Fic: How Not to Fly

[toomuchplor]

Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Rating: NC-17
Length: 56 731 words

Summary:

And then the door chimed, and Woolsey came in looking mournful and anxious, and everything got derailed.

Death and life, hope and hopelessness, aren't just for the Pegasus galaxy.  Eventually, inevitably, it's going to happen on Earth.  John and Rodney, loss and family and what it means to be home.

Warning: Death of a minor canon character in a way integral to the plot; deals with bereavement and loss suffered by a major character.  No major characters die in this story, however.

How Not to Fly (on AO3)

How Not to Fly (on my site)

Comments

[ceitie]

Incredibly awesome! I really love the kids here, how loveable they are despite all their problems, all their complicated humanity and kid-ness. And that Rodney would see John keeping them as throwing his life away the way Jeannie did makes perfect sense for what we know about him. And the end just makes me go all heart-clench, because of course they're better together, and I adore Rodney's revelation and his glee over saying three - count 'em, three! - genuinely romantic things in one day. :D

[toomuchplor]

And that Rodney would see John keeping them as throwing his life away the way Jeannie did makes perfect sense for what we know about him.

Thanks, glad you agree with me there. Rodney's so achievement-focused, I think some part of him would think of having kids as kind of a big time-waster. (Of course, in a little while he'll get a taste of that reflected parental glory thing and it'll all change quite a bit! *g*)

Thanks for the great feedback! Glad you liked it.