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nothing permanent | a mcshep moments of change reclist

here is the secret that everyone knows by sabinelagrande | <1k, g

John stops wearing his uniform on the two thousand and second day after they arrive.

A New Day At Midnight by Speranza | <1k, e

He's not at all surprised.

September 20th, 2011 by velocitygrass | 1k, t

It's the end of DADT and nothing will really change for John.

broken, as you clutch the sleeve of my jacket and beg me not to leave by respoftw | 1k, g

Rodney forces himself to watch the tapes a week after he’s discharged from the infirmary.

He picks one at random and spends the next twenty minutes throwing up in his toilet.

A Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates by DevilDoll | 1k, t

In which the author takes the phrase "dog days of summer" far too literally.

Two Years After Tomorrow by lavvyan | 1k, g

McKay had put in for leave, and Sheppard had dialled the Gate to Earth himself, and the two of them hadn't exchanged another word as McKay hefted his duffle bag and walked into the wormhole.

Bashert by aadarshinah | 1k, t

"If a clock could count down to the moment you meet your soulmate, would you want to know?"

No Regrets by respoftw | 2k, t

Rodney gave up on trying to fix the jumper on day thirteen.   John caught him staring through the broken innards of the engines with a blank look on his face and knew, on a guttural, deep down level, that there was no getting out of this one.

In a room, alone by commatme | 2k, e

It’s just that sometimes, when they’re in a room alone (John’s, Rodney’s, the science lab, the jumper bay that one time right up against jumper 9), John will get down on his knees and unzip Rodney’s pants and pull him out of his underwear and swallow him down until Rodney comes hard and bitter and gasping down John’s throat.

The Same River Twice by DragoJustine | 3k, e

John comes back from 48,000 years in the future, and has to figure out how *this* Rodney could ever have become *that* Rodney.

Basic Jumper Repair by esteefee | 4k, e

John repairs the jumper; Rodney applies a theory.

Boundaries by esteefee | 4k, e

The Alien High Priest makes them do it. This was for the AMTDI challenge, finished way too late.

Tenets of Leadership in Vacuum by Xparrot | 4k, t

John wouldn't necessarily say that hanging out with Rodney was less stressful, but it did tend to leave fewer visible bruises.

Reckoning by tacit | 5k, t

Written December 2007 for the SGA H/C secret santa. Everybetty requested gen Shepwhump featuring Beckett, that didn't skip over the medical details. This is what came out.

Nb: At the end of The Defiant One, McKay nods to Sheppard's gun shot wound and asks if Sheppard's okay. Sheppards replies, "Other than this and a few cracked ribs," which seemed eye-rollingly over-stoic, to me. I've taken a bit of poetic license with the severity of Sheppard's injuries.

Touch Therapy by Ladycat | 7k, e

For the first time in what felt like months, John felt a smile hovering over the corner of his mouth. “You’re going to pack for me, McKay?”

Foretold by thegrrrl2002 | 8k, e

What if John had taken the Seer's hand? What would he have seen?

Heart of Ice by crysothemis | 8k, e

"That's the problem," Rodney said. "You don't care about anything."

The First Pressing by laceymcbain | 8k, e

John doesn’t know when he started thinking people had to justify being happy.

War Bride by Speranza | 9k, e

"Rodney's my desert island guy," he says finally, because it's the simplest, truest thing he can say: if there's one person he gets to keep with him, he chooses McKay. It's as simple as that.

Bare by objectlesson | 11k, e

“Did you not know,” Teyla says carefully, shooting a concerned look at Ronon over their mostly empty plates, “that Lt. Colonel Sheppard enjoys the company of—”

“No, I did not!” Rodney manages to grit out, sucking in air desperately before grabbing his glass of water and downing it. “Since fucking when?!”

Aspects of Divinity (the world is my oyster) by kariye | 13k, e

The summer John is eighteen, he drives an ice cream truck. He hasn’t yet learned there are things he can’t do just because he wants to badly enough. Or, a fic about seeing the map of the world.

What You Trust by Tex | 14k, e

He's never been good at asking for what he wants. Well, not politely. And especially not when it's something personal. "Come on, let's snuggle," or "I need a hug" are words that have never passed his lips.

One Leg at a Time by Mallory Klohn (malloryklohn) | 14k, e

John and Rodney have a difference of opinion as to who of the two of them is the true King Prude of Petticoats Mountain. You might think this dispute leads to a lot of outre sexual exploits, but mostly they just argue a bunch. Mostly.

Advantage by Resonant | 14k, e

This slave-owner thing was a lot of responsibility.

ad infinitum by dedkake | 15k, m

John is left out to dry after his dishonorable discharge. Rodney develops a little bit of an obsession when he figures out a way to save Earth and Atlantis.

Gravel Road by candle_beck | 19k, e

Unexpected plot twists, John Sheppard's hair, and other things that annoy Rodney McKay.

Straight as a Circle by toomuchplor | 20k, e

John Sheppard wakes up straight.

suffer me not to be separated by auburn | 21k, e 

The SGC recalls the Atlantis Expedition.

Holy Rivers by objectlesson | 21k, m

Once they're back on Earth, things start falling apart.

Decision Point by esteefee | 23k, m

esteefee: *starts to write a story where Rodney stays on Earth and John goes back to Pegasus*

esteefee: hmmm, I'm at 15K+ words, and John still refuses to leave Earth. I don't understa—

Narrator: esteefee did, in fact, understand.

freedom's just another word by synecdochic | 23k, NR

Because the meaning of life is "do the next thing", and we all carry the seeds of the past into our future. Futurefic, Rodney-centric.

Random Acts by sgamadison | 25k, e

"It's called a random act of kindness," she said. "You should try it sometime."

You & Me & The Pegasus Galaxy by CartWrite | 29k, e

When John Sheppard finds Rodney McKay's very explicit ads on the Atlantis hook-up board, he feels pretty weird and kind of loses his mind.

A Hole in the World by gottalovev | 29k, e

One day, Rodney walks out of Atlantis without saying why and vanishes. While John does everything he can to find him, he is forced to face the fact that he has feelings for Rodney that run deeper than he'd realized.

Sheppard's Law by Speranza | 34k, e