FIC: "You Can Call Him Skippy", McShep, FRT, 1/3

TITLE: "You Can Call Him Skippy"
BY: helenkacan aka Helena K.
RATING: PG13 / FRT (no, really!); Pre-slash; Strong language (R/FRM level)
WARNING: NOT a death-fic, though it may appear to be
CHARACTERS: John Sheppard, OMC, Rodney McKay, other canon characters
PAIRINGS: slight John Sheppard/OMC, ends as John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
WORD COUNT: ~19,000
SUMMARY: Atlantis has been back in Pegasus for a few years now, but John is restless. What kind of trouble is he in now? Trust Rodney to find out and to ... uh ... fix things. Well, after blowing a gasket and calling John a "moron"! Not that John doesn't call Rodney a "moron", too. Bonus dork references to pop-culture.
TIMELINE: Post "Enemy at the Gate" S5; post "Seizure" SG:U S2

( more yadda-yadda preliminary notes plus Part One of the fic HERE )

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(Continued to PART TWO: http://helenkacan.dreamwidth.org/750470.html#cutid1)
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FIC: "You Can Call Him Skippy", McShep, FRT, 2/3

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PART TWO:
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John should not have been surprised to see that Rodney had already drafted a proposal and – with his agreement – sent it off to Alma, cc: Evan, Clarice, Radek and Miko. Carson, too, just in case he wanted to give them an extra flu shot before they departed. Or just to wave his big needles as a genuinely friendly reminder.

( Keep on reading.... )

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(Continued to PART THREE: http://helenkacan.dreamwidth.org/750652.html#cutid1)

FIC: "You Can Call Him Skippy", McShep, FRT, 3/3

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PART THREE:
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Day Five: The next morning was an unseasonable grey. John knew he certainly wouldn't enjoy any outdoor activity without the warmth of the sun and was more than certain that Rodney wouldn't even step outside. So, he cajoled Rodney to show him the program and the algorithm that had detected Skippy's presence, even in a roundabout way. John knew that Rodney was always eager to talk about his brilliant leaps of innovation. And John always loved seeing Rodney sputter in mock-outrage whenever John asked a question that wasn't entirely moronic. This was exactly the kind of temporary retreat from the emotional minefields, the ones they'd already slogged through and what still lay ahead. John also reasoned that, the more he understood of Rodney's program, the better he could sway Alma in promoting it.

( Oh, go on and finish reading, already! )

END

Tiiiiiiiired. Go sleepies soon.

The blonde was such a good camper today. She finally finished that special birthday prezzie fic for Brian, posted it and sent him a linkie. Let's see how long it takes him to open it. [He took forever to open his e-card. ::sighs::]

After that, the day was basically over, and my back is screaming at me now. As you can see, that's just about normal for me. So I'm headed off to bed where I'll play Sillitaire on my Sillyphone ... until it drops on my face as I get drowsy. Yes, I entertain myself all the time, even inadvertently. So, nighty-night and bye-bye....