stargate: atlantis recs O-Z

[feygan]

Stargate: ATLANTIS

Recommendations for slash, het and mixed fics. Mostly slash.

This will be an updated recs list. As I find the stories, they'll be listed here.

Stories O-Z



Oblivious (07/08/05)
Author: Shalott astolat
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: 8,240 words.
NOTE: Spoilers through The Siege, Part 2. Everything post-Siege 2 is just speculation.
Summary: In which Rodney and John fail to pay attention.
Read: Oblivious

Of Two Hours (07/21/05)
Author: Sarah tigs
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: 11 kb
Summary: Most days, Radek appreciates it, how he and Rodney can communicate in half sentences. [Written for the advent_atlantis community. Zelenka, McKay/Sheppard. PG-13.]
Read: Of Two Hours

On A Wing and a Prayer (10/25/05)
Author: Jalabert jalabert
Pairing: Beckett/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated NC-17
Other: 140 kb
Other: first time fic
Summary: It takes nearly losing Aiden to make John come to terms with his feelings.
Read: On A Wing and A Prayer

The One Like A Bad Sci-Fi Porn Film (10/26/05)
Author: Master Elayna elayna88
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated NC-17
Other: 39 kb
Other: has a sequel, "The One With the Implausible Alien Technology
Summary: It's the Classic forced by aliens to have sex in public plot line. I like classics.
Read: The One Like A Bad Sci-Fi Porn Film

The One Where John And Rodney Aren't Gay (Really) (07/08/05)
Author: Davechicken
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: NC-17
Other: 10,113 words
Summary: John can't be gay. Really.
Read: The One Where John and Rodney Aren't Gay (Really)

The One With the Implausible Alien Technoloby (10/36/05)
Author: Master Elayna elayna88
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated NC-17
Other: 117 kb
Other: the sequel to "The One Like a Bad Sci-Fi Porn Film
Read: The One With the Implausible Alien Technology

Operation Think Of Atlantis (08/15/05)
Author: Livia liviapenn
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Summary: "Hey," John said after a while, "did anything like this ever happen to any of the SGC teams?"
Read: Operation Think of Atlantis

Ordinary People (10/26/05)
Author: Akire akire_yta
Genre: GEN
Summary: A view of life on Atlantis through the eyes of an ordinary serviceman (laundry-man).
Read: Ordinary People

Over and Undone (07/09/05)
Author: Cynical
Pairing: McKay/Kavanagh, Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: 4,463 words
Other: rated R
Summary: Missing scene for the end of '38 minutes'. After getting half the story from Simpson, Rodney confronts Calvin...
Read: Over and Undone

Owl Eyes (07/09/05)
Author: Salieri
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Summary: An extrapolation from "38 Minutes." John's behind the door.
Read: Owl Eyes

The Perils of Kissing John's Boyfriend (10/25/05)
Author: Lillyjk lillyjk
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Prompt: She
Other: around 700 words
Other: rated PG-13
Author's Notes: written for burningchaos's icon challenge and fanfic100 challenge, She prompt(9 down, 91 to go)
Read: The Perils of Kissing John's Boyfriend

Plus One (10/25/05)
Author: Barb G troutkitty
Genre: GEN
Other: rated G
Summary: They got a milk-crate this time.
Oh Rodney ::shakes head::
Read: Plus One

Prime/Not Prime (10/26/05)
Author: Verstehen verstehen
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated hard R/NC-17
Other: spoilers through The Siege II
Summary: If there's one thing Rodney's learned to really hate since coming to live at Atlantis in the Pegasus Galaxy it's the way that life and death situations suddenly ceased to be so.
Rodney deals with coming down off the stimulants after the Siege.
Read: Prime/Not Prime

The Puppet Master (07/09/05)
Author: Cybersyd
Genre: GEN
Other: 67,091 words
Summary: The Atlantis crew fear McKay's genius has slipped into insanity. Are their worst fears realized, or is there something sinister at work?
Something happening to my mind has always been a personal fear for me, so this story kind of got to me a little. So...yeah...
Read: The Puppet Master

