John takes care of Rodney

[darklyenigmatic.livejournal.com]

Hi, first post here so I hope I'm doing it right.

I read a fic the other day, smiley's 'Taking The Long Way Home', and I absolutely flailed at the part where the John who's been taking care of a Rodney damaged by the Ascension device turns up. Particularly having only just watched 'The Shrine', which held some similar themes. The protectiveness and desperation and neediness of the whole thing really did it for me, and I'm frantically looking for fic's that focus in on that idea more than 'Taking The Long Way Home' did (however much I adored that fic). It's an idea I'm thinking of using in a fic of my own, but for the time being, I really really want to read fics that focus on a Rodney (damaged?) who needs John, and John who is absolutely manic and ruthless about protecting him. McShep is preferred, but I'll take whatever I can get, parallel universes are fine, straight-out AUs somewhat hit-and-miss but for this I'll try anything.

Please? If you guys find stuff like this for me I'll love you forever.

Comments

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Some are closer than others, but you might like
Salt (http://www.hawksong.com/~thammill/SGA_Fic/salt.htm) by MrsHammill (~8000 words, McShep)
Behold, Thy Time Was the Time of Love (http://riverlight.livejournal.com/37385.html) by riverlight (~1700 words, McShep)
Through The Looking Glass (http://community.livejournal.com/mckay_sheppard/695456.html) by spacebabe (~3800 words, McShep)
Nonlinear System (http://bertybertle.livejournal.com/47682.html) by bertybertle (~16,000 words, McShep)

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Also
rheanna27's great Theory of Everything (http://www.goldenmaze.com/theoryofeverything.htm) (~20,000 words, McShep)
in mad_maudlin's heart-wrenching Folie a Deux (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/261269.html) (~7750 words, McShep) it's more that they try to take care of each other...

[darklyenigmatic.livejournal.com]

Damn that was a fast response. 'Behold, Thy Time Was the Time of Love' pretty much made my heart feel like it was folding in on itself, but it was also awesome, so thank you :) Nonlinear System is, after a quick skim, now on my 'to read list', and Folie a Deux was absolutely fantastic, and exactly what I was looking for (also, hope at the end! yay!). For some reason, reading tight, arguably co-dependent relationships makes me happy. As to Theory of Everything, I've read it before, but this reminded me of it, so I'll be reading it again.

Thanks for all the recs! :)

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

you're welcome :)

[jane-connor.livejournal.com]

Not Waving but Drowning (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/325231.html?format=light) by mific. R, John/Rodney. Tag to 'Grace Under Pressure'.

Imperfections: John and Rodney (http://wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=8178&warning=12) by Dasha. PG-13, John/Rodney, SGA/Sentinel fusion. Rodney is frigile Sentinel.

Primacy (http://www.fantasi.net/primacy.html) by Chandri MacLeod. PG, John/Rodney. Set during 'The Shrine'.

Catalysis (http://www.fantasi.net/catalysis.html) by Chandri MacLeod. R, John/Rodney. PTSD fic.

Five People John Sheppard Didn't Kill on P11-23R (http://smiley.zonezine.net/html/33676.html) by sardonicsmiley. R for gore, John/Rodney, and the snippet (http://smiley.zonezine.net/html/86142d.html) (NC-17) from the 'verse.

Major Rodney!whump and desperate John you could find in And You Loathe the Ground (http://smiley.zonezine.net/html/103872.html) by sardonicsmiley, hard R, bordering on NC-17 for gore. If you haven't read this one, that's it :).

[darklyenigmatic.livejournal.com]

Not Waving but Drowning = fantastic, painful and feel-good at the same time (at least in my possibly unusual opinion). Primacy is pretty much one of the best Shrine fics ever, and this is the third time in a week of glutting myself on Shrine fic that I've read it.

Making a start on 'And You Loathe The Ground' now (looks brilliant, and it's so long!), and really, what I'm trying to say is thank you for all the links - the one's that I'm familiar with I'm more than happy to reread, and the ones I'm not look great. (Insanely quick response too!)

[eccentricweft.livejournal.com]

Can I just say I love this request. :)

And, adding to the party: Cold Toes (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/872230.html) by Martha (saffronhouse. Well, maybe it doesn't fit the request perfectly but it's a heartbreakingly good story. Rodney isn't damaged but he's struggling with several kinds of angst all at once and John is majorly protective.

[crusoe89.livejournal.com]

What about:

Salt Of The Earth (http://www.area52hkh.net/asd/dasha/saltof01.php) by Dasha
Adopting Rodney (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3681132/1/Adopting_Rodney) by SG-LAB