![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mific posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
stargateficrecShow: SGA
Rec Category: Podfics (kidfic themed)
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, OMC, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Elizabeth Weir, Carson Beckett
Categories: M/M
Length: 01:56:55, 17,676 words
Warnings: No AO3 warnings apply
Author on DW:cesperanza and reena_jenkins
Author's Websites: speranza on AO3, and reena_jenkins on AO3
Links: Podfic with streaming on the Audiofic Archive here, and posted by the podficcer here
Text on AO3 here
Why This Must BeRead Heard: This is a classic, with an oblivious John and a quietly pining then fed-up Rodney, across multiple wedding rituals on good and bad missions. Finally, Rodney rescues an orphaned boy off-world and adopts him, and John then has to figure out his own confused feelings while facing stiff seven-year-old competition for Rodney's affections. Needless to say, it all gets worked out in the end. The boy, Peter, is a wonderful character, quirky, feisty, and real. It's an excellent story and very well-read - a great listen.
"Rodney really was very brave," Teyla admitted in a low voice. "The animal had the boy cornered in the grove, and so Rodney had to get quite close in order to carry him away," and only then did John notice that two of the village women were fussing over a squirming, hollow-eyed boy of six or seven.
"Well, way to go, Rodney," John said, and punched his shoulder. "Bonus points for saving a village child," and just then the boy in question broke away from his keepers and nearly knocked John over to get to Rodney, who surprised John by picking him up one-armed and hoisting him up onto his shoulder.
"You've got to stay away from those trees!" Rodney nearly shouted. "There are monstrous killer-yak things in those trees!" and John wasn't sure what Rodney was trying to accomplish exactly, because the kid couldn't look more afraid if you gave him, like, a year of lessons at it.
"We have told him so," the Village Elder said sternly, "many times. But those are chorda trees, and they bear a sweet fruit which attracts our more gluttonous children, as well as the tremara."
"Oh," Rodney said, and looked at the boy.
"Maybe we can return him to his parents and get on with it?" John suggested, hopefully tactfully.
"His parents were taken from us during the last culling," the Village Elder explained.
"Oh," Rodney said again.
Rec Category: Podfics (kidfic themed)
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, OMC, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Elizabeth Weir, Carson Beckett
Categories: M/M
Length: 01:56:55, 17,676 words
Warnings: No AO3 warnings apply
Author on DW:
cesperanza and reena_jenkins Author's Websites: speranza on AO3, and reena_jenkins on AO3
Links: Podfic with streaming on the Audiofic Archive here, and posted by the podficcer here
Text on AO3 here
Why This Must Be
"Rodney really was very brave," Teyla admitted in a low voice. "The animal had the boy cornered in the grove, and so Rodney had to get quite close in order to carry him away," and only then did John notice that two of the village women were fussing over a squirming, hollow-eyed boy of six or seven.
"Well, way to go, Rodney," John said, and punched his shoulder. "Bonus points for saving a village child," and just then the boy in question broke away from his keepers and nearly knocked John over to get to Rodney, who surprised John by picking him up one-armed and hoisting him up onto his shoulder.
"You've got to stay away from those trees!" Rodney nearly shouted. "There are monstrous killer-yak things in those trees!" and John wasn't sure what Rodney was trying to accomplish exactly, because the kid couldn't look more afraid if you gave him, like, a year of lessons at it.
"We have told him so," the Village Elder said sternly, "many times. But those are chorda trees, and they bear a sweet fruit which attracts our more gluttonous children, as well as the tremara."
"Oh," Rodney said, and looked at the boy.
"Maybe we can return him to his parents and get on with it?" John suggested, hopefully tactfully.
"His parents were taken from us during the last culling," the Village Elder explained.
"Oh," Rodney said again.
