Fic: Jiggling The Connection

[danceswithgary]

Title: Jiggling The Connection
Author: danceswithgary
Pairing: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Word Count: 580
Archive: Fine, just let me know
Summary: Beware the frustrated scientist!

On AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/93560

Comments

[antares_dw]

the variety of devices arrayed before him, all linked by a Gordian knot of wires
*g* I know what you mean! It looks like that under my desk.

Hehe, I like it that John has such a practical solution to the problem while Rodney tries to calculate it. *g*

[danceswithgary]

It's currently how the living room looks, until we get the next piece of furniture in to help disguise them. :-D Glad you enjoyed and thanks!

[xylohypha]

*snrk* Yeah, jiggling the connections comes right after "unplug it and plug it back in" on the list of infuriating suggestions which all too frequently end up solving the problem.

At least Rodney gets a little extra reward beyond just getting the thing to work right. (With that kind of extra reward in view, I'd keep futzing with wires long after it seemed to be likely to produce results.)

[danceswithgary]

I agree, with John waiting to reward me, I'd be happy to wrangle those electronics as long as necessary. :-D Glad you enjoyed this and thanks!

[lilyleia78]

♥! John is absolutely dorktastic. And I love that he's apologetic about fixing it, that's exactly the right reaction. :)

[danceswithgary]

He's learned his lessons well - and he really wants that system to work. *grin* Glad you enjoyed and thanks!

[winter_elf]

OMG! LOL! Yea, it's such a shame when 'jiggled the connection' works and all the hard work doesn't. I've done that (while the computer person tears their hair out). So I got a good laugh - and hell, I like the follow up here even more :)

[danceswithgary]

I could live with the frustration of jiggled connections, as long as I was rewarded like Rodney was. :-D Glad you enjoyed and thanks!