The Things Which Are Caesar's by Wintertime (PG-13)

[rigel-7.livejournal.com]

Rec Category: John Sheppard

Pairing: John/Other
Categories: Angst, Atlantis, John Sheppard, John/Rodney Friendship, Vignette
Warnings: Character Death
Author on LJ: in_wintertime
Author's Website: List of Fic on Wraithbait

Link: "The Things Which Are Caesar's"

Why This Must Be Read:

"Five gods John Sheppard never worshiped."

This is a beautifully observed and eloquent set of "Five Things" fic.

I can't say enough about how these short snippets moved me. There's a sparse quality to the writing; a few short sentences can hold a wealth of history and meaning, and then strike you close to the heart when you realize what you have just read.

Read them slowly, and savor every last word.

A Teeny Extract

John silently agreed. Wilson had been one of the scientists shipped in on the Daedalus: he had never walked the sleeping city only to feel it wake up underneath his fingertips, underneath his clumsy footfalls. The gene therapy had never worked into his blood. The lights stayed uselessly dull above him and the console screens worked slowly, unwillingly. He couldn't understand that if the city had steeples, it had them for itself.

Comments

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

oooh! you found one!
and that was good and I'd never seen it before. Thanks!

[rigel-7.livejournal.com]

I did!

I had to sift through my bajillion bookmarks to find one by a new author (to me anyway :P)

And then I remembered my 5 things set of bookmarks!