Sumner survives the feeding and Sheppard work as his XO

[gandalfnho.livejournal.com]

I already read some stories where Sumner is rescued alive from the hiveship but dies hours/days after this because his condition keep deteriorating and others where he survives more time because in the majority of the cases Sheppard wasn't present in the Athos mission or other person was killed in his place, but even in these cases normally he dies later to Sheppard be able to be the military commmander.

I like to know if some story do exist where he is rescued alive and survives but he's weakened enough by the feeding to be restricted to the administrative part of being the CO and is unable to go in off-world missions, than Sheppard starts doing XO duty for him and has his gate team too (preference for the canonical one). Bonus points if after the Siege, Sumner recommends him to be his sucessor as Atlantis Military Commander

Comments

[ainamclane.livejournal.com]

there's the McShep fic that i think fits your bill "Against All Odds" http://archiveofourown.org/works/119574/chapters/167504
... hope others can help you find more?

[em_kellesvig]

There's miss_porcupine's Sumner Verse but Sumner isn't fed on by the Wraith and it isn't McKay/Sheppard. Still, it's an interesting look at how Atlantis could have been had Sumner not died.

[gandalfnho.livejournal.com]

Good recommendation, even being looking these type of stories stories with a more normal Sheppard (to avoid an extra motive to Sumner accept working with him as XO)

[gandalfnho.livejournal.com]

Read this series once and good suggestion too, but my idea was more only a alternate version of the first season with Sheppard being able to get the command later (because if Sumner is feeded, than when they recontact Earth technically he will relieved from command, like happened with Everett in canon)