Intimacy of Man (by M) (Explicit)

[mific]

Shows: SGA
Rec Category: John Sheppard
Characters: John Sheppard/various OCs, John Sheppard/Atlantis, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Carson Beckett, Elizabeth Weir, Caldwell
Categories: M/M, F/M, M/M/F, Other
Words: 6017
Warnings: In the first vignette John and the other boy are 14 or younger (kissing only), and it's possible the other boy's his brother. Some dubcon in the Atlantis story, and alien orgy performance art in the last one (humorously told).
Author on DW: n/a
Author's Website: M's old site on Wayback, and I previously saved Wayback links to all the still-available ones and listed them here.
Link: Intimacy of Man on Wayback
Why This Must Be Read: This is by "M", the author of Your Cowboy Days Are Over whose work is now only on Wayback. It follows John from ages 14 to 40 through a series of encounters with varying degrees of intimacy. The writing's gorgeous, and they're all character studies of John to some degree, with other Atlantis characters occurring in the final two stories. It's extremely good.


After Beckett discharges John from the infirmary with orders to rest and drink plenty of fluids, Elizabeth convenes a debrief in the conference room. "Gentlemen, ladies," she says, hands folded on the table, looking at John, "I'd like to know what happened."

"Atlantis is a frisky frisky girl who's got the hots for Sheppard," Rodney says. "Who knew? Personally, I think she could do so much better."

"That's not helpful, Rodney."

"What do you want me to say?" Rodney asks, throwing his arms up. "Apparently the Ancients thought that critical maintenance tasks should come with an incentive to spend hours in the chair. Maybe they were trying that conditioning thing with the dogs and the bell," he says, waving his hand vaguely at Heightmeyer.

"Woof woof," John says, smiling because everyone is staring at him.

Comments

[shippen_stand]

Thanks for that rec! It was one I'd never read, and quite the punch line.

[mific]

It sure is! :D

[princessofgeeks]

I loved Cowboy Days, it made a huge impression on me.

I had never read this one and it's marvelous. What a great writer. Thank you.

[mific]

It's one of M's lighter ones, in the last story, anyway. The other story in YCDAO 'verse is especially dark, but the characterisations of Kolya and John in it are amazing.