Beta (no longer) needed: Angsty threesome PWP (no, really)

[michelel72]

what is this I don't even

I wrote smut, guys. You know, the stuff I usually skim and won't beta? Yeah, that. I don't even know.

And now I need a beta. Explicit sex (McKay/Keller/Sheppard) with bonus angst, because that's just how I roll. Unequal relationship dynamics (but this isn't McShep pining, don't worry, and no consent issues or partner betrayal); a teensy mention of ridiculously minor bondage kink; about 1800 words.

(ETA: I know have two brave volunteers and one sympathizer. Thanks, all!)

Everything I know about writing explicit sex comes from reading fanfic and fanficrants, so ... yeah.

Anyone?

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Comments

[sophia-sol.livejournal.com]

I would totally offer, except that my knowledge of sex is also entirely from fandom, so I don't think I'd be much help!

[michelel72.livejournal.com]

We do make quite the pair, don't we? Hee. Thanks, though!

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

If you still need one, I'll beta for you... (I do read smut, albeit somewhat pickily, and have betaed two or three of busaikko's fics.)

[michelel72.livejournal.com]

If you're willing, that would be lovely — and if it crosses the line for you, you can send it back, no foul. (I actually have the same hang-up implied for two of the three participants, so I'm totally sympathetic to stuff just not working for someone.) I don't see an email contact in your profile — the fic is currently in an MSWord .doc file — so what format/contact method do you prefer? (You can PM me back to keep it private if you like.) Thank you!

[introverte.livejournal.com]

I'll read it, although, I have no idea what fandom-space you're talking about.

[michelel72.livejournal.com]

Well, this does add a new angle to our relationship!

Heh. Just feeling a little awkward. Anyway, that would be lovely! The characters are from Stargate: Atlantis, though I'm mostly worried whether it holds together on its own (too coy, purple, trite, whatever) without that knowledge. It may become abundantly clear that I'm inexperienced with certain stuff. I will email you the .doc file; feel free to use whatever method you like for feedback.

If it helps: the characters are John Sheppard (Joe Flanigan), US Air Force, amiable but emotionally uncommunicative; Rodney McKay (David Hewlett), astrophysicist and mechanical engineer, hyper and self-involved; and Jennifer Keller (Jewel Staite), medical doctor/chief medical officer and McKay's girlfriend as of the end of the show, think a less chipper Kaylee. (Fandom has shipped Sheppard and McKay together for years.)

Thank you!

[ninjamonkey73.livejournal.com]

Dude! I go away for a few days and THIS happens. Wow. Just wow.

[michelel72.livejournal.com]

a-HA! It's your fault! The free-floating smut* came looking for you, but since you weren't here, it smacked into me instead!

* ew