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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, George Hammond
Pairings: Jack O'Neill/Samantha Carter
Categories: het, first time, episode tag, mission gone awry
Warnings: canon-level violence
Word Count: 4450
Author on DW: none
Author's Website: AO3 profile
Link to Fic: Shockwave

Author's Summary:

How many times can they face death together before something gives?

For Ship Day 2020

Why This Must Be Read:

A lovely coda to Divide and Conquer in which both Jack and Sam deal (not so well) with the consequences of their admission of liking each other too much.

A mission gone awry means their lives are on the line again and Jack, finally, has had enough!

Lovely fic!

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Show: SG-1, SGA

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: slash, sentinal/guide, first time
Warnings: none
Word Count: 2000
Author on DW:

logicgunn
Author's Website: AO3 Profile
Link: Your Attention

Author's Summary:

"Oh, stop sulking. I’ll talk to you when I’m done, but I’m at a critical stage here, and your neanderthal-esque emotional turmoil is a diversion I can’t afford. Go get beaten up by some marines or something while you wait for me.”

Why This Must Be Read:

Rodney will never be a meek guide and he's busy and John just has to wait for him to finish what he's doing first.

Jack is there to help John and Rodney meet, and the story sounds pretty pre-Atlantis, so it's an SG-1 story technically. But that's not important... letting our boyz play is the most important part.

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Show: SG-1, SGA

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Carson Beckett
Pairings: Jack O'Neill/Daniel Jackson, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: Romance, Jack on Atlantis, first time
Warnings: Slash
Word Count: 3100
Author on DW:

goddess47
Author's Website: AO3 profile
Link to Fic: Filling Empty Spaces

Author's Summary:

"Where'd everything go?" John asked, looking around the mostly empty room. "Not like you to put stuff in storage."

Why This Must Be Read:

The fun part of rec'ing fic is that occasionally I get to rec one of my own! (Lures in new folk to do recs...)

It's part of a larger fic that still sits in my WIP folder, but it stands alone well. It's Jack O'Neill telling John to get his head out of his butt. Pining/oblivious boyz take over from there.

I figure a bit of fluff and romance is something we can all use. Enjoy!

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Show: Stargate Atlantis
Rec Category: John/Rodney
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagen, Todd the Wraith
Pairings: John/Rodney, Teyla/Kanaan
Categories: Slash, First Time, Humor
Warnings: None
Author's Journal:

esteefee
Author's Website:

esteefee
Link: Tempting Rodney

Why This Must Be Read: Life's been stressful lately, so when @esteefee posted this cute, funny fic about John adopting a cat to entice Rodney back to Atlantis, it really hit the spot. With Atlantis parked near San Francisco, Rodney and Jennifer get an apartment together on the mainland. But when their relationship falls through, Rodney elects to stay in the apartment, and well, that just won't do. John is clueless about how to raise a kitten, but ends up being smitten anyway. Read this fic to brighten up your day!

Show: Stargate Atlantis
Rec Category: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard
Pairings: John/Rodney
Categories: Slash, First time, AU
Warnings: Attempted non-con, discovery of dead bodies, death of animals
Author's Journal:

logicgunn
Author's Website: @ ao3
Link: The Long Dark

Why This Must Be Read: First, I want to assure any potential readers that despite the warnings, this fic is actually pretty fluffy. It's a crossover (fusion?) with the video game The Long Dark. John and Rodney are traveling to an air base when their helicopter crashes. They have to survive alone in the upper part of Canada (hence the animal death, as they hunt to survive). They take care of each other and there is A LOT of cuddling and sweetness. The attempted non-con does not happen between John and Rodney, plus it isn't graphically described. Mostly it's just the boys getting to know each other and falling in love.

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Show: Stargate Atlantis
Rec Category: John/Rodney
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagen, Ronon Dex, Sam Carter
Pairings: John/Rodney
Categories: First Time, Canon AU, Romance
Warnings: None
Author's Journal:

skoosiepants
Author's Website: @ Ao3
Link: The Long Journey Home

Why This Must Be Read: I love skoosiepants' work. She writes humor so well, and all her fics are sweet and fun. In this one, Rodney McKay is a successful science fiction writer. His book series, Star Warrior, follows a military man with gravity-defying hair traveling to other planets with his teammates. But he doesn't really exist, right? Not so much. This is one of the few fics where John joins the SGC before Rodney does, and they have a psychic connection because of ancient tech. It's fun!

