broaden into boundless day by thingswithwings (NC17)

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Fandom: STARGATE: ATLANTIS
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Author on LJ: thingswithwings
Author Website: Complete List of Fic and Meta
Why this must be read: Because it's amazing. This fic is relatively short (~1800 words), but incredibly powerful. Every time I read it, I end up sobbing. My heart just breaks for John. The longing and loneliness he must feel in order to do what he does is staggering. I'll leave you to decide if the ending is happy or not.

Excerpt:

They tell him that there was an accident, and that he’s lucky. Then they tell him his name, and the names of the people he knows, and they tell him to rest and remember.

After two weeks, something comes back to him, fuzzy and almost out of reach but there, as if pushing its way into his consciousness by force. It’s a memory of the man who was introduced to him as Colonel Sheppard – no one’s told him the guy’s first name – holding him against a wall and kissing him, hard and wet, in a small, dark room, a storage room maybe.

broaden into boundless day

Comments

[kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com]

My heart just breaks for John.

Me, too :(