68 recommendations for Stargate Atlantis
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Beautiful People Series by Gaia |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
Andromeda |
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00791 | Rodney has a theory about beautiful people and why he should never get involved with them. Of course, that theory is shot to hell when John is involved. A McKay/Sheppard story where both of them have issues to confront and work through. Angst, lovely angst, and hot sex. |
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Beyond The Invisible by Merlin7 |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
Andromeda |
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00792 | McKay and Sheppard will do anything for each other. For they cannot live without the other. Saying more will spoil it. |
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A Beautiful Lifetime Event by shalott |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
Sheppard/McKay |
Submitted by: |
Angel_N |
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00889 | Rodney and John have a child. And it's not a male pregnancy fic. This is a hilarious and touching story. The kid never turns into a mini Mary Sue, like so many kidfics are wont to do. The story's timeline takes the reader over several years of life in Atlantis, and takes into account the changes brought on by slowly growing contact with Earth and the SGC. Wonderfully written, hot, funny, touching, and the characters are very much themselves. |
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Transcendental by shalott |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
Sheppard/McKay |
Submitted by: |
Angel_N |
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00890 | The thing about the Atlantis mission is that it's technically a civillian operation. And so, when Dr. Weir is suddenly out of commission for 3 months, Rodney McKay is in charge. The story is hilarious, with these sweet, touching moments that pop up when you're least expecting it. The characters stay in character, and the plot in this story is great. |
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About a Lamp by Torch |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
Sheppard/McKay |
Submitted by: |
Angel_N |
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00891 | The Atlantis team finds themselves having a string of very, very good luck. Now if only they could figure out who's doing the prank with the lamp. Funny, engaging and a nice slow build of the plot. |
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Cages by Joolz |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
Andromeda |
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00928 | John and Rodney are captured while off-world. The ordeal while change things between them, but then they'd have to deal with the aftermath. |
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Hindsight by glitterati |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
Andromeda |
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00957 | A semi-AU. Rodney is still who we know, but John never joined the Air Force and he's a FBI agent. They meet when an attempt is made on Rodney's life, and John's will never be the same. Some things are just meant to be (and I'm not only speaking about the love here). Fun, loving and angsty. |
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Oblivious by shalott |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
Andromeda |
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00958 | Rodney misunderstands John's intentions. John has no chance against hurricane Rodney. A kind of different love story. |
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Broken Series by SGAtlantisLight |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard, Beckett/Zelenka, past McKay/Zelenka |
Submitted by: |
Andromeda |
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01003 | From both their broken pasts, John and Rodney built on a future together, through all the crisis Atlantis throws at them. |
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Double Occupancy by Isis |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
Andromeda |
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01004 | A fic written before "Duet" aired. An Ancient device forces John and Rodney's minds to share Rodney's body. From the ankward beginning, comes a new understanding of each other. |
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Something to Remind You by CJ Andre |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
Andromeda |
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01006 | Rodney can't sleep and an accidental meeting with John in the middle of the night will change everything. Fetichism and mild D/s. |
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Ascension by Karen McFadyyon |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
alise |
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01076 | This is my favorite long McShep story. It takes place after the episode with Chaya, and now she's causing trouble for our boys. With quite a lot of McShep fics, at the end I'm left with a "What, that's all??? Why'd they stop there?" reaction, but this one was completely satisfying. Sweet John/Rodney relationship, very well written. Her stuff isn't online, but people are generous about emailing it. One place to ask is the lj community sgastoryfinders. |
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Bell Curve by rageprufrock |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
Sheppard/McKay |
Submitted by: |
Lysistrata |
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01093 | In his rational mind, Rodney knew that following a girl who'd just dumped you into a strip club was really, really pathetic.
oooh! One of my favorite SG: Atlantis stories ever! Rodney is a scathing professor, John works in a strip joint as the bartender...seriously..kind of... Totally worth a read. |
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General & Dr Sheppard by Xanthe |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
Time & tide |
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01145 | This is AU and kink. John/Rodney meet, well, John/Rodney. Yeah alternative dimensions at play but with a great twist, and 'our' McKay/Sheppard stay true to themselves. This is one of the best I have read for a long while, it is long but it is also worth the time. |
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Freedom's Just Another Word For Nothing Left To Lose by Synecdochic |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
silverkat |
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01148 | Wonderful, wonderful fic. Excellent, realistic, McKaycentric plot with a good mix laugh out loud and gut-wrenching moments. Any fan of SGA in general or McKay in particular should read this.
