Balance, Things You Never Did

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My rec table.

Claim: Stargate: Atlantis - John Sheppard
Title: Balance
Author: cupidsbow
Characters: John Sheppard.
Prompt: 21. Epiphany.
Rating: PG-13.
Length: medium (1,026 words)
Brief summary: Why John flew toward a Wraith hive ship with nothing but a nuclear bomb for company.

"I don't have a death wish," John interjected, voice low and reasonable, trying to keep the situation from escalating into something that could be heard from space. Not that the situation was anything close to reasonable, because John had, after all, just tried to commit suicide, and he could barely comprehend it himself, if he let his thoughts linger on it for more than a second, because he'd never before today understood how someone could do that: go into a situation which had no out at all, not even for someone like John who believed in his own innate ability to transcend bad luck.

Link to the story: Balance

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Claim: Stargate: Atlantis - John Sheppard
Title: Things You Never Did
Author: godofwine
Characters: John Sheppard, ensemble.
Prompt: 24. Future Fic.
Rating: PG.
Length: medium (2,017 words)
Brief summary: About the things John never did, yes, but also about the things he did—and most of all about what happens to the people in his life and the world he lived in after he dies.

At your funeral, Elizabeth gave a moving speech about sacrifice and courage in the face of adversity. She said you were a tremendous leader who cared deeply about his people. She said you'd be missed; that was your favorite part.

Rodney said, "John wasn't really like Kirk." He meant to say, "John was a great friend and a great person," but he couldn't find the cue cards he wrote beforehand. You would've known what he meant.

Link to the story: Things You Never Did

Comments

[silentfire.livejournal.com]

ahaha! fancy meeting you here! except i'm so very not surprised, because we've a deadline coming and it's what we do.

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

we are AWESOME in our procrastination! i can't wait to read all your recs. also i'm down three glasses of champagne, so i'm like, coding under the influence. yay john sheppard!