Five soulmates table
May. 28th, 2026 09:48 pmI finished!
This challenge intrigued me from the start. I'm so glad I was able to finish it.
This challenge intrigued me from the start. I'm so glad I was able to finish it.
Today we had the most sunshine than we've had in a month, possibly two. *happy dances*
Over the last three weeks, I got a ton of adulting done. And even fit a short trip to Cleveland to visit one of my fandom friends. She helped me come up with an excellent idea for First Touch, one of my soulmate prompts.
Meanwhile, I finished a third story for the![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
5soulmates challenge. You can find it here:
Printed on Your Skin (4103 words)
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard
Additional Tags: Soulmates
Summary:
Touching your soulmate leaves fingerprints.
I have a bunch of fanfic to catch up on. This is not a hardship. :)
Over the last three weeks, I got a ton of adulting done. And even fit a short trip to Cleveland to visit one of my fandom friends. She helped me come up with an excellent idea for First Touch, one of my soulmate prompts.
Meanwhile, I finished a third story for the
5soulmates challenge. You can find it here:Printed on Your Skin (4103 words)
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard
Additional Tags: Soulmates
Summary:
Touching your soulmate leaves fingerprints.
I have a bunch of fanfic to catch up on. This is not a hardship. :)
December writing
Dec. 31st, 2025 03:32 pmDecember was a good writing month for me.
For SGA Saturday I wrote: The Further Exploits of Agent Lorne: Quantum Mirror Cop
My SGA Secret Santa stories this year were:
Regenisis Protocol and
Proculus Bound
Plus, I slipped a piece of Teyla/Elizabeth art as a surprise gift for kira_nerys_rocks when I heard their story might be late. Our Year in Atlantis
For SGA Saturday I wrote: The Further Exploits of Agent Lorne: Quantum Mirror Cop
My SGA Secret Santa stories this year were:
Regenisis Protocol and
Proculus Bound
Plus, I slipped a piece of Teyla/Elizabeth art as a surprise gift for kira_nerys_rocks when I heard their story might be late. Our Year in Atlantis
I wrote something!
Sep. 29th, 2025 07:14 pmThe month of September almost slipped by without finishing my trope_of_the_month prompt.
It's a coffee shop AU. *gasp* I couldn't go with the never-an-Atlantis version. That's been done and done well by others. So, I went a different direction.
AR-1 finds the Pegasus equivalent of a coffee house. Things go about as you'd expect.
Taster's Choice (1994 words) by melagan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Peter Kavanagh, Ronon Dex
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
trope_of_the_month prompt.It's a coffee shop AU. *gasp* I couldn't go with the never-an-Atlantis version. That's been done and done well by others. So, I went a different direction.
AR-1 finds the Pegasus equivalent of a coffee house. Things go about as you'd expect.
Taster's Choice (1994 words) by melagan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Peter Kavanagh, Ronon Dex
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
This is the crossover I never expected to write.
The Highway Monster Murders (1810 words) by melagan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV 1974), Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Carl Kolchak, John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Minor Characters
Additional Tags: Unreliable Narrator, Timeline What Timeline, Canon-Typical Violence
Summary:
link: The Highway Monster Murders
The Highway Monster Murders (1810 words) by melagan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV 1974), Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Carl Kolchak, John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Minor Characters
Additional Tags: Unreliable Narrator, Timeline What Timeline, Canon-Typical Violence
Summary:
A myserious creature haunts Highway 285 leaving a trail of grisly, unexplainable murders in its wake. Kolchak sets out to investigate. This is his story.
Or - Kolchak meets a Wraith.
link: The Highway Monster Murders
Coffee Flavored Kisses (3822 words) by melagan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Sam Carter (Stargate), Radek Zelenka
Additional Tags: Fluff, Happy Ending, First Kiss, First Time
Summary:
I'm trying out the new (to me) share feature over on AO3. It certainly makes it easy. For DW posts, tap the share button at the top and copy/paste the entire pop-up code. Wowza. Easy.
In other fannish news, thetrope_of_the_month prompt is crossovers. (recs and prompts are also welcome)
So, it would be easy to write an SG1-SGA crossover, right? Am I doing that? Well, some of that will certainly bleed in. It has to be a crossover after all. But is that my brain's focus? hahahaha.
What if Kolchak saw a Wraith?
Yep. *slaps brain upside the head* I am now streaming old episodes of Kolchek. I'm gonna need more coffee.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Sam Carter (Stargate), Radek Zelenka
Additional Tags: Fluff, Happy Ending, First Kiss, First Time
Summary:
A story where Rodney's love of coffee is only outdone by his love for John.
