crack_van | Proof by Contradiction by shalott (R)

Fandom: STARGATE ATLANTIS
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Author on LJ:

astolat
Author Website: Intimations
Why this must be read:

Ah, I do so love 'Aliens made them do it' stories and in this case it's more 'Alien technology made them do it'. SGA is the perfect fandom for that much loved scifi fanfic cliche because they are dealing with a level of technology that they only know a limited amount about in a city where they have no idea what they're going to find. Add in the fact that Ancient tech needs to be activated by someone with the ATA gene and you've got the perfect setup.

shalott weaves a wonderful story full of ramifications, conflict and, most especially, snark, around the incident in question and with a brace of little touches, sucks you in.

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He made himself unclench. Not Rodney's fault, and even if it was, he'd paid as much as anyone. "Elizabeth, I -- " He stopped, and maybe jumping through the hoops wasn't worth it after all, because he couldn't make his mouth form the words.

"You were drugged," she said. "You were both drugged, John. I guarantee you, however guilty you're feeling, right now Rodney's in his own hospital bed feeling the same way."

Rodney burst in through the door, fully dressed, carrying a pad of paper. "What's the most advanced mathematics you've ever studied?" he asked Sheppard.

John looked at Elizabeth.

"Then again, I could be wrong," she said.

Proof By Contradiction