Controlled Blast by copperbadge (G)

[smilebackwards]

Show: SGA & Iron Man

Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: John Sheppard, Tony Stark
Categories: Crossover
Warnings: None
Author’s Website: copperbadge on AO3
Link: Controlled Blast

Why This Must Be Read: This is an adorable look at John’s early affinity for genius scientists. I so want a present timeline extension of this. Delightful!

Bonus: podfic

IEL was not the most prestigious school in the country or the most exclusive, at least in terms of how the wealthy white ruling class of America in past years judged such things. It was not well-known at Yale or Harvard or Princeton, though CalPoly and MIT and certain other schools which shared their values regarded it quite highly. Independent Education Labs was meant for extraordinary children who intended to literally build the future: the next Gates, the next Curie, the next —

Well, the next Stark, as the sturdy ten-year-old kicking his legs on an adult-sized chair in the Dean’s office proved.

Comments

[nagi_schwarz]

I love this fic so hard. Totally have it bookmarked.

[sulien]

Was combing through the crossover tags and ran across this rec. Thank you so very much for the rec, this story is now my personal head canon for John!

[smilebackwards]

Yay! I love that recs and fics can be happily discovered years later like this :)