A small sample -
He doesn't say that Gall had a 4.0 at Cal Tech, that Grodin was a Rhodes scholar. He doesn't say that this class has nothing to do with grades, and nothing even really to do with science, but everything to do with all the things he learned from a man who never lost the habit of eating with his fingers and another man who wanted everyone to believe there wasn't a single intellectual bone in his body until he was ready to let you see inside and a woman who probably couldn't have even passed their eighth grade when he met her.
Sometimes Rodney wonders if he wasn't the dumb one after all.
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The Gift by MadelinBreaker |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Zelenka |
Submitted by: |
Deaths_child |
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01183 | Author's summary:A team visits the planet of Vendel where Rodney and Radek participate in a local ceremony. The end result brings them closer together than they ever imagined.
warning the story is incomplete but still a good read |
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Replaced by Reflex |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
none |
Submitted by: |
Deaths_child |
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01184 | Author's summary: They may not have tried to hurt him intentionally, but their actions could not have cut deeper than by confirming his suspicions – he was tolerated because of the things he could do, but he had no real friends on Atlantis. When it had come time to prove otherwise, Rodney had stood alone against Greenwall.
This fic is a must read for all Rodney fans it takes place after Trinity, it's also a really great friendship fic and has some delicious angst. |
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Kid A by Speranza |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
Lysistrata |
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01262 | "I'm not gay, Rodney," John says, and it's awkward to have to say it, but it really has to be said.
Author's Note: Kid A is a Radiohead album, and for some reason, it got attached to this story as a working title and I haven't been able to shake it (despite the advice of both betas). It's not songfic, though, I promise--or kidfic, for that matter--so don't worry! |
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Time in a Bottle by shalott |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Shepperd |
Submitted by: |
merrilily |
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01273 | Author's summary: To see a World in a Grain of Sand / And a Heaven in a Wild Flower / Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand / And Eternity in an hour.
Merrilily's summary: A mission gone wrong leaves Sheppard and McKay close to death, and the Atlantis crew have no choice but to thrust them into stasis until they can figure out how to heal them. Under normal circumstances, the stasis unit would have kept them unconscious and asleep. However, Rodney had previously (and secretly) created a VE world and linked it to the chamber, so instead of sleeping, they’re awake, aware of each other, and stuck. |
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The World According To Rover Series by Orithain and Rina |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
Main pairings are: McKay/Sheppard, Beckett/Zelenka |
Submitted by: |
Diayma |
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01380 | Author's Summary: Enemies, green beans, oatmeal, and a cart. Really.
Recommender's Summary: A very hilarious and heart-warming series of 31 stories that begin during the Season 1 episode Sanctuary and continue on till now. Very good read. Link leads to the first story in the series: Carts and Dogs |
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Delineations by Ismene |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
AngelHumbug |
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01406 | Author's summary: "Rodney's had relationships, and he's had flings. He's never had anyone quite like Sheppard"
Short, sweet; the last line just kills me every time! |
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Cartography by Touch by Pru |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
Sheppard/McKay |
Submitted by: |
AngelHumbug |
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01422 | This story is so amazing, it literally had me in tears by the end. The subject matter is so delicately handled, it is so real and beautiful and gritty, it simply must be read. |
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Not a P-90 by girly_curl_3 |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
TJ |
Rec ID: |
01437 | 4 part series, well written, with lots of hot smut.
“Look out!” John yelled as he dive-tackled Rodney to the ground. They rolled to safety behind the DHD as whatever it was the natives were hurling at them peppered the ground with small explosions. Rodney lay inelegantly on his back, tablet still clutched under one arm, with Sheppard sprawled half across him. He could feel the colonel’s eyes on his face, so he focused his own on the sky over Sheppard’s left shoulder... |
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Summer House by Glitterati |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
silverkat |
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01507 | Among the citizens of Eureka, Rodney McKay has a completely different sort of reputation.
