Jack and John on Earth, gen

[kuonji14.livejournal.com]

I just recently read a fic where O'Neill is interviewing John Sheppard upon his return to Earth (with Weir, McKay, and Beckett).  He had meant it to be a quiet little chat, but the General of the Marines strong-armed his way in, and so of course Landry had to be invited as well, and the two of them had their own agendas that had nothing to do with making Sheppard comfortable with talking.  Landry was buddies with Caldwell and wanted to prove Sheppard incompetent; the Marine wanted his department to have a bigger presence in Atlantis.  All of them knew that they would either have to make Sheppard the commander of Atlantis or else keep him home, because there was no way a new commander could handle Sheppard if he went back in any other capacity.

(I am paraphrasing direct lines from the fic, because I really just read this recently, and I can't *believe* that I lost it that fast.)

It should not be a new fic, as I generally only read off of stargate_search, stargateficrec, and jackslashdaniel.  I honestly have no idea how I got to it in the first place.  If it helps, I almost certainly was led to it via this post on stargate_search:
http://community.livejournal.com/stargate_search/42407.html

I really liked how this story dealt with the fact that Sheppard is a man who disobeys orders from people he doesn't respect, and would rather go on a suicide run than ask for volunteers to do the same.  Realistically, he is not a good choice for commander of a military base, despite his fine individual qualities.  O'Neill realizes this and talks him around, feels him out, so that he can feel confident in supporting the choice to send this man back to Atlantis.

Sheppard family

[shadowedoracle.livejournal.com]

Hey all,

I got the sudden hankering for stories involving Sheppard's family from Earth (including ex-wife).  Specifically, any stories where they find out about the Stargate program and John's job.  Can be canon-compliant and non.  I prefer John/Rodney for a pairing, but I'll take anything.  Thanks!