new fic: Reaction (SGA/MENSAverse)

[hth]

Reaction
by Hth

"McKay & Mrs. Miller" alternate universe (aka, the MENSAverse)
John Sheppard/Rod McKay (yes, really)
5600 words, PG-13ish


"If you shut up a second, I’m trying to ask you to dinner," Sheppard said.

"Isn’t that what– Oh," Rod said abruptly. "Oh, so – key word...not dinner, then."

Comments

[dine.livejournal.com]

terrific - I adored John's overprotective outburst over the garnish. a complete overreaction but while he can fight the physical threats, how scary that he's not able to protect Rod from unforeseen random stuff like allergic reaction

it was nice to see Rod and Jeannie's relationship through their phone conversation - and even nicer to know they're on good terms

[hth-the-first.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I've noticed that one of those tropes I do over and over without really planning it is to have someone freak out over something wildly inconsequential, where it actually turns out that the event in question is just a trigger-point for some weird, deep-seated issue. I don't know where that comes from, except that I think most of us really are like that -- our Big Things are just too big to think about, so we funnel all that energy into tangentially related Little Things. I don't know, or it's just a quick and easy storytelling device *g*

I *adore* Jeannie, so that's always a big pull for me to writing MENSAverse fiction -- I can legitimately bring her in for a bit, because she and Rod really *are* close! The biggest sign for me that Rod has his life together way more than Rodney does is that only a very screwed-up person wouldn't fully appreciate having a sister as cool as Jeannie. (*checks watch to count down for "Miller's Crossing" next week...*)