I'm trying out the new (to me) share feature over on AO3. It certainly makes it easy. For DW posts, tap the share button at the top and copy/paste the entire pop-up code. Wowza. Easy.
In other fannish news, the
trope_of_the_month prompt is crossovers. (recs and prompts are also welcome)So, it would be easy to write an SG1-SGA crossover, right? Am I doing that? Well, some of that will certainly bleed in. It has to be a crossover after all. But is that my brain's focus? hahahaha.
What if Kolchak saw a Wraith?
Yep. *slaps brain upside the head* I am now streaming old episodes of Kolchek. I'm gonna need more coffee.
Fic: Sex Pollen Romance (SGA) John/Rodney
Mar. 29th, 2025 08:12 pmI finished my fic for the trope_of_the_month prompt: Sex Pollen
I know all of you will be thrilled to know I came up with a title at the very last minute. (Two minutes before posting if you want to be entirely accurate.)
Title: Sex Pollen Romance
The title says it all. You want more? Okay. John and Rodney get exposed to sex pollen. What? It's not exactly a deep plot here. 😊 Aw, they're both big idiots who have loved each other all along. Sex Pollen just made them admit it.
Link: Sex Pollen Romance
trope_of_the_month prompt: Sex PollenI know all of you will be thrilled to know I came up with a title at the very last minute. (Two minutes before posting if you want to be entirely accurate.)
Title: Sex Pollen Romance
The title says it all. You want more? Okay. John and Rodney get exposed to sex pollen. What? It's not exactly a deep plot here. 😊 Aw, they're both big idiots who have loved each other all along. Sex Pollen just made them admit it.
Link: Sex Pollen Romance
Fic: Come Undone (explicit mcshep)
May. 10th, 2024 06:54 pmI have a special fondness for the AO3 Cocks_and_Couches_Challenge The name alone won me over.
I have a shiny, new filthy, cock-sucking entry to the challenge.
It's porn. It's McShep, and you most certainly should not read it at work.
Come Undone
I have a shiny, new
It's porn. It's McShep, and you most certainly should not read it at work.
Come Undone
It's been a busy couple of months writing-wise. I wrote the following for various challenges.
Timeless Hearts forwhatif_au
Radek Writes Fanfic forsga_saturday
John the Dragon Slayer forstory_works.
By No Means forinsert_title_here
I also wrote a couple of stories forromancingmcshep
Coloring Outside the Lines
Dial 'd' for De-ascended
The next things on my list are to write something for![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
unconventional_courtship, my whatif_au bingo card, and the newest sga_saturday prompt challenge. (work/sweat)
At least it's keeping me out of trouble.
Timeless Hearts for
whatif_auRadek Writes Fanfic for
sga_saturdayJohn the Dragon Slayer for
story_works.By No Means for
insert_title_hereI also wrote a couple of stories for
romancingmcshepColoring Outside the Lines
Dial 'd' for De-ascended
The next things on my list are to write something for
unconventional_courtship, my whatif_au bingo card, and the newest sga_saturday prompt challenge. (work/sweat)At least it's keeping me out of trouble.
No True Pair fic
Mar. 31st, 2023 06:29 pmRelated to my previous post, if anyone is interested I finished my contributions to the no_true_pair challenge.
Actually, as I'm not a very fast writer, I'm rather proud of myself that I managed so many odd pairings in such a short space of time.
You can find them all here on AO3
no_true_pair challenge. Actually, as I'm not a very fast writer, I'm rather proud of myself that I managed so many odd pairings in such a short space of time.
You can find them all here on AO3
What's that you say? A new Fuck for Science challenge?
anagrrl has announced a new Challenge/Collection Fuck for Science!
I couldn't leave this one alone nor should I be expected to.
So here's 350 words of John and Rodney supporting the sciences.
For Science
anagrrl has announced a new Challenge/Collection Fuck for Science!I couldn't leave this one alone nor should I be expected to.
So here's 350 words of John and Rodney supporting the sciences.
For Science
A short round-up:
I wrote two stories in December. Both SGA and McShep. Spirits of the Unrest which was my SGA Secret Santa gift tocassiope25.
This was my first time writing for The Cocktail Hour. My prompt was 20th Century Cocktail. To my surprise, it's mainly a Dave and John story. 20th Century Cocktail or No Lemons Allowed
That's it. That's a wrap for stories written in 2022. All told I wrote 78,312 words and created 3 pieces of art.
