Mensa AU Fic Exchange: "Steady Now, We're in This Thing Together" for wneleh

[trobadora]

Title: Steady Now, We're in This Thing Together
Author: teh_bug
Character: Mensa!John
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: PG
Word count: ~4,400
Summary: While Rod was away, the mice had their own share of problems.
Warnings: Incredibly flimsy science (no, seriously, incredibly flimsy science) and a high concentration of snarky Zelenka.
Notes: Thanks to the

Comments

[tardiscalling84]

I love this story. AU John reminded me so much of Rodney.

[teh_bug]

Heh, yah, I drew possibly a little too much inspiration from Rodney....

Glad you enjoyed it, though! Thanks!

[winter_elf]

*brilliant!* Loved Johns moping/mood swings as he struggled to NOT admit any feelings. Wow - Denial on both sides of the universe! Radek was a scream - as was the continual naked returning comments.

[teh_bug]

Hee, the working title of this fic was actually "Naked and Descended" but I was worried that it would detract from the seriousness of the fic....not that it actually ended up being overly serious or anything, lol.

I'm glad you got a kick out of it. :)

[wneleh]

This was so wonderful, I don't even know where to start!

I don't know whether you know I love tight, funny dialog; understated, strong, poorly-understood emotions; and friendship, oddly expressed; but you sure hit what makes me love a story.

I read the story aloud (bedtime reading is the only reading I have time for this week; fortunately, my younger daughter prefers SGA fic to picture books), and laughed the whole way through. (It helped knowing in advance that it would probably end happily!)

Favorite lines:

John's "You're not allowed use metaphors ever again."

and

"My God," Zelenka deadpans. "Your faith in Rod is astounding. Never, ever, support me in my times of need."

and

Radek's, from previous experience I have learned that Rod is most likely to come back in the least convient way for me possible.

Thanks for writing this!!

- Helen

[teh_bug]

Oh, good! I was so worried you weren't going to like it and that there would be too much Zelenka or not enough references to Rod or something.

my younger daughter prefers SGA fic to picture books

Hee! Get them started young! ;-) I'm flattered that it was bedtime quality, too.

I'm thrilled you liked it. I had a blast writing it. :)

[fluffyllama]

Excellent stuff, I loved this.

I really like how it could so easily have been just the two of them reversed, but Sheppard's reactions were so very Sheppard! And I have to say he's much, much better at terrorising poor Zelenka than Rodney is ;-)

You nearly killed me with the pigeon porn remark, btw.

[teh_bug]

Thank you so much!

Periodically, while writing Sheppard I would suddenly be struck by this realization that "OMG, I'm channelling McKay! Ack! Wrong character, wrong character!" So to hear that Sheppard stayed Sheppard is really reassuring and makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Thanks a bunch!

Ah, pigeon porn, it's like the best alliteration ever. ;)

Glad you liked it!

[paradise_city]

Ooh, this was great! I absolutely loved the interplay between John and Radek, and it was fantastic to get a look at M&MM from the other side. Well done, and absolutely hilarious. :)

[teh_bug]

Thanks! It was fun taking a look at the scenario and then pretending to not know the answers. I'm glad you had fun reading it!