stargateficrec | Belonging by LtLJ (Teen)

Show: SGA

Rec Category: Ronon Dex (Ronon-centric genfic)
Characters: Ronon Dex, John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Rodney McKay, Sam Carter
Categories: Gen
Warnings: Wraith worshippers kill an OC gruesomely
Author on LJ:

ltlj
Author's Website: See the AO3, or the author's own website (as Martha Wilson or Victoria Custer)
Link: Belonging

Why This Must Be Read: This is another great genfic centered around Ronon coming to terms with Atlantis being home, and coming to that realisation during a mission gone wrong when Wraith worshippers have captured John. There's a good mix of action and introspection with great Ronon and John characterisations, with the POV alternating from Ronon to John. A very satisfying read.

It wasn't until after that mission, when the other Marines started to relax around Ronon, to speak to him casually, to come to his fighting practices without anyone having to order them, that Ronon realized it hadn't been a test. It had been a chance for him to get Benson's acceptance, and since Benson's opinion was important to the others, to get their acceptance as well. Sheppard had obviously intended it that way, though he hadn't bothered to explain it to Ronon. Though Ronon figured that if he had been dumb enough to screw it up, he wouldn't have deserved the chance anyway.

It was something his old Task Master would never have bothered to do for a new recruit, and it had shown him yet another side of Sheppard. After this long, he still wasn't sure he had seen all of Sheppard's sides. But after this long, it didn't matter anymore; whatever face Sheppard chose to show, Ronon trusted the man behind it.