Puzzle Pieces (09/08/06)
Author: Coreopsis coreopsis
John/Rodney, John/Teyla, John/Ronon, Rodney/Teyla, Rodney/Ronon, Teyla/Ronon (if you are extremely invested in any of those pairings besides the first one, you might be disappointed. Sorry.)
GENRE: SLASH w/HET
Other: rated P for porn of both a slash and het nature
Read: Puzzle Pieces

Referencing Gilbert Ryle (07/21/05)
Author: Brighid
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: has a sequel, "Dork Side of the Moon"
Other: 37 kb
Summary: Sheppard and McKay take on passengers.
Read: Referencing Gilbert Ryle

Refraction (10/25/05)
Author: Martha Wilson ltlj
Genre: Gen
Other: 101 kb
Other: rated PG-13
Summary: It's a Quantum Mirror, and it probably wants to kill them.
Read: Refraction

Rest and Recreation (10/26/05)
Author: Casspeach casspeach
Pairing: McKay/Beckett
Other: rated NC-17
Note: Written for the prime_not_prime ficathon
Summary: Who cares for the carers?
Read: Rest and Recreation

Room For One More (10/25/05)
Author: Severa severa
Pairing: McKay/Beckett
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated PG
Summary: Rodney, Carson, and the trials a cat can bring. Supposed to be set during the return to earth in "The Intruder."
Read: Room For One More

Rosebud (10/26/05)
Author: Auburn auburnnothenna
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Warning: deathfic
Other: rated R
Other: 3517 words, 27 kb
Other: has a sequel "Up Into Silence"
Summary: He dreams of walking her hollow halls, but he cannot find his way there again.
This story made me want to cry. Tear-jerker warning.
Read: Rosebud

Sacrificial Drift (7/12/05)
Author: Auburn auburnnothenna
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated NC-17/Mature
Warning: adult themes
Spoilers: For Rising through The Brotherhood to be safe. Nothing specific.
Author's Note: The not-sequel to "The Taste of Apples," which effectively renders that into pre-slash. Character motivations and actions will make far more sense if you read that first.
Summary: Of course it all went south on the third day. The Nsheen believe; Sheppard doesn't. Lines are crossed.
Read: Sacrificial Drift

Savvy (10/26/05)
Author: Kamelion
Pairing: Beckett/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated R
Summary: “Rodney, for the thousandth time, you’re fine. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with you.” Dr. Carson Beckett was a busy man, and Rodney knew this. He *knew* this. But it didn’t keep him from pestering the man, dogging his steps like a anxious puppy, even lifting his shirt to point out the pained area.
Read: Savvy

Scars (07/10/05)
Author: CassieJamie cassiejamie
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated Mature, no sex.
Notes: Inspired by Quote #14 from quote_ficlets.
Summary: Life can be marked by the scars.
Read: Scars

Sense Memory (10/25/05>
Author: Stillanne stillanne
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated PG-13
Spoilers: Trinity
Summary: What you miss when you're looking.
Read: Sense Memory

The Science Fiction Connection (07/26/05)
Author: T'Mar
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated NC-17
Other: 41 kb
Summary: When MacKay starts to see their time in Atlantis as paralleling every science fiction TV show and movie he's ever seen, it falls to Sheppard to calm him down.
This story was kind of sweet even with all the secks :)
Read: The Science Fiction Connection

Scientific Experiment (08/15/05)
Author: Sethoz sethoz
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Other: rated UK 15
Other: 989 words
Notes: A long time ago, in a... *coughs* Nope, not going down that road. Anyway, neth_dugan and I were both working on school work and agreeded to write each other some McShep to encourage the other to finish. She wrote mine ages ago, but I'm a bad/stressed out person and here it is! Hope you like it Nethy! As always, klo_the_hobbit was my wonderful beta.
Summary: Major Sheppard really shouldn't have tried to take the coffee...
Read: Scientific Experiment

Second Chances (09/10/06)
Author: Zoë Rayne z_rayne
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated NC-17
Challenge: sga_flashfic - Harlequin challenge
Summary: When John Sheppard was eighteen, he fell in love.
Read: Second Chances

