Title: Down Where It's Wetter
Author: icantfollow
Pairing: John/Rodney
Rating: PG-13
Author Note: Written for the atlantis_9to5 Comm-a-thon:

The One at the Luxury Hotel Resort:

Elizabeth Weir: Hotel Manager
John Sheppard: Casino Security Guard
Rodney McKay: Housekeeping Supervisor or Chief Maintenance Engineer
Ronon Dex & Radek Zelenka: Bellhop
Teyla Emmagen: Front Desk Representative


( There were only so many times Rodney McKay could explain to Elizabeth Weir that the reason the resort's computer system kept crashing was that it was old. John Glenn old.  )

Title: A Hundred Words for Snow
Author: icantfollow
Characters/Pairings: John/Rodney
Prompt: #026 Teammates
Word Count: 4,410
Rating: PG-13 for angst
Warning: Character death
Spoilers: Home, Lifeline/Adrift, Outcast
Summary: 'They say Eskimos have a hundred words for snow...'


( John looked around the apartment; it was almost exactly like the one from the fake Earth except that the fridge wasn't stocked with beer - a flaw he intended to fix as soon as possible. )

Title: Joyeux Noël
Author: icantfollow
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Prompt: #092 Christmas
Word Count: ~1300
Rating: PG
Summary: Rodney's a forensic anthropologist and John's a fed. You know, the Bones!AU, inspired by this beautiful art by steammmpunk.

I also managed to sneak in some references to Rodney's fleece ;).

A/N: Happy Holidays, SGA fans! Wrote it quick, so it's unbetaed. Oh, also, La Ronde probably isn't open in the dead of winter like this, but, hey, it's fiction!


( Booth: You know you're not the only forensic anthropologist in town. Brennan: (laughs) Yes I am. The next nearest is in Montreal. Parlez-vous français? )

Title: Pandora's Box
Author: icantfollow
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, Ronon Dex. McShep if you squint.
Rating: PG
Summary: Post-mission confessions of SGA-1.
Spoilers: anything up to and including 4x02 Reunion.

A/N: Skimming through old sga_flashfic entries, I stumbled upon the Post-Secret challenge, which sadly was over a year ago. It gave me some interesting ideas, and I decided to run with it. So this is partly Post-Secret, and partly inspired by the beautiful fic, Postcards to Jeannie.

Uh...I think this is my first gen fic. *surprised* Tiny, tiny hint of McShep because, well, I am only human.


( Pandora's Box - Warning, Image Heavy )

Title: The Four AUs I Don’t Have Time To Write But Probably Will Anyway (And The One AU I Need to Finish But Can’t)
Author: icantfollow
Rating: All G, I think. For now. Maybe PG

A/N: Okay, so I really, really need to finish my Grease!AU, but I'm stuck. I've had bits and pieces of all these others on my harddrive for awhile now, and I think I really just need to get them out and gauge a reaction.

I'm so burnt out on these right now, that if I knew anything at all about forensic science, I'd be writing a CSI!AU right now, and that is really tempting. There are about a million more I could probably think of, but I'm curious as to whether any of these intrigue anybody, maybe enough to get the juices flowing again.

For those of you actually interested in Act Two of There Are Worse Things, there's a little snippet in here for you. Someday you may actually get the rest of it.


( The Four AUs I Don’t Have Time To Write But Probably Will Anyway (And The One AU I Need to Finish But Can’t) )

So, if you made it through all that, any preferences?

Title: There Are Worse Things (1/2)
Author: icantfollow
Prompt: #063 Summer
Word Count: ~7300
Rating: R
Summary: But, oh, those summer nights.

A/N: Wow, this became so much more more than I intended, and it's so anachronistically out of whack it's not funny because I really couldn't decide what era to set it in.


( Act One )

Title: Four Times Rodney Kisses John and One Time He Doesn't
Author: icantfollow
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Prompt: #038 Touch
Word Count: ~1200
Rating: PG
Summary: It's amazing, really, how often they come under the influence of an alien culture.

A/N: This is sort of a warm-up exercise for mcshep_romance, so it's pretty fluffy.

( Four Times Rodney Kisses John and One Time He Doesn't )

Title: Second Star to the Right
Author: icantfollow
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Prompt: #046 Star
Word Count: ~11,000
Genre: AU
Rating: PG13
Summary: Rodney's pretty sure that if his time with John hasn't scarred him for life, then at the very least he's going to grow up with a fish fetish.

Part I


( Second Star to the Right - Part II )

Title: Second Star to the Right
Author: icantfollow
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Prompt: #046 Star
Word Count: ~11,000
Genre: AU
Rating: PG13
Summary: Rodney's pretty sure that if his time with John hasn't scarred him for life, then at the very least he's going to grow up with a fish fetish.

A/N: Mostly based off of the Disney cartoon version of Peter Pan rather than the J.M. Barrie original, with a bit of the 2003 movie thrown in for kicks. This fic has given me more headaches than a heavy metal band, but it's finally finished.

