Stranger in a Strange Land

If At First You Don’t Succeed: Chapter 11

Sun, 03 Mar 2024 16:49:44 GMT

Title: If At First You Don’t Succeed
Rating: R
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: Ronon Dex, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, John Sheppard
Word Count: 6359
Categories: action, drama, angst, hurt/comfort, team as family
Spoilers: none
Warnings: graphic violence and injuries; temporary character death
Summary: In a far corner of the galaxy, Ronon watches Sheppard, Teyla, and McKay die over and over again. And he follows them, over and over again.

He’s the only one who can remember, the only one who can save them—if he can figure out how.

Time isn’t running out, but that might be the problem.

( Tick tock... )

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If At First You Don’t Succeed: Chapter 10

Sun, 25 Feb 2024 17:09:11 GMT

Title: If At First You Don’t Succeed
Rating: R
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: Ronon Dex, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, John Sheppard
Word Count: 5613
Categories: action, drama, angst, hurt/comfort, team as family
Spoilers: none
Warnings: graphic violence and injuries; temporary character death
Summary: In a far corner of the galaxy, Ronon watches Sheppard, Teyla, and McKay die over and over again. And he follows them, over and over again.

He’s the only one who can remember, the only one who can save them—if he can figure out how.

Time isn’t running out, but that might be the problem.

( Tick tock... )

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If At First You Don’t Succeed: Chapter 9

Sun, 18 Feb 2024 19:11:11 GMT

Title: If At First You Don’t Succeed
Rating: R
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: Ronon Dex, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, John Sheppard
Word Count: 6077
Categories: action, drama, angst, hurt/comfort, team as family
Spoilers: none
Warnings: graphic violence and injuries; temporary character death
Summary: In a far corner of the galaxy, Ronon watches Sheppard, Teyla, and McKay die over and over again. And he follows them, over and over again.

He’s the only one who can remember, the only one who can save them—if he can figure out how.

Time isn’t running out, but that might be the problem.

( Tick tock... )

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If At First You Don’t Succeed: Chapter 8

Sun, 11 Feb 2024 20:26:36 GMT

Title: If At First You Don’t Succeed
Rating: R
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: Ronon Dex, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, John Sheppard
Word Count: 3908
Categories: action, drama, angst, hurt/comfort, team as family
Spoilers: none
Warnings: graphic violence and injuries; temporary character death; TW: suicide
Summary: In a far corner of the galaxy, Ronon watches Sheppard, Teyla, and McKay die over and over again. And he follows them, over and over again.

He’s the only one who can remember, the only one who can save them—if he can figure out how.

Time isn’t running out, but that might be the problem.

( Tick tock... )

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If At First You Don’t Succeed: Chapter 7

Sun, 04 Feb 2024 21:45:53 GMT

Title: If At First You Don’t Succeed
Rating: R
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: Ronon Dex, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, John Sheppard
Word Count: 4565
Categories: action, drama, angst, hurt/comfort, team as family
Spoilers: none
Warnings: graphic violence and injuries; temporary character death
Summary: In a far corner of the galaxy, Ronon watches Sheppard, Teyla, and McKay die over and over again. And he follows them, over and over again.

He’s the only one who can remember, the only one who can save them—if he can figure out how.

Time isn’t running out, but that might be the problem.

( Tick tock... )

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If At First You Don’t Succeed: Chapter 6

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 21:42:22 GMT

Title: If At First You Don’t Succeed
Rating: R
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: Ronon Dex, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, John Sheppard
Word Count: 4011
Categories: action, drama, angst, hurt/comfort, team as family
Spoilers: none
Warnings: graphic violence and injuries; temporary character death
Summary: In a far corner of the galaxy, Ronon watches Sheppard, Teyla, and McKay die over and over again. And he follows them, over and over again.

He’s the only one who can remember, the only one who can save them—if he can figure out how.

Time isn’t running out, but that might be the problem.

( Tick tock... )

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If At First You Don’t Succeed: Chapter 5

Sun, 21 Jan 2024 16:20:20 GMT

Title: If At First You Don’t Succeed
Rating: R
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: Ronon Dex, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, John Sheppard
Word Count: 2934
Categories: action, drama, angst, hurt/comfort, team as family
Spoilers: none
Warnings: graphic violence and injuries; temporary character death
Summary: In a far corner of the galaxy, Ronon watches Sheppard, Teyla, and McKay die over and over again. And he follows them, over and over again.

He’s the only one who can remember, the only one who can save them—if he can figure out how.

Time isn’t running out, but that might be the problem.

