Triptych (by mad_maudlin) (T)
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stargateficrecShow: SGA
Rec Category: Time Travel
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Steven Caldwell, Evan Lorne
Categories: Gen
Warnings: Post-apocalyptic in part, but no AO3 warnings apply
Author on DW:mad_maudlin
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Triptych on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a bit of a brain-teaser, like a lot of fics about time travel - Rodney sets SG1 straight about the real outcome of the events of 'Moebius' (the SG1 episode). The ending's a classic - poor Rodney! The story starts just after 'The Siege', when senior staff have been recalled to the SGC. Very cleverly written, and highly recommended.
Unfortunately there's a formatting error throughout the fic - all the m-dashes are replaced by little graphics. If you want a cleaned-up version as a pdf or ebook, message me for a copy.
John flinched at the hint of a squeal in McKay's voice, which was audible all the way down the narrow concrete corridor. Cheyenne Mountain was everything Atlantis wasn't - cramped, crowded, pale under the fluorescent lights - and he honestly just wanted to find some place to sleep until he found out his fate. Probably not a discharge, but certainly he wasn't ever getting near a Stargate again, much less one to Pegasus. He wanted to sleep until he could forget about Everett and Sumner, about Ford's family and his dead black eye, about last resorts and radioactive flowers opening to fill the sky. Sleep until he could forget the worst of the past year was anything but a freaky nightmare - even if that meant the best was just a daydream.
But until he was officially given the boot, he supposed it was still part of his job to keep McKay from getting shot. Especially by their own people.
Rec Category: Time Travel
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Steven Caldwell, Evan Lorne
Categories: Gen
Warnings: Post-apocalyptic in part, but no AO3 warnings apply
Author on DW:
mad_maudlin Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Triptych on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a bit of a brain-teaser, like a lot of fics about time travel - Rodney sets SG1 straight about the real outcome of the events of 'Moebius' (the SG1 episode). The ending's a classic - poor Rodney! The story starts just after 'The Siege', when senior staff have been recalled to the SGC. Very cleverly written, and highly recommended.
Unfortunately there's a formatting error throughout the fic - all the m-dashes are replaced by little graphics. If you want a cleaned-up version as a pdf or ebook, message me for a copy.
John flinched at the hint of a squeal in McKay's voice, which was audible all the way down the narrow concrete corridor. Cheyenne Mountain was everything Atlantis wasn't - cramped, crowded, pale under the fluorescent lights - and he honestly just wanted to find some place to sleep until he found out his fate. Probably not a discharge, but certainly he wasn't ever getting near a Stargate again, much less one to Pegasus. He wanted to sleep until he could forget about Everett and Sumner, about Ford's family and his dead black eye, about last resorts and radioactive flowers opening to fill the sky. Sleep until he could forget the worst of the past year was anything but a freaky nightmare - even if that meant the best was just a daydream.
But until he was officially given the boot, he supposed it was still part of his job to keep McKay from getting shot. Especially by their own people.
