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No Refunds or Exchanges by astolat (NC-17)

  • Jul. 9th, 2007 at 7:07 AM
Title: No Refunds or Exchanges
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Categories: Harlequin AU, fluff
Length: Medium
Warnings: none

Author on LJ: [personal profile] astolat
Website: http://www.intimations.org/

Review:
There is a distinct possibility that I re-read this fic more often than any other, which is kind of appalling, because it's not even very long. And yet, it makes me so happy. In fact, it's kind of like popping a happy pill, which is always a good thing to have on hand.

Premise: Rodney McKay is stationed at a mostly safe and, apparently, not too classified Atlantis and is in desperate need of a maid. Unfortunately, any and all support personnel are immediately sucked up by the severely understaffed labs, so Rodney goes for the obvious second choice: mail-order bride. You can see why I like this story so much. Also? I bet you can guess exactly who the 'bride' turns out to be.

Full of fluff, humor, mild angst, and more fluff, this is definitely one to save for any day when you need a pick-me-up.

No Refunds or Exchanges

Comments

(Anonymous) wrote:
Jul. 13th, 2007 05:30 am (UTC)
My favorite re-read too!
I've been obsessing over this story for weeks and re-reading it at least every few days. Is that sad or what? Something about it is just too good to let go. Very cool to see it caught you the same way too.
[identity profile] jane-elliot.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 13th, 2007 03:21 pm (UTC)
Re: My favorite re-read too!
I have a weakness for Harlequin AUs in general and Marriage of Convenience fic are especially addictive. Somehow I think a few more of those might pop up over:)
[identity profile] qbic1.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 18th, 2007 11:18 pm (UTC)
Re: My favorite re-read too!
While I love this story too much for words, my favorite by this author has to be Transcendental (http://www.intimations.org/fanfic/stargate/transcendental.html). My true lovein SGA is take charge Rodney!! But if Marriage of Convenience fics are your thing, have you tried A Beautiful Lifetime Event (http://www.intimations.org/fanfic/stargate/lifetime_event.html)? While I'm never thrilled with kid fics, this one just hits all the right buttons. And it doesn't even have a male-pregnancy ... or you could argue they were both knocked-up. :-) Thanks for the wonderful recs. I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed going through all of them.
[identity profile] jane-elliot.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 19th, 2007 03:32 pm (UTC)
Re: My favorite re-read too!
I'm pretty sure I've read everything by astolat in all of the fandoms I read:) I liked Trancendental and A Beautiful Lifetime Event, but they aren't my favorite -- I think her talents are best suited for fluffy, slightly wacky stories (which is probably why I like her Smallville stories so much -- the DC universe is *awash* with potential wackiness).

That said, I'll probably be reccing both of the above stories once I work my way through the things I reread regularly -- there is only so much epic fanfic out there and most of it (at least anything worth reading) is probably going to end up on this community at some point or another:)

Thanks for the feedback!

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