ext_7825 ([identity profile] lillyjk.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2007-05-30 08:27 pm

Skintight by Toft Froggy (NC-17)

Fandom: STARGATE ATLANTIS
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] toft_froggy
Author Website: Second Skin

Why this must be read: This story is a must-read because it's John like we've never seen him - as a transvestite! - and even if you start reading and think, "hey, this isn't really my thing," you find yourself drawn in. This story had me mesmerized from the first paragraph and [livejournal.com profile] toft_froggy's words paint a very vivid picture. It's almost painful (but in a good way) to read as Sheppard and McKay stumble into a relationship despite their best efforts. This is a John Sheppard with a whole different set of issues with Rodney trying to wisecrack and bully his way past them. [livejournal.com profile] toft_froggy makes this story hot but not sleazy and romantic but not trite. It's on my list of "bestever" fics because it runs the whole gamut of emotion and leaves me feeling completely satisfied that these two screwed up men will make it together. (and best of all - there are two more installments linked at her livejournal!)



John pushed past Rodney, keeping his fists tightly clenched at his side and his mouth firmly shut, because, contrary to the belief of his superiors, he did actually have a survival instinct, and right now it was telling him to get the hell out of there before he did some serious damage.

“Don’t worry, Colonel,” Rodney spat, already turning back to the wiring. “I’m sure there’s some ascended priestess out there who’d be happy to let you wear her panties.”

Then, quite abruptly, Rodney’s head was snapping to the side as John’s fist connected with his jaw, and Rodney was sprawled on the floor of the jumper as John cradled his knuckles, because he hadn’t thrown such a fucking sloppy punch since grade school.

“Ow,” said Rodney, sounding amazed. “Oh my god, you hit me.”

He moved his head experimentally, then sat up, holding his jaw, and pulled off his radio to check it. “Wow, that really was completely unnecessary.”

John stared at his knuckles, which were already swelling up a bit and hurt, then back at Rodney, who was picking himself off the floor.

“You hit me,” he said again, insistently, as if John were denying it. “You hit me, and therefore you have a thing.” Rodney stabbed his finger into John’s chest triumphantly, and John tried not to flinch.

“A thing?”

Rodney lowed his voice conspiratorially.

“A dressing up thing. A crossdressing thing.”

“I – I, a what?” croaked John, and his voice didn’t sound like his own.

“You do,” breathed Rodney, looking as if he’d just opened a closet and found a ZPM. “Oh my god, that’s so hot.”

John put his face in his hands and thought, this is not happening to me, because in the Pegasus galaxy, anything was possible. Maybe it wasn’t.


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[identity profile] gardendoor.livejournal.com 2007-06-01 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
This was teh, teh hot, and I never in a million years would have tried it on my own. Thanks for reccing this.