Still by Pru (G)

[kylielee1000.livejournal.com]

Fandom: STARGATE ATLANTIS
Pairing: Ronon Dex/John Sheppard
Author on LJ: rageprufrock
Author Web site: Glitterati
Why this must be read: This short piece encapsulates the thing I love best about Pru's writing: the bits of strange randomness that coalesce into meaning, a stray object linked to an emotion or a mental image, all of it somehow coming together into something greater than the parts. In "Still," Ronon inexplicably gives Sheppard a lump of clay. "What are you thinking of making?" Ronon asks later, and Sheppard answers, "I'll have to think about it...It's not every day you get nice clay." The notion of making (and unmaking) resonates through this story: Ronon's father makes Ronon's mother a house; Sleeping Beauty is made by her lover's kiss; and

Ronon wants Sheppard to make this place home, to reshape their crushed and broken histories, to make Ronon a house or a door, something to walk to at the end of the day. Ronon wants Sheppard to make him something heavy like an anchor. Ronon wants stillness, wants the water to stop rolling around the city. Ronon wants whatever he can have here, but most selfishly of all, he wants something that all of Atlantis wants.

Still by Pru (G)

Comments

[almightychrissy.livejournal.com]

That fic makes my heart do somersaults out of love for Ronon.

[kylielee1000.livejournal.com]

There is a lot of great Ronon stuff out there, which I've been trying to find (and rec!) amidst all the McShep.

[almightychrissy.livejournal.com]

I am squeeful for your mission. I know you recced that 14 years fic, which I forgot to thank you for reccing because that is one of my favorite fics ever.

[kylielee1000.livejournal.com]

Same! Yes! I just love that fic with an undying passion.