"The Work of Mourning" by popkin16 (Teen And Up Audiences)

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Show: SGA
Rec Category: Team
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Elizabeth Weir, Radek Zelenka, Jennifer Keller
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: Slash
Warnings: no warnings by the author but to be safe: canonical character death
Author on LJ: popkin16

Author's Website: none

Link: The Work of Mourning

Summary by the author:
"Once a year, per tradition, the expedition gathers on a pier, paper lanterns in hand."

Why This Must Be Read:

Beautiful, touching, full of emotions, heartbreaking in the best possible way.

Thankfully, it ends this way:

But Rodney has his team at his back and John at his side, and knows with absolute certainly, knows like he does physics, that there is nothing they can’t overcome together.

Comments

[popkin16]

Oh my god, thank youuu ♥ ♥

This is the fic that I'm most proud of, so it's really nice that people enjoy it enough to rec :)

[patk.livejournal.com]

>>This is the fic that I'm most proud of,<<

And rightfully so! It's such a heartbreaking, touching piece and I'm really glad you ended it at this upturning note, otherwise it would have been unbearable sad. But with this line at the end it *glows*.

[popkin16]

Happy endings are a must for me. I'll settle for bittersweet, sometimes, but really I am all about the happy endings. I couldn't leave our boys miserable :)

Thank you so much for your kind words ♥