No crocodiles were harmed in the making of this fic – mostly because I forgot to put one in.



( Second Star to the Right )

Title: No One Comes Close
Author: icantfollow
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Prompt: #005 Lasts
Word Count: ~5700
Genre: Drama/Angst
Rating: R (for language)
Summary: John doesn't trust easily; Rodney doesn't care.

A/N: I apologize in advance for my terrible French. I feel it's a necessary evil. Also: "No one comes close" is apparently an unofficial motto of the USAF.


( No One Comes Close )

Title: Follow Through
Author: icantfollow
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Fandoms: SGA/SG1/Eureka/Lost/ER/NCIS
Prompt: #082 If.
Word Count: ~2,800
Rating: PG13
Summary: 'Hello, Jenny,' John replies, wondering what the proper protocol is when you see your ex-wife in a town that technically doesn't exist while your de facto life partner stands beside you.
A/N: Part of the Life Less Ordinary universe, following Too Much Caffeine in Your Bloodstream.


( 'You know,' John drawls as he applies the bandage, 'you could stand to learn a bit about armed combat.' )

Title: I Know
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Prompt: #021 Friends
Spoilers: for Sunday
Word Count: 606
Rating: PG
Summary: Rodney wishes he could summon the energy to care about anything anymore. John helps.

A/N: Wrote this pretty much right after Sunday and then forgot about it. I haven't posted anything in almost a month, so I thought I'd share.


( I Know )

Title: Mr. Nice Guy
Author: icantfollow
Pairing/Fandom: John/Rodney (SGA)
Rating: G
Summary: Ronon observes as Rodney tries to go an entire week without insulting anyone.
Prompt: Speak only well of people and you need never whisper.


( Mr. Nice Guy )

Title: Daddy's Girl
Author: icantfollow
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Prompt: #027 Parents
Word Count: ~3,350
Rating: PG
Summary: No women, even the newborn kind, can really resist Rodney McKay - and Meredith Sheppard is no exception.

A/N: Follows Name Game in the Superior Genetics series.

( Daddy's Girl )

Title: Five Ways John Sheppard Says 'I Love You' Without Actually Saying It
Author: icantfollow
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Prompt: #011 Red.
Word Count: ~1000
Rating: PG
Summary: 'John Sheppard, have you been wooing me?'
A/N: So I've got at least four partially completed fics on my hard drive, not to mention a mess of stuff to write for class, but, instead, here's a McShep valentine fic. A day late, but still good :) Unbetaed.


( Five Ways John Sheppard Says 'I Love You' Without Actually Saying It )

Title: Fairy Tale Dynamics (2/2)
Author: icantfollow
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Prompt: #086 Choices
Word Count: ~10,300
Genre: Fairytale AU
Rating: PG13
Summary: He says his name is John and he's a prince. Rodney, born to anti-establishment parents and raised by a witch with plans for world domination, takes his word for it.


Part I is here

( Sometimes John is not very princely at all. )

Title: Fairy Tale Dynamics (1/2)
Author: icantfollow
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Prompt: #086 Choices
Word Count: ~10,300
Genre: Fairytale AU
Rating: PG13
Summary: He says his name is John and he's a prince. Rodney, born to anti-establishment parents and raised by a witch with plans for world domination, takes his word for it.
A/N: Shamelessly inspired by skoosiepants' hysterical versions of Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. I considered placing John in the role of Rapunzel, given the hair, but the idea of Rodney locked in a tower was just so much better.

Thanks to my beta openice who found time for this in her crazy, hectic life.


( The worst part of the whole arrangement, Rodney thinks, is that his parents aren't even vegetarians. )

Title: Name Game
Author: icantfollow
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Prompt: #085 She
Spoilers: Echoes
Word Count:
Rating: G
Summary: 'What do you mean she?'
A/N: Follows Mother's Intuition in the Superior Genetics series.


( Name Game )

Title: Mother's Intuition
Author: icantfollow
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard,
Prompt: #024 Family
Spoilers: Sunday
Word Count: ~1,800
Rating: PG
Summary: 'We know lots of women - they just all happen to want into your pants, or are completely insane. Neither of which are qualities I'm looking for in the woman who's going to contribute half the DNA to this kid.'
A/N: Well, it turned into a series. The overall series is going to be called Superior Genetics and starts with Baby Talk. There's going to be at least one more before the baby actually makes an appearance. XD


( Mother's Intuition )

Title: Semantics
Author: icantfollow
Characters/Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagen/Carson Beckett
Prompt: #98 Writer's Choice
Spoilers: heavy for Sunday
Word Count: ~3000
Rating: PG13
Summary: love (lŭv) n. – A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness. The evolution of John and Rodney's relationship seen through Teyla's eyes as she struggles with feelings of loss, and the effort to understand and communicate.
A/N: This was something I wanted to write for awhile, though it evolved quite a bit after seeing Sunday. I finally sat down and gave it the attention it deserved.



( Semantics - now with cover art! )