Crimson Dreams by f0rcryin0utl0ud (E)

[logicgunn]

Show: SGA

Rec Category: John/Rodney
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Carson Beckett, Kate Heightmeyer
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Evan Lorne/David Parrish
Categories: Slash
Warnings: Graphic Descriptions of Violence
Words: ~8k
Author's Journal: f0rcryin0utl0ud
Author's Website: f0rcryin0utl0ud
Link: Crimson Dreams

Why This Must Be Read: This is an excellent fic about what happens when Rodney's team, through no fault of their own, causes harm to Rodney. The event itself is brief and bloody, but the aftermath and how Teyla, Ronon and John desperately want Rodney's forgiveness, and how Rodney needs so badly to get over it, are poignant and meaningful. It's a little dark, but well worth the read.


It was the drugs the natives had slipped into their drinks that had made them do it. Rodney knew it, knew it the moment he saw his team’s eyes, pupils blown to hell and the goofy grins of people high on something pretty fucking potent plastered across their faces. That didn’t mean he didn’t try and put up a fight, using every technique he could remember the three of them showing him. But as they’d been his teachers it was a foregone conclusion that he wouldn’t be able to stop them.

Comments

[popkin16]

This fic is A M A Z I N G.

[logicgunn]

It's so damn good.

[respoftw]

No surprise to anyone but I LOVE THIS FIC SO MUCH!

[logicgunn]

It's the best!

[melagan]

If you like this fic, then I think you'll also like Moka by Martha. Similar theme, but season one.

[logicgunn]

Ooh, I know what I'm doing tonight. :)

[logicgunn]

OMG I've read it before. This is a reread. I love this fic. <3

[mific]

I enjoyed the fic as well (it was a re-read), but you know, I agree with the last commenter on AO3 that it needs warnings. I don't think the original poster will deal with that - they may not even be responding to fan-related emails these days - but could you put more detail under the Warnings part of your rec post? Like, maybe say that although the fic on AO3 says no warnings apply, nonetheless there are graphic descriptions of violence, and it's definitely non-con. I know you refer to some of what happens in the fic in your post, but it seems wrong to do that and still say "no warnings apply".

[logicgunn]

Can do! Maybe the author thought the rating covered it? Thanks for pointing it out, I have a high threshold for uncomfortable things so I didn't think about it.

[mific]

Cool - thanks!

[annieb]

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