As I Live and Breathe (by sorka42) (T)
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stargateficrecShow: SGA/SG1
Rec Category: Apocafic
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Sam Carter, Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Teal'c, George Hammond, Radek Zelenka, Carolyn Lam, Aiden Ford, Clone Jack O'Neill, Halling, Elizabeth Weir, Miko Kusanagi.
Categories: slash
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death (but as below, not permanent for the boys)
Author on DW:sorka42
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: As I Live and Breathe on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is the ultimate fix-it story. It starts with the apocalyptic destruction of Atlantis, but for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture, John and Rodney get sent back many years in time, at the point of the explosion. John comes to on his wedding day to Nancy and he and Rodney meet up and get to do it all over. The trick is that they have to avoid the mistakes they made first time around without changing things so much they don't get to go to Atlantis. It's a nifty idea and well executed - a great ride with a ton of plot, even an evil conspiracy. There are some issues - it might not have been betaed as there are quite a few typos. But I'm fussy about that kind of thing and I didn't need to back-button out - the fic drew me in, despite a few rough edges. I recommend it for an engrossing read.
He looked around the room again and saw a large laptop computer on the floor next to the bed. It had been state of the art when he had purchased it. Nearly an inch thick and probably eight pounds in weight. It looked like a brick compared to the slick data pads that he was used to. It was plugged into the wall and it had an Ethernet cable that was also plugged into a jack in the wall.
He turned it on and logged into the hotel's network. From there he was able to get onto the internet with relative ease. It had been a long time since he'd had to think about security protocols. He did a quick search for the one name he hoped would be easy to find.
“M. Rodney McKay, Ph.D.”
The results weren't terrible; a MySpace page with a very much younger and thinner version of his best friend than he had ever seen before. There wasn't much else, but that wasn't surprising since McKay had been working on classified projects almost his entire life.
“Okay,” John took a deep breath and went to the site, not expecting much.
To his surprise, there was an email address. After checking around for a free email service, John created a free yahoo account and logged in. He had to think about what he was going to say. What if he said something Atlantis related and Rodney didn't know what he was talking about. Would that mean he was here alone?
He ground his teeth and sent:
To: RmcKay@compuserve.net
From: puddlejumperace@yahoo.com
Subject: 105578
Tell me I'm not here alone.
Less than five minutes later the mail client chimed.
To: puddlejumperace@yahoo.com
rom: RmcKay@compuserve.net
Subject: Re 105578 105663
Oh, thank god. I thought it was just me going crazy. I woke up in my old apartment in Nevada of all places. It's 5AM here by the way. Where are you? Never mind. I'm going to pick up a burner phone as soon as the stores open. Get one for yourself and email me the number. We need to talk.
Rec Category: Apocafic
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Sam Carter, Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Teal'c, George Hammond, Radek Zelenka, Carolyn Lam, Aiden Ford, Clone Jack O'Neill, Halling, Elizabeth Weir, Miko Kusanagi.
Categories: slash
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death (but as below, not permanent for the boys)
Author on DW:
sorka42 Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: As I Live and Breathe on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is the ultimate fix-it story. It starts with the apocalyptic destruction of Atlantis, but for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture, John and Rodney get sent back many years in time, at the point of the explosion. John comes to on his wedding day to Nancy and he and Rodney meet up and get to do it all over. The trick is that they have to avoid the mistakes they made first time around without changing things so much they don't get to go to Atlantis. It's a nifty idea and well executed - a great ride with a ton of plot, even an evil conspiracy. There are some issues - it might not have been betaed as there are quite a few typos. But I'm fussy about that kind of thing and I didn't need to back-button out - the fic drew me in, despite a few rough edges. I recommend it for an engrossing read.
He looked around the room again and saw a large laptop computer on the floor next to the bed. It had been state of the art when he had purchased it. Nearly an inch thick and probably eight pounds in weight. It looked like a brick compared to the slick data pads that he was used to. It was plugged into the wall and it had an Ethernet cable that was also plugged into a jack in the wall.
He turned it on and logged into the hotel's network. From there he was able to get onto the internet with relative ease. It had been a long time since he'd had to think about security protocols. He did a quick search for the one name he hoped would be easy to find.
“M. Rodney McKay, Ph.D.”
The results weren't terrible; a MySpace page with a very much younger and thinner version of his best friend than he had ever seen before. There wasn't much else, but that wasn't surprising since McKay had been working on classified projects almost his entire life.
“Okay,” John took a deep breath and went to the site, not expecting much.
To his surprise, there was an email address. After checking around for a free email service, John created a free yahoo account and logged in. He had to think about what he was going to say. What if he said something Atlantis related and Rodney didn't know what he was talking about. Would that mean he was here alone?
He ground his teeth and sent:
To: RmcKay@compuserve.net
From: puddlejumperace@yahoo.com
Subject: 105578
Tell me I'm not here alone.
Less than five minutes later the mail client chimed.
To: puddlejumperace@yahoo.com
rom: RmcKay@compuserve.net
Subject: Re 105578 105663
Oh, thank god. I thought it was just me going crazy. I woke up in my old apartment in Nevada of all places. It's 5AM here by the way. Where are you? Never mind. I'm going to pick up a burner phone as soon as the stores open. Get one for yourself and email me the number. We need to talk.
Tags:
- apocafic,
- character death,
- character: aiden ford,
- character: carolyn lam,
- character: clone!jack,
- character: daniel jackson,
- character: elizabeth weir,
- character: general hammond,
- character: halling,
- character: jack o'neill,
- character: john sheppard,
- character: miko kusanagi,
- character: radek zelenka,
- character: rodney mckay,
- character: ronon dex,
- character: samantha carter,
- character: teal'c,
- character: teyla emmagan,
- pairing: john/rodney,
- sg-1/sga,
- slash
