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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, ensemble
Rating: Explicit
Length: 100,728
Creator Links: sardonicsmiley on AO3
Theme: Wings, hurt/comfort, novel-length
Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence, Gore, Body Horror, Whump, Kidnapping, Non-Consensual Body Modification, Torture, Mutilation

Summary: Sometimes things are broken beyond fixing, and all you can do is live with them.

Reccer's Notes: This story is doubtless well known to SGA fans and is one of the major wingfics in the fandom. Rodney and several Marines are captured and experimented-on offworld by aliens after a mission gone wrong. Most of the others die, and Rodney ends up with enormous wings grafted into his back musculature. The story starts with the rescue led by John, and follows what happens thereafter as Rodney slowly adjusts, until another disaster off-world changes things much later. Unlike some other wingfic this is all about the whump, angst and hurt/comfort and is a somewhat grueling read (see the warnings above), as Rodney and the other survivor were forcibly modified to be part-animal and of course are traumatized by that, plus Rodney especially is in considerable pain, initially. John and Rodney become close during Rodney's difficult adjustment, partly as Rodney needs wing massages for the discomfort, and of course, John's fascinated by the wings. It's a powerful story and a great read.

Fanwork Links: And You Loathe the Ground

Date: 2021-10-06 10:11 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] wpadmirer
I have read this story. It kicks ass.

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