( Tick tock... )

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If At First You Don’t Succeed: Chapter 4

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:16:53 GMT

Title: If At First You Don’t Succeed
Rating: R
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: Ronon Dex, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, John Sheppard
Word Count: 3858
Categories: action, drama, angst, hurt/comfort, team as family
Spoilers: none
Warnings: graphic violence and injuries; temporary character death
Summary: In a far corner of the galaxy, Ronon watches Sheppard, Teyla, and McKay die over and over again. And he follows them, over and over again.

He’s the only one who can remember, the only one who can save them—if he can figure out how.

Time isn’t running out, but that might be the problem.

( Tick tock... )

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If At First You Don’t Succeed: Chapter 3

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:17:48 GMT

Title: If At First You Don’t Succeed
Rating: R
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: Ronon Dex, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, John Sheppard
Word Count: 3651
Categories: action, drama, angst, hurt/comfort, team as family
Spoilers: none
Warnings: graphic violence and injuries; temporary character death
Summary: In a far corner of the galaxy, Ronon watches Sheppard, Teyla, and McKay die over and over again. And he follows them, over and over again.

He’s the only one who can remember, the only one who can save them—if he can figure out how.

Time isn’t running out, but that might be the problem.

( Tick tock... )

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If At First You Don’t Succeed: Chapter 1 & 2

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 16:24:36 GMT

Title: If At First You Don’t Succeed
Rating: R
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: Ronon Dex, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, John Sheppard
Word Count: 7068
Categories: action, drama, angst, hurt/comfort, team as family
Spoilers: none
Warnings: graphic violence and injuries; temporary main character death
Summary: In a far corner of the galaxy, Ronon watches Sheppard, Teyla, and McKay die over and over again. And he follows them, over and over again.

He’s the only one who can remember, the only one who can save them—if he can figure out how.

Time isn’t running out, but that might be the problem.

( Tick tock... )

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Something Borrowed

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 19:58:50 GMT

Title: Something Borrowed
Rating: PG
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Characters: Samantha Carter, Jack O’Neill, Daniel Jackson, Teal’c
Word Count: 9900
Categories: team, adventure, humor, minor URT
Spoilers: none
Warnings: none; set during the second half of S5
Summary: When the colonel is abducted during a diplomatic mission, the team has to figure out why—and how Sam can fix it.

( Something blue... )

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Close Calls

Sat, 24 Jun 2023 16:40:04 GMT

Title: Close Calls
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Characters: Jack O’Neill, Samantha Carter
Word Count: 7227
Categories: angst, post-episode, friendship, URT
Spoilers: set after “Desperate Measures” (S5E11)
Warnings: N/A
Summary: Jack believed Carter when she said she was fine. But he still kept an eye on her, waiting for the tide to come in.

( Close Calls )

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All Work and No Play

Mon, 01 May 2023 20:53:51 GMT

Title: All Work and No Play
Rating: PG
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Characters: Jack O’Neill, Daniel Jackson, Teal’c, Samantha Carter
Word Count: 9912
Categories: gen, humor, team
Spoilers: none; set during early S3
Warnings: none
Summary: Two occasions when SG-1 joined in with local sporting events and got more than they bargained for.

( Makes Jack a dull boy )

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Dulce Et Decorum Est

Sun, 02 Apr 2023 00:48:58 GMT

Title: Dulce Et Decorum Est
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Characters: Jennifer Hailey, Satterfield, Grogan
Word Count: 3990
Categories: gen
Spoilers: set shortly after “Last Stand” (5.16); spoilers for that episode and the previous one, “Summit” (5.15)
Warnings: canon minor character death, language
Summary: Hailey, Satterfield, and Grogan meet up to talk after Elliot is killed in action.

( Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori )

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Clean Getaway

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 16:19:35 GMT

Title: Clean Getaway
Rating: PG
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Characters: Samantha Carter, Jack O’Neill, Daniel Jackson, Teal’c
Word Count: 9526
Categories: gen, mild UST
Spoilers: Set between “Point of No Return” (4.11) and “The Serpent’s Venom” (4.14). Spoilers for the series to that point.
Warnings: none
Summary: AKA, That Time the Team Had to Go Through a Decontamination Shower Together in Order to Explore an Ancient Facility. The incident mentioned in Voyagers, that simply demanded its own story.

( Read more... )

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Blood & Water - Part III

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 21:50:24 GMT

Title: Blood & Water
Rating: R
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: John Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagen, Rodney McKay
Word Count: 9,442
Categories: gen, action/adventure, drama, hurt/comfort, team
Spoilers: none
Warnings: graphic depictions of violence/injuries, mild language
Summary: On a world isolated from the rest of the galaxy, Sheppard and team encounter a society with a unique view of the Wraith. Captured and forced to participate in the local practice of ritualistic combat, they have to literally fight for their lives—and no one escapes unscathed.