No idea what 2023 will bring. Let's find out!
I wrote two stories in December. Both SGA and McShep. Spirits of the Unrest which was my SGA Secret Santa gift to
cassiope25. This was my first time writing for The Cocktail Hour. My prompt was 20th Century Cocktail. To my surprise, it's mainly a Dave and John story. 20th Century Cocktail or No Lemons Allowed
That's it. That's a wrap for stories written in 2022. All told I wrote 78,312 words and created 3 pieces of art.
No idea what 2023 will bring. Let's find out!
waves goodbye to November
Dec. 1st, 2022 08:54 pmNot much to say about the passing month. It's weird waking up and it's still dark out. This is the time of year I tell myself, just a few more weeks and the days will start to get longer.
I did get a little writing done. Just two stories, but any month I can finish something is a good one. Both are SGA John/Rodney stories.
Stay Just a little bit of fluff for thesga_saturday prompt Leaves
The Outpost A somewhat longer story with a little angst and teamy goodness.
This story lived in my head for a good three years before I wrote it. The entire story came to me in my dreams one night. I even knew the ending by the time I woke up. (The only thing I didn't have was the title.)
But as is the way of dreams, that dream clarity tends to evaporate when faced with actually putting it into words. It sat in a wip folder for a lonnng time.
All in all, I'm very happy with how it turned out.
I did get a little writing done. Just two stories, but any month I can finish something is a good one. Both are SGA John/Rodney stories.
Stay Just a little bit of fluff for the
sga_saturday prompt LeavesThe Outpost A somewhat longer story with a little angst and teamy goodness.
This story lived in my head for a good three years before I wrote it. The entire story came to me in my dreams one night. I even knew the ending by the time I woke up. (The only thing I didn't have was the title.)
But as is the way of dreams, that dream clarity tends to evaporate when faced with actually putting it into words. It sat in a wip folder for a lonnng time.
All in all, I'm very happy with how it turned out.
Oct fic roundup
Nov. 2nd, 2022 08:56 amHow did it get to be November already?
I didn't get all the writing done I'd hoped for, but I did manage to create something for five different challenges. All SGA *whistles innocently*
Two for thesga_saturday prompts Tender and Quilt
A Heart to Hold (outsider pov)
Quilting with Dr. Biro
A Radek centered story forspook_me. Awoken
A short five things ficlet for Stargate Day On the flipside
And finally, for thestory_works challenge Midnight Midnight Kiss (pure McShep)
I didn't get all the writing done I'd hoped for, but I did manage to create something for five different challenges. All SGA *whistles innocently*
Two for the
sga_saturday prompts Tender and QuiltA Heart to Hold (outsider pov)
Quilting with Dr. Biro
A Radek centered story for
spook_me. Awoken A short five things ficlet for Stargate Day On the flipside
And finally, for the
story_works challenge Midnight Midnight Kiss (pure McShep)Fic: Awoken SGA (gen)
Oct. 26th, 2022 09:56 amTitle: Awoken
Author:melagan
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing/Characters: Radek Zelenka, Rodney McKay, John Sheppard
Rating: Gen
WC: ~ 800
Summary: Radek doesn't remember working for the MIB. His memories as an agent were wiped long before he went to Atlantis. But the wipe is beginning to fail, and his dreams seem all too real.
Notes: Written forspook_me 2022.
Link: Awoken
Author:
melaganFandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing/Characters: Radek Zelenka, Rodney McKay, John Sheppard
Rating: Gen
WC: ~ 800
Summary: Radek doesn't remember working for the MIB. His memories as an agent were wiped long before he went to Atlantis. But the wipe is beginning to fail, and his dreams seem all too real.
Notes: Written for
spook_me 2022. Link: Awoken
I wrote some fics for SGA Saturday that I forgot to post here.
Title: A Rusty Hinge
Author:melagan
Fandom: SGA
Pairing/Characters: Team fic
Rating: Gen
Length/Size: ~4500
Summary: Atlantis is starting to squeak, and that's just not right.
Notes: A team fic written for the prompt: squeak. Strong John and Rodney friendship.
