Claim Her Own Skin by Reccea (NC-17)

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Fandom: SGA
Pairing: McKay/Cadman
Author on LJ: reccea
Author Website: Her SGA Fiction Memories
Why this must be read:

This is a great character study of both Cadman and McKay in the aftermath of Duet. Getting back into her own body was great, but it didn't leave Cadman feeling easy-peasy, with everything resolved nice and neat, tied up in a red ribbon bow; Instead, her own body is a stranger to her, clumsy and awkward, and she decides she needs Rodney with her to reclaim it. The story of how she does that is incredibly hot, with a blunt, aggressive Cadman POV, not pulling any punches in what she wants, and Rodney eventually getting with the program as well. Great voices on both of the characters.


They need time apart.

Or, well, Laura needs time apart and away from him to get used to her own body again. And if the look in McKay's eyes is any indication, he feels exactly the same.

However, even a week later, out of the infirmary and cleared for everything but off world missions, she still doesn't feel right. Everything seems perfectly in place, exactly how she remembers it being but she just can't get this itch out of her system. This feeling of being unsettled.

She doesn't feel grounded in her own body anymore.

Laura thinks maybe she knows what can pull her back in. It's not smart but it feels like a good idea. Her own hands feel small, cramped almost, and the one time she saw McKay in the gateroom she had to keep her fists clenched. Because she wanted to reach out and touch him.

She's thinking if she lines up her palm to his and squeezes, maybe she'll remember what it feels like to feel her own body again


Claim Her Own Skin