Sex Like Math; Guy Stuff

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Claim: Stargate: Atlantis, Rodney McKay
Prompt: Teamwork
Title: Sex Like Math
Author: 3jane
Rating: NC-17
Length: medium
Brief summary:

This is how Rodney and Radek's relationship should always be: late nights in the lab working in tandem, and then sweet, sloppy, celebratory sex when it all comes together. I love this take on the two of them, they are so in-tune to each other in that way only two people with a shared passion can be. This is geek sex in the best possible way, capturing perfectly the exhileration that comes from innovation.

Link: Sex Like Math

Claim: Stargate: Atlantis, Rodney McKay
Prompt: Jealousy
Title: Guy Stuff
Author: lamardeuse
Rating: NC-17
Length: medium
Brief summary:

SG-1 visits Atlantis and John gets caught up in flyboy bonding with Colonel Mitchell. Rodney is not amused. This is just a happy fic, light and funny and a just a little bit silly. There's a great sweet moment between Rodney and Sam in the middle. And the mental image of John when he shows up to apologize is guaranteed to make you smile.

Link: Guy Stuff

Theory/Practice; The Last of the Winnebagoes

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Claim: Stargate: Atlantis, Rodney McKay
Prompt: UST
Title: Theory/Practice
Author: isiscolo
Rating: NC-17
Length: medium
Brief summary:

In theory Rodney McKay's life looks very different then it does in practice. I love the format of this story; each contrast between fantasy and reality is tightly drawn and offers a pointed insight into McKay's character. isicolo's prose is razor-sharp, each word perfectly chosen for maximum effect. The result is a short but intense story that really gets inside the mind of Rodney McKay.

Link: Theory/Practice

Claim: Stargate: Atlantis, Rodney McKay
Prompt: Future-fic
Title: The Last of the Winnebagoes
Author: trinityofone
Rating: PG
Length: medium
Brief summary:

Neither of them really wants to retire, but they’re turning into the Statler and Waldorf of Atlantis, bitching at everybody from a balcony.

That's just such a perfect image of the aged John and Rodney, still snarking at everyone and each other, even as they're shuffled increasingly to the sidelines, obsolete in a galaxy they've come to call home. trinityofone recreates the bittersweet feel of the Connie Willis short story from which she takes her title, but tempers it with a tenderness that's all her own, for a perfect understated gem of a story.

Link: The Last of the Winnebagoes

Independence; Unexpected Compassion

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Claim: Stargate: Atlantis, Rodney McKay
Prompt: Original Character
Title: Independence
Author: laceymcbain
Rating: G
Length: medium
Brief summary:

A unique perspective on Rodney and his departure from earth offered by an unusual OC, his cat. It shouldn't work and yet somehow it's perfect. Stylistically this story is perfect. Short, straightforward sentences and a lack of contractions give just a hint of a non-standard pov without overwhelming the story or feeling gimicky. Sad but in no way sappy, this is a perfect example of how great an expiremental and risky to attempt fic can be.

Link: Independence

Claim: Stargate: Atlantis, Rodney McKay
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Title: Unexpected Compassion
Author: tielan
Rating: PG
Length: medium
Brief summary:

A quietly perfect Rodney/Teyla coda to Critical Mass. tielan's Rodney pov is lovely. Awkward but sincere, he's the perfect antidote for Teyla's grief,his concern for his teammate shing through even when he's tripping over his own tongue. I love how Teyla and Rodney relate to each other here, there's mutual respect yet also a sweet awkwardness from both of them that I just love.

Link: Unexpected Compassion

Within Reach; Close Only Counts in Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

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Claim: Stargate: Atlantis, Rodney McKay
Prompt: Dream
Title: Within Reach
Author: ficbyzee
Rating: NC-17
Length: long
Brief summary:

When John is killed on a mission, Rodney has trouble dealing with his grief. And when John starts showing up in his dreams, he bceomes increasingly convinced that John isn't dead at all. This fic just makes me so happy every time I read it. It's an emotional rollercoaster of a fic, heartbreaking in some places, hilarious in others. Yet somehow ficbyzee manages to keep it all in balance, Although this fic is very much about Rodney and John, she makes great use of the entire extended Atlantis cast, particularly Elizabeth in her twin roles as a colleague and as a friend.

Link: Within Reach

Claim: Stargate: Atlantis, Rodney McKay
Prompt: Denial
Title: Close Only Counts in Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
Author: smittywing
Rating: NC-17
Length: epic
Brief summary:

Rodney McKay never does anything by halves, so of course he would raise denial to an artform. Because as long as nothing he does with John "counts" he can pretty much postpone his gay freak-out indefinitely. I love the episodic nature of this story, by skipping from encounter to encounter smittywing maximizes both the hot, fabulous sex and the perfectly-paced emotional arc, as she builds to an ending that is sweet and happy and just utterly perfect.

Link: Close Only Counts in Horseshoes and Hand Grenades