Visions, 1/1, John/Rodney, PG

[darkhavens]

Author: darkhavens
Title: Visions
Fandom: Pairing: Stargate Atlantis: John/Rodney
Rating: PG
Words: 600 words
Concrit: Please. If you spot a typo, feel free to tell me in comments.
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Summary: 6 AUs of various degrees, from Pegasus to WWII action, all in 100 word snippets.
Notes: Written for slashthedrabble challenge #167 - Eagles Song Titles. Each drabble title (and the overall name of the piece) is a song title from this list.



Frail Grasp on the Big Picture - the one where Atlantis went to hell and Rodney almost went with it

"Blue Jell-O?"

John sighed.

"Sure, buddy. But first I need you to put it back the way it was, okay?"

Rodney's nimble fingers switched and rearranged crystals until the 'gate was once again operable. He grinned proudly when he'd finished.

"Blue Jell-O!"

John's smile was bittersweet.

"Blue Jell-O for everyone, I promise, just as soon as we get home."

Rodney gazed around the 'gate room, seemingly oblivious to the trashed computers, shattered windows and scorched walls.

"'Lantis not home?"

"Not any more. C'mon, time to roll."

Rodney tucked himself under John's waiting arm and whispered, "S'okay. I still love you."



Guilty of the Crime - the one where they tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth

They were convicted in absentia.

The verdicts came in a final databurst before Atlantis was permanently locked out of the SGC computers.

The charges included sedition; treason; conduct unbecoming; taking up arms against the United States, the United Nations - a still stunned united Earth.

They included the lesser crimes of hijacking a hundred communications satellites to broadcast audio-video evidence of approaching alien invasion and various governments' attempts to buy their personal freedoms at the price of their people's. Which, of course, broke at least a dozen Official Secrets Acts.

McKay and Sheppard: enemies of Earth, heroes of the Pegasus galaxy.



Busy Being Fabulous - the one where they're in the USO (WWII era)

"Sheppard! Stop swishing about and get your non-existent military ass out on stage before your adoring crowd turns vicious!"

John easily dodged the wild swing of Rodney's clipboard, and then immediately paused to triple-check his stocking seams and the drape of his low-cut dress.

"Don't be such a bitch, McKay. You're just jealous because they love me more than-"

"Ha! It's my music, my scripts and my choreography they come to see. You're just the drag queen who shakes his ass on cue."

John leaned in for a lingering kiss.

"You love my ass."

"You can't…! Court martial! …in public!!"



King of Hollywood - the one where John Sheppard is an actor

When John Sheppard made the leap from TV RomCom Lead to Hollywood RomCom Lead, the rumormongers went into a feeding frenzy. A dozen names appeared in various trashy magazines, but no-one had proof he'd slept his way to the top.

When he made the second leap, to Unconventional Hollywood Action Hero, gossip hounds tore each other to ribbons trying to be the first to name and shame, to get that ever-elusive caught-in-the-act photograph.

When he won the Oscar for his role as "Flanigan" and proposed to his loud-mouthed agent, the terrifying Rodney McKay, on national TV, everyone was speechless.



Long Road Out Of Eden - the one where they lost before they started, and then won anyway

Weir was a great negotiator and the SGC were well-schooled at planning return trips through the stargate, but the logistics behind an almost-certain one-way jaunt to another galaxy seemingly escaped them.

Before the first year was over, they were down to less than sixty souls, few working weapons and a drained ZPM.

McKay and Sheppard led their ragtag team against the Wraith. Their people, tongue-in-cheek, called them Yan and Ying, Cheng and Ang, the velvet fist in the iron glove. Those who crossed them learned to fear their united wrath.

Five years later, Pegasus was free, and Atlantis rose again.



The Disco Strangler - the one where John's hair solves the case

"…telling me tall, dark and slinky is the would-be victim?" Homicide Detective McKay paused mid-diatribe and sniffed. "Is that fake strawberries?"

The 'victim' dragged a hand through his vertical hair, and the aroma intensified.

"That's probably me. I was in that new little boutique on DeSalle, and the girl behind-"

"Oh my God! It's been the hair all along! Carter, impound their records." McKay grabbed the 'victim' by the wrist. "Slinky, you're with me."

"Sheppard."

"What?"

"Sheppard. John. Not Slinky."

"Yes, yes, whatever. Come on!"

McKay tugged and Sheppard followed, enjoying the view.

"So, gonna buy me breakfast afterwards, Detective?"

Comments

[literati.livejournal.com]

Awwwww!

They included the lesser crimes of hijacking a hundred communications satellites to broadcast audio-video evidence of approaching alien invasion and various governments' attempts to buy their personal freedoms at the price of their people's.

I smell Kinsey.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Heee! Definitely people of his ilk! *g*

[ceares.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love all these. Hmm, nope, I can't even pick a favorite.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I can't pick a favourite either. *g*

[unaccompanied-g.livejournal.com]

proposed to his loud-mouthed agent, the terrifying Rodney McKay, on national TV, everyone was speechless.

I love, love, LOVE this, and may have made embarrassing squeaky noises out loud.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Hee!

I have this mental image of John on stage, holding his Oscar, with his 'Aw, shucks' expression on his face, leaning forward into the mike so say something along the lines of "So, Rodney, wanna make an honest man of me now?"