Show: Stargate Atlantis
Rec Category: John/Rodney
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, Jennifer Keller, Ronon Dex, Richard Woolsey
Pairings: John/Rodney, past John Sheppard/OMCs, past Rodney McKay/Jennifer Keller
Categories: First Time, Alternate Universe, Romance
Warnings: None
Author's Journal:

velocitygrass
Author's Website: @ Ao3
Link: New Shores

Why This Must Be Read: I've been craving long McShep fic that really focuses on the romance. Reading this really satisfied that craving. John and Rodney have moved to a new town for various reasons, and end up buying a house together. Cohabitation comes easily for them, much to their surprise. It's just a 42k fic about the two of them meeting, setting up a house together, and falling in love. Sometimes it's just what a fangirl needs~

Show: Stargate Atlantis
Rec Category: John/Rodney
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, Ronon Dex
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, past John Sheppard/Cameron Mitchell
Categories: First Time, Fusion, Alternate Universe, Romance
Warnings: None
Author's Journal: N/A
Author's Website: @ Ao3
Link: Code of Honor

Why This Must Be Read: This is a Stargate Atlantis/Star Wars fusion. Specifically, according to the tags, SW: Knights of the Old Republic. I'm not all that into Star Wars, if I'm honest. I can't keep the characters straight, and I'm confused on the timeline of some things. This fic is written in such a way that it doesn't matter. I love science fiction AUs, and there's not many of them because SGA is already sci-fi. So it's fun to read a fic where they travel to other planets, and meet alien species, but in a way that's not Stargate. All the worldbuilding is light and background (no info dumps here). John and Rodney are so sweet and deeply in love in this fic - they can't keep their hands off each other. And I love that John and Rodney are just two regular people and it's Teyla and Ronon who are the Jedi Knights with the important missions. It's fun, with a bit of angst (especially concerning everybody's pasts). It's romantic, and it's team.

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter
Pairings: Jack/Sam
Categories: Het, first time, humor
Warnings: None
Word Count: 6100
Author's Profile on AO3: AO3 Profile
Link: Setting the Mood

Author's Summary:

The moment they open the door to their room two things become immediately apparent. One is that the room is incredibly small and there is not much space available to actually give each other any space, and other is that Ethan the clerk clearly has different understanding of what a double means.

“He said there were two beds!” he glares at the lone bed occupying the majority of the floor area as though it was an offence to them both.

If it wasn’t bad enough that they’ve been caught in a thunder storm together, leaving them soaking wet, now they have to spend the night in the same motel room in the same bed. It’s the beginnings of a clichéd romance novel - and that is not what they need.

Why This Must Be Read:

Oh, come on! Who can resists "but there was only one bed!" fic. That's exactly what this is.

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em_kellesvig

Show: SGA

Rec Category: Time Loops
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Ensemble
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: Slash, First time, Drama, Angst
Warnings: Temporary Character Death
Author's Journal:

mistokitt
Link: Iteration (Wraithbait)

Why This Must Be Read: Time loops are often written as repetitive events that need to be escaped; in this story, something is changed in each loop and the consequences become the focus: how our actions reverberate through the lives of the people around us. MistoKitt explores this concept in terrifying detail, how changing one thing changes everything and how it changes the person caught in the loop. This story is about choices, and fear, and bravery. It's about Rodney McKay doing his best for the people he loves and for people he doesn't even know.

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em_kellesvig

Show: SGA

Rec Category: Time Loops
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Lt. Ford, Radek Zelenka
Pairings: McKay/Sheppard
Categories: Slash, First time
Warnings: None.
Author's Journal:

giddygeek
Link: Day Break

Why This Must Be Read: Most writers approach time loops from the POV of the person who knows it's a time loop. This one doesn't and it's delightful. Rodney McKay knows to be wary when John Sheppard smiles like that, too bright and a little dangerous, and that's what gets the ball rolling on a rollicking time loop that's too ordinary and horribly mundane and still full of surprises. It's a fun, fast read that will leave you giggling.

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Show: SGA
Rec Category: AMTDI (aliens made them do it)
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: slash
Warnings: "Chose not to warn" and from Punk's notes: Contains: spanking, public humiliation, AMTDI dubcon. This story may be unsafe for people with triggers.
Author on DW:

runpunkrun
Author's Website: See the AO3, also Punk's own website
Link: The Bottom Line on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: Okay, this time it's classic AMTDI with an excellently written fic about John and Rodney discovering they don't mind so very much after all that they've been forced to have kinky sex in front of the usual voyeuristic tribesmen, chief and witchdoctor. I'll just direct you to the warnings above - it'll either be your sort of thing, or it won't! PS: very definitely my sort of thing :)

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Show: SGA
Rec Category: First Time
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: Slash
Warnings: N/A
Author on DW: N/A
Author's Website: @ ao3
Link: A Question of Quantum Physics, Molecular Attraction and Timing

Why This Must Be Read: This fic was just reposted to ao3 and I was reminded how much I love it. John moves in next door to Rodney, and they strike up a friendship that turns into more. But Rodney has no idea what John does for a living, and they make a deal that if Rodney can guess what he does, John will do whatever Rodney wants. But John is a mystery! It's just so fun and cute.

