SGA fic: Penitent

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Penitent
by Hth
8850 words
AU branching off from "The Long Goodbye"

rating: R
pairings: oh, take your pick. If you're fond of any combination of Teyla/Rodney/Ronon/John, you'll probably find it lurking around, to one degree of explicitness or another. Though I wouldn't call it OT4, exactly.

author's notes: WARNING for CHARACTER DEATH. Dig? D-E-D, dead! He's not just resting his eyes, folks. I originally began this for the flashfic Villains challenge, but I decided it didn't quite fit the theme. Nevertheless, it's still not a story meant for sensitive plants. Unofficial soundtrack = the Suzanne Vega song by the same title.

"It wasn't your fault."

Comments

[opprobrium.livejournal.com]

This was GORGEOUS. You totally had me feeling deep emotions for Teyla, and as usual, your Rodney breaks my heart. I especially loved the fallout with him and Ronon. Why aren't you writing this show? Other than the fact you enjoy killing off character?

[khyrra.livejournal.com]

"Take me home," she said. Oh. Right there was where I lost it. But then Rodney was his usual snarky self, and there was Ronon/Rodney banter that had me giggling, and yes. So great.

[lenkti.livejournal.com]

Like a stiletto. Left me breathless.

[ratcreature]

Waaah! You killed Sheppard! Couldn't you have let hom come back as a glowy squid at least? *sniff* But I liked how you showed Teyla's grief and self-recriminations, and included the Athosians, and how Rodney and Ronon are trying to deal John's death.

[fydyan.livejournal.com]

Ack! You kill me, kill me dead. That was wonderful, and heartbreaking, and so very real that reading it was a visceral ache.

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

Go break my heart first thing in the morning.... Wow, that was painful and gorgeous and the depth of Teyla's complicated emotions was so clearly there..as were Ronon and Rodney's.

Thank you!!!!

[livrelibre.livejournal.com]

Your stories always make me so happy and this was no exception. This was such a good portrayal of grief and of the love they all have for each other.

[fanofall.livejournal.com]

Wow. Amazing.

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

*cries and cries and cries* He's DED!! Teyla done killed him! And she loved him! And okay, Rodney/Teyla is my own second pairing of choice (they're weirdly even better than John/Teyla, aren't they? Because they're always so unexpected and so hot! where John and Teyla seem to kind of stare at each other a lot in mute longing.) But this had particularly smoking Rodney/Teyla, but then again, Rodney with a beard is my own other deep sekret kink, and I'm starting to babble so shutting up now.

Hmmmm...

[--tk--.livejournal.com]

Your OT4 always hurts me more than it makes me happy. I always think: "and this is why poly-relationships rarely work out in RL." Unlike what most of fandom would have us believe, everyone is not going to love wach other equally and there will be hurt feelings, jealousy and anger. And that makes me sad. The terrible thing is that I really enjoy your work. So, I should just suck it up and stop being a big baby. Anyway, this was really good. I enjoyed it.

[kyriacarlisle.livejournal.com]

Oh, Teyla. There are so many things about this story that I really like, from its use of one of my favorite characters to its acceptance that one must sometimes make a terrible choice and then find a way to acknowledge the results. Watching Teyla grow back to herself wasn't easy, exactly, but it was very satisfying.

[mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com]

I had to go away and think about this for a while because it's just so painful to contemplate Teyla in this situation. My favorite moment, and one that will stay with me, was when Rodney said, "I feel like the only adult in the whole universe, and you were really always much better at that than I was." That is so, so Rodney, and very touching.

I'm so glad you let her go home with Rodney and Ronon at the end. Thank you.

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

That's right, stomp on my heart with your stompy stompy boots. But make me feel good at the end, too -- because I mourn for John, who never relaxed and took the love he could have had, but he would be happy, truly happy, to have his team/his family/the loves of his heart happy together at last.

[zvi-likes-tv.livejournal.com]

I didn't read this story until today, because I didn't feel up to reading a sad story when it first came out. But, I really like this story, now that I have read it, because it's a story about healing.

Thanks.

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[witling.livejournal.com]

Um, WTF? Is this spam? Sheesh.

[witling.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. Beautifully written, beautifully paced. I'm so glad to see a strong Teyla story. And your Ronon/Rodney stories--all of the ones I've read, hungrily snooping through like a feral possum--are just wonderful. I hadn't ever considered those two together before, and now I think, why is that? I have no idea.

Just great. Thank you for writing.

[skywardprodigal.livejournal.com]

I thought this good. Thank you.