Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Pairing: John/Rodney
Length: ~21,000
Author on LJ:
auburnnothenna Author Website: AllusionsAt some point, I suspect every one of Auburn's stories will be recced here, but her stories are absolutely deserving. This is one of those stories that rips at you because Atlantis is gone, Earth is hostile, and people imagine they can't have what they want. It's a story of what would have happened had Merlin's device never been found, one where the Ori continue to plague the Milky Way and Earth changes from a people who explorer to people afraid of anything new and dedicated to a war.
What breaks me every time I read this is how Auburn is able to make everything so damn realistic and possible, from the SGC becoming more dangerous in the face of the Ori to John and Rodney's fubar relationship. It's the painful side of the story, one where they don't secede, and all the pain and longing that goes along with that. But despite all that, it's also about John and Rodney finding their way back to each other, accepting that it's okay to be together. It's a wonderful fic.
( Mini-Teaser )suffer me not to be separated