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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Aiden Ford, Radek Zelenka
Rating: Teen
Length: 30,468
Content Notes: The author mentions: graphic depictions of violence, exhaustion, loneliness, and angst (with a happy ending). 
Creator Links: Taste-is-Sweet on AO3
Theme: Stranded, First time, AU - canon, Doppelgangers, Action/adventure, Multiverse people, Competence

Summary: The first time John had laughed in God, what? A month? Had been when the scientist from the alternate universe insulted someone John couldn't see.

John hated how pathetic it sounded even in his own head, but he hadn't been lying about the conversation. It'd been... cool, to meet someone new, who obviously wasn't a threat. Someone who didn't have the same pinched look of desperation that everyone on Atlantis did. John had no idea if the stupid rock was going to prove useful for anything other than Skyping with one guy from another dimension, but John was honest enough to admit he didn't care. It was the one good thing he had to look forward to.

Reccer's Notes: This story starts with John from a Daedalus Variations AU (the alt-John who helps canon-team on the Daedalus when alien fighters attack the ship) who lives in a stranded Atlantis cut off from Earth, in a Pegasus galaxy where there are no Wraith but the high-tech, aggressive aliens are maybe worse. He's worn out and has lost too many friends when he finds the weird smooth stone that (of course) is Ancient tech, and which turns out to be a cross-dimensional connector. In a different canon AU (SG1's The Road Not Taken), Rodney and Radek are stuck in Siberia in the Ori war and while not in imminent threat of death, are oppressed and exploited. Rodney investigates a similar stone at his end which leads to the first link with John, There's a ton of drama and plot, some lovely competence porn when Rodney and Radek get involved in helping John's universe, and a happy ending for them all. A really great read!

Fanwork Links: The Spaces Between

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