Go. Read it. Do not drink anything while doing so.
Then read it's 2 sequels, also on Glitterati's site.
You will not regret it. |
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Skirting Dignity by Jenn |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
silverkat |
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01544 | Oh my holy lord.... do not read this story while you are drinking or eating, or you will irreperably damage your keyboard.
A pitch perfect, cracktastic fic. I dare you not to laugh.
A Sample -
It's hard to make sense of.
Two (2) exhausted scientists in makeshift loincloths standing in the conference room. Zelenka looks paler than his usual lab pallor, listing slowly toward Kavanagh, who hasn't looked away from the wall just to the left of Elizabeth's head since they came in.
Four (4) unhappy looking Marines, wrapped in what could be someone's bed sheets, hovering by the far side of the conference room table. Lorne hasn't met her eyes once.
One (1) John Sheppard, who is actually carrying off defiant military dignity, mostly because he's sitting and therefore, the skirt is out of view, leading to….
Rodney McKay, having herded everyone into the room, barking orders like a terrier rounding up a small pack of Great Danes and assorted mongrels, has taken to pacing the length of the conference room floor, looking a cross between homicidal and utterly ecstatic. He's also the only one who's fully dressed.
Elizabeth reminds herself that she's a Leader, capital L. |
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Right In Front Of Me by Orithain and Rina |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
diayma |
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01558 | Rodney McKay as a Sentinel and John Sheppard is his guide...though neither know. Very good story that I cannot describe enough. Go. Read. You won't regret it. |
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Right in Front of Me by Orithain and Rina |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
Sheppard/McKay |
Submitted by: |
Thaia |
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01593 | Rodney McKay as an unbonded Sentinel goes to Atlantis. Will he find his guide despite all obstacles?
This story adapts the line of the first season of Stargate:Atlantis. |
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Imperfections - John and Rodney by Dasha |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
Thaia |
Rec ID: |
01596 | This is a crossover with The Sentinel. There are no mentions of Atlantis or the Stargate, but it's a wonderful story.
Rodney is a fragile Sentinel, who goes through Guides like others through... whatever. Well, that stops, when he meets a certain ex-pilot.
PS: check out Dashas other fics... |
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No Parachute by aesc |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
xenachan |
Rec ID: |
01641 | Summary: Missing scene from Before I Sleep (115).
Elizabeth very last strengths are for John and Rodney.
They must know they had their chance; they must know they still have it in this reality. She just needs more time...
One of my favorite McKay/Sheppard story ever.
Sad and yet touching, hardly recommended! |
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Back From The Well by Xanthe |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard/Carson |
Submitted by: |
candi |
Rec ID: |
01648 | Atlantis has been raided and her people are trapped on a primitive world where technology is forbidden and they are forced to work as slaves.
Although there are some pretty graphic flashbacks, this story is more about their recovery then about their actual time enslaved. McKay is a wreck - both physically and emotionally. John feels responsible and his guilt has turned him into a scary stranger interested only in his crusade for revenge/justice. Carson is just trying to keep everyone on a path to recovery. |
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Keep The Homefires Burning by SylvanWitch |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
Ronon/John |
Submitted by: |
candi |
Rec ID: |
01649 | Starting when Ronon joins the show, the story follows Atlantis cannon but adds a hidden relationship between John and Ronon into the cannon events.
This is absolutely the best Ronon fic I have found. I applaud SylvanWitch for doing what no other fanfiction author has been able to do ... she keeps Ronon completely in-character! And the romance is hot and believable as well. Good job!
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Hunting Parties by Victoria Custer |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
Sheppard/OC |
Submitted by: |
candi |
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01652 | On what seems like an easy mission, John gets captured and brutalised by alien slavers. He is rescued by a tribe of natives, who nurse him back to health while he waits for the Atlantis team to rescue him.
