Aw! I love friend fluff!! Awesome story! I really did love how you get into their heads!! Awesome story!

It's awesome! So cool!! Your stories are so unique!!

This is a scream and one of those little practical little details about Atlantis I always wonder about when watching.

I came looking for another story of yours, and realized that somehow I'd missed this one when I first discovered your SGA fic...*g* What a nice surprise!

Very nice beginning to John and Rodney's friendship - *how* did they get so chummy that Rodney would let John throw him off the balcony?! Good job.

And yeah, we never do see some of the more...mundane practicalities of journeying to other galaxies...*g* Thanks for a fun read.

Loved this whole story. In regards to Rodney's PhDs, I believe in the episode Duet in Season 2 he said he had a PhD in Physics and one in Mechanical Engineering, other than those, I have not heard a peep of anything more.

As always a pleasure reading. I really liked the way you managed to capture the flavor of the first days of Atlantis and the Rising. Also, this is a wonderful way to fill in the gaps between the Rising and Hide and Seek. Question, though, in the show we only know that Rodney has two PhDs, did I miss something?

This was so good! The snarky banter was so great I found myself reading aloud. When I start to read aloud and laugh after each funny line, ITS more than GREAT, its an experience of sheer INTERACTIVE PLEASURE! I was having so much fun, at one point I just stopped reading (aloud) and said to myself, 'I like this story so much!'

Thanks for sharing this with me.

Amazing, absolutely amazing! :3 Just as I have come to expect from you. You are one of the best writers I have ever come across.

I've only just begun watching Stargate: Atlantis but couldn't resist plunging right into the fanfiction, and I can only say I consider myself lucky to have stumbled across your stories right away.

I liked the way you write the characters in this story (just as I see them), your sense of humour (the idea with the plumbing was just priceless), and the way we see McKay and Sheppard coming closer to each other during the course of this story. I don't think I could ever write a conversation between Sheppard and McKay, but luckily I don't intend to be anything but a reader in this fandom and the way you're writing their conversations is just perfect - you manage to keep a wonderful balance between the verbal sparring and the softer notes, like concern for each other and various emotions.

I loved the moment when they looked out at the lights of Atlantis, silhouetted against the night sky, and the moment when Sheppard said "Trust me" when they had to get down from that catwalk and Rodney did trust him (is spite of various verbal protests *g*). Sheppard almost drowning and falling off that catwalk were really nice, too (not that I would want any harm to come to my favourite characters *polishes halo*). This was a great story and I enjoyed it from beginning to end. :)

Tinu

Wonderful getting to know you fic.

A cute little AU-ish fikkie. I always wondered how Sheppard might have gotten McKay to join his team. Loved the bit where McKay rounds Sheppard up to help him with the plumbing problem in the beginning. Although my most favorite bit of this story isn't so much a scene as it is a descriptive.

This one in fact:
For a moment, he didn't know if McKay had heard him, but then one of the eyes cracked open to reveal a weary hint of blue.

It's the 'weary hint of blue' bit...I don't know why it just struck me...

I could see them and hear them... Mckay and Sheppard that is. I am impressed!

It's been a while, but I do not believe I reviewed the first time I read this.
So, now...
I like how you used the bathrooms as a way to get them to know each other. I was also impressed with the conversation Rodney had with Radek about openness. That scene stayed very memorable in my mind.
Elevator scene was interesting too. Goodidea.

Fabulous.

Great banter, it's like watching an episode. And a fun, original plot, too. There's a topic you don't read about too often in fic. Cool to see the more, um, mundane aspects of the city explored.

So many great lines of dialogue...
"Oh for -- don't be a child. If it doesn't respond to your mental commands, then you haven't lost anything, and if it does, you should be fine as long as you don't think about falling."
"Which is harder at the moment than you might think," Sheppard remarked, staring down the shaft.

LOL

"Right, right. Zelenka, don't ever do that again?"
"Do what?" The Czech blinked at him. "Follow orders?"
"Yes! If it conflicts with common sense, then yes, dammit! Mine or anyone else's! For God's sake, tell me if I'm doing something stupid! What am I going to do, fire you? The worst I can do is yell at you, and I'll probably do that anyway."

One of my favorite scenes. I really love how you write these characters.