Newbie Guide: The Essential Beckett/ Fics

[sgatlantislight]

I've seen a few newbie guides to SGA, but most of them seem to rec either Sheppard/Weir or McKay/Sheppard fics as being the "essential" fanfics everyone should read. And, yeah, some of them are. But, not every newbie stumbling into SGA fandom is a diehard Sparky or McShep fan. Some of them like those pairings, but also like others. Some of them (*gasp!*) don't care for those pairings at all.

To whit, other pairings (ETA: and Gen because who says you have to have a pairing for it to be an essential fic)! If you were writing an SGA newbie guide, what would you say are the essential Beckett and Beckett/someone fics out there, be that someone McKay or Sheppard or Zelenka or Weir or Teyla or Ronon or Ford or, well, you get the idea? Your mission, should you choose to accept it, rec the essential fics featuring Beckett, give a brief answer as to why, give us a link if you can, and give any caveats (you know, kinks not everyone shares, other pairings in the fic, those sorts of things).

Probably next week I'll hit the next name on the cast list and see what essential fics there are there, so make note of them, but don't mention them here if Beckett isn't part of the central pairing.

Feel free to discuss among yourselves.

Oh, and in case it isn't obvious, no Beckett-bashing and no getting nasty on someone 'cause they don't share your pairing choices. Yes, that includes people who like Sheppard/Weir and McKay/Sheppard.

ETA: Adding the list of recs into the post itself. Please note, these are the recs people have made. I haven't vetted them in any way, shape or form. If you disagree, feel free to say so, politely.

Beckett, Unpaired:

Clarke's Law by isiscolo, http://hieroglyfics.net/clarkeslaw.htm (Harry Potter crossover)

Cusp by Sealie (jimandblair), http://www.trickster.org/storybook/sealie/Cusp.htm

Epidemic by b7_kerravon, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=9416

Fearless by murron, http://murron.livejournal.com/81784.html

Just a Case of the Flu by b7_kerravon, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=9414

Monster by iamrighthere, http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3274876/1/, warnings: Dark

Somnus by Sealie (jimandblair), http://www.trickster.org/storybook/sealie/Somnus.htm

Beckett/Cadman:

Separate Salt from Sand by Rachael Sabotini, http://mediafans.org/rachael/sga/atlantis_separatesalt.html

Beckett/Dex:

Androcles and the Lion by isiscolo, http://hieroglyfics.net/androcles.htm

Scenes from a Courtship by soraya2004, http://soraya2004.livejournal.com/tag/series-scenes-courtship

Beckett/Emmagan:

B by teza, http://teza.livejournal.com/513353.html

The Best Portion by pierson, http://pierson.livejournal.com/161321.html

Beckett/Heightmeyer:

Gravitation by nuhiep, http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/04/lanxle/kate.html

Beckett/McKay:

Atlantis High by eudyptulaminor, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=4566, warnings: High school AU

Doctor's Orders by xanthelj, http://xanthestories.livejournal.com/9837.html, warnings: D/s

Ides by sage, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=1467

Moments Sacred and Profane series by mice1900, http://www.squidge.org/mice

Scars and Damage by lillyjk, Scars: http://lillyjk.livejournal.com/197935.html and Damage: http://lillyjk.livejournal.com/204345.html, warnings: Evil!Carson, bloodplay, coercion

Simple Pleasures by kat_lair, http://kat-lair.livejournal.com/16904.html (AU)

The Stranger In Front Of Him by severusslave, http://severusslave.livejournal.com/128621.html (AU)

Thresholds, by Miso no Tsuki, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=693, some McKay/Sheppard and Beckett/OFC at the beginning.

Turnabout by soulsistahslash, http://soulsistahslash.livejournal.com/33001.html

Warlock's Bond: Healer by rosewildeirish, http://rosewildeirish.livejournal.com/317787.html (NC-17, AU)

Beckett/Michael:

Human Condition and Hybrid by kyrdwyn, Human Condition: http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/387562.html, Hybrid: http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/394909.html, warnings: also Beckett/Sheppard, dark

Beckett/Sheppard:

A Habit of Turning Up by wesleysgirl, http://home.comcast.net/~wesleysgirl/fanfiction/sga/habit.html

Home's a Lie by kyrdwyn, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=814

Hope of Prey by victoriaely, Part 1: http://victoriaely.livejournal.com/97541.html and Part 2: http://victoriaely.livejournal.com/98016.html

The Human Body by smallwaldo, http://smallwaldo.livejournal.com/38944.html, warnings: small AU section with Beckett/Sheppard/Zelenka

No Time by kylielee1000, http://kylielee1000.livejournal.com/135883.html

Safety Dance by rysler, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=3891

Under the Water by magus-minor, http://magus-minor.livejournal.com/6557.html

Beckett/Zelenka:

Moonlight series by James (zortified), http://gila.fakingsanity.net/stargate.html, most of the way down the page.

Two Solitudes by lapislaz, Carson POV: http://www.slashcity.org/lapis/2solitudes_carson.html, Radek's POV: http://www.slashcity.org/lapis/2solitudes_radek.html

Unearthed by Deirdre (pierson), http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=8435

Beckett/McKay/Sheppard:

Aleatoric Life series by sgatlantislight, http://sgatlantislight.livejournal.com/65372.html, warnings: Rape recovery

Alone in Your Mind series by James (zortified), http://gila.fakingsanity.net/stargate.html, about halfway down the page.

Ancient Evil by Laura_Trekkie, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=3721

Back from the Well by xanthelj, http://xanthestories.livejournal.com/2188.html, warnings: extreme H/C, read author's notes, also 50,000+ words.

No Greater Love by Adella, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=1636

Open Minded by kimberlite, http://kimberlite.livejournal.com/63809.html

Yearnings Bound in Friendship by Denyce, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=6656

Beckett/McKay/Sheppard/Zelenka

The Geometry of Desire Series by sgatlantislight, http://sgatlantislight.livejournal.com/45231.html. Very NC-17.

There's no place like a mythological city to call home and sequels by zortified, http://gila.faking-sanity.net/stargate/mythological.html is the first chapter.

Beckett/McKay/Zelenka:

Theory of Relativity by mice1900, http://www.squidge.org/mice/theory.htm