Not Dead Yet! Challenge fic

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

Death Becomes Him
by MrsHamill

Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Rating: If children are reading this, I really don't want to know.
Spoilers: Takes place sometime in the early fourth season.
Summary: Rodney finds something he really doesn't like.
Disclaimer: Please enter standard useless boilerplate disclaimer of all intent to damage here.
Warning: Gratuitous overuse of italics.
Notes: Written for the Flashfic challenge "Not Dead Yet," though after this one, I kinda wish I was. God bless kimberlyfdr, amireal and ailurophile6 for their help on this... thing. It was supposed to get me past The Block From Hell and instead it almost melted me down. They're the reason if it's readable at all.


Fic is here:

Comments

[sheba-finesse.livejournal.com]

Oh that's just brilliant. Am I wrong to find a homicidal Rodney extremely hot? I'd so love to see that on the show. Rodney pissed off to the point of just throwing everything in sight at John.

Wonderful fic!

[argosy.livejournal.com]

Oh that was funny and sweet and hot! I love the throwing things and I adore a purple-faced Rodney! ♥

[an-kayoh.livejournal.com]

Though you can put a little bit of me in Caldwell's coffee, if you can get away with it.

*dies*

You have no idea how quickly this quote is becoming a family joke. My brother's eyes lit up at the idea.

[azureavian.livejournal.com]

no labour goes unrewarded. that was awesome.

[chandri.livejournal.com]

This was WONDERFUL. I don't think anything's had me going that fast between heartbroken wibbling and hysterical floor-rolling laughter before. Excellent and well done. :D

[diamond-raven.livejournal.com]

That was awesome! But then again, everything you write is wonderful, so that's no surprise. John's message was heart breaking and I loved him deciding what to give to whom. It was obvious he spent a lot of time carefully planning out what would happen after his death. The part that nearly made me cry was John saying that Rodney should keep that picture and his tags. And of course, an enraged Rodney and John yelling at each other and then losing track of the fight is always fun. Thanks for sharing!

[dossier.livejournal.com]

What Rodney was actually looking for was hilarious. Wonderful--Rodney in a rage, Sheppard abashed & smirking whilst confessing his deepest secrets--all of it was wonderful.

[aretria.livejournal.com]

The website seems to be down. :(

[saphanibaal.livejournal.com]

This fic makes me deliriously happy. Oh, guys.

[accidentalfan.livejournal.com]

Oh this was just great. Both guys were pitch-perfect and the whole argument dissolving into "Wait, what?" just had me laughing. Actually, most of it just made me laugh and shake my head at the two of them. Yay!

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And I'd love to see that too, and I think Hewlett could do it, very convincingly. I'm glad you liked the story and thanks for letting me know.

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

He does get just so very 'het up', don't he? Such a riot to write, too. Thanks for letting me know you liked the story, I appreciate it!

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

Heee! I can just see John saying that and Rodney's reaction -- shocked, then outraged, then hysterical laughing.

Thanks for the feedback, I'm glad you liked the story!

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it.

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! Those two fighting is just too much fun to write. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

You're such a love, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the story, it was more difficult to write than I expected, for some damn reason, so it's lovely to know it worked. Except that even in canon they sound like an old married couple, so to write them fighting is pretty easy. Mostly. ;-)

I'm glad you liked the story, thanks for the wonderful feedback!

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm so glad you enjoyed it, especially because it was surprisingly hard to write. Argh, I hate stories like that! But I'm glad it worked for you.

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

Erk, I'm sorry! I was mostly off-line most of today, there must have been a burp on my site. It's back up, though, I just checked.

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

They are just so weird, aren't they? Even in canon they sound like an old married couple, so that part was easy.

I'm glad you liked it, thanks for the lovely feedback!

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Very cute. Loved the reason Rodney hacked it.

[ldyanne.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hope it helped with the muse, because I love your stories, and this was no exception. I loved how it looked like John was dead in the beginning. I kept saying to myself 'not dead yet,' 'not dead yet.' And then he wasn't dead anymore! Your John and Rodney dialogue was so funny, it had me rolling on the floor laughing. And their getting together in the end was just so them! Wonderful fic.

And I just wanted to let you know that I was inspired by your fic (and the James T line in this fic). I don't think there's any other similarities (except in the John's-dead-until-he's-not vein), but I just wanted you to know that you inpsired my muse, too ;-)

[ozsaur.livejournal.com]

The ending made me laugh out loud. But John's message was actually very touching. I can see why Rodney would get pissed though. Enjoyed this very much!

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Cute was what I was aiming for, actually, so whoo-hoo! I'm glad you liked it.

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

I'm all for anything that inspires a muse! Glad to be of service. And I'm glad you enjoyed this one, at least I got the damn thing finished!