Title: Take Clothes Off as Directed
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Category: AU, angst, h/c
Length: long
Warnings: BDSM

Author on LJ: helenish
Author's website: helenish.net

Author's Summary: John entered the Air Force Academy in 1987; it was only the third year subs were accepted into the flight program. John wasn't the only one in his class, but he was the only one who looked like he did, and it didn't make him any friends.

Review:
Take Clothes Off as Directed takes place in a similar BDSM-verse as The Spaces Inside (recc'd here) and Coming Home (recc'd here), where BDSM relationships are the norm.

John, who is a sub but also the military commander of Atlantis, has to go to Rodney to receive punishment for messing up his job. Okay, I've just made this story sound like a cheesy porno, but trust me, it's not. The author introduces us to a world where things are not quite what we are used to yet surprisingly familiar. There is significant parallele between the roles and treatment of subs in this story and of women in our own world. The flashbacks to John's youth and academy years are especially captivating and gives us an interesting perspective of his psyche.

A refreshing read. Highly recommended.


Take Clothes Off as Directed