Untalented And Completely Unprepared . . . & Advantage

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My rec table.

Claim: Stargate: Atlantis - Rodney McKay
Title: Untalented And Completely Unprepared, But Giving It His Best Shot Anyway
Author: Dasha
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Carson Beckett, et al.
Prompt: 09. Hurt/Comfort.
Rating: PG.
Length: long.
Brief summary: As usual Rodney performs heroically in the field under enormous pressure; and then falls apart later, in the peace of the aftermath. Along the way he figures a few things out and has a couple of things pointed out to him—because he needs that sometimes.
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Link to the story: Untalented And Completely Unprepared, But Giving It His Best Shot Anyway

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Claim: Stargate: Atlantis - Rodney McKay
Title: Advantage
Author: Resonant, aka resonant8
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard.
Prompt: 10. Fandom Cliche.
Rating: NC-17.
Length: long.
Brief summary: Ha! Aliens-made-them-do-it isn't the only cliche in this fandom! It's slavery this time around, but Resonant is one of the best at taking a cliche, turning it on its ear, and making it completely fresh again. For my money this is one of the best and truest Rodney characterizations I've ever read. One of the story's greatest insights into him is explained succinctly in the author's notes, so if you usually skip those, make a point of checking them out this time.
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Link to the story: Advantage

Care in the Holding

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My Sheppard/McKay rec50 table.

Claim: Stargate Atlantis: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Title: Care in the Holding
Author: Lacey McBain(laceymcbain)
Characters: Sheppard/McKay
Prompt: 49 - Reccer's Choice
Rating: Mature
Length: Long
Brief summary: Comfort, for me, often means romance. And by romance, I mean a story that builds slowly, showing how the relationship between the two characters focuses and tightens up over time. Lots of UST, told in simple ways -- looks, touches, moments when things just work -- all building to that wonderful first time.

This story is pretty much a textbook case for that, plus it has guns and target practice too. There's really no bad in that.

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Link to the story: Care in the Holding

"Perfect" + "Peace"

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My prompt table/list.

Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: Perfect
Author: Georgina, at juppy.org and eponymous
Characters: BSB, Howie's boyfriend, Kristen, Leighanne, Baylee, asorted bodyguards
Prompt: 08 Friendship
Rating: -
Length: medium
Brief summary: I love on-tour stories and this is an unusually fine example. The characterisations are superb and the dialogue and interaction between the guys feels spot-on. This is much more a story about the friendship between the Boys than it is about the budding love between Nick and Howie. It's a story that makes me happy to read.
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Link to the story: Perfect


Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: Peace
Author: Lucy, at lucy_fic
Characters: BSB
Prompt: 20 Fight
Rating: explicit sex
Length: short/medium
Brief summary: A sweet story about Howie the peacemaker. And it got some really hot sex too. A good example of Lucy at her finest.
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Link to the story: Peace