Cleave
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Cleave |
| Author(s): | amireal |
| Date(s): | July 20, 2006 |
| Length: | ~15,000 words. |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | Stargate Atlantis |
| External Links: | Cleave |
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Cleave is a Stargate Atlantis John/Rodney story by amireal.
Reactions and Reviews
The One in Which We Learn That Rodney McKay, in Addition to His Many Other Fine Features, Is Also a Grammar Snob. And Thus My Happiness Is Made Complete. Cleave, by amireal. Stargate: Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay.
The first time I read this, I got partway into the first page and said, “Oh my god, so much yes.” Because one thing that John Sheppard and Rodney McKay definitely share is demand resistance; if you tell them they absolutely cannot do something - well, John smiles insincerely, swears he won’t, and then does it, whereas Rodney just basically does it. So, really, if you wanted the two of them to have sex - and I am not for a moment suggesting you might want any such thing, of course, but if you did - the fastest way to get them there would be to tell them they weren’t allowed to, and then put a lot of obstacles in their way. Make the obstacles totally, provably insurmountable and you’d probably have full-scale buttfucking before you entirely finished explaining the terms. (“And furthermore, if you defeat that barrier, a crack team of trained ninjas will emerge from the secret - damn. Miss Zygen, please send in a bucket of cold water and a crowbar; Dr. McKay and Colonel Sheppard are at it again. Hmmm. Maybe we should add some bioengineered cobras to level 7.”)
So, yeah, that appeals to me, and I don’t mean the sex. (Well. I don’t just mean the sex.) See, some people would tell you that I have, on occasion, been ever so slightly demand resistant myself, and I actually, um, admire it in other people. (We are the few. The proud. The very contrary.)
The other thing that appeals to me is allergies, and this is a total schadenfreude kind of thing. There’s a moment in this story where they think maybe John is allergic to water, and I just - when you have a bad cold, and also allergies on top of that, and you can’t get the shot that’s supposed to fix your allergies because your doctor has elected to go on vacation (Vacation! When there are people suffering here! With very unpleasant sniffles!), there’s nothing that cheers you up quite like imagining someone else being allergic to water. Really, this story gets me on all kinds of levels.
And did I mention the sex? Because the sex is excellent. [1]
Nicely done. Very funny. Very sexy.[2]
Beacuse :P But seriously folks - a fantasticly funny and sweet fic, in which Sheppard gets a whumped a fair old bit, and a nice porny ending that makes me very, very happy.[3]
Yes, like 90% of my recs, it's got H/C in there, for both John and Rodney, but for Rodney it's more emotional than anything. More than that, though,I really like the study of how he reacts when his ability to be tactile with those he's close to is taken away. Very interesting.[4]
References
- ^ rec by thefourthvine at Slashy Awards 149: The Bigness Which You See, April 6, 2006
- ^ "Madrigal's Stargate Atlantis Recommendations". Archived from the original on 2023-06-08.
- ^ "Rec by vonknibble at sheppard_hc". Archived from the original on 2023-06-08.
- ^ "Recs, recs and more recs". Archived from the original on 2023-06-08.