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I Only Want the Same as Anyone
1200 words :: Stargate: Atlantis :: John/Rodney :: 6/3/11 :: warning policy
The guy holds out the application and their fingers touch when John takes it from him. If this were a book or a movie there'd be a spark or something, but it's just like touching anyone.

Notes: Written for the "in public" square for Kink Bingo 2011. Also written as part of the McShep Match 2011 drabble tree. The title is from The Rain King by Counting Crows.

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Everything Changes
~1600 words :: Stargate: Atlantis :: John/Rodney :: 2/15/11 :: warning policy
When Rodney thought about kissing, it always involved things like soft breasts and flowery perfume, and definitely not John Sheppard and a slightly-used issue of Playboy John had snagged from his brother's (not so secret) stash.

Notes: Thanks to helens78 for the beta. I started this fic four years ago, so I'm really glad to finally get it finished!

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This Addiction
100 words :: Stargate: Atlantis :: John/Rodney :: 5/31/10 :: warning policy
Rodney rests one hand where a heartbeat should be, the stillness less jarring than he'd expected.

Notes: Written for the McShep Match drabble tree.

( He drops to his knees... )

The Best Days of My Life
~1700 words :: Stargate: Atlantis :: John/Ronon :: 4/16/10 :: warning policy
Ronon pushes himself up onto his elbows. He reaches out and traces the purple bruise running down John's side. It's all he can do not to press on it.

Notes: Thanks to helens78 for the beta. Written for gaffsie for satedan_grabass. Um, the prompts to pick from were a happy ending, a Harlequin AU, or something post-season 5, and since I didn't have any post-season 5 ideas and don't like Harlequin AUs, I went with a happy ending, but that seemed pretty vague, so I poked around on gaffsie's delicious to see what sort of fics she likes and maybe get some ideas. And there was lots of kink and quite a few school AUs, so...hopefully dorky teenboys exploring kink is as appealing to her as it is to me. XD

( ''Sure you don't want to join the dark side? Garcia said he'll still let you on the team, but you gotta make a decision before school starts.'' )

The Fourteenth of Green
~3200 words :: Stargate: Atlantis :: John/Rodney :: 9/12/09 :: warning policy
It has been three weeks. Rodney marks another line on the wall. These ones are in red, a clean break to mark the days without John.

( He's just about to get up and close the curtains when his screen beeps at him. He knows it's Teyla without looking up; no one but Teyla ever calls anymore. )

Notes: This was written for mcshep_match 2009. Thanks to helens78 for the incredible beta. This would have been so much more confusing without her. Also thanks to everyone else who read drafts of this and offered feedback. Commentary for the fic can be found here.

The Secret on Your Lips That Nobody Knows
400 words :: Stargate: Atlantis :: John/Rodney :: 6/20/09

The boys huddle around Rodney's desk the next day at lunch, admiring the well-worn Playboy Rodney managed to find in his dad's closet, and Rodney tries to ignore the sinking feeling in his stomach when John says, "Man, I'd give a million dollars to fuck her."

( ''Where'd you get it anyway?'' John says after school, locker clanging shut. It's only the fifth time he's spoken directly to Rodney. Rodney hates himself for keeping track. )

Right Where I Want You
~1400 words :: adult :: Stargate: Atlantis :: Rodney/Teyla :: 5/18/09
"Spread your legs," she says, kissing the back of his neck. The hair tickles her nostrils and she rubs her nose against his neck to get rid of the itch. "Assume the position."

( She's got him right where she wants him. )

Notes: Thanks to helens78 for the beta. This was written for telesilla's "Rodney/Teyla, pegging" prompt at random_fic_is_random.

You've Written Your Own Directions (And Whistled the Rules of Change)
~2500 words :: adult :: Stargate: Atlantis :: John/Rodney :: 6/27/08
Rodney's main criteria when browsing personals is intelligence, or at least the appearance thereof. Correct spelling and grammar, that sort of thing. As it happens, this narrows down the field considerably.

( The patented Rodney McKay charm can be lethal in large doses. )

Notes: Thanks to helens78 for the beta. This was written for the "skin deep" prompt for mcshep_match (Team Away). Commentary for the story can be found here.

A soundtrack is available as well (if you can't access it on Megaupload, let me know and I'll upload it to my server):

( Track list )

Life (Sometimes It Washes Over Me)
~5800 words :: adult :: Stargate: Atlantis :: John/Rodney :: 9/12/07
This is growing up. Sometimes it hurts, but you clench your teeth and grin and bear it and don't think about tomorrow.



( It's hot today, must be in the nineties, maybe, and it's not even noon yet. John's got his shirt off, got it tucked into the back of his cut-offs in case he needs it later, doesn't want to have to go back to the motel room and risk waking Rodney. )

Notes: Thanks to helens78 for the many last-minute betas and to lunasky for the lovely banner. Written for the "transformation" prompt on mcshep_match (Team Angst).

A soundtrack is available as well (if you can't access it on Megaupload, let me know and I'll upload it to my server):

01. I've Been High/R.E.M.
02. Round Here/Counting Crows
03. Daughter/Pearl Jam
04. Learning to Fly/Pink Floyd
05. Falling/Matthew Sweet
06. All Over You/Live
07. Wish 'Em All Away/Embrace
08. Thursday's Child/David Bowie
09. Runaway Train/Soul Asylum
10. Nightswimming/R.E.M.
11. On the Bus Mall/The Decemberists
12. Beat a Drum/R.E.M.

There is also now an AU sequel, Ring of Fire by busaikko, as well as audiofic of both.

telesilla has written DVD commentary for it here.

Not Like Years Ago
~800 words :: Stargate: Atlantis :: John/Rodney :: 8/31/07
The first time he met Coach Sheppard, Rodney was ready to write him off as just another pretty-boy jock, no different from the dimwitted assholes in high school who'd done their best to make his life a living hell all those years ago.

( Rodney wasn't jealous. He didn't need his students to like him; he'd rather they use what few brain cells they had to learn the material. Even his AP students were depressingly mediocre this year. )

Notes: Thanks to helens78 for the beta. Written for _bettina_'s request of "John/Rodney on Earth". *sigh* I wouldn't mind revisiting this universe at all, but God only knows if I'll ever get around to it.