1 of Salt of the Earth on the Wayback Machine - follow the links at the base for parts 2 and 3.
Why This Must Be Read: This is probably Dasha's best known McShep story, and deservedly so. There are 3 parts - In Dark Places, Worse Things Than Love, and Something at the End of the Tunnel. In this Rodney's attacked off-world and nearly killed, so there's lots of whumped Rodney and hurt/comfort, with John and Rodney's relationship being tested in the crucible of suffering and recovery. It was reccd here many years ago but the links these days are only at the Wayback Machine so I thought I'd refresh the rec with those. Icarus did an excellent rec for this fic in 2006, so here's a link to that - it's expressed far better than I can manage. Again, this is an older fic and uses asterisks to show italics. 
 
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Flying Without Wings by Bindingdiva

[goddess47]

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Teal'c
Pairings: Jack/Daniel
Categories: slash, angst
Words: 2650
Warnings: Death of major character... sort of... ish. (from the author)
Author on LJ: doctorsdiva
Author's Website: The Deranged Doodles of a Dysfunctional Diva
Link: Flying Without Wings



Author's Summary: Jack loved to fly.


Why This Must Be Read:

In 2500 words, Bindingdiva captures Jack's life. From the seven-year-old who fell in love with the Blue Angels, to the special ops veteran who missed his own kid's birthday, to the suicidal gate traveler who learned to live again.

The author says the story starts angst-y and then gets 'silly' but it's not silly. The ending is somewhat unexpected but pure Jack and Daniel.


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Romancing Rodney (Or, Ronon Dex Gets His Man) by msgordo (TEEN)

[logicgunn]

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Characters: John Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, Rodney McKay, Miko Kusanagi
Pairings: Ronon Dex/Rodney McKay
Categories: Slash
Warnings: None
Words: ~12k
Author's Journal: N/A
Author's Website: AO3
Link: Romancing Rodney (Or, Ronon Dex Gets His Man)

Why This Must Be Read: If you want a little humour in your life, this is one of my go-to fics. It is a hilarious story in which Ronon pursues Rodney, with a little help from Miko Kusanagi and a Harlequin/Mills-and-Boon romance novel. Disaster ensues, but he gets his guy in the end.

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