The Secret Life of Scientists (07/08/05)
Author: Julad julad
Pairing: McKay/Zelenka
Genre: SLASH, some HET
Summary: By the time Canada took the 2002 gold, Rodney was drunk as a skunk and determined to move in with Radek Zelenka. Ice hockey! Hours and hours and hours of ice hockey!
McKay interacting with his science staff. Funny how he treats Kavanaugh.
Read: The Secret Life of Scientists

Sexual Tension (07/26/05)
Author: Layton Colt laytoncolt
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated PG-13
Notes: Inspired in part by forcryinoutloud's awesome fic, Moving on. I got this kind of reverse-bunny while I was reading it, and it stuck.
Summary: McKay has a proposition. A sleep-deprived John needs some convincing.
Read: Sexual Tension

Shuffle (08/16/05)
Author: Tigs tigs
Genre: GEN
Other: Set early Season 1. Contains specific spoilers for Hide & Seek.
Summary: "What I want to know, Lieutenant Ford, is why you brought along a deck of cards. How could that possibly, out of everything back on Earth, be the one thing that you couldn’t leave behind?"
Read: Shuffle

Simple Comforts (08/15/05)
Author: Sian sian1359
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated Adults Only for sex and language
Summary: The little things that get you through a mission.
Read: One, Two

Slot A Tab B (08/15/05)
Author: AbylityMare
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated NC-17
Other: 18 kb
Summary: John trying to figure out how things should fit together.
Read: Slot A Tab B

Small Primes and Square Roots (09/08/06)
Author: Livia liviapenn
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Summary: "I hope you picked someone really intelligent, otherwise it seems like it would be kind of a waste. Of incubation time, if nothing else."
Author's notes: Thanks to everyone who gave suggestions, Jamjar for beta and help with the middle (and the title,) and Pru for helping me to get to the end. Also all you crackheads who said you wanted to see harlequin kidfic. Well, here it is. :)
Read: Part One, Two

Souvenirs (08/15/05)
Author: Miss Pamela misspamela
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Summary: John shrugged. He did want to go back to Earth. Someday.
Read: Souvenirs

Sparring (08/16/05)
Author: AbylityMare
Pairing: Beckett/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated PG
Other: 8 kb
Summary: Rodney and Carson have to take phys-ed.
Read: Sparring

Speak No Evil (07/18/05)
Author: Casspeach casspeach
Pairing: Zelenka/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Summary: McKay is rendered mute.
Read: Speak No Evil

Start Something (08/15/05)
Author: Danvers
Pairing: Sheppard/Ford
Genre: SLASH
Summary: You didn't look into someone's eyes that long, not without giving away your secrets. They both knew it. They had looked too long and everything was out there. Ford was gripping the defibrillator paddles and staring at Sheppard, the other man staring right back, like he was seeing something new. Even Teyla and McKay were silently watching the two men. Ford's eyes were huge and though Sheppard could tell the man was trying to look determined and strong, he was afraid.
Read: Start Something

The Subtraction of Reason (07/18/05)
Author: Terrie01 terrie01
Pairing: McKay/Zelenka
Genre: SLASH
Other: total PWP
Note: Okay, I got the happy ending and the established relationship, but this came out more frustration/relief than hurt/comfort. I blame McKay.
Read: The Subtraction of Reason

Such Is The Way To The Stars (08/15/05)
Author: Otter agentotter
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated PG-13
Summary: Getting by in a world of finite resources. More or less.
Read: Such Is The Way To The Stars

Sweet Annoyance (07/20/05)
Author: Icie icie
Genre: GEN
Pairing: none only a hint of Radek/Rodney
Other: rated G
Summary: Radek decides to play a little game (Warning: Lots of Czech speaking, hehe)
Read: Sweet Annoyance

Synergy (10/26/05
Author: Desdemon
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated PG
Other: 2724 words
Other: answer to the Food and Buildings challenge on sga_flashfic
Summary: John and Rodney get thrown in prison.
Read: Synergy

