rec50 | And I Would Be, Land Shark

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Claim: Stargate: Atlantis - John Sheppard
Title: And I Would Be
Author: Brighid, aka

brighidestone
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay.
Prompt: 3. Angst.
Rating: NC-17.
Length: medium (2,124 words)
Brief summary: Past and present, intercut: John's life has always been about wanting what he can't have, giving something up every time he gets something.

"Rough night?" his dad asks, and his eyes are unbearably gentle.

John nods again, body tight with misery, burning with wanting.

"Your mother's brother's queer," his dad says at last, his gaze taking in the boots, the fishnets that show beneath the coat, the lipstick that Joey's kisses had smeared, the thousand things he's never let himself notice before. "Uncle Mark. It wouldn't be new for this family. But Johnny ... faggots don't fly. Not with the Air Force, anyway." John flinches at the word, at the crudity of it in his father's mouth, because Andrew Sheppard is a good man; he's always been more than polite to his wife's brother, accepting him for who and what he was without any sign of disapproval.

But he's still right.

Link to the story: And I Would Be

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Claim: Stargate: Atlantis - John Sheppard
Title: Land Shark
Author:

basingstoke
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Radek Zelenka.
Prompt: 4. Fluff.
Rating: PG.
Length: short (996 words)
Brief summary: Hilarious little piece wherein Rodney and Radek battle it out in the back of the jumper while John cuts out the middlemen and saves the day.

That's when Rodney devolved to insults. If Rodney broke out with "Radek, you ignorant slut," John wouldn't be at all surprised. Normally, that would mean that Zelenka was right and Rodney was wrong, but Rodney seemed pretty sure about that whole "fine mist" thing.

Well. Hell with this. John was the pilot, he was the samurai here. Time to cut the counter in half.

He put both hands on the dash and talked to the jumper as directly as he could. Jumper? Baby? Light of my life?

Link to the story: Land Shark