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stargateficrecShow: SGA
Rec Category: Gen
Characters: John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Rodney McKay, Torren Emmagan, Patrick Sheppard, Dave Sheppard, Evan Lorne, Nancy Sheppard.
Categories: Gen
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW:bironic
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Forty Years and Eight Pounds (The Skin Hunger Variations) on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a lovely character study of John as asexual and starved for touch and affection. Bironic deftly sketches out the background that formed him across the years, and it culminates with Teyla being an excellent friend, aided and abetted by Torren. Ultimately heartwarming, and very in character for John.
The first time Teyla leans in to touch her forehead to his, he freezes. It's only for a second, and then he accepts the press of warm, dry skin. But it's enough that she notices. He doesn't know what she sees when they draw apart and she studies his face, but she gets this speculative look that he should probably be worried about.
"Do you prefer men?" she asks one day in the workout room. He drops a bantos rod. She raises an eyebrow as he fumbles it off the floor. It's Teyla, though, so the expression is still kind.
"No," he says, and because it's Teyla, he makes himself keep going. "No, it's not that."
He's pretty sure his ears have gone red. Damn it.
She doesn't say anything else, just gets that thoughtful look again before she kicks his ass to the mat.
Rec Category: Gen
Characters: John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Rodney McKay, Torren Emmagan, Patrick Sheppard, Dave Sheppard, Evan Lorne, Nancy Sheppard.
Categories: Gen
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW:
bironic Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Forty Years and Eight Pounds (The Skin Hunger Variations) on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a lovely character study of John as asexual and starved for touch and affection. Bironic deftly sketches out the background that formed him across the years, and it culminates with Teyla being an excellent friend, aided and abetted by Torren. Ultimately heartwarming, and very in character for John.
The first time Teyla leans in to touch her forehead to his, he freezes. It's only for a second, and then he accepts the press of warm, dry skin. But it's enough that she notices. He doesn't know what she sees when they draw apart and she studies his face, but she gets this speculative look that he should probably be worried about.
"Do you prefer men?" she asks one day in the workout room. He drops a bantos rod. She raises an eyebrow as he fumbles it off the floor. It's Teyla, though, so the expression is still kind.
"No," he says, and because it's Teyla, he makes himself keep going. "No, it's not that."
He's pretty sure his ears have gone red. Damn it.
She doesn't say anything else, just gets that thoughtful look again before she kicks his ass to the mat.
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Date: 2020-08-11 02:47 pm (UTC)Also, I love that this was the section you chose to excerpt. Not only does it contain the crux of the story, but it also always makes me laugh that John's idea of ~expounding~ on his ~feelings~ is to say "It's not that."
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Date: 2020-08-11 02:53 pm (UTC)And John, ever eloquent!