Show: Stargate Atlantis
Rec Category: First Time
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: Slash, First Time
Warnings: None
Author's Journal: N/A
Author's Website: @ ao3
Link: Neighboring Solitudes

Why This Must Be Read: This is a fun Duet AU where John and Rodney are stuck together inside John's body. The intimacy of sharing a body kickstarts something between them. Chelle is always such a talented, entertaining author, so you know you're in for a good time.

Show: SGA
Rec Category: First Time
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: Slash, First Time, Canon AU
Warnings: None
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: @ ao3
Link: The Most Beautiful Man in Atlantis

Why This Must Be Read: This is such a fun, soft read. This is an AU where John didn't go on the expedition during the first wave, and shows up later. And Rodney is completely, utterly smitten. But he also has this unfortunate habit of looking absolutely disgusting whenever John shows up. Ripped, stained clothing, wild hair, etc. It's a short read but so fun.

Show: SGA
Rec Category: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: Slash, Canon, First Time
Warnings: Captivity/Forced proximity
Author's Journal: velocitygrass
Author's Website: Ao3
Link: Unable To Run, Unable To Hide

Why This Must Be Read: John and Rodney are forced to share a cell after the destruction of a planet. They're well treated but bored, and naturally the topic of masterbation comes up. They settle into what should be a friends with benefits situation, but John's pining and Rodney isn't acting like it's just a helping hand between buddies.

Show: SGA
Rec Category: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Elizabeth Weir, Teyla Emmagen, Ronon Dex
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: Slash, Alternate Universe - Fusion, First Time
Warnings: No Warnings
Author's Journal: ami-ven @ LJ
Author's Website: Ao3
Link: Touching and Touched

Why This Must Be Read: This is a Star Trek fusion, in which John is a half-Vulcan. Much like Spock, he defies his father and joins Starfleet. Rodney is the Science Officer on board the USS Atlantis, where John will be the security chief. Teyla is first officer and chooses John and Rodney to join her on her away team. They're traveling through the wormhole into the mostly unexplored Beta Quadrant, where Teyla is from.

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Show: SGA
Rec Category: Slash
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Carson Beckett
Categories: First Time, Angst
Warnings: None
Author's Journal:

selenic
Author's Website: selenic @ ao3
Link: Invasion

Why This Must Be Read: This fic starts off with Atlantis being successfully invaded and mind controlled by a mysterious group of aliens. Only John Sheppard stands against them, though he's not sure how to go about winning back Atlantis. But a bit of luck puts John on the right path - and then there's a twist I didn't see coming...though all ends well, if you're worried!

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Slash
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex
Categories: First Time, Angst, Alternate Universe
Warnings: Tagged with suicidal thoughts and permanent injury
Author's Journal:

danceswithgary
Author's Website: Danceswithgary @ ao3
Link: The Man With The Clockwork Heart

Why This Must Be Read: Now that the SGA Secret Santa is finished up, I'm going to try and slip in a few more recs for the month :D This one is short, clocking in at only 6k, but it's such a fascinating alternate universe. In it, John is born missing his arm below his elbow, and with a weak heart. So his grandfather, Janus, gives him a clockwork heart. Of course, every piece of machinery needs upkeep, and what's a sailor to do when his grandfather dies but find a new machinist? Enter Rodney McKay, who has taken over Janus' workshop. He's just the man John needs, in more ways than one.

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Slash
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Warnings: None
Author on DW:

melagan
Author's Website: Melagan on Ao3
Link: Area 51

Why This Must Be Read: This is an incredibly fun, charming AU where Rodney is an FBI agent assigned to Area 51. Part of Rodney's job is to interview people who call in UFO and/or other mysterious sightings. John Sheppard, proprietor of the local Alien Emporium, makes such a call. There's something so fun about John appearing to be a sexy owner of a kooky shop. A friendship forms, but John has a secret...

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Slash
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Evan Lorne, Chuck
Warnings: None
Author on DW:

squidgiepdx
Author's Website: Squidgiepdx on Ao3
Link: Acting Your Truth

Why This Must Be Read: Rodney is a famous stage actor, musician, and writer. John Sheppard is an A-list actor who has been stuck playing sci-fi hero in increasingly crappy movies. When one of Rodney's short stories is rewritten for a movie, Rodney and John are tapped to play the leads. The project means a great deal to both men, for different reasons. Rodney is horrified John is being cast, as he views him as a subpar actor. John is angry that Rodney is so dismissive of him. Both are about to be surprised. Despite being 62k, this fic goes fast: I've read it twice, and both times once I got started I read right through the end in one go. The characterization is spot on. Squidgie's Ronon is particularly fun.