Link: A Rusty Hinge on AO3
Title: A Heart to Hold
author:melagan
Fandom: SGA
Pairing/Characters: John/Rodney, Original Character pov
Rating: General audiences
Length/Size: 700
Summary: A season one glimpse at John and Rodney's relationship from an outsider's POV.
link: A Heart to Hold
and a much shorter piece
Title: Quilting with Dr. Biro
author:melagan
Fandom: SGA
Pairing/Characters: Dr. Biro, Dr. Kate Heightmeyer
Rating: General audiences
Length/Size: 280
Summary: Dr. Biro takes up a new hobby
Link: Quilting with Dr. Biro
Title: A Rusty Hinge
Author:
melaganFandom: SGA
Pairing/Characters: Team fic
Rating: Gen
Length/Size: ~4500
Summary: Atlantis is starting to squeak, and that's just not right.
Notes: A team fic written for the prompt: squeak. Strong John and Rodney friendship.
Link: A Rusty Hinge on AO3
Title: A Heart to Hold
author:
melaganFandom: SGA
Pairing/Characters: John/Rodney, Original Character pov
Rating: General audiences
Length/Size: 700
Summary: A season one glimpse at John and Rodney's relationship from an outsider's POV.
link: A Heart to Hold
and a much shorter piece
Title: Quilting with Dr. Biro
author:
melaganFandom: SGA
Pairing/Characters: Dr. Biro, Dr. Kate Heightmeyer
Rating: General audiences
Length/Size: 280
Summary: Dr. Biro takes up a new hobby
Link: Quilting with Dr. Biro
I didn't manage to write much for the month of August. But I did squeak one fic in before the month was done.
Title: Prophecy for Two
Author:melagan
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing/Characters: John/Rodney
Rating: Teen
WC: 1500
Summary: Davos gives Rodney more than one vision.
Link: Prophecy for Two
Title: Prophecy for Two
Author:
melaganFandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing/Characters: John/Rodney
Rating: Teen
WC: 1500
Summary: Davos gives Rodney more than one vision.
Link: Prophecy for Two
This last fic I wrote in July is my story for the McShep Big Bang 2022.
Pre-Atlantis. First time. Only one bed. *whistles innocently* Amnesia. Cabin fic. Crossover with SG-1.
Just about as low-angst as you can get despite John needing a place to hide out from the bad guys and Rodney having temporary amnesia. Did I mention explicit? Not greatly so, but don't read it aloud to your kids.
The Distance Factor on AO3
Pre-Atlantis. First time. Only one bed. *whistles innocently* Amnesia. Cabin fic. Crossover with SG-1.
Just about as low-angst as you can get despite John needing a place to hide out from the bad guys and Rodney having temporary amnesia. Did I mention explicit? Not greatly so, but don't read it aloud to your kids.
The Distance Factor on AO3
I was inspired when brumeier mentioned her love of Sentinel/Guide tropes. And there's this opentheiris 25th anniversary of Stargate challenge, not to mention...
...my own crazy love of dropping McShep into the Sentinel/Guide 'verse. I swear to god, they go together like peanut butter and chocolate.
Anyway, for anyone interested here's my latest attempt.
Title: Glow Like the Sun
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing/Characters: John/Rodney
Rating: Teen and up
Medium: Fic
Length/Size: 2950
Summary: Takes place after Hot Zone.
Link: Glow Like the Sun on AO3
John Sheppard is one of the very few sentinels to have all five senses enhanced, and he's the only one to have walked through a Stargate. Ford wants to know what it feels like. Rodney just wants to be done with people.
Seems the nanovirus has triggered Rodney's latent guide abilities and he needs John to help him deal with it.
brumeier mentioned her love of Sentinel/Guide tropes. And there's this opentheiris 25th anniversary of Stargate challenge, not to mention......my own crazy love of dropping McShep into the Sentinel/Guide 'verse. I swear to god, they go together like peanut butter and chocolate.
Anyway, for anyone interested here's my latest attempt.
Title: Glow Like the Sun
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing/Characters: John/Rodney
Rating: Teen and up
Medium: Fic
Length/Size: 2950
Summary: Takes place after Hot Zone.
Link: Glow Like the Sun on AO3
John Sheppard is one of the very few sentinels to have all five senses enhanced, and he's the only one to have walked through a Stargate. Ford wants to know what it feels like. Rodney just wants to be done with people.
Seems the nanovirus has triggered Rodney's latent guide abilities and he needs John to help him deal with it.
I almost forgot to post a link here. I wrote a McShep Sentinel/Guide story that started out as Guide Kavanagh protesting that he wasn't getting the Guide rights he deserved. (and careened off from there)
A Simple Sentinel/Guide Story
A Simple Sentinel/Guide Story