The Taste of Apples (07/08/05)
Author: Auburn auburnnothenna
Genre: SLASH, HET
Spoilers: Possibly. Rising through The Brotherhood
Other: PG-13
Other: 31,397 words, 213 KB
Other: Has a not-sequel, "Sacrificial Drift"
Summary: It ran between the fingers of his memory.
Alien weirdness takes over the team. Very good story.
Read: The Taste of Apples

Tells (09/10/06)
Author: Casspeach casspeach
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated 18+
Summary: John hesitated as he heard a car pull up in the driveway. He felt...nervous wasn’t exactly the word because they’d been doing this for over a week now, living here almost, like it was real.
Read: Tells

Tells (Whispers in the Dark mix) (09/10/06)
Author: Zoë Rayne z_rayne
Pairing: Elizabeth POV, Sheppard/McKay, imaginary Carter/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: Remix of Tells by casspeach
Other: rated NC-17
Other: response to the SGA Remix 2005 Challenge
Warning: Caveat lector.
Summary: It's all a matter of perspective.
Read: Tells (Whisper in the Dark mix)

Thicker Than Water (07/13/05)
Author: Julad julad
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Summary: "So I've written some papers reminding everyone of the gaping flaws in Robertson's theory," Rodney said, brusquely stripping their clothes off. "It'll be a few days before I get the reviews back. Want to come to Canada with me?"
Read: Thicker Than Water

Things Best Unseen (07/11/05)
Author: Andromeda flordeneu
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated NC-17
Notes: Written in fifteen minutes for sga_flashfic's Voyeurism challenge.
Summary: There are some things one should not know about one's CO.
Read: Things Best Unseen

Thresholds (08/16/05)
Author: Miso-no-Tsuki
Pairing: Beckett/Female, Beckett/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated NC-17
Other: links to the first story in the series with suceeding links at the page bottoms.
Summary: Carson gets laid. Rodney becomes a voyeur, and that mouth of his gets him into Major trouble. Things pick up from there.
Read: Thresholds

Time In A Bottle (10/25/05)
Author: Shalott astolat
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: 14361 words
Summary: To See a World In a Grain of Sand/ And Heaven in a Wild Flower/ Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand/ and Eternity in an hour.
Read: Time In A Bottle

The Top Secret Lab On the Edge of Atlantis (09/10/06)
Author: Princess Bunny princess_bunny
Pairings: Sheppard/McKay, Beckett/Zelenka
Genre: SLASH
Summary: Rodney had found a relatively small lab that was on the outskirts of the safe area of the city that he reconfigured so only four people were allowed in the doors. Himself, Radek, Carson, and Colonel Sheppard.
Read: The Top Secret Lab On the Edge of Atlantis

Trade Bargain (07/08/05)
Author: Karen McFadyyon
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: NC-17
Other: 264 KB
Other: has a sequel, "A Matter of Discretion"
Summary: After visiting a planet for trade, John and Rodney get more than they bargained for.
Read: Trade Bargain

Transcendental (07/25/05)
Author: Shalott astolat
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: 45,700 words
Summary: tran·scen·den·tal (trăn'sĕn-dĕn'tl) adj.
1. Philosophy. Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge as independent of experience.
2. Surpassing all others; superior.
3. Beyond common thought or experience.
4. Mathematics. Of or relating to a real or complex number that is not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients.
Rodney gets a taste of command and runs with it.
Read: Transcendental

Traps and Fate (07/18/05)
Author: Shade daughtershade
Genre: SLASH
Pairing: Beckett/Zelenka
Other: rated PG
Notes: Written for the Zelenka Ficathon on the welovezelenka LJ community. This is for pega (goldustlady) who requested: Adventure, technobabble, and humor. I leaned a little more towards humor and adventure than the technobabble.
Read: Traps and Fate

Traps (Human-Sized Mouse Ones (10/26/05)
Author: Layton Colt laytoncolt
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated PG-13
Summary: Rodney's losing it, and he's the only one that can't figure out why.
Read: Traps (Human-Sized Mouse Ones)

