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MF Luder ([personal profile] mf_luder_xf) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2010-04-20 05:18 pm

Term of Service by Resonant (NC-17)

Fandom: STARGATE: ATLANTIS
Pairing: McKay/OFC, Sheppard/OFC, McKay/Sheppard
Length: 19,000 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] resonant8
Author Website: in medias Res

Why this must be read:

It's just your typical sex slave fic. Well, not so typical. As usual, John and Rodney manage to stumble across a device that is taboo and decide to agree to the terms of service for the mistake in order to get the technology the culture has. 100 days doesn't seem so bad, right?

I love seeing what happens to John through Rodney's eyes in this and the emphasis that not all harm to a person is violent; their owners aren't allowed to punish them, but punishment can come in many forms and not all are physical. John's personality shift is fascinating as well as a great plot to imagine his more slinky habits in less typical situations than we saw on the show. It's sexy and funny and makes you a little frightened for Sheppard.

Yeah, and there's eyeliner. Never said I wasn't shallow.


"We can't ask this of you," Elizabeth said for the fourth time.

For the fourth time, Sheppard answered, "Satellite-based planetwide shielding against the Wraith. Plus a ZPM with about a quarter of a charge on it. Plus a chance for Rodney to pick someone's brain about the obviously Ancient cloaking technology they're using at the bottom of that sacred pool."

"It's completely unreasonable," Elizabeth said. "Surely you could do light housework or factory work or --"

"You think that would be better?" Rodney said.

"Come on," Sheppard said. "How bad could it be? Three months as gigolos for a couple of homely Baj women? Sounds like a pretty easy sentence to me. They could have put us in jail."

Elizabeth looked at Rodney.

"It's a little weird, yes, but you heard their conditions. They can't hurt us; we can say no to any particular task we find repugnant. And the rewards are fantastic -- have you looked at these energy readings?"

Elizabeth smoothed her hair in a distracted way. "You're telling me that you would sell your bodies for curiosity, orbital shielding, and a quarter-charged ZPM?"

Rodney and Sheppard looked at each other.

"Well, yeah," Sheppard said. "Who wouldn't?"


Term of Service

[identity profile] alizarin-nyc.livejournal.com 2010-04-20 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I just recently re-read this and loved it - so much intrigue and character development. Great rec!