McShep Snippet

[stillane]

I should be doing actual work. Am I? Yeah, riiight. Instead, I'm failing to fic. I've got a plot that wants to be, but I want to cover the background first. So, in the meantime, I've got an entirely unrelated McShep bit that won't go away. It's just slightly bigger than a double drabble, nothing grand or profound. I'm just trying to overcome my shy-writer syndrome. Also, I have no beta. As always, all feedback is welcome.

Title: Small Things

Fandom: SGA

Pairing: Sheppard/Mckay

Rating: PG-13? Very mild

 

The way he put underlings in their place. John always knew they loved him, because people that smart didn’t take that kind of abuse from just anyone. It didn’t mean either side had to be all warm and fuzzy about it. He was a bastard, and a tyrant, but he was their bastard. Funny how most relationships involving him were like that.
 
The way he was anything but suave. The man drooled, for God’s sake. He couldn’t flirt worth a damn, had to be told when it was necessary at all. Political correctness somehow eluded him in any given situation. Most things deriving from the same root as “polite” did.
 
The way most mules would have felt outclassed by his brand of stubborn. No one was safe from it, either. Friend, foe, and authority figure alike were all subject to that unique style of grit. Quiet determination it wasn’t. Hell, quiet he wasn't. John sometimes thought he used his staff as training for the verbal barrage he’d launch at inconvenient obstacles. He wondered if they knew they were cannon fodder, and thought they probably did.
 
The way he gasped John’s name, every time. The way his eyes went grey in moonlight. The way his smile got more crooked when he was tired. The way his bravest moments were always the silent ones. The way his hair had exactly one style. The way his hands had many.
 
They say you miss the small things. John knows they’re wrong. He misses everything.

Comments

[ajali.livejournal.com]

That was really nice - the style started off simply but the end hinted at so many more things! I have no idea what fandom it is, so i wouldn't be an appropriate beta, but i would love to beta one's you've written in fandom i AM familier with - i found you and added you to my flist solely on account of your Supernatural fic 'Somatic'. That's easily one of the most moving Supernatual fics i have read, and i love how you left questions still unanswered at the end - not enough to say there is more to come, but enough to say 'I, the author, consider my audience to be intelligent, so therefore I don't need to spell things out for them and can leave some details vague just to stretch their minds.'
I'm currently penning my first EVER fanfic although i have written 200 pages of an original story, so if you are willing maybe you could possibly beta mine if i ever get it close to posting quality?

Ayubowan!

Ajali.

[stillane.livejournal.com]

Hiya.

This little one is for Stargate: Atlantis, which tends to share my brain with Supernatural these days :> I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed Somatic so much. On the subject of betaing: life is going to be a little bit insane hearabouts for the next month or so, and you are probably better off having someone else be your primary reader during that time frame, but I would be glad to take a look at your fic when it coallesces. I'm guessing it's in Supernatural? My email is in my info, when you get to the shipping stage. *g*

Best of luck with the writing!

[ajali.livejournal.com]

Thankyou, lol!
I know exactly what it's like for your brain to play host to various fandoms - even some non-story related things - twice now i;ve had an obsession about mushrooms which pretty much lasts all Autumn - hunting season!I know a *lot* about them now.
But yes - it certainly is a Supernatural fanfic. I'll let you know when i post it! Just curious - i spent a good few days trying to re-find your Somatic fic on ff.net...until Beluga pointed me in the direction of the lj community!Just outa curiosity how come you haven't posted it on ff.net?
No worries about beta-ing - i'm sur ei'll survive, lol, but comments are always welcome- especially from fellow writers who know (or can convince me they know ;) ) what they're doing!

Nice to say hi, lol!

Cya!

Ajali