Second Star to the Right (Part II) ~ SGA (McShep)

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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

Comments

[ladyagnew]

Love this re-imagining of "Peter Pan", from the brutality of how Rodney killed the Wraith Queen, to how Radek, i.e. Tink, didn't come back because that's not how it worked. So many of the parallels were worked out so well, and I loved that despite Rodney loving John, he's absolutely bone-sure of the knowledge that he has to grow up--that there's value and beauty in the adult/real world. Because John is evanescent and beautiful, but untouchable, can't be what Rodney needs. I loved Rodney being smart and true to himself, always.

And the end? So sweet.

[mellyna]

Wonderful and heartbreaking and beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[crystalheaven]

I made it all the way till the last few damn sentences, and then I started crying.

*snuggles fic* Words can't tell you how much I love this. No, really. This fic? Is of the awsome.

[maybeido]

I don't know what to say - this was so amazingly beautiful and achingly perfect and of course john is peter pan with his gang of lost boys of course <3

[lavilleperdue]

"Please, Jeannie, you know all those stories by heart now. Wouldn't you rather hear a story about a dumb blonde who broke into the house of three bears, ate their food, vandalized their furniture, then fell asleep, exhausted from her misdemeanors?"

Heh, snarky!Rodney. *g*

This was a fascinating reworking of Peter Pan -- I really liked the interpretation of John's enemy as Time and the Wraith carrying out Time's decree. I'm glad that they got a relatively happy ending, though! :)