10 July 2024

mific: Sepia pic john sheppard and rodney mckay leaning heads together, serious (McShep - intense)
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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Kate Heightmeyer
Rating: M
Length: 4281
Content Notes: none apply
Creator Links: synecdochic on AO3
Theme: Stranded, Going home

Summary: It's not about being shipwrecked; it's about what happens when you have to come back.
Title, inspiration, and heavy imagery drawn from the poem Possibilities of Love by Ed Kleinschmidt.

Reccer's Notes: As the summary says, this more about the aftermath to being stranded, once they've been rescued - the adjustment to being back in Atlantis. They were alone together on a tropically hot planet at a beach by a river, and eventually became everything to each other. But back in Atlantis, John tries to turn himself into Colonel Sheppard again, where DADT is a constant issue and he could never have what he wanted. The ending is open, but definitely hopeful. Based on a love poem, the fic is lyrical and the memories of their stranding dreamlike. This is a part I especially liked: "When John sleeps, he dreams of being free. And then he wakes, and Atlantis sings in his ears, and he puts on his best impression of himself and tries to fit himself back into the shape he'd left behind him."

Fanwork Links: the stonemason's buildings want for his hands again story on AO3
the podfic read by susan_voight can be streamed here (feedback here)

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