Everything goes in the salad!

So two ideas were too close together on the plate, and they glomped together. I wanted a reason for one half of McShep to be ultra possessive, and it made sense to have it be Rodney to explore themes of, like, his hunger (physical and emotional), so that was a vague inclination that I tippidy-typed into my notes app.

Then I scrolled past this picture (or before all that? I don't remember.)

Those two things existed separately for a bit before I smashed them together. That gives us sea monster Rodney finding John, the only survivor of a shipwreck, and taking him to his cave (which you can only leave if you know the way through the maze of underwater tunnels), and refusing to let him go. There's some back and forth because Rodney wants sex and John doesn't want to admit that he also wants sex because he's pissed about being held hostage. And then tentacle smut because I've always wanted to try my hand at writing it.

I! Have! most of this outlined. It's a meet cute with an instantly smitten John and a clueless Rodney. A prosthetic leg is thrown at a robber. A meddling niece decides to play Cupid. There are antics and zoo trips and movie nights. Honestly, it could probably be a (slightly out there)(smutty) Hallmark movie. I'm going for cutesy and comfy. Utter silliness. And I think I have everything plotted enough to start writing. Yay! :3

I!

There are no large, chunky paragraphs to pull from yet because I'm plotting and outlining, so here's some 'middle of a scene' framework-y stuff, featuring beautiful, clueless Rodney who would never guess that the handsome man who comes into his tech repair shop WAY too often is flirting with him.

Don't worry, Mads is on it.

“Can I take you to dinner?”

Rodney blinked at John. “Shouldn’t I be taking you to dinner? You saved us.”

“Us?”

“Madison is upstairs. In the loft. I was so worried about her, so thank you. Really. I have to stay here with her, though.”

John smiled. “She can come with us, if she’s hungry, too?”

Rodney shuffled from foot to foot, then leaned over to pull the door to the shop open and poke his head inside. “Maddie, are you hungry?”

“Yeah!”

Okay, funny story, last night I realized that I've posted 99 Atlantis fics and 1 SG-1 fic, and it's summer so I have lots of time to do ridiculous shit like make a "I've got 99 problems and a fic ain't one" post (it's in my drafts and might just make it out too) to reminisce on the silliness I've gotten up to this year, so we'll call this a prequel. Amazing. Perfect timing. I love you.

In no specific order:

5 Times John Sheppard Thought About the Enormity of Rodney's Dick and 1 Time He Actually Did Something About It - Ehehehe.

my mind turns your life into folklore (peace x exile) - One of the earlier things I wrote for Atlantis, and it is full of my feels. An angsty, post-canon, return to Pegasus song!fic. (Like straight up traditional song!fic. I put the lyrics in there!) Also a getting together fic because I'm obsessed with writing those.

where the hell is my husband, what is taking him so long - Rodney calls John his husband one day, after they've returned to Pegasus, but no one remembers attending their wedding. Told largely from Miko, Radek, and Evan's POVs. <3

Escape Velocity - My beautiful, painstakingly planned and plotted, SUPER self-indulgent college AU. My beloved. My heart is still here. It is likely that there will be more little fics in this universe someday.

fall apart without me, body - I write a LOT of McShep. Most of it is very fluffy. This is the opposite of all of that. An angsty, messy fic in which John and Aiden have sex sometimes. What starts as stress relief turns into an unhealthy coping mechanism as Rodney drifts further and further out of John's reach.

Bonus (I cheated and made it a 5+1. 5 that are McShep Atlantis fics and 1 that isn't):

What Do You Do When The Final Problem Has Been Solved? - (BBC Sherlock) A fix-it fic slash ode to Molly, who deserved better. <3 (I CANNOT believe this in nine and a half years old lol. Where does the time go?)

Happy Wednesday!!!!! <3 (Thank you @spurious)

Current (active) WIPs

Regular middle-aged Mcshep Romcom

Mulan AU (in culinary school)

Octo-merman!Rodney (because idk if I fw the word cecaelia?) x Shipwrecked!John

Uncle John's Big Day

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