Fic: Beasts of War and Burden (McKay/Sheppard, NC-17)

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Title: Beasts of War and Burden
Author: taste_is_sweet
Recipient: tarlanx
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard; Background het pairings
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 38,000
Disclaimer: Definitely not mine, though I do have a lot of fun with them.
Warnings: Graphic violence and depiction of injuries.
Author's Notes: I was lucky enough to get tarlanx! I've enjoyed her stories starring the myriad of actor David Hewlett's characters for years and was really happy to have the chance to give her something back this time. She wanted a McKay-centric story with angst, hurt/comfort, drama, action/adventure and humor, but mostly a plot. :) She also really wanted a story using one of the alternate universes from the TV series.

All I can say is that I tried very, very hard to give you the kind of story I thought you'd like, Tarlanx. (This fic is try number four, as a matter of fact.) I really hope you enjoy this!

Happy holidays! And thank you again for all your wonderful stories.

I also want to thank my Betas of Awesome: squeakyoflight and anna_bird. You both are hugely appreciated, as always. Any inadvertent goofs or suckage was put in after they went over the story, and are entirely my fault.

Summary: "Oh my God. We've landed on fucking Pern."

( Beasts of War and Burden )

Comments

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Did you guess right? ::g::

Thank you very much for your superlative praise, SW. As usual, I'm very happy you enjoyed it and I really appreciate you taking the time to tell me so in such detail. I'm also very glad that you like Kawalsky as much as I do. It was a great pleasure to find a way to keep him alive and well. Not to mention that he turned out to be very useful, too....

This Jeannie was a lot of fun to write, so it's great to see that you liked her.

::Wiggling my Elf ears back at you.::

<o> (elf ears)

[springwoof.livejournal.com]

But of course I knew it was you, Darlin'! I'm not sure *exactly* what tipped me off, but I became aware of an overwhelming conviction that this was your work...it feels like I'm recognizing your voice, or face....

And, of course, this was my absolute favorite SGA Secret Santa this year, just like your story was my favorite one last year. Even though officially you wrote these stories for other folks, it feels like you wrote them for *me* too, they were so perfect. {HUGE hugs}

Re: <o> (elf ears)

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

I'm always impressed at how you can do that. :D

That's an incredibly sweet thing to say, too. I'm very happy that you've enjoyed my stories so much.