gen stories where Sheppard is gay or bi

[busaikko]

I have a hankering to read gen stories where John Sheppard is gay or bi. (By gen I mean that the main focus of the story is not a romantic relationship; so Sheppard can be in a relationship, if that's not what the story is about). Are there any out there?

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[elementalv.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but one of mine, Aphorism (http://www.elementalvision.org/aphorism.html), might suit.

[busaikko]

Your story had me laughing out loud, thank you! That's a great take on John's family.

[almostnever.livejournal.com]

My Name is John Sheppard: I'm a Mathematician (http://thingswithwings.livejournal.com/19532.html) by thingswithwings: there's a hint near the end that both John and Rodney are gay or bi, but otherwise it's thoroughly gen with no focus on romance, and it's cute.

Hanging Out by Ceitie (http://queerlygen.dreamwidth.org/5540.html) is a fun little fic on the prompt "SGA - John and Rodney. Both gay or bi. Not attracted to each other, though. BFF bonding."

(I'm also almost positive that telesilla wrote a gen post-Shrine tag in which John was gay but I'm not finding it!)

[busaikko]

Oooh, thank you! (I have the Mathnet fic as podfic, but I hadn't remembered that it had gay/bi John and Rodney, so yay!) And Hanging Out was a fun story. I am afraid to go looking for Telesilla's fic, because I always end up rereading *everything* when I look at her website.

[almostnever.livejournal.com]

I looked but didn't find it on Telesilla's website. I think it might have been written for a comm or a challenge and only posted there. :-/ Ah well, if I find it I'll let you know, and I'll try to keep your overall request in mind too.

[busaikko]

Thank you! (I'm always losing fic here and there to comms, the internet is a very big place!)

[michelel72.livejournal.com]

"I have the perfect fic for that!" I thought to myself. "I'll just dig it out at my Delicious! Right, 'Cakewalk', that's the one! By ... busaikko ... oh." Hee.

[busaikko]

This made me grin -- thank you for thinking of me! (I am always reccing things to their authors becuase I so rearely look at who is making the request.... *needs to pay more attention in class*)

[schneefink.livejournal.com]

There´s No Such Thing as Daniel Jackson (http://dejabu.robot-army.org/sgajackson.html) maybe qualifies; it´s McKay/Sheppard, but only in the background of the (sort-of-)apocalypse.

How about those Yankees? (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/809613.html) and the remix Flipside (http://archiveofourown.org/collections/Remix2010/works/86713) - adorable kidfic with vaguely implied McKay/Sheppard. Sheppard isn´t the main character, but it´s funny.

Same with My Home and Native Land (http://community.livejournal.com/i_defeated_sga/11675.html), only without the kids.

I should probably stop pretending this isn´t mostly an excuse to re-read those fic.

[busaikko]

This whole *comm* is an excuse to read more fic! I'd never seen the two kidfics before, they were fun, and I didn't remember that about My Home and native Land (I read it a long time ago and loved it, so it's time for a reread), and TNSG/Daniel Jackson! *opens many tabs* Thank you!

[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

I thought I had one, but then I remembered that the story I was thinking of was het. :/ And So The End (http://bluflamingo.dreamwidth.org/136128.html) by bluflamingo. It's the story of Rodney and Keller's breakup. John's a background character, and he's gay/bi, but he's not interested in Rodney and the story is in no way a McKay/Sheppard vehicle.

I could have sworn I'd read other ones too, but of course now I can't place them.

[busaikko]

No, no, that sounds perfect! It's a gen fic for John, so yay! Thank you. *goes off to read*

[sholio]

Here are a couple:

Throwing out your frown and just smiling at the sound by less_star (written for me in sga_santa this year) - mostly John & Rodney friendship with a little John/OMC on the side.

Learning to Speak by openice is a totally gen coming-out fic.

[busaikko]

Thank you! Learning to Speak is one of my favorite stories, and part of the reason I made this request. I thought there would be more stories out there.... And thank you for reminding me about Throwing Out Your Frown. That's perfect!

[sholio]

I didn't know it was restricted -- it didn't used to be. I don't have any other links for it. Maybe try asking at sgastoryfinders if anyone has a link? Or I could email it to you, if you want!

[kho.livejournal.com]

Have you found it since? I'd love it if you could email it to me! Thanks! lovethesnark@gmail.com

[sholio]

emailed ... let me know if you don't get it. :)

[busaikko]

Openice has very kindly unlocked all of her fic! This story is now back!