I ♥ Boston (The Amanda Dillingham Young Remix) [SGA: McKay/Sheppard, PG]

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Title: I ♥ Boston (The Amanda Dillingham Young Remix)
Author: paradise_city
Summary: Rodney realizes he would sell his pocketwatch for John without being asked, and want nothing in return.
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: The characters are property of the Sci-Fi Channel, etc. This is solely for entertainment purposes and no copyright infringement is intended.
Original story: I ♥ Boston (Five Things About John Sheppard, Librarian), by the_acrobat
Notes: Many thanks for miriam for the fantastic beta.


Rodney's not an epic adventure, broad and brave, or a beautiful tragedy, noble and honorable. He's just a man who pales in comparison to the fantasies John lives out on the page every day. But he loves him.

Comments

[wildestranger.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous. :)

[etben.livejournal.com]

oh, lovely - slow and steady and imperfect and wonderful.

[minnow1212.livejournal.com]

Beautiful.

[m-lasha.livejournal.com]

It unfolds like a lovely book you love to read and reread again. Wonderful.

[siria]

Oh, this is just lovely.

[trobadora]

This is really lovely. *rereads*

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

That was gorgeous and both a wonderful complement as well as perfectly able to stand on its own.

You made me choke up with Rodney can't compete with that. He's not an epic adventure, broad and brave, or a beautiful tragedy, noble and honorable. , b/c I sometimes wonder if that's a bit what we often do...

Thank you!!!

[the-acrobat.livejournal.com]

rue_du_hoquet here, to tell you how deliriously happy I am with what you've done with my story. This is just beautiful. I love that you've picked details from the other stories in the AU and woven them in. I love the children's literature references all over the place, Shel Silverstein and Howliday Inn, and... oh... I love the way you've fleshed out some of the passing details in the five-things, explained them... the heart, how Chuck got hired... Four might be my favourite part, but three is so amazing... Jenna is fabulous. There is so much in this remix that makes me so happy and I'll probably be back again and again this week to tell you all about it, but I just wanted to start off with a quick thank you so much. I could not be happier with a remix than I am with this one. You are my fandom hero.

[lurkmuch.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is lovely!

[emyrys.livejournal.com]

I really liked this. I enjoyed the original stories in this AU, and I loved these glimpses at their life.

[sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com]

I do not have words. I do not have words. Oh my god, this is exquisite! And the section about the bed and the books and Rodney's insecurities *clutches heart* oh my god.

[apple-pi.livejournal.com]

Oh, what a beautiful companion to the original story (which is also wonderful!). It's seldom that you see a remix do such a perfect job of mirroring it's inspiration, but I think that's been achieved here, and it's marvelous to see.

[dogeared.livejournal.com]

This is really SO lovely: wonderfully poetic—ink the color of his scarf ebbing like the tide across the pages and John drew him in to shore, dropped an anchor of sleepy kisses and unexpected laughter that kept Rodney from drifting away—and what an unbelievably dear Rodney, oh oh oh.

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

This is so amazing - I fell more in love with your remix with every word I read and then I had to go squee with the_acrobat a lot, because it's like you tapped into the Bookverse that largely existed in our heads, and incorporated bits of all the stories and made it all the more beautiful. There's so many things in here that I loved: the explanation of the heart, the many lists that Rodney makes for a theoretical kid, the John as a cityscape metaphor, inviting Rodney in. Thank you so much for writing this!

[jimpage363.livejournal.com]

I love it - Rodney as David Godine... Now I'm homesick...

[runpunkrun]

This is wonderful, a great addition to the original universe.

[psyko-kittie.livejournal.com]

Wow! :)

[raisintorte.livejournal.com]

This was very sweet, and a lovely read. It's a nice compliment to the original.

[panisdead.livejournal.com]

This is most lovely.

[luxluthor.livejournal.com]

That was so sweet
*cheers with a coffee cup*

[justelizabeth.livejournal.com]

This is absolutely beautiful. It's such a wonderful complement to the original story, while filling in the gaps we didn't see.

The pocketwatch reference is from a short story where a man sells his watch to buy his wife hair clips, and she sells her hair to buy him a chain for his watch, right? I remember reading that in junior high. :o)

[paranoidangel]

This is really lovely.

[aurora]

Oh man, this is gorgeous.

[wychwood]

Oh, so lovely.

[melagan.livejournal.com]

This is a gorgeous and I loved it as dearly as the original.. Rodney's parenting lists are priceless

and this ...At least the new bed is big enough for the three of them

made my heart go all goofy and smiley

[khyrra.livejournal.com]

This was such a great fic, alone, as well as a companion piece to the original.

Of course Librarian!John would reference O. Henry!

[tharaist.livejournal.com]

Fabulous!