Coming Soon to a Galaxy Near You!, Looking Glass

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Claim: Stargate: Atlantis - John Sheppard
Title: Coming Soon to a Galaxy Near You!
Author: trinityofone
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay.
Prompt: 12. Humor.
Rating: R.
Length: medium (4,170 words)
Brief summary: A Starbucks sprouted up overnight. In the city of Atlantis. John has an acute paranoia attack while everyone else rejoices and orders frothy caffeinated beverages.

"Is. It. Hurting. Anyone?" Rodney repeated, with what he must've been sure was infinite patience.

"Well," John admitted, after an anguished mental search for anti-Starbucks evidence that produced next to nothing--John didn’t think fair trade was particularly high on Rodney’s list of political priorities. "No."

"Then what's the big deal?" And how wrong was it that Rodney should be more lackadaisical about this than he was?

"It's just..." John struggled to find the right word. "...Creepy."

Link to the story: Coming Soon to a Galaxy Near You!

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Claim: Stargate: Atlantis - John Sheppard
Title: Looking Glass
Author: Shalott, aka astolat
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay.
Prompt: 15. Crackfic.
Rating: NC-17.
Length: medium (2,775 words)
Brief summary: In which John Sheppard finally realizes the Pegasus Galaxy is absolutely, collectively insane, but comes to the simultaenous conclusion that he is part of that insanity, and that it's awesome. (Plus aliens make them have sex!)

The pile of his uniform and clothing was still neatly folded up and stacked in the corner, on top of the bed, and John knew exactly what he was supposed to do: go and scrub his face clean, put his uniform back on, and tell Rodney that none of this had ever happened. "Want to fuck me?" he said instead, to the Rodney in the mirror, and Rodney said, "Oh, God, yes, please," and then added, tentatively, "and can we -- "

Link to the story: Looking Glass