New SGA story: Reality

[resonant]

I've posted a new SGA story to my website.

Reality
McKay/Sheppard -- NC-17 -- 2200 words
McKay was the perfect object for a crush you never intended to do anything about.

Beta thanks to julad. My Rodney characterization also owes a lot to some meta thoughts that liviapenn posted to her lj a while back.

Comments

[lalejandra.livejournal.com]

Hee! This is great! Pining--I love it. I was wondering who would get around to writing fic based on that meta, actually; I'm so glad it was you. This is fab.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Oh, good! It just struck me as so immediately right when she said it that now it's stuck in my head.

[joyfulseeker.livejournal.com]

"But I think -- that is, I hope you'll find that there are compensations."

Oh, man, that struck me as just so very Rodney that I could just hear it, and it kind of broke my heart in the good way.

Also, this:

"Or maybe that's not what you meant. People never seem to be quite clear about wanting to have sex with me; why is that, do you suppose? Do you need a little extra time to make up your mind?"

cracked me up, for pretty much the same reason. So very Rodney.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm always happy when I can give poor Rodney a nice time for a change. This is the reason I write slash, really; to give hugs to those who need them.

Thanks!

[svilleficrecs.livejournal.com]

Very nice. :) And "Even at three in the morning, loopy on some raw Athosian hellbrew and talking about dogs that had been dead for years. Even slipping on each other's blood between the gateroom and the infirmary." ... loved those two lines.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad! That was one of my favorite bits; I was hoping someone would mention it.

[shusu.livejournal.com]

LMAO. "I take it your indirection means you figured a relationship with me would be less complicated if I weren't actually involved?" Rodney said.

Oh, Rodney. You love you. *g*




(BTW there's a 'furst' where there should be a 'first'.)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Wow, you're good. I found it and fixed it.

Thanks!

[umbo.livejournal.com]

Loved it.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Terrific

[lynnzo.livejournal.com]

This was just terrific, I loved the way that John keeps right on wondering if it's the right thing to do, even after they've done it!

Re: Terrific

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you liked it! John really doesn't know what hit him yet.

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Hee, a relationship with Rodney is definitely less complicated without him actually involved! Cute and sweet.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Yes, Rodney makes a terrific imaginary friend, because then you can shut him up if necessary!

[barely-bean.livejournal.com]

I love Rodney's delight at finally figuring out what the heck was going on with him and Sheppard, because I could see him trying to puzzle it out. This was so much fun!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think that for a while Rodney would be so happy to solve the puzzle that he wouldn't even realize that x=sex.

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love your Rodney voice in this.

And this is just, oh my, perfect:

John put his knee on the other side of the bed and reached across it -- it felt, with Rodney looking at him, like sticking his hands through the gate without knowing what was on the other side -- and put his hands, and then his mouth, on Rodney.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Aw. I'm so glad you liked it! That bit was a favorite of mine, too.

It looks like I'll have to dedicate a shrine

[kormantic.livejournal.com]

to you. Because you are obviously some sort of higher being.

I could not love this story more. Seriously. I adore it.

"I take it your indirection means you figured a relationship with me would be less complicated if I weren't actually involved?" Rodney said.

::sighs happily and squeezes your Rodney::

Re: It looks like I'll have to dedicate a shrine

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Aww. I'm so glad! Thanks. Getting Rodney squeezed is my goal in life.

[farwing.livejournal.com]

Yay. Totally yay. :)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[kimberlite.livejournal.com]

Totally awesome! Loved seeing everything click for Rodney and poor John just going along for the ride. :)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it! Life with Rodney is always going to take you places you didn't expect to go.

[minnow1212.livejournal.com]

Love! Glee! I adore Rodney's matter-of-factness here.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Aww! I'm so glad you liked it.

[runpunkrun]

Mmm, tasty! I love it when one character's dating another without him really knowing about it. And it only took Rodney a year to figure it out, but he totally got his priorities together fast.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Well, he has to be able to roll with the punches. Atlantis demands a certain flexibility.

[sp23.livejournal.com]

Oh, my. That story just made me so very, very happy. I love bouncy Rodney who just yanks his shirt off and goes for it. And of course, by this time, John thinks Rodney's smugness is charming. *g*

Totally adorable story.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you liked it! And naturally John's charmed by Rodney -- after all, we are.

[imkalena.livejournal.com]

Absolutely charming in your best way. :)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Aww. I'm so glad you liked it!

[logovo.livejournal.com]

McKay sat there for a second with a shocked look on his face -- John had seen him wear that look quite a bit when they'd first come to Atlantis, and then less and less as time went by -- and then he frowned, and then he landed a good-natured but solid punch on John's shoulder and said, "So that's it!"

Bwahahah! I could hear him say this so clearly, just the right tone.

Thank you, I enjoyed this story very much!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you liked it! Thanks.

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

Oh, brilliant!

Perfect Rodney voice...I loved that he was *aware* that people weren't sure if they wanted to have sex with him!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you liked it!

[vass]

I identify with this so much you have no idea. I'm *in* a relationship like that, complete with snark, 'why on earth would you want to get involved with someone like that', and ambiguous touching; and like John, I think it's less complicated without her actually involved.

So the first part of the story rang very true. The propinquity-fuelled transition to a more conventional slash relationship was enjoyable, although obviously I can't identify as much. I loved Rodney's clear-sighted analysis of what John'd been getting out of the relationship as it was.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

With some people, imaginary relationships are the only feasible kind!

Glad you enjoyed it.

[florahart]

Okay, I loved this so very much. I still don't actually quite exactly watch SGA, except I kind of do no. I watched it last night, for instance. And I love Rodney to pieces, and I loved him in this fic--the stopping with the shirt halfway, and the very rational approach (no, got this one sensitized), and also the like, understanding except almost not, but being aware.... yeah, you said that a lot better in the fic. Heh.

Anyway. Yes, yay!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you liked it!

Come to the dark side. We've got hot scientists!

[goss.livejournal.com]

Hee! I loved Rodney's reaction. :D

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm glad!

[park-hye-in.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is adorable and perfect!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so glad!

[corinna-5.livejournal.com]

It's *so* John Sheppard to think that a relationship at a remove would be better than an actual messy relationship with a person. And the Rodney voice is so perfectly on target it's even a little eerie. I loved this to pieces.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Yes, I totally think that John would be better at relationships in his own head than out here in the world. Thanks!

[mutecornett.livejournal.com]

I really like your take on Rodney in this, in particular. It feels fresh. And John's crush is *adorable* and Rodney's reaction is *adorable*. ♥

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Good! Glad it worked for you!

[lillyjk.livejournal.com]

Yes, oh yes

Nipple!Orgasm

Pining!John

Confused!Rodney

and this "Comments? Questions? Objections?" Rodney said.

hee!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I used to have an English teacher who'd say, "Questions? Comments? Moans? Groans?"

Glad you liked it!