Vagueish hunt for fluff

[havenstar.livejournal.com]

I am in a mood and could do with some fic-shaped fixing. Help a girl out?

I'm looking for McShep, any ol' rating will do, with Sheppard being protective/being Rodney's minder for whatever reason. Rescuing him from aliens after his brain, bringing him snacks when he's in the labs too long, being all "yes hi I am the trophy wife, suck it" to seethingly jealous Earth colleagues. Basically anything in which John is an awesome boyfriend/friend/whatever/thing.

This is pretty general but hopefully that means I'll get LOTS AND LOTS of recs, right? ...right? :D :D

Comments

[miscellanny.livejournal.com]

I LIKE THIS REQUEST.

[havenstar.livejournal.com]

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED


I also like that mood theme DANG IF THAT DOESN'T GET PEOPLE RESPONDING I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL

LOOK AT THAT FACE I MEAN COME ON

[miscellanny.livejournal.com]

*snickers*

[havenstar.livejournal.com]

MAN.

that face never fails to make me go nnnf. screw the fic I'm feeling better already

DEAR ANYONE ELSE WHO MIGHT READ THIS: J/K LOLOLOL PLZ GIMME RECS NOW D:

[hickman1937.livejournal.com]

Hey! grumblesandpokesatthekeys, A thank You might be good for the people that hunted and searched for you. Sorry if I've offended.

[havenstar.livejournal.com]

...I'm not offended, precisely, just kind of nonplussed. If you look at the timestamps from this conversation compared to the rest of the comments posted, you might notice there's a bit of a gap. I went to bed right after my mini-lolfest with Nny, and I'm not online constantly. So, I do appreciate the help people offered, and I guess sorry for not being super prompt with saying so? It wasn't from a lack of gratitude, just, y'know, not being around. Sometimes I'm not.

[hickman1937.livejournal.com]

This was unjust and I'm sorry. Insomnia is no excuse for being a jerk. I'll delete this if you want.

[dewey3067.livejournal.com]

One of my favourite "John to the rescue" stories is Ordinary Life (http://trickster.org/speranza/cesper/ordinarylife.html) by Shalott and Speranza. The one where John is Rodney's "mathematician" *g*

[havenstar.livejournal.com]

AAAHH I flipped so hard when that one finally got posted XD Shalott is totally my reason for being in this fandom in the first place so that is one of my favourite things to reread. thanks!

[chris-king-2005.livejournal.com]

"What Might Have Been" by Keira Marcos. Epic AU, and totally made of awesome!

http://keiramarcos.com/what-might-have-been-series-atlantis-au/

Check out her other massive AU, 'Sentinels of Atlantis' too.

"Regions of Darkness and Light" by puddleofgoo.
http://sgabigbang.talkoncorners.net/?view=fic&id=40

"Sentience" series by Tarlan
http://www.davidhewlett.co.uk/fiction/viewseries.php?seriesid=9

The "Nantucket" 'verse - a shared world, seriously warm and fuzzy!
http://community.livejournal.com/wagoneer/1478.html

The "Checkmate" 'verse - it doesn't really fit your request, but the fic is so outrageously wonderful and guaranteed to make you feel better.
http://beadattitude.livejournal.com/267757.html

[havenstar.livejournal.com]

ooohh, epic AUs! I think I've only read one of these so yay for plenty of new distracty things. thanks!

[crusoe89.livejournal.com]

What about:

Never A Nursemaid (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4354487/1/Never_a_Nursemaid) by Greywolf Lupous

Cold Comforts (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4054420/1/Cold_Comforts) by Sholio

Twenty Four Hours With A Rodneysaur (http://rivatar.com/aa/atlantis/rodneysaur.htm) by Moonloon (crack!fic)

Swamped (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4661865/1/Swamped) by NotTasha

All friendshippy with protective!Shep.

in case you fear ff.net as much as I do.

[(Anonymous)]

alternate links:

Never A Nursemaid by greyias
http://community.livejournal.com/30_gens/34632.html

Cold Comforts by Sholio aka friendshipper:
http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/696563.html

Swamped by NotTasha:
http://www.nottasha.com/swamp.htm

Re: in case you fear ff.net as much as I do.

[crusoe89.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with FF.net?
Is there a reason I shouldn't post links to it?

Re: in case you fear ff.net as much as I do.

