Nondisclosure Agreement by Synecdochic (PG-ish?)

[aithine]

Rec Category: John Sheppard
Character: John Sheppard, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Category: Character study, slash
Warning: Slash
Author on LJ: synecdochic
Author's Website: venus in furs
Link: on LJ or her site

Why This Must Be Read: Synecdochic extrapolates beautifully from what we've seen of Sheppard on the show and gives us flashes of information about him in this story: the events, beliefs, books, actions, cultures, motivations, choices and relationships that have shaped him, both as a child and an adult, and have brought him to where he is: in Atlantis, responsible for so much more than he ever expected, and on the cusp of a relationship with Rodney.

Comments

[synecdochic]

Wow, thank you so much for the rec.

[aithine]

Hey, you bet! :) I was going to go back and leave a link on your story, saying "I recced you here!" for I am lazy at leaving feedback, but guess I don't have to now, do I? *g*

(And arg, just realized I'd deleted one too many words while revising this post. Sheesh. I blame my cold. *g*)

[dorcus.livejournal.com]

This is a great story. A really great look at Sheppard that isn't just "and then he and Rodney had the wild monkey seks". Something real and weighty and meaty and just excellent.

Thanks for the rec. : )

[aithine]

You're welcome! :) As much as I like PWPs and plotty action stories, sometimes I just really want to read a good character study, especially when it's of my favorite character. *g* I debated whether or not to mention that the J/R stuff is really tangential to the main focus of the story, and in the end decided it wasn't necessary.

[dorcus.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. Don't get me wrong: boys kissing is hot! But, yeah, so very with you on the character study. In a lot of ways, it's stories like these that can make those PWPs better. It becomes less 'W' in the PWP and more 'oh, I get it now'.

And did I mention boys kissing was hot?