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stargateficrecShow: SGA
Rec Category: John/Rodney
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, passing mention of John/Other
Categories: Slash
Warnings: An incident of homophobic discrimination
Author's Journal:velocitygrass
Author's Website: AO3 profile
Link: Alaska to Florida - The Long Journey of Finding Yourself
Why This Must Be Read: Velocitygrass was one of the first writers I fell in love with in the SGA fandom, all of their work is amazing but I only recently read this one because it's not on AO3 yet. It's a complete based on earth AU where John is a radio DJ working the night shift who likes to fill his airtime with trivia and Rodney is the scientist studying the northern lights who just has to call in and tell him how wrong, wrong, wrong he is.
Spoiler: they fall in love.
It's at around three am at the end of September when John picks up the phone, greeting the caller with, "KBRT Fairbanks, John Sheppard speaking," as he always does.
"I hope you're aware that your cute little 'did you know' segment on pulsars just now is such a gross simplification of astronomy that I don't even know where to begin," the caller says without preamble.
John is used to all kinds of people calling in. Some jump right in, just giving him a quick heads up on something, others seem to want to tell their life story before getting to the point. So this isn't completely unusual. What is unusual is that the guy seems pretty worked up about a little throwaway line John used to fill the pause between songs. "Yes," he simply says.
"Oh," the answer comes, slightly surprised. "Well, that's good because it is," the man continues.
"Yeah, I hope you understand this isn't really the correct forum to get into rotation cycles of neutron stars."
The man on the end of the line splutters. After a moment he demands, "Who are you?"
Rec Category: John/Rodney
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, passing mention of John/Other
Categories: Slash
Warnings: An incident of homophobic discrimination
Author's Journal:
velocitygrassAuthor's Website: AO3 profile
Link: Alaska to Florida - The Long Journey of Finding Yourself
Why This Must Be Read: Velocitygrass was one of the first writers I fell in love with in the SGA fandom, all of their work is amazing but I only recently read this one because it's not on AO3 yet. It's a complete based on earth AU where John is a radio DJ working the night shift who likes to fill his airtime with trivia and Rodney is the scientist studying the northern lights who just has to call in and tell him how wrong, wrong, wrong he is.
Spoiler: they fall in love.
It's at around three am at the end of September when John picks up the phone, greeting the caller with, "KBRT Fairbanks, John Sheppard speaking," as he always does.
"I hope you're aware that your cute little 'did you know' segment on pulsars just now is such a gross simplification of astronomy that I don't even know where to begin," the caller says without preamble.
John is used to all kinds of people calling in. Some jump right in, just giving him a quick heads up on something, others seem to want to tell their life story before getting to the point. So this isn't completely unusual. What is unusual is that the guy seems pretty worked up about a little throwaway line John used to fill the pause between songs. "Yes," he simply says.
"Oh," the answer comes, slightly surprised. "Well, that's good because it is," the man continues.
"Yeah, I hope you understand this isn't really the correct forum to get into rotation cycles of neutron stars."
The man on the end of the line splutters. After a moment he demands, "Who are you?"
