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Salt of the Earth by Dasha (R)
Fandom: STARGATE ATLANTIS
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard, just not
Length: novel
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dashamte
Author Website: Most SG fic is at Area 52 - Dasha; there are some crossovers other places, including her LJ.
Why this must be read:
I thought that getting the keys to the SG franchise crackvan so late would mean that nothing I love would be left to be rec'd. I was completely wrong.
Dasha is one of those authors (like Bujold or Heinlein) who makes you think her grocery list would be engaging reading, and she's been my gateway to several fandoms, including SGA (I first met John Sheppard and Rodney McKay in a Sentinel XO, to be rec'd later).
Salt of the Earth is Dasha at her finest; it's adventure, it's science fiction, it's unrequited love that stays unrequited (but that's okay!), and it has the best h/c scene I've ever read (beginning midway through the first part, if you don't want to be bothered with, yk, PLOT :-) ).
A snippet from a bit later:
"It's fun," Sheppard said cautiously, sounding like he was feeling his way through a forest of words, "to meet someone I don't have to be responsible for. And I like soft and round and...you know, cute...."
Desirable. Yes, thank you, I get it. Please, go away.
"I like it a lot, and it's everything I'm supposed to want. Being in love and all, it's supposed to be everything...."
Yes. It is. And it's not me. I get it. Really.
Softly, almost ashamed, "I want more. I want...with you....Rodney, we can do anything." Urgent now, a soft breath against Rodney's cheek. "I don't mean that in the idiot, 'we can't lose' way, I mean....Rodney, we have no idea what we'll be doing tomorrow. It could be anything. We came here looking for technology to beat the Goa'uld. Maybe a few more ZPMs. And there were pretty good chances that we'd just, you know, die. Here. For nothing. But, *Rodney*, there is just an outside chance that we can save this whole galaxy from the Wraith. And you--you might be able to *make* ZPMs by this time next year. Every place we go is different. Everybody we meet is an opportunity I can't even begin to guess at. And doing it with you....You ask more of me than anybody I've ever met. And you never make it easy. I don't want things...easy. This isn't making any sense...."
Weirdly, Rodney could feel Sheppard shaking. He didn't know why. He wasn't sure he even understood what he was saying.
"I want more. No, it's not the same, and I'm...so sorry it hurts you that it's not the same. That I can't want you the way you want me. But I don't want *that*. I want *this*. I wouldn't trade what I have with you for something small and empty and easy."
To Salt of the Earth:
Part One: In Dark Places
Part Two: Worse Things Than Love
Part Three: Something at the End of the Tunnel...
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard, just not
Length: novel
Author on LJ:
dashamteAuthor Website: Most SG fic is at Area 52 - Dasha; there are some crossovers other places, including her LJ.
Why this must be read:
I thought that getting the keys to the SG franchise crackvan so late would mean that nothing I love would be left to be rec'd. I was completely wrong.
Dasha is one of those authors (like Bujold or Heinlein) who makes you think her grocery list would be engaging reading, and she's been my gateway to several fandoms, including SGA (I first met John Sheppard and Rodney McKay in a Sentinel XO, to be rec'd later).
Salt of the Earth is Dasha at her finest; it's adventure, it's science fiction, it's unrequited love that stays unrequited (but that's okay!), and it has the best h/c scene I've ever read (beginning midway through the first part, if you don't want to be bothered with, yk, PLOT :-) ).
A snippet from a bit later:
"It's fun," Sheppard said cautiously, sounding like he was feeling his way through a forest of words, "to meet someone I don't have to be responsible for. And I like soft and round and...you know, cute...."
Desirable. Yes, thank you, I get it. Please, go away.
"I like it a lot, and it's everything I'm supposed to want. Being in love and all, it's supposed to be everything...."
Yes. It is. And it's not me. I get it. Really.
Softly, almost ashamed, "I want more. I want...with you....Rodney, we can do anything." Urgent now, a soft breath against Rodney's cheek. "I don't mean that in the idiot, 'we can't lose' way, I mean....Rodney, we have no idea what we'll be doing tomorrow. It could be anything. We came here looking for technology to beat the Goa'uld. Maybe a few more ZPMs. And there were pretty good chances that we'd just, you know, die. Here. For nothing. But, *Rodney*, there is just an outside chance that we can save this whole galaxy from the Wraith. And you--you might be able to *make* ZPMs by this time next year. Every place we go is different. Everybody we meet is an opportunity I can't even begin to guess at. And doing it with you....You ask more of me than anybody I've ever met. And you never make it easy. I don't want things...easy. This isn't making any sense...."
Weirdly, Rodney could feel Sheppard shaking. He didn't know why. He wasn't sure he even understood what he was saying.
"I want more. No, it's not the same, and I'm...so sorry it hurts you that it's not the same. That I can't want you the way you want me. But I don't want *that*. I want *this*. I wouldn't trade what I have with you for something small and empty and easy."
To Salt of the Earth:
Part One: In Dark Places
Part Two: Worse Things Than Love
Part Three: Something at the End of the Tunnel...
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Hah! I felt that way three years (and six turns) ago in The Sentinel fandom. And Dasha's tops in my book; an author whose stories I have recommended whole-heartedly. She writes equally well in slash and gen, and there isn't a story I haven't liked or loved -- quite an accomplishment.
Why am I not surprised she's getting recommended in other fandoms as well? ^_^
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If she's gone pro, I really hope it'll work for her!
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