stargateficrec | "Where to Start Over and How to Begin" by lilyfarfalla (Teen And Up Audiences)

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Team
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Richard Wolsey
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Rodney McKay/Jennifer Keller, Teyla Emmagan/Kanaan
Categories: Slash
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

lilyfarfalla
Author's Website: unknown
Link: Where to Start Over and How to Begin by lilyfarfalla

Summary by the author:

Post-Season 5, Atlantis is stuck on Earth. Teyla realizes she has to create the path to take Atlantis home. With the help of Woolsey, Ronon, John and Rodney, she’s wildly successful, but somewhere along the way, Rodney and John get a little lost.

Why This Must Be Read:

Because it's just plain fun to read about the team working together to carry out Teyla's clever and elaborate plan ("Poet Dex"!) while at the same time John is acting pissed at Rodney who doesn't even know why until John swallows a truth serum on a mission. Clever team, pining John, oblivious Rodney - that combo is always a winner with me.

Rodney had always thought of Teyla as a diplomat and a peacemaker. She always seemed to understand both sides of a conflict and sincerely wanted to resolve either a fight between friends or a dispute between nations.

So while Rodney hadn't spent much time thinking about it, if asked, he might have pointed to her diplomacy, her patience, her capacity to see both sides of a disagreement, and her ability to kick a little ass if necessary, as the qualities that made her a good leader.

"Ruthless politician" and "happy to lie for the greater good" would not have been on his list.