Part I
Part II

( Read more... )

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Blood & Water - Part II

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 21:43:10 GMT

Title: Blood & Water
Rating: R
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: John Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagen, Rodney McKay
Word Count: 11,623
Categories: gen, action/adventure, drama, hurt/comfort, team
Spoilers: none
Warnings: graphic depictions of violence/injuries, mild language
Summary: On a world isolated from the rest of the galaxy, Sheppard and team encounter a society with a unique view of the Wraith. Captured and forced to participate in the local practice of ritualistic combat, they have to literally fight for their lives—and no one escapes unscathed.

Part I
Part III

( Read more... )

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Blood & Water - Part I

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 21:33:27 GMT

Title: Blood & Water
Rating: R
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: John Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagen, Rodney McKay
Word Count: 10,175
Categories: gen, action/adventure, drama, hurt/comfort, team
Spoilers: none
Warnings: graphic depictions of violence/injuries, mild language
Summary: On a world isolated from the rest of the galaxy, Sheppard and team encounter a society with a unique view of the Wraith. Captured and forced to participate in the local practice of ritualistic combat, they have to literally fight for their lives—and no one escapes unscathed.

Part II
Part III

( Read more... )

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In the Event of My Demise

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 20:05:39 GMT

Title: In the Event of My Demise
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Characters: Samantha Carter, Jack O’Neill
Word Count: 5789
Categories: gen, drama, angst, friendship
Spoilers: Set after “Revelations” (5.22); spoilers for that and “Meridian” (5.21).
Warnings: none
Summary: Sam’s anger was stronger than her grief, and it kept her going, for a while. The tension between Sam and Jack following Daniel’s death finally comes to a head.

( Anger and grief are bedfellows... )

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Adaptations

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 23:23:54 GMT

Title: Adaptations
Rating: PG
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: Ronon Dex, Kate Heightmeyer
Word Count: 4727
Categories: gen, introspection, character study
Spoilers: Set between “Runner” (2.3) and “Sateda” (3.4). Spoilers for the same.
Warnings: none
Summary: In the wake of coming to Atlantis, Ronon adapts.

( Read more... )

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Aquae Sulis

Sat, 08 Oct 2022 20:01:54 GMT

Title: Aquae Sulis
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Characters: Jack O’Neill, Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson, Teal’c
Word Count: 14,760
Categories: gen, team, action/adventure, minor UST
Spoilers: Set between “Small Victories” (4.1) and “Crossroads” (4.4); no spoilers.
Warnings: none
Summary: Having believed that they would be exploring Roman-style ruins on an abandoned world, SG-1 instead finds a thriving town. When Sam is mistaken for the Goa’uld who once ruled the planet, Daniel surprises Jack by supporting the misconception. With Sam on board, Daniel crafts a plan to use her portrayal of the missing goddess to free the people from their belief in the Goa’uld. But it’s a dangerous lie to tell, especially when there’s more to the situation than the team realizes.

( The waters of Sulis... )

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Practical Dendrology

Sat, 01 Oct 2022 17:00:59 GMT

Title: Practical Dendrology
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagen
Word Count: 13,685
Categories: gen, action/adventure
Spoilers: none; set mid-S2
Warnings: none
Summary: While exploring a world from the Ancient Database, Sheppard and the team discover that in some places, fairytales become nightmares.

( Trees, trees everywhere... )

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Difficult Decisions

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 01:08:47 GMT

Title: Difficult Decisions
Rating: PG
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Characters: Jack O’Neill, Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson
Word Count: 5660
Categories: gen, UST, friendship, angst
Spoilers: Episode tag for “Entity” (4.20). Spoilers for the same.
Warnings: None
Summary: It seemed like with Carter, there were only ever difficult decisions, and Jack was always in the middle of making them.

( Making tough choices... )

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Speed Dating

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 18:57:33 GMT

Title: Speed Dating
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex
Word Count: 14,692
Categories: gen, team, humor
Spoilers: Set between “Sateda” (3.4) and “The Return”(s) (3.10/11). Vague references to “Sanctuary” (1.12), “Epiphany” (2.12), and “The Tower” (2.15).
Warnings: TW/unspecific references to sexual assault/abuse. While there is no actual assault/abuse in the story, the characters do refer to the possibility of it while checking on each other.
Summary: Sheppard isn’t the only team member to catch an alien woman’s eye. Rodney, Teyla, and Ronon get their turns.

( The continuing search for The One... )

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A Thousand Cuts

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 00:53:24 GMT

Title: A Thousand Cuts
Rating: PG
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Characters: Teal’c, Daniel Jackson
Word Count: 1853
Categories: gen, introspection, angst
Spoilers: Set shortly after “Maternal Instinct” (3.20); spoilers for the same.
Warnings: none
Summary: Teal’c ponders the massacre on Chulak, and finds he isn’t the only one. Late one night around a fire, he and Daniel Jackson talk about loss and the Jaffa.

( Death by a thousand cuts... )

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