Title: III. Five people who the press won't care about when the Stargate Program goes public (and the reasons why the Atlantis expedition wouldn't have made it without them).
Authors: shaenie and fiercelydreamed
Summary: A thumb drive, a tally sheet, a single stripe, a NMR spectrometer, and a mediocre GPA; these are the things that save Atlantis.
Details: Gen, ~1,700 words, very vague spoilers through S4.
Notes: Installments 11-15 of the 25 Things series (which isn't linear -- each set stands fully independent of the others). Part I is here and Part II is here.


( He's barely ever spoken to Colonel Sheppard, aside from briefings with twelve other people or a nod and smile in the mess, but Zeke actually likes that about his C.O. )

Title: Five medical issues Jennifer Keller is really, really sick of treating.
Authors: shaenie and fiercelydreamed
Summary: Some days it boggles the mind that this expedition consists of humanity's "best and brightest."
Details: Keller, various others, PG-13 for mild sexual content (but basically gen). ~1,100 words, spoilers for S4.
Notes: Installments 6-10 of the 25 Things series (which isn't linear -- each set stands fully independent of the others). Started because shaenie somehow didn't have enough to do (I know, I'm boggled too), and continued because we like to collectively elaborate on canon with the mad glee of kindergartners stealing sandbox toys when the other kids aren't looking. Installment #1 can be found here.


( She's heard all the excuses imaginable. )

Title: Who's Left and Who's Leaving
Author: the_drifter (fiercelydreamed)
Summary: "No names," Rodney tells them, one more time. "And no dates -- I'm serious about that. No one can know what anyone else is planning." John learns the structures of life and death.
Notes: 9500 words, vague spoilers through S4, mild language. Huge thanks to shaenie for betaing.

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( John lays awake for a long time that night, imagining all the different ways that this could go down. )

Title: Rebuilding Babel
Author: the_drifter (fiercelydreamed)
Summary: He wondered if this was how it felt to go crazy -- you didn't lose your mind, it just stopped synching up with the world around you. The Pegasus galaxy makes Rodney an expert in what he can survive without.
Details: 21,000 words, Sheppard/McKay, adult/explicit. Spoilers through S2.
Notes: Huge thanks to secrethappiness and cathexys for betaing (thoroughly and within time constraints -- man, but they're kind people), and to cindyjade, shaenie, and celli for audiencing. Also, two counts of thanks to cesperanza for using the prompt and for extending the challenge deadline.

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( Radek was still fighting him and Elizabeth had clicked onto the radio, her voice demanding, Sheppard was sprinting down the corridor and Rodney ignored all of them for the moment, because they were running out of time in two ways at once and there couldn't be any mistakes on this, they had to get it absolutely right. )

Title: Rebuilding Babel
Author: the_drifter (fiercelydreamed)
Summary: He wondered if this was how it felt to go crazy -- you didn't lose your mind, it just stopped synching up with the world around you. The Pegasus galaxy makes Rodney an expert in what he can survive without.
Details: 21,000 words, Sheppard/McKay, adult/explicit. Spoilers through S2.
Notes: Huge thanks to secrethappiness and cathexys for betaing (thoroughly and within time constraints -- man, but they're kind people), and to cindyjade, shaenie, and celli for audiencing. Also, two counts of thanks to cesperanza for using the prompt and for extending the challenge deadline.

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( The rise and fall of Sheppard's voice was like a pawn dropped lazily onto the chessboard: let the games begin. )