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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (give or take) by Molly (M)
Show: SGA
Rec Category: AU (specifically, ocean-themed AUs)
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: slash
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW: nope
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (give or take) on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is the quintessential ocean-themed AU, in which John and Rodney explore the underside of the city by puddlejumper, and have ADVENTURES. What I love is the snark - so much snarky commentary, it's great! Also there are sexytimes, and sea monsters in the service of SCIENCE. A marvellous read.
"Do you see that -- what's that venting, over there to your left?"
"I don't see anything."
"Keep looking. There it is again."
Sheppard stared, and another readout popped up. "H20," he said. "Huh. No, wait -- it's salty. Extremely high sodium chloride content." He threw a smug glance at Rodney that said, see, I can do science.
"Concentrated wastewater from the desalinization tanks, maybe."
Rodney frowned. "Is it clean?"
Sheppard popped an eyebrow at the display, which zoomed over and parked itself in front of Rodney's face.
"Okay, at least we're not putting anything into the water that we didn't take out of it."
"We're environmentally conscious intergalactic explorers."
"No, we're just lucky that the Ancients were."
Sheppard shrugged. "I'm sort of an Ancient, right? That's what this gene says."
"No, you're not sort of an Ancient," Rodney said with exaggerated patience. "You're sort of a biological sport. I tend to think of you as an aberration. A mutant, actually, when you get right down to it."
"I think I object to that label. I choose to embrace my ethnic roots."
Rec Category: AU (specifically, ocean-themed AUs)
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: slash
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW: nope
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (give or take) on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is the quintessential ocean-themed AU, in which John and Rodney explore the underside of the city by puddlejumper, and have ADVENTURES. What I love is the snark - so much snarky commentary, it's great! Also there are sexytimes, and sea monsters in the service of SCIENCE. A marvellous read.
"Do you see that -- what's that venting, over there to your left?"
"I don't see anything."
"Keep looking. There it is again."
Sheppard stared, and another readout popped up. "H20," he said. "Huh. No, wait -- it's salty. Extremely high sodium chloride content." He threw a smug glance at Rodney that said, see, I can do science.
"Concentrated wastewater from the desalinization tanks, maybe."
Rodney frowned. "Is it clean?"
Sheppard popped an eyebrow at the display, which zoomed over and parked itself in front of Rodney's face.
"Okay, at least we're not putting anything into the water that we didn't take out of it."
"We're environmentally conscious intergalactic explorers."
"No, we're just lucky that the Ancients were."
Sheppard shrugged. "I'm sort of an Ancient, right? That's what this gene says."
"No, you're not sort of an Ancient," Rodney said with exaggerated patience. "You're sort of a biological sport. I tend to think of you as an aberration. A mutant, actually, when you get right down to it."
"I think I object to that label. I choose to embrace my ethnic roots."