stargateficrec | Quest by waxjism (T)

Show: SGA

Rec Category: Rodney Mckay
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Aiden Ford
Pairings: John/Rodney
Categories: slash,
Warnings: no warnings apply
Word count: 3.516
Author's Journal:

waxjism
Author's Website: waxjism on AO3
Link story: Quest
Link podfic: Quest [podfic]

Why This Must Be Read: In this gorgeous story, Rodney doesn't appear much in person but you can feel him in every written word. It's about him getting in trouble, and his team coming for him. So far nothing unexpected but this story tells you about it in such a special, endearing, and humorous way that you will love it for sure—I did it instantly.
There is also a wonderful podfic by juniperphoenix to which I also add the link.

They rode toward Molt in silence. The road was deeply grooved and covered in an icy, muddy sludge that made their horses slide and stumble. Teyla was clinging to her plodding chestnut gelding's mane with tension evident in her armour-clad shoulders. "The Athosian people do not keep beasts of burden," she'd told them with barely concealed distaste when presented with her horse.

"Well, Sir Robin does," Sheppard had said. "Up you go. Just sit there and look like you belong."

Ford had not done a lot of horseback-riding, but enough to - for once - outshine Teyla. It did grate a little that he'd got the fat pony. He was a page. "We need a page, and you're him." "But sir--" "Just hold my lance and look obedient, okay, Lieutenant?"

Sheppard had the biggest helmet, with a pretty cool plume on top.

Now it had started snowing, a thin flurry that stung Ford's cheeks. The wind crept up under his chain mail like cold fingers. His ass hurt. He thought warm thoughts about kicking Dr McKay's fool ass once they found him. Who got himself taken by slave traders? Nobody else had had any trouble holding them off, but McKay had of course wandered off somewhere with his beeping little GameBoy and when the rest of them had beaten off the attackers, he was nowhere to be found. They found the GameBoy trampled into the turf, still beeping faintly.