Able To Fly (by busaikko) (E)
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stargateficrecShow: SGA
Rec Category: Alternate Universe
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Charin, Sora.
Categories: M/M
Warnings: At the start of the fic, John's a ghost, having been murdered before the fic starts, but due to magic, the story has a happy resolution.
Author on DW:busaikko
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Able To Fly on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a charming magical AU where adolescent Rodney and John meet, but John's a ghost, attached to a box of haunted comics. The two of them have adventures and there's interesting worldbuilding (magic is a part of normal life in this 'verse), and their relationship grows. Don't be put off by the fact that John's a ghost at the start, as he doesn't stay incorporeal thanks to portals and magical worlds within worlds. Recommended!
"You're still here," Rodney said. He'd been hoping so, but John hadn't been in his room when he woke up, and his whole day had been a knot of disappointment and worry. Which dissipated quickly enough when John made a big production of sighing and looking up. "This haunting deal – what exactly are you going to do? Do you have to complete a mission? Aren't you bored?"
John licked his bottom lip, which Rodney was starting to realize was a nervous tic. Then he shook his head, shrugged, and then nodded.
"Huh." Rodney sat down on the bed; John scooted over so Rodney didn't sit through his legs. Rodney had hoped that breaking the leaking-faucet enchantment would allow John to speak, but for some reason it hadn't. John might have been cursed twice, or maybe Rodney's mother's book wasn't that good. Rodney wished he could ask someone, but his teachers would probably just call the police, and his mother would call his teachers. Kids in books always had cool magical mentors; Rodney'd tried to find one, but they were thin on the ground in Toronto. He stared at John, wondering, and then figured he might as well just ask. "Did anyone talk to you about this whole ghosting thing, or did you just... wake up dead, and it's all self-study?"
John spread his hands. He didn't look happy. Rodney bet it sucked to get asked how you'd died. Embarrassing, the way Rodney had felt when his mom explained sex and babies to him. Even though Rodney had learned all that stuff in health, hearing his mother say masturbation had made him want to become one of those ascetic sorcerers like in books, who took vows of eternal celibacy in return for unlimited power.
"Okay," Rodney said, and then nodded decisively. "Right. I've got tons of homework, plus independent projects I'm working work on because I have to go the Academy, there's no way I'm going to go into a trade after leaving school. I could maybe teach you. We could be a team, if it turns out you're not an idiot. Also if you can hold a pencil. And make a passable drying powder."
Rec Category: Alternate Universe
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Charin, Sora.
Categories: M/M
Warnings: At the start of the fic, John's a ghost, having been murdered before the fic starts, but due to magic, the story has a happy resolution.
Author on DW:
busaikko Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Able To Fly on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a charming magical AU where adolescent Rodney and John meet, but John's a ghost, attached to a box of haunted comics. The two of them have adventures and there's interesting worldbuilding (magic is a part of normal life in this 'verse), and their relationship grows. Don't be put off by the fact that John's a ghost at the start, as he doesn't stay incorporeal thanks to portals and magical worlds within worlds. Recommended!
"You're still here," Rodney said. He'd been hoping so, but John hadn't been in his room when he woke up, and his whole day had been a knot of disappointment and worry. Which dissipated quickly enough when John made a big production of sighing and looking up. "This haunting deal – what exactly are you going to do? Do you have to complete a mission? Aren't you bored?"
John licked his bottom lip, which Rodney was starting to realize was a nervous tic. Then he shook his head, shrugged, and then nodded.
"Huh." Rodney sat down on the bed; John scooted over so Rodney didn't sit through his legs. Rodney had hoped that breaking the leaking-faucet enchantment would allow John to speak, but for some reason it hadn't. John might have been cursed twice, or maybe Rodney's mother's book wasn't that good. Rodney wished he could ask someone, but his teachers would probably just call the police, and his mother would call his teachers. Kids in books always had cool magical mentors; Rodney'd tried to find one, but they were thin on the ground in Toronto. He stared at John, wondering, and then figured he might as well just ask. "Did anyone talk to you about this whole ghosting thing, or did you just... wake up dead, and it's all self-study?"
John spread his hands. He didn't look happy. Rodney bet it sucked to get asked how you'd died. Embarrassing, the way Rodney had felt when his mom explained sex and babies to him. Even though Rodney had learned all that stuff in health, hearing his mother say masturbation had made him want to become one of those ascetic sorcerers like in books, who took vows of eternal celibacy in return for unlimited power.
"Okay," Rodney said, and then nodded decisively. "Right. I've got tons of homework, plus independent projects I'm working work on because I have to go the Academy, there's no way I'm going to go into a trade after leaving school. I could maybe teach you. We could be a team, if it turns out you're not an idiot. Also if you can hold a pencil. And make a passable drying powder."
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Date: 2020-11-29 02:15 am (UTC)