As Old As Time by Salchat (T)
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stargateficrecShow: SGA
Rec Category: John/Rodney
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Radek Zelenka, George Hammond, Teyla Emmagan, Cameron Mitchell, Aiden Ford, Richard Woolsey
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: Slash
Warnings: None
Words: ~60k
Author's Journal: N/A
Author's Website: AO3
Link: As Old As Time
Why This Must Be Read: This is a wonderful Beauty and the Beast McShep, hands down the best Fairytale AU fic I've read so far. It follows the Disney film in parts, especially in that there are animated inanimate objects, but in the mixed rural and Atlantis setting it's more sci-fi than magic and Salchat has adapted it to an adult audience so well. Rodney as the reclusive beast is perfect, and John as the beauty is fitting in a way that's not obvious.
John straightened up to run his hands over the moulded surface. It was triangular and there were three holes, or ports, he guessed, for whatever strange power source this city ran on. Two of the holes were dark and empty, but the third was full, its contents flush with the top of the pedestal - a weakly-glowing circle, marked with a spiderweb of black lines. His hands crept toward it. What would it look like if he drew it out? Could he? There was no handle evident. It glowed like a dying ember. Would it burn him if he touched it? Gently, John laid a hand on the dark red, flickering circle. It was warm to the touch and a faint, fizzing tingle travelled from John’s hand, up his arm and -
“What the hell are you doing?”
A sudden, forceful shove sent John tripping over the edge of the platform to sprawl on the ground.
“You are not allowed down here! Not allowed, you hear? Get out! Get out!”
John rolled over. The looming silhouette of Rodney McKay stood over him, the faint red light gleaming in two points within the shadow of his hood.
“I was just -”
“Get out!” There was a bright blue flash and something ricocheted off the floor right next to John’s head.
Rec Category: John/Rodney
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Radek Zelenka, George Hammond, Teyla Emmagan, Cameron Mitchell, Aiden Ford, Richard Woolsey
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: Slash
Warnings: None
Words: ~60k
Author's Journal: N/A
Author's Website: AO3
Link: As Old As Time
Why This Must Be Read: This is a wonderful Beauty and the Beast McShep, hands down the best Fairytale AU fic I've read so far. It follows the Disney film in parts, especially in that there are animated inanimate objects, but in the mixed rural and Atlantis setting it's more sci-fi than magic and Salchat has adapted it to an adult audience so well. Rodney as the reclusive beast is perfect, and John as the beauty is fitting in a way that's not obvious.
John straightened up to run his hands over the moulded surface. It was triangular and there were three holes, or ports, he guessed, for whatever strange power source this city ran on. Two of the holes were dark and empty, but the third was full, its contents flush with the top of the pedestal - a weakly-glowing circle, marked with a spiderweb of black lines. His hands crept toward it. What would it look like if he drew it out? Could he? There was no handle evident. It glowed like a dying ember. Would it burn him if he touched it? Gently, John laid a hand on the dark red, flickering circle. It was warm to the touch and a faint, fizzing tingle travelled from John’s hand, up his arm and -
“What the hell are you doing?”
A sudden, forceful shove sent John tripping over the edge of the platform to sprawl on the ground.
“You are not allowed down here! Not allowed, you hear? Get out! Get out!”
John rolled over. The looming silhouette of Rodney McKay stood over him, the faint red light gleaming in two points within the shadow of his hood.
“I was just -”
“Get out!” There was a bright blue flash and something ricocheted off the floor right next to John’s head.