This is a nice little story about bonding with your care-giver. Victoria Custer creates a great original character that is well-developed and likable. |
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Dead Like Them by LaytonColt_ForCryingOutLoud |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
John/Rodney |
Submitted by: |
ScarletFBL |
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01670 | Rodney is killed in a freak accident, but instead of passing on, he becomes a reaper. Dead Like Me universe X-Over.
A/N If you enjoy my recs, drop a line and say you liked, or inquire about more recs in other fandoms at http://scarletfbl.angelfire.com I*m constantly updating. |
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The Neighborly Detective and the Tragic Woobie Widower by Master Elayna |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
John/Rodney |
Submitted by: |
ScarletFBL |
Rec ID: |
01689 | Detective John Sheppard starts his new life in suburbia and becomes steadily captivated by his neighbor, Dr. Rodney McKay, and his son Timothy.
A/N: If you enjoy my recs, drop a line and say you liked, or inquire about more recs in other fandoms at http://scarletfbl.angelfire.com I*m constantly updating. |
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Every Day In Every Way by velocitygrass |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
John/Rodney |
Submitted by: |
ScarletFBL |
Rec ID: |
01690 | After a misunderstanding on a mission, John and Rodney come to make an arrangement. HIGHLY RECCED!!!
A/N: If you enjoy my recs, drop a line and say you liked, or inquire about more recs in other fandoms at http://scarletfbl.angelfire.com I*m constantly updating. |
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The Sentinels of Atlantis (Atlantis/Sentinel) by Keira Marcos |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard, Sam/Daniel, Cameron/Vala, Cadman/Ford, Keller/Lorne |
Submitted by: |
white_Sin |
Rec ID: |
01740 | Sentinel John Sheppard thought he’d spend his life unbonded and then he met Dr. Rodney McKay. The mission to Atlantis is their mutual path and they will gather the strongest, brightest, and best for the mission that will take them to another galaxy
This is the first part of a series |
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What Might Have Been Series by Keira Marcos |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
Rodney/John |
Submitted by: |
white_Sin |
Rec ID: |
01741 | This is an alternate universe series in that Rodney McKay never went to Atlantis, the mission failed within it’s first two years and John Sheppard finds himself back on Earth as the second in command of Stargate Command under the leadership of Major General Jack O’Neill. Characters from the Atlantis series and the original SG1 series will figure prominently in all of the stories. This series also contains a heavy SLASH story line for Sheppard and McKay who meet up (finally) after John returns from Atlantis. |
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Indoor Fireworks by julietink |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
Lygtemanden |
Rec ID: |
01853 | Author summary: You know you dont actually have to pick a fight in order to have sex.
Mentions sex a lot, but nothing explicit, just a lovely portrait of the two men. |
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Coming Home by Xanthe |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
slashcrazygirl |
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01942 | A prequal to The General and Doctor Sheppard by the same author. Tells the story of how Rodney and John fell in love. Rodney was very in-character and the BDSM verse that Xanthe has created is very interesting and unique. |
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Ties That Bind by Keira Marcos |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard, mentions of past Sam Carter/McKay |
Submitted by: |
slashcrazygirl |
Rec ID: |
01943 | Based on Xanthe BDSM verse as seen in The General & Doctor Sheppard and Coming Home.
Plot: Rodney is an abused Submissive who was denied permission to go to Atlantis due to interferance from his ex however when John Sheppard returns from Atlantis he meets Rodney and knows he has to have him.
Its a fairly romantic and dramatic take on Xanthes verse with a notably different plot. Very enjoyable. A must read if you liked Xanthes work. Note that their BDSM cultures are not identical, merely similar. |
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Make The Devil Feel Surprise by Telesilla |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
slashcrazygirl |
Rec ID: |
01944 | Very, Very NC-17. Fairly dark and may contain an issue of under-age depending on what state/country you are in (Rodney is 16 I believe).
