"Universal Constants" by alyse
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stargateficrecRec Category: Radek Zelenka
Pairing: Radek Zelenka/Sergeant Bates
Category: Slash
Warning: Slash, NC17
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alyse
Author's Website: Unconscious Mind
Link: Universal Constants
First off, apologies for being so lax with my recs this month. Work has just been kicking me around, and even though this rec has been sitting in my bookmarks file for weeks, I just couldn't get around to doing anything about it. Sorry ^_^ But I digress...
Why This Must Be Read: When I first started looking for Zelenka fic, way back when, I found him almost exclusively paired with McKay or Weir. That was fine by me, I liked them both. But when I stumbled across this piece, which is Zelenka/Bates from Bates' perspective, I was intrigued.
In many ways, it's more about what's going on inside Sgt Bates' head than Radek's, but it's one of those stories that I immediately think of when I think of Zelenka, so I'm rec'ing it here. Plus, there is shower!sex, which is one of my favourite fic-kinks.
There's no go-to guy in the traditional sense. Here, in this city of Ancients, what you needed from a go to guy was a guy who knew how the hell to make everything work.
Which meant McKay. And that meant not just dealing with the man's ego but also dealing with Major Sheppard. He has his own issues with that. So Bates does what he's always done when he's had to deal with a jerk-off CO.
He deals with the second in command instead.
While he's always been the kind of person who sucked it up and made do, he has to admit to a certain sneaking relief when he figured out that Zelenka was about as far away from McKay as possible. He seems - to Bates at least - to have McKay's smarts but without the mouth or the attitude of superiority that goes with. On the contrary - instead of the constant ego, Zelenka is actually... peaceful to deal with. Quiet and competent and prone to both reasonableness and a demonstrated ability to remember Bates' name.
Most of the time.
No, he far prefers dealing with Zelenka to McKay. Let Major Sheppard have to deal with McKay and the attitude that has Bates wondering why the hell no one has decked McKay yet.
Not that, as Head of Security, he'd condone such a thing. At least, not while he was on duty, and Gunnery Sergeant Michael Bates is always on duty.
Pairing: Radek Zelenka/Sergeant Bates
Category: Slash
Warning: Slash, NC17
Author on LJ:
alyseAuthor's Website: Unconscious Mind
Link: Universal Constants
First off, apologies for being so lax with my recs this month. Work has just been kicking me around, and even though this rec has been sitting in my bookmarks file for weeks, I just couldn't get around to doing anything about it. Sorry ^_^ But I digress...
Why This Must Be Read: When I first started looking for Zelenka fic, way back when, I found him almost exclusively paired with McKay or Weir. That was fine by me, I liked them both. But when I stumbled across this piece, which is Zelenka/Bates from Bates' perspective, I was intrigued.
In many ways, it's more about what's going on inside Sgt Bates' head than Radek's, but it's one of those stories that I immediately think of when I think of Zelenka, so I'm rec'ing it here. Plus, there is shower!sex, which is one of my favourite fic-kinks.
There's no go-to guy in the traditional sense. Here, in this city of Ancients, what you needed from a go to guy was a guy who knew how the hell to make everything work.
Which meant McKay. And that meant not just dealing with the man's ego but also dealing with Major Sheppard. He has his own issues with that. So Bates does what he's always done when he's had to deal with a jerk-off CO.
He deals with the second in command instead.
While he's always been the kind of person who sucked it up and made do, he has to admit to a certain sneaking relief when he figured out that Zelenka was about as far away from McKay as possible. He seems - to Bates at least - to have McKay's smarts but without the mouth or the attitude of superiority that goes with. On the contrary - instead of the constant ego, Zelenka is actually... peaceful to deal with. Quiet and competent and prone to both reasonableness and a demonstrated ability to remember Bates' name.
Most of the time.
No, he far prefers dealing with Zelenka to McKay. Let Major Sheppard have to deal with McKay and the attitude that has Bates wondering why the hell no one has decked McKay yet.
Not that, as Head of Security, he'd condone such a thing. At least, not while he was on duty, and Gunnery Sergeant Michael Bates is always on duty.
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