Fandom: Terminator / Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles
Pairing: John/Riley
Length: ~4800 words
Author on LJ:
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AO3Why this must be read: Most TSCC fics that deal with the fallout of "Born to Run" assume that John will end up getting with Allison from Palmdale (or try to), and that he'll be most interested in spending time with the Reese brothers. "A Patch of Sunshine" takes a different route, considering how he might follow up on his (one-sided, in a timey-wimey way) relationship with the one real innocent that we meet in all of this mess. The fic is sad and sweet and worth a read.
( Some of the older tunnel dwellers disliked even the idea of eating rats, but Riley had never known anything else. She didn't know what all the fuss was about, anyway. ) A Patch of Sunshine