New SGA story: Poltergeist

[resonant]

For mutecornett, in exchange for three beautiful icons (which I didn't dare let myself upload until I had her smutlet up!):

Poltergeist
McKay/Sheppard -- NC-17 -- 520 words
"Sleep to sex in under ten seconds. Maybe I'm not sorry I woke you after all."

Beta thanks to astolat and cesperanza.

(I also updated the website with another SGA smutlet first published on merrymakings: Knowing.)

Comments

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

Oh, that was delicious. I liked the emotional underpinning as much as the smut.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I always try to get them both in there -- the emotions and the sex -- and sometimes they don't want to cooperate!

[ubixtiz.livejournal.com]

Mmm, tasty. Sort of decadent. Yum.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Aw, that is so sweet! Scary apologetic ghost.

(BTW, you should put a feedback link on your page coz I guessed your LJ and went to the LJ of a gay male who does, very politely, tell everyone to come here. Snert.)

[kimberlite.livejournal.com]

"Nice acceleration you've got there,"

Yum! SportsCar!John is totally guh.

[paian]

The tactile cool/warm and the way their temperatures gradually align, and Rodney's always fast and greedy the first time, but if there's a second time, he likes to take the scenic route, and the way staying the night turns out to be a big deal but it's a bigger deal that it isn't a big deal, so there is no big deal, just them ... love. :-)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Ooh, you noticed all sorts of stuff, only some of which is intentional, but hey. Thanks! Glad you liked it.

[ecaterin.livejournal.com]

Res, you're scary, you know that? You left my fandom behind more than a year ago.....and I'm still enthralled by every word you write.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Sorry I'm not writing the stuff you really want any more, but glad you're enjoying the other stuff!

[http://users.livejournal.com/tesserae_/]

Entirely lovely and real...

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so glad! Thanks.

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

that was so lovely, the relationship and the depth of their feelings lightly alluded in this one moment of their relationship...and the sex was sweet and hot and...thank you!!!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Oh, good! I always hope these smutlets will be bigger on the inside than they are on the outside.

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

That was hot and gorgeous.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm glad! Thanks.

[bluebrocade.livejournal.com]

I loved it.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm glad.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Short but perfect.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Thanks! One day I will write a real story again, I'm sure of it.

[barely-bean.livejournal.com]

"You just, you stay over," he says. "You've always stayed over, and I'm sorry if I was supposed to notice it was a big deal."

It wasn't a big deal. That's the big deal.

I love how you write these hot little smutlets, and yet they're also absolutely sweet and filled with all this love. ♥

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad! That's exactly what I'm trying to do. I think of them as like celery hearts -- just the middle part where all the sex-n-love is, and not the leafy outer parts.

[mutecornett.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOU FOREVER.

I'm particularly amazed that you were able to make the ghost/poltergeist thing work so beautifully! Without it being sad at all! And god, there's such sensuality in the words. It's all described so lightly and deftly, and this has totally made MY YEAR and I'm going to gibber in excitement for the foreseeable future!!

EEEEEEE. IT IS PERFECT.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so glad you liked it! I realize I didn't do much with the ghost theme, because, yes, all the ideas I had that were more on topic were just sad and depressing, and I'm self-indulgent and don't want to write sad and depressing things!

I'm so glad. And I adore the icons. I've been refusing to let myself upload them until I had the piece written, so now I get to use them!

[panisdead.livejournal.com]

I'm actually a little teary. I want to say, "I love how John's done being scared," except that makes me feel like a bad disco tune. This is very sweet, though.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so glad that came across. I actually felt like it was a very big deal, except that in order for John to be there in the first place, it would have to have sneaked up on him so stealthily that by the time he realized it was a big deal (maybe exactly at the moment in the story), it was already done and too late to panic.

[wildgreentide.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, that was fabulous. I love the way you write them; it always rings true.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad they read like themselves! Thanks.

[daraq.livejournal.com]

Simply amazing. Thank you for this story and all the other beautiful stories you've posted since I first started reading your work in 1999.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Wow, this totally made my day! Thank you. Glad you've been enjoying them.

[aurora]

I love your writing so much. This once again proves it. :X

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Aww. I'm so glad! Thanks.

[livrelibre.livejournal.com]

Lovely as ever. In such a short space you say so much about what they are to each other and in such lovely language--sleepy sweet and alliterative "loose, lush, soft-tongued suck." These felt like companion pieces--the worked-open rush of Knowing (man that got me where I live like you always do), the vulnerability, terrifying and longed for of being known and then the realization that there's nothing to fear, the big deal that's not.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you liked it!

the vulnerability, terrifying and longed for of being known and then the realization that there's nothing to fear

That for me is the sexiest thing, the most moving thing, and I'm always trying to get that across, so I'm thrilled that it was in there and not just in my head!

[runpunkrun]

That is a lot of hot for 520 words.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Oh, good. I knew it did something for me ...

[kudra2324.livejournal.com]

mmmmmmm.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

[riverlight.livejournal.com]

I just read both of these lovely little pieces, and oh! your writing is just wonderful. Simple and clear and perfect (even when it's porn.) Thanks so much for being such an inspiration. :)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Aww. I'm so glad you liked them! They're fun and easy to write, and I always feel kind of self-indulgent for posting them.

[20thcenturyvole.livejournal.com]

Aw! That was lovely, sweet and hot and shivery.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Good! I'm glad there was something in there besides sex. Not that sex is bad, mind you.

[palebluebell.livejournal.com]

In 520 words you shouldn't be able to fit as many emotional layers as has been peeled away in this little snippet. That you manage to, with such a subtle hand, is one reason I go into a tailspin when you post a story. This was lovely - thank you.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad it was bigger than it looked; that's always what I aim for, but I'm not always sure I've managed it. Thanks!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

You're very good.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's not a real story, but some months this is the best I can do.

[saba1789.livejournal.com]

Mmh, nice. Thanks for writing and sharing this :-) .

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's so very lovely--the transition from tense to relaxed, and John--there were so many perfect touches of Johnness in this. I love it.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's great! I always hope they come across as themselves, and with Rodney it's pretty easy because it's all in the speech patterns and the prickliness, but John's trickier.