Entries tagged with author: liketheriver

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FIC: A Moment of Clarity by liketheriver (J. Flan's Twitter Challenge)

Title: A Moment of Clarity
Genre: humor with a touch of McShep slash
Characters: team
Rating: T.
Word count: ~ 3900
Warning: None
Spoilers: anything up through season 5
Author Notes: Yes, it's silly. I know it's silly, but what could I do with a prompt like that?
Summary: What Rodney couldn’t remember was how he'd ended up in the back of the Jumper along with stacks of wooden crates, with his wrists and ankles bound by duct tape, his throat sore, and his head pounding.

( A Moment of Clarity )

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Love and the Art of Firearm Maintenance by liketheriver (Continuing Education Challenge)

Title: Love and the Art of Firearm Maintenance
Genre: slash, romance, h/c, angst, schmarm...you name it, we have it.
Characters: John and Rodney
Rating: T.
Word count: ~ 10,000
Warning: None
Spoilers: anything up through season 5
Author Notes: Thanks as always to Koshka for the quick beta. This fic is based on one of my twitterfics, but 280 characters just wasn't enough to tell the whole story. Original twitfic can be found here.
Summary: Rodney McKay had never really been interested in gun maintenance. John Sheppard was about to change that.

( Love and the Art of Firearm Maintenance )

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Cold Feet by liketheriver (In Memoriam challenge)

Title: Cold Feet
Author: liketheriver
Genre: preslash, angst
Characters: John and Rodney
Rating: T.
Word count: ~ 2,900
Warning: None
Spoilers: anything up through season 5
Author Notes: Thanks as always to Koshka for the quick beta
Summary: Weddings weren’t John’s favorite way to pass the time. Yet, here he was, not only attending the ceremony, but a member of the wedding party.

( Cold Feet )

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Love and Medicine by liketheriver (h/c challenge)

Title: Love and Medicine
Author: liketheriver
Genre: Slash, h/c
Characters: John and Rodney
Rating: T.
Word count: ~ 6,000
Warning: None
Spoilers: anything up through season 5
Author Notes: How can I not take part in an h/c challenge?
Summary: So, while questions about love might have been appropriate at another time and place, now, with an arrow threatening to bleed the man dry, it seemed rather odd.

( Love and Medicine )

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I'll Take the Frakking Wraith Any Day by liketheriver (crossing challenge)

Title: I'll Take the Frakking Wraith Any Day
Genre: Pure parody and crack
Rating: T.
Word count: ~1400
Warning: None
Spoilers: Anything through Season 5 of both BSG and SGA.
Author Notes: Thanks as always to Koschka for the beta and a ridiculous discussion that resulted in this fic.
Summary: "These people are fucking nuts," Sheppard hissed.

( I'll Take the Frakking Wraith Any Day )

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In the Arms of Atlas by liketheriver (Amnesty 2008, Gods and Monsters challenge)

Title: In the Arms of Atlas
Genre: slashy gen/ preslash with Team
Rating: T.
Word count: ~9500
Warning: None
Spoilers: Anything through Season 5 but nothing really
Author Notes: This fic definitely is preslash in my mind, but I think you could read it as gen given the situation. I'll leave it up to the reader to make that decision. Thanks as always to Koschka for the beta.
Summary: “So, what?” Sheppard demanded. “The Ancients built this planet their own personal Death Star?” When Rodney grinned wickedly at the idea, John saw where the scientist’s thoughts were going and grinned in return. “Think we could build one of our own?”
( In the Arms of Atlas )

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Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda by liketheriver (team challenge)

Title: Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda
Genre: Gen/team/h/c
Rating: T.
Word count: ~8000
Warning: None
Spoilers: Anything through Season 5 but nothing really
Author Notes: Thanks as always to Koschka for the beta and to Laryn for the idea that someone like Major Slater might exist.
Summary: Caring for your injured CO isn't the easiest job for a Marine. And Sheppard's isn't the only team on Atlantis.
( Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda )

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Supplemental Education by liketheriver (kidfic challenge)

Title: Supplemental Education

Category: gen humor team
Word Count: ~3,000
Rating: T

Characters: Pretty much everyone.
Spoilers: None really
A/N: Because evidently I had a potty mouth from a very young age and my own children apparently inherited that from me. Thanks as always to Koschka for the beta. Also, this is set about six to eight months in the future.
Summary: Torren learns a few new words from Teyla's teammates.

( Supplemental Education )

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With... by liketheriver (comfort challenge)

Title: With...

Category: John/Rodney
Word Count: ~2,100
Rating: T

Characters: John and Rodney
Spoilers: Oh, The Shrine in big way.
A/N: Thanks as always to Koschka for the beta and the inspiration for certain galaxies far, far away.
Summary: With… that’s a word I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. It’s such a simple word, short, common, and easily overlooked, until you start realizing how dependent you’ve become on the concept.

( With )

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Maintaining Control by liketheriver (role reversal challenge)

Title: Maintaining Control

Author: liketheriver
Category: John/Rodney
Word Count: ~ 4,300
Rating: T

Characters: John, Rodney, and a smidge of the others.
Spoilers: Anything through The Seed
A/N: Thanks as always to Koschka for the beta.
Summary: Just because you're in command doesn't mean you can control everything that happens.