Warnings: Age issues (as mentioned above), and extreme BDSM
A much darker Atlantis, one in which Jeannie McKay went in place of her brother because Rodney is much younger. John wants him, despite their huge age gap. I found this fiction completely addictive and acnnot wait for more which the author has promised will be up for the next SGA Big Bang. |
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A Farm in Iowa series by sheafrotherdon |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
squidgie |
Rec ID: |
01955 | This is an AU of Stargate: Atlantis, where John inherits his grandfathers farm, and he meets Rodney by accident. This is the most beautifully written, wonderful, incredible set of stories (9 full length, many many drabbles) ever written. |
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Here Is No Water by Frostfire |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
Mitchell/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
kiihau |
Rec ID: |
02027 | Pre-Atlantis, pre recent SG1 season. Cameron Mitchell meets John Sheppard for the first time.
Mitchell. Sheppard. Afghanistan. Here there be trouble.
This hits you where it hurts. |
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Never As Bad As Anticipated (Until It Is) by bluflamingo |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
Mitchell/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
kiihau |
Rec ID: |
02028 | Atlantis wasnt Cams first choice for reassignment; he probably wasnt Atlantis first choice for the new expedition leader either. Sometimes you work with what youve got anyway, even if what youve got includes seers, ill-advised rescue missions, replicators, wraith in the city and John Sheppard. |
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Push Until It Holds by zillah975 |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
Dex/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
kiihau |
Rec ID: |
02029 | Ronon has known all his life that the three pillars of victory are honor, loyalty, and unity. He has been a member of Sheppards team for two years when the team to which he owes his first loyalty finds him again, during a time when Ronon must question whether his loyalty to Atlantis is returned. Torn, he chooses the team he believes needs him the most, but the price is more than just the home he has come to love, and the reward may be betrayal and death, or worse. |
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The Deconstruction of Falling Stars by Kyizi |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
Mitchell/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
kiihau |
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02030 | Atlantis is stranded in another galaxy for the second time, John Sheppard is lost and Cameron Mitchell cant quite work out how the hell he manages to cope with running the city; his only consolation is that he is not the one running the whole show. When one of their teams is lost and planets start to disappear from the night sky, things suddenly take a turn for the worst. Struggling to cope with their loss, the people of Atlantis have to pull together to fight an enemy unlike any they have seen before and their only chance of winning seems to lie within the city itself, but the cost of survival may just turn out to be too high. |
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And All the World Beneath by jenn |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis, Supernatural |
Pairing: |
Dean Winchester/John Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
kiihau |
Rec ID: |
02076 | "Dean remembers the world before the end."
This is one of those fics that you read not for the slash, but for the sheer amount of emotion packed in one fic - the goodness, the imagination, the beautiful beautiful plot! A sort of Supernatural/Stargate fusion universe with Cthulhu overtones. |
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At the Hour When We Are Trembling by frostfire_17 |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1 |
Pairing: |
Sheppard/Daniel |
Submitted by: |
kiihau |
Rec ID: |
02087 | "The Wraith make it to Earth, and John and Daniel are left to pick up the pieces."
A post-apocalypse fic; you would not think this pairing would work, but it does and so well to. The anger John and Daniel feel at being left behind (with John thinking Earth as alien) is perfectly rendered. |
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Dragonlord by Icarus |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
Sheppard/McKay |
Submitted by: |
Thaia |
Rec ID: |
02088 | This is a Stargate Atlantis/Dragonriders of Pern fusion.
summary: A bewildered John, lead contender to the Hold of Benden, is caught in the male-bonding, homoerotic culture of the Dragonweyr when he inadvertently Impresses a dragon. |
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Revelation Series by Bone |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
Sheppard/Ronon |
Submitted by: |
candi |
Rec ID: |
02172 | This story is told from Ronon*s point of view. The strangeness of these Atlanteans and how different their thinking is from Sateda or any other culture he has encountered. The awkwardness of being surrounded by people after seven years on the run. His body*s reaction to civilized luxuries and the absence of constant danger.
The author does an excellent job of keeping both Ronon and John completely in-character and believably weaving their relationship into the series cannon.
Compelling, romantic and intense. |
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In the City of Seven Walls by Auburn |
Series: |
Stargate Atlantis |
Pairing: |
McKay/Sheppard |
Submitted by: |
GreyGamin |
Rec ID: |
02211 | One of the most haunting and beautiful McShep stories ever written!
"Gilded cages are still cages. Sheppard and McKay turn to each other to survive a life in slavery and afterward." |
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