Oh, just, holy shit. I read this through in one great gulp, and then went back and read it all again, luxuriating in all the gorgeous detail I'd missed the first time through. I can't even begin to tell you how amazingly beautiful this story is to me: they're such *men*, it's perfect, and they're wonderfully, frustratingly, sexily themselves. Ronon here is more richly nuanced and more believable to me than I've ever seen in fiction; Sheppard is his lazy apparently-imperturbable self; Rodney is, just, well, note-perfect. I could hear him speaking when I was reading his little rambles, and it was amazing.
(also a favorite: when Ronon just calmly breaks into the aforementioned rambles. People might think he's slow, but he's seemingly caught on very quickly as to how to get a word in edgewise with McKay.)
And of course, I had the reaction I always have to fic that really hits me right. I talked to the characters. "Talk to him! oh my god!" and "Okay, you've got to SAY something, idiot! He's not a mind reader! You clearly love each other!" and "Oh, man. Oh, just kiss him, Rodney, okay? Make it a happy threesome forever." and so on. Yes. Fortunately, there's no one around right now. *grin*
Anyway, I adored it, every word. I am rather on the edge of my seat, wondering how it will all work out, hurting for Rodney, John, and Ronon (who so far strikes me as a beautifully innocent bystander, but who is just shining with potential for further complication). Gah. Love. Thank you so much for sharing this. I am definitely waiting on the edge of my seat for more.
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(also a favorite: when Ronon just calmly breaks into the aforementioned rambles. People might think he's slow, but he's seemingly caught on very quickly as to how to get a word in edgewise with McKay.)
And of course, I had the reaction I always have to fic that really hits me right. I talked to the characters. "Talk to him! oh my god!" and "Okay, you've got to SAY something, idiot! He's not a mind reader! You clearly love each other!" and "Oh, man. Oh, just kiss him, Rodney, okay? Make it a happy threesome forever." and so on. Yes. Fortunately, there's no one around right now. *grin*
Anyway, I adored it, every word. I am rather on the edge of my seat, wondering how it will all work out, hurting for Rodney, John, and Ronon (who so far strikes me as a beautifully innocent bystander, but who is just shining with potential for further complication). Gah. Love. Thank you so much for sharing this. I am definitely waiting on the edge of my seat for more.