[(Anonymous)]

No no, I didn't mean to suggest you not post the links! My computer really dislikes ff.net. I assume it's all the ads and stuff, that and I have an old slow computer. I dislike the site as well (visually, the layout and everything), but basically it comes down to my crappy computer and internet connection. So I avoid it like the plague. I just figured I'd post some alternative links in case anyone has similar problems.

Re: in case you fear ff.net as much as I do.

[crusoe89.livejournal.com]

Ok, no problem! I don't mind FF.net but it's certainly not perfect - I guess I'm just used to it! I was worried there was something harmful there, like a virus, or accessibility issues. I'll try to post alternate links in the future when possible.

Thanks! :)

Re: in case you fear ff.net as much as I do.

[matilda36.livejournal.com]

Some people finds it very difficult to browse and the search engines makes it difficult to to whittle down what you want to read. Also the quality control is minimal and considering the sheer number of fics posted it's pretty tricky to find the good ones

But if somebody does search the good ones for me I am happy to read stuff from it

Re: in case you fear ff.net as much as I do.

[crusoe89.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the feedback. I have lots of authors pages on Favourites from FF.net, so it's faster and easier for me to find and rec fics that way! :)

Re: in case you fear ff.net as much as I do.

[synekdokee.livejournal.com]

I have issues with FF.net. I just can't read a fic there, I think there's something about the formatting. Same thing with WraithBait, although I don't find it quite as irritable, and can read fics there. Just, prefer not to. But on FF.net? No.

Re: in case you fear ff.net as much as I do.

[xylohypha.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! It's not that I fear it so much as that there's something in the formatting (or maybe something with my computer and the formatting) over there that makes everything on the page come out centered, instead of left-justified--and I just cannot read fic like that.

[havenstar.livejournal.com]

thank you! also for the record I don't mind ff.net so long as someone's already gone and found the good stuff for me, so no worries :D

[almostnever.livejournal.com]

A Dangerous Desire or McKay Makes a Match (http://janne-d.livejournal.com/32547.html) by janne_d is a fun Regency AU in which John helps Rodney escape from kidnappers, just for starters, and then other delightful stuff happens. :-)

In the same vein, A Regency SGA Tale (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=5261) has a plucky young Rodney rescued and protected by John.

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (http://fluffyllama.dreamhosters.com/mcshep_match/stories/Wolf.htm) is a Harlequin-style AU with John as a thief (with a heart of gold natch) employing some action heroics to aid Rodney.

Taken (http://community.livejournal.com/mcsmooch/21713.html) is a short sheafrotherdon ficlet with a John rescue.

whizzy's Black Helicopters series (http://whizzy.livejournal.com/tag/fic) is fantastic, and while it begins with Rodney helping John, the dynamic eventually switches. Since it's either gen or pre-slash, so far, the relationship that evolves between them is largely defined by their rapport and John's protectiveness.

[havenstar.livejournal.com]

omg I hadn't even realized that shmoopy romance AUs were exactly what I wanted BUT THEY SO WERE. thanks very much!

[almostnever.livejournal.com]

Great! I'm glad I could help. :-)

[linziday.livejournal.com]

Great search! I know you asked for McShep, but it looks like others have also rec'd gen, so here are some (gen) from my stash you might like:


Signs by ammanalien:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3563518/1/

Dumb Books by nottasha: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4214095/1/

Nightmares by out_there: http://out-there.livejournal.com/772566.html

-.-. --- -. -. . -.-. - .. --- -. by Mad Maudlin: http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/842223.html

Safekeeping by x-parrot: http://community.livejournal.com/sga_genficathon/32285.html

One of Those Days All Week: http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/845460.html

Above All Else by badwolf36: http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/769367.html

And if you don't mind self pimping:

Rest For the Weary: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5348915/1/Rest_For_the_Weary

Modern Major Scientist: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4374572/1/Modern_Major_Scientist

[havenstar.livejournal.com]

I'm a slash girl at heart but really was just looking for cute friendship stuff so gen is just fine by me :D thank you!

[hickman1937.livejournal.com]

I can't believe that no one has rec'd this yet. Or maybe we've all read it but as far as the awesomness that is John as a boyfriend I love this one.
And Then There Was Finn (http://sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com/85588.html), Sheppard never skips a beat. I don't much like kidfics but Finn is very normal. Believable.

[havenstar.livejournal.com]

Believe it or not I've actually completely avoided the Farm in Iowa AU thus far, so it seems this may be the time to fix that. thanks!