crack_van | Fade to Black by Whizzy (Mature)

Fandom: STARGATE ATLANTIS
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Length: 25,256 words
Author on LJ:

whizzy
Author Website: AO3
Warnings: character death
Why this must be read:

Author's Summary: There was an entire pantheon of things Rodney was willing to concede could exist, even though he'd never personally witnessed evidence thereof. Time travel, for starters. Space aliens. The perfect man. But he absolutely, positively could not accept that he'd been dreaming of a guy he'd never seen before in his life, who turned out to be real.

"Wow" is the best descriptor I can come up with for this fic. From dark figures standing at the end of one's bed just watching to strange voices coming from the other side to eerie feelings that one is not alone, this fic just takes the brain into the best that SGA horror can give you. It's a long and meaty AU that takes us into the backwoods of British Columbia with Rodney McKay. There we experience the loneliness of a lost soul and his desperate lengths to alleviate that with our favorite physicist. Definitely make sure to grab the pillow for this fantastic horror piece; you'll need a place to silence the squeeks of fright.

As bizarre as his day had been, it shouldn't have been any surprise that his dreams were just as disconcerting.

Or make that dream, singular. In it, he'd been searching frantically through his house -- upending drawers, ransacking cabinets, and rifling through closets -- while John's voice urged him on. Rodney, please. I- I don't know where I am. It's dark. I can't see. Why can't I see anything? Please, you've gotta help me.

He'd opened his eyes to discover a dark, man-sized silhouette standing at the foot of his bed.

Then he'd opened his eyes again -- for real this time -- and flailed for the bedside lamp while screeching like a cheerleader in a slasher flick.

Of course there had been nothing there. But sleep after that... so wasn't happening.

Fade to Black