The Twelve Days Of Christmas (08/16/05)
Author: Elizabeth Wired
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay, Sheppard/most-everyone
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated NC-17
Other: 69 kb
Warnings: non-con, dark, character death, kink
Summary: Things are terribly, terribly wrong in Atlantis
This story probably should have squicked me terribly, but I couldn't help reading and feeling bad for poor Rodney and the others.
Read: The Twelve Days of Christmas

Unfair (10/25/05)
Author: Mistress Kat kat_lair
Genre: SLASH
Pairing: McKay/Beckett
Other: rated NC-17
Author's Note: The mental image of drunken Rodney stretching on the floor did not go away so I had to write it down. Unbetaed so all mistakes are mine, please note I'm using UK spelling. Any offers to beta greatly appreciated.
Summary: Life is unfair. And then it isn't. Beckett and McKay get drunk together, sober up separately and move forward in unison.
Read: Unfair Part One, Part Two, Part Three

Untitled Lorne-Sheppard ficlet (10/26/05)
Author: Tigs tigs
Genre: GEN
Other: rated PG
Other: Set during "Intruder," and contains spoilers up through that episode.
Summary: "How much do you know about Atlantis, Major?" Sheppard asked.
Read: Untitled Lorne-Sheppard Ficlet

Up Into Silence (10/26/05)
Author: Auburn auburnnothenna
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated R
Other: 7743 words, 54 kb
Other: has a sequel, "Rosebud"
Warning: deathfic
Summary: What happens if, when we open the Stargate, the only answer is silence?
Read: Up Into Silence

Virgin Sacrifice in the Mid-Afternoon (10/26/05)
Author Chelle mmmchelle
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated NC-17
Other: 35 kb
Summary: Rodney took a deep breath and tried to contain his frustration.
Read: Virgin Sacrifice in the Mid-Afternoon

Visual Phallusy (08/15/05)
Author: Zoe Rayne z_rayne
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated NC-17
Challenge: Voyeurism
Summary: When he'd picked it up, it had lit up faintly and his first thought had been that it was an Ancient PDA. The reality of it turned out to be much, much cooler.
Naughty Rodney likes to watch... stuff.
Read: Visual Phallusy

War of Wills (08/16/05)
Author: OXBastetXO
Genre: GEN
Other: rated PG-13
Other: McKay Ficathon challenge fic. Challenge from PyroGecko: "McKay accidentally eats something lemony and gets challenged to a duel." This got tweeked just a bit, I hope you don't mind. :-)
Summary: Rivalry on Atlantis can be a deadly thing.
Read: War of Wills

When I Consider How My Light Is Spent (10/26/05)
Author: Spubba spubba
Pairing: McKay/Zelenka
Genre: SLASH
Other: rated NC-17
Summary: A weird little experimental fic, mostly me trying to write sex with Rodney and Radek, and damn sloppy make-up sex at that.
Read: When I Consider How My Light Is Spent

Winner Takes All (07/14/05)
Author: kronette kronette
Genre: SLASH
Pairing: McKay/Zelenka
Other: rated NC17
Author’s Note: This is the requested ficathon story for llewellynprince who asked for: humor, McKay top, bet.
Read: Winner Takes All

Within Reach (09/08/06)
Author: Zeelee ficbyzee
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Genre: SLASH
Other: 10512 words
Other: rated NC-17
Summary: As Major Lorne tells it, John had stayed behind to buy them time and defuse the bomb—it had been Ancient, and thus of *course* he’d assumed that it would do whatever he told it to.
Read: Within Reach

Woobies of Woe (08/15/05)
Author: AbylityMaren
Genre: GEN
Other: rated
Summary: Someone, long ago, put out a request for a kidfic. I being stupid, took a stab at it. Did I mention that I'm not a squishy kind of person. What has resulted is the anti-kidfic.
Read: Woobies of Woe

Zelenka's Still
Author: Auburn auburnnothenna
Genre: GEN
Other: 17871 words
Other: rated R
Summary: Just another typical day with Ancient porn, flying blue platypus-things, and karaoke.
Read: Zelenka's Still



Anyone got any other recs? Leave 'em in the comments. Thanks!