[lucifers-toy.livejournal.com]

Oh, these are great! My favourite is the Hollywood one, though I love the first one too. In 100 words, you managed to capture the essences of the AUs.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

As I just said in the comment above,

I have this mental image of John on stage, holding his Oscar, with his 'Aw, shucks' expression on his face, leaning forward into the mike so say something along the lines of "So, Rodney, wanna make an honest man of me now?"

[lucifers-toy.livejournal.com]

And you can just see Chaya, the pretty dead actress nominate to present the award, standing to the side, jaw dropped, as Rodney jumps up, freaks out, and accepts in a dreadfully humiliating manner.

Chaya had thought they'd had something special.

(I'm sorry, I'm very tired and I strongly dislike Chaya.)

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Hee! That's okay, I strongly dislike Chaya too. *g*

And you know Rodney would have given her an "I win!" smirk and John would have given her his "What can you do? That's my Rodney," shrug.

[lucifers-toy.livejournal.com]

And the next day all the tabloids would have headlines with clever gay euphemisms to do with John's hair and Rodney's Canadian-ness, but they wouldn't care, because they'd be having dirty monkey sex while the shiny Oscar watched. Ohwait...

Really. Too tired for wit.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Hee!

Oh, yes, the headlines would have been horrendously cheesy, and there would have been at least three wildly different 'exclusive' interviews with Chaya Sar saying how The Terrible Rodney McKay had stolen away her one true love and corrupted him with his Canadian Un-American homosexuality.

And then there would be the interviews with all the pretty little nobody actors telling how The Terrible Rodney McKay had refused to be their agent unless they slept with him and did awful, awful things.

And the Oscar would have a close-up view of how much the happy couple really didn't care.

(But after a week, Rodney would make John move it from the bedside table (It's staring at me!) and put it on the mantel in their office.)

:D

[lucifers-toy.livejournal.com]

And then they all lived happily (snarkily) ever after, while John aged gracefully and Rodney bitched about his anti-gravity hair and eventually made millions by inventing just that.

Actually, how cool would that be? Anti-gravity hair gel.

[mellyna.livejournal.com]

These were great. Thanks for sharing.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[tabaqui]

Bweeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Oh, i love them all.
Yes, yes i do.
USO!
*dies*
:)

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

You know they would have been fabulous in the USO! :D

[riani1.livejournal.com]

I don't suppose you'd be move to flesh these out at all, say, the one where Atlantis rises again?

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

All I've got at the moment are drabbly snippets, but now the seeds have been sown, we'll have to see if anything takes root. *g*

Thanks!

[accidentalfan.livejournal.com]

They're all just wonderful. Just great little snapshots of the 'verses.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[ultimatemarysue.livejournal.com]

Hee, these were totally great!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

[ladyoflisquill.livejournal.com]

Oh they are all so lovely. It's impossible to pick a favourite!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[seleneheart]

Those were all great and fantastically entertaining! The first one was obviously sad, but I like the King of Hollywood and the Long Road out of Eden best.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I have to believe that Rodney's mental state in the first one was temporary or I wouldn't have been able to write it. *g*

The King of Hollywood seems to have tickled my funnybone. There may be more at some point - my kink_bingo card has a roleplay/AU square. *g*

[outsideth3box.livejournal.com]

I completely love you!

And these..."Slinky"! And the first one made me teary, and "The Terrifying Rodney McKay"

<3 <3 <3

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[un-covermyeyes.livejournal.com]

These are great. I really want to read more of them, especially 1 and 4.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I'm not sure about sweet, damaged Rodney, but King of Hollywood is definitely growing bigger in my head. You may be in luck! *g*

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

These were awesome!! That last one was a riot! Of course, the first one was my fav (are you surprised?lol!) - so heartbreaking and wonderful...

*smishes*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[flubber2kool.livejournal.com]

I loved them but the last one had me a bit confused!! LOL

There is great potential for some real good stories. Thank you for sharing!!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

In the last one, Rodney is investigating a series of murders and John was supposed to be the next victim. I assume he fought back. The smell of fake strawberries in John's grabs Rodney's attention (he must have smelled it on a previous victim) and he makes the connection between the product, the salon John mentions and the hair being the reason for the murders. (People kill for the oddest reasons. *g*) So, he sends Sam off to get the salon records and drags John off to jump interview him about his attacker.

John is, of course, only too willing to be jumped interviewed. *G*

[psyko-kittie.livejournal.com]

Brilliant drabbles! I can't decide which one is my fav, I love them all!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

Visions

[iadorespike]

OMG...I can't believe that I missed these. *headdesk*

When he won the Oscar for his role as "Flanigan" and proposed to his loud-mouthed agent, the terrifying Rodney McKay, on national TV, everyone was speechless.

Every one of these is just wonderful...four made me weepy. Again with the one hundred perfect words. *eyes you* Times. Six! I just don't know how you do it...but...yay!!

*hugs*

Re: Visions

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

I have to admit, the longer I look at them, the more I think #4 is my favourite too. I keep imagining the actual proposal and the look on Rodney's face when the camera zooms in on him and everyone's just sitting there open-mouthed and staring. *g*

[mf_luder_xf]

I adore these!! Especially the first two. The first really tugs at heart strings.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Damaged!Rodney always makes my heart clench, and I don't really write AUs, but these little snippets demanded to be told. :D

[vinniebatman.livejournal.com]

hee hee, these were wonderful!

I loved them!

~Alice~

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I had fun writing them. I'm not a big AU writer, but drabbling in different universes is always fun. :D