( Maintaining Control )

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Stopgap by liketheriver (first aid challenge)

Title: Stopgap

Category: Gen, team, h/c
Word Count: ~ 4,800
Rating: T

Characters: Team plus some Keller
Spoilers: Anything up through Season 4 and a few teeny tiny spoilers for Season 5 but really, if you don't know where babies come from you're too young to be reading this fic anyway.
A/N: I actually started this fic for another challenge months ago, got distracted with another deadline, got distracted again, then it dawned on me... CPR is a form of first aid! So I dusted it off and here we are. Thanks as always to Koschka for the beta.
Summary: Behind him he could hear Ronon still coughing. Given how long the Satedan had been submerged going into the icy waters after Sheppard, Rodney was actually surprised he hadn’t had to choose which of his teammates he would perform CPR on first..

( Stopgap )

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Secondary Aid by liketheriver (first aid challenge)

Title: Secondary Aid

Category: John/Rodney angst, h/c
Word Count: ~ 4,300
Rating: T

Characters: John, Rodney, and a smidge of Ronon
Spoilers: Nothing really but anything up through season 4 is fair game.
A/N: I went on a cruise with lots of water around me... this was the result. Thanks as always to Koschka for the beta.
Summary: A man could die out here in the roiling gray below him, slip silently below the simmering waves and be dead from shock and hypothermia before he even had a chance to swallow icy salt water and drown.

( Secondary Aid )

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Three Wishes by liketheriver (Fairy Tale Challenge)

Title: Three Wishes

Category: John/Rodney Humor
Word Count: ~ 8,600
Rating: T

Characters: John, Rodney, and others
Spoilers: Set sometime in the future of Season 5 so some casting spoilers/rumors
A/N: There is something about these challenges that brings things out in me that I would have swore I would never do... gender switching being one of them. But if you take this fic seriously, you have more problems than I do. *G* Thanks as always to Koschka for the beta and THIS IS ALLLLLL HER FAULT!
Summary: When Rodney gets a little too in touch with his feminine side, John realizes how dangerous wishes can be.

( Three Wishes )

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I'll Take You Dreaming- Part 1 by likethervier (must be dreaming challenge)

Title: I'll Take You Dreaming

Category: Slash John/Rodney with team building thrown in
Word Count: 16,000
Rating: T

Characters: John, Rodney, Teyla, and Ronon

Spoilers: Set sometime after Doppelganger but before The Missing (and I'm just going to pretend that Quarantine didn't happen exactly like it did in canon)
A/N: Thanks as always to Koschka for the beta.

Summary: With Rodney and Teyla trapped in a dream, it's up to John and Ronon to find a way in before they can help their teammates find a way out.

( I'll Take You Dreaming- Part 1 )

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I'll Take You Dreaming- Part 2 by liketheriver (must be dreaming challenge)

Title: I'll Take You Dreaming

Category: Slash John/Rodney with team building thrown in
Word Count: 16,000
Rating: T

Characters: John, Rodney, Teyla, and Ronon

Summary: With Rodney and Teyla trapped in a dream, it's up to John and Ronon to find a way in before they can help their teammates find a way out.

( I'll Take You Dreaming- Part 2 )

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Sibling Rivalry by liketheriver (Family Challenge)

Title: Sibling Rivalry

Author: liketheriver

Category: Gen, brotherly bonding

Word Count: 5,200

Rating: T

Characters: John, Rodney, and Teyla

Spoilers: Anything up through Outcast

A/N: Thanks as always to Koschka for the beta.

Summary: And perhaps this is the real reason why she did not let her two teammates know she can hear them, because when they are comfortably at ease in one another’s company, the men on her team can be delightfully boyish.

( Sibling Rivalry )

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Thanks for the Memories by liketheriver (not dead yet challenge)

Title: Thanks for the Memories
Author: liketheriver
Category: gen, missing scene, angst
Word Count: ~2,900
Rating: T
Characters: Sheppard and McKay
Warnings: None.
Spoilers: since it's a missing scene for The Last Man, you can do the math.
A/N: It seems like The Last Man has inspired quite a few entries in this challenge lately... here's one more because, seriously, would it have killed John to say thanks? Thanks as always to Koschka for the beta.
Summary: Behind the cut since it is sort of spoilerish.

( Thanks for the Memories )

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On the Brink by liketheriver (F**king Freezing Challenge)

Title: On the Brink
Category: h/c, romance, preslash
Word Count: ~2,900
Rating: T
Characters: Sheppard and McKay
Warnings: None.
Spoilers: Anything upto and including Harmony.
A/N: It doesn't have a lot of freezing cold in it, but it has body warmth and really isn't that point of a challenge like this?
Summary: He can see it all‒ the cliff, the ocean, the rocky crags below, Ronon’s scruffy face above, John’s reassuring smile beside him, the future it holds, the promise of someone being there to catch him even if he falls…especially if he falls. All of it is poised before him if he’s only willing to take the chance.

( On the Brink )

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Love Among the Inanimate by liketheriver (not human challenge)

Title: Love Among the Inanimate
Category: slash/ h/c / humor/ crack
Word Count: ~6,700
Rating: T
Characters: John and Rodney
Warnings: None.
Spoilers: None that I can think of any consequence.
A/N: I don't write crack. I don't, and yet... sigh. I have no explanation for where this came from. Thanks, as always, to Koschka for the quick beta.
Summary: Three things John and Rodney never were, but could have been.

( Love Among the Inanimate )

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Attachments by liketheriver (Stuck On You Challenge)

Title: Attachments
Category: Angst, h/c, romance, slash
Word Count: ~1200
Rating: T
Characters: John and Rodney
Warnings: None.
Spoilers: None.
A/N: I think this is the closest I've ever come to meeting the 1,000 word "limit". Thanks as always to Koschka for the quick beta.
Summary: There's more than one way to be attached to someone.

( Attachments )