Show: Stargate Atlantis
Rec Category: Alternate Universe
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, minor appearances of Ronon Dex, Jeannie Miller, & Elizabeth Weir
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: Slash, First Time, Alternate Universe
Warnings: None
Author's Journal: N/A
Author's Website: Ao3 Account
Link: An Eleven-Step Guide to Survival by Prince Meredith (ed. John Sheppard)

Why This Must Be Read: This is a fusion with Garth Nix's Abhorsen series. Rodney is the brother of the future Abhorsen, Teyla (the person whose job is to maintain the border between life and death), and the heir to the throne, Jeannie. He's at a bit of a loss as to what he wants to do for the rest of his life when he meets John, a pilot who's plane crash-landed in the Old Kingdom. John's unprepared to survive in the Old Kingdom with his limited knowledge of charter magic (magic that uses symbols, drawn on paper/ in the air, spoken, engraved or embedded in an object, or whistled) and the roaming dead. Luckily, Rodney's there to help him! It's not too long of a read and gives you enough worldbuilding to carry you along. Honestly, I could read about 100k of this, but the author does a good job of crafting a satisfying 8k story.
John and Rodney are great, and I love their interactions here. It's fun!

Show: Stargate Atlantis
Rec Category: Alternate Universe
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: Slash, First Time, Medieval times
Warnings: killing of wild animals/hunting, fake vomit, blood, mention of John/OMC casual sex
Author's Journal:

velocitygrass
Author's Website: Ao3 Account
Link: The Fallen Star

Why This Must Be Read: This is a fun AU set in medieval times where Rodney decides to set out into a dangerous forest to locate a fallen star. John, his neighbor, decides to accompany him to keep him safe. They start the fic as near strangers, as Rodney is a hermit who dislikes company, But as the story progresses, John becomes fond of him and then attracted. It's light reading, which I find I need these days.

Show: Stargate Atlantis
Rec Category: Alternate Universe
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Evan Lorne, Carson Beckett
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: Slash, First Time, Angst,
Warnings: Dystopic universe, character death (none of the above listed characters), implied non-con
Author's Journal: N/A
Author's Website: Ao3 Account
Link: Within A Garden Fair

Why This Must Be Read: This is an AU in which Hathor manages to take control of the SGC. She uses drugs to control the minds of certain men (and those who aren't drugged are controlled by the threat of violence). Sam Carter, Janet Frasier, Teal'c, and those who attempted to defeat her in the episode have been killed. O'Neill is First Prime and Daniel has been turned into her consort (thus the implied non-con, since he's drugged and can't consent). Rodney is a scientist working for Hathor in this fic, and he's given two assistants who have the ATA gene in the hopes that he can make ancient tech work for Hathor. Soon, Rodney gets wind of an underground resistance, but he's not sure who he can trust - even the man he's falling for, John Sheppard.

I'm not a fan of super dark fic. So while there are many elements in this fic that will make you sad (oh, SG-1, you poor things), I didn't find it so heavy and unrelenting that I couldn't get through it. Nagi doesn't shy away from the harsh aspects of life under a goa'uld, but neither do they go into graphic detail either. I also wouldn't rec this fic if it didn't have a satisfying (if bittersweet) ending.

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goddess47 - Shockwave by Joracwyn (PG)
goddess47 - Your Attention by LogicGunn (R)
goddess47 - Filling Empty Spaces by Goddess47 (NC-17)
elbbircs - In Which Rodney Dates, John is Curious and Cadman Helps, by chellefic (Explicit)
popkin16 - Tempting Rodney, by esteefee [R]
popkin16 - The Long Dark by logicgunn [R]
popkin16 - The Long Journey Home by skoosiepants [PG-13]
popkin16 - New Shores by velocitygrass [PG-13]
popkin16 - Code of Honor, by reddwarfer [NC-17]
goddess47 - Setting the Mood by Sarah_M (NC-17)
em_kellesvig - Iteration by MistoKitt (PG-13)
em_kellesvig - Day Break by Giddygeek (PG-13)
mific - The Bottom Line (by Punk) (E)
popkin16 - A Question of Quantum Physics, Molecular Attraction and Timing by gottalovev [NC-17]
popkin16 - Neighboring Solitudes, by chelle [NC-17]
popkin16 - The Most Beautiful Man in Atlantis by smilebackwards [G]
popkin16 - Unable To Run, Unable to Hide by velocitygrass [Explicit]
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popkin16 - An Eleven-Step Guide to Survival by Prince Meredith (ed. John Sheppard) by theravenwrites [PG]
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popkin16 - Within A Garden Fair by nagi-schwarz [PG-13]

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