AlphaCen fic: Midway

[hth]

Midway
by Hth

Rodney/Sheppard/Ronon (post-series Alpha Centauri)
10,500 words

"The midway is divided into three main sections," Sheppard explained, making the same obscure pointing gestures he made in the field to indicate their next maneuver, "and each one is anchored by its own ferris wheel."

"I’ll give you a hundred dollars not to make us ride all three," Rodney said.

(A/N: Dear marythefan -- I'm sorry I made fun of the pie-judging contest. Love, Hth.)

Comments

[blackpapertiger.livejournal.com]

I thoroughly enjoyed this story (as I have the rest of the series) because you manage such fantastic emotional impact in it. I don't know if you intend it this way, (because no one else seems to have this same reaction) but at least with the last few stories, I feel incredibly bad for John... with this one, taking people to someplace that was important to you as a kid and having them... so obviously not enjoy themselves, and resent it, just sucks. and while I understand Rodney's whole point about people staring at them, and his anger at having to hide their relationship, it still makes my stomach clench for John because...yeah. Also, it makes Rodney seem vaguely hypocritical, or kind of elitist because he's perfectly willing to drag them to opera, because it's, y'know, high culture and he enjoys it, but that was a worthy pursuit, while John's fair, which he loves, isn't. I dunno, maybe I've spent too many summers with my cousins at the Ohio State Fair (you ain't seen nothing til you've seen giant butter cows) but there's something there too that's just as important as opera and particle physics.

Good lord, I didn't know I had that to say... basically I think I identify more with John, and you do a wonderful job with him here, and I especially loved the bits where Rodney is talking about John lying, and how he does it flat and brazen and not caring if they know, because your descriptions are so detailed, i can hear him saying that in my head. Thanks!