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

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

Oh...I had to check three times to see that you'd really written that pairing...and I loved them so much! Slightly awkward, both of them, Rod's pov as not quite as obnoxious as we'd seen him and John a bundle of neuroses but with hints of his background and so toppy!!!

I love mensaverse, and your characters were a great extrapolation of what we know of the two in our dimension and what we glimpse from that ep about theirs. And they're real people, with enough real issues between them to not require elaborate artificial misunderstandings...

Thank you!!!!

[hth-the-first.livejournal.com]

Oh...I had to check three times to see that you'd really written that pairing...

Hee. Well, I keep *telling* people that I rather like the pairing, really, but nobody ever believes me. I think this is my third Rodney/John story, and I'd certainly write more, if I ever had any interesting ideas for them. Heck, I'd really write Rodney with anyone, just because he's so absurdly fun and easy to write -- it's really just like the writing-equivalent of popcorn movies and beach reading.

Anyway, thanks for the lovely comments. I'm gad you like mensaverse stuff, too -- I adore it, but given that I got more comments on this story from people who hate the AU than like it (I can only imagine how many people hate it and therefore never bothered to read this), I'm assuming it's a fringe taste. I seem to have a lot of those!