Fifteen Minutes, Absence

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Claim: Stargate: Atlantis - John Sheppard
Title: Fifteen Minutes
Author: Kylie Lee, aka kylielee1000
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay.
Prompt: 30. Seduction.
Rating: PG-13.
Length: medium (1,629 words)
Brief summary: Missing scene from Underground. Rodney's playing hard-to-get and John has fifteen minutes to talk him around, at his smooth-talking, fast-talking best.

"Throw me a bone here," Sheppard begged. "Are you dating someone else? Someone from home?"

McKay looked pensive. "I have a thing going with an astrophysicist, Samantha Carter, but it's nothing serious. Just some sexual tension."

"Astrophysicist?" Sheppard said. He'd met Samantha Carter, but he hadn't known she was an astrophysicist. She seemed just like every other Air Force officer to him, but with better hair.

McKay said, "I like smart."

Finally, an opening! Sheppard looked him right in the eye. "I do too," he said. "Brilliant, in fact. And have I mentioned—? I have a head for numbers. Look," he added hastily, as McKay stepped back, clearly ready to shut the door again. "I had a lot of fun that night, and I kind of…want more."

Link to the story: Fifteen Minutes

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Claim: Stargate: Atlantis - John Sheppard
Title: Absence
Author: nuhiep
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, Ronon Dex.
Prompt: 16. Teamwork.
Rating: G.
Length: short (499 words)
Brief summary: An examination of the dynamics of the team, in John's presence and out of it. He's the center of mass around which they orbit, and he warps the space around him.

When he's not looking, when he ranges ahead of them, eyes towards the horizon tracking movement under the dark lenses of his aviator sunglasses, they often argue in a silent, shared language. Glances exchanged, shifting from foot to foot - they discuss with uncanny precision the matters of the day.

Link to the story: Absence