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Show: SGA
Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan
Pairings: Rodney/John
Categories: slash, drama, angst with a happy ending
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Words: 44,545
Author's Journal: n/a
Author's Website: EPHenderson on AO3
Link: A Mistake Worth Making Twice
Author’s summary: After John and Rodney drunkenly sleep together, John is horrified, and Rodney is hurt. Their attempts to repair the friendship may be in vain, as both their strategies only seem to make things worse.
Why This Must Be Read: This is an absolutely outstanding fic! From the summary alone, it promises a deeply emotional story of heartbreak and sorrow, but also a tale of true love, with all its burdens and grace. Assured by the happy ending tag, the story takes you with Rodney—alternately with John—through anger, angst, grief, frustration, intrigue, and jealousy. But it also offers hope, insight, understanding, reaching out, realization, and ultimately, triumph and fulfillment—capped off with the hottest ending ever.
So, if you enjoy stories that shatter your heart alongside Rodney’s in a roller coaster of emotions and then piece it back together with a passionate, hard-won, breathtaking happy ending, this fic is for you!
( snippet of fic )
Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan
Pairings: Rodney/John
Categories: slash, drama, angst with a happy ending
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Words: 44,545
Author's Journal: n/a
Author's Website: EPHenderson on AO3
Link: A Mistake Worth Making Twice
Author’s summary: After John and Rodney drunkenly sleep together, John is horrified, and Rodney is hurt. Their attempts to repair the friendship may be in vain, as both their strategies only seem to make things worse.
Why This Must Be Read: This is an absolutely outstanding fic! From the summary alone, it promises a deeply emotional story of heartbreak and sorrow, but also a tale of true love, with all its burdens and grace. Assured by the happy ending tag, the story takes you with Rodney—alternately with John—through anger, angst, grief, frustration, intrigue, and jealousy. But it also offers hope, insight, understanding, reaching out, realization, and ultimately, triumph and fulfillment—capped off with the hottest ending ever.
So, if you enjoy stories that shatter your heart alongside Rodney’s in a roller coaster of emotions and then piece it back together with a passionate, hard-won, breathtaking happy ending, this fic is for you!
( snippet of fic )