Animal Husbandry

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Fanfiction
Title: Animal Husbandry
Author(s): casspeach
Date(s): 18 September 2005
Length: 27,500 words
Genre: slash fanfiction
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
External Links: Animal Husbandry (author's page)
Animal Husbandry (sga_flashfic)

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Animal Husbandry is a John/Rodney story by casspeach.

Summary: Dr Rodney McKay is the new veterinarian in town, and his bedside manner leaves a little to be desired. Can his no nonsense love win the heart of lone cowboy John Sheppard, a man determined not to repeat the mistakes of the past?

Recs and Reviews

animal husbandry, by casspeach. sheppard/mckay, nc-17, au. this is a long, wonderfully-written sweet wallowy harlequin challenge in which veterinarian rodney moves to rodeo-rider john's small town.[1]

John's a cowboy and Rodney's the new vet in town. This John is defined by his fierce independence, which in turn is motivated by his determination never to turn into his father. Money issues, intimacy issues, rodeo riding, pride swallowing, and growing up. [2]

Each character is still very much himself. I really liked the interaction between them.[3]

It's a decently long story, 27,000 words, I think, in which John is a guy with a horse and Rodney is the new vet in town. But she does a fantastic job with John especially, and her Rodney is, well Rodney-like. I've reread it a ridiculous number of times, and I love it.[4]

This was written for the Harlequin challenge. Rodney is a vet and John a rodeo cowboy, which sounds weird, and yet it works.[5]

References

  1. ^ cimorene. Recs: Stargate, via Wayback. (Accessed 22 May 2015)
  2. ^ Rec50, 2005
  3. ^ "Rec by rositamia at stargateficrec, Oct 11, 2005". Archived from the original on 2023-02-08.
  4. ^ "RR -- Harlequin AUs at epic_recs, August 3, 2007". Archived from the original on 2023-02-08.
  5. ^ "Alternate Universe Recs for Stargate: Atlantis". Archived from the original on 2023-02-08.