A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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John inherits a farm, Rodney ends up entirely out of his element, and there is much ado about baseball. Completely AU
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- Part 1 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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It was a matter of some wonder to him, later in life, but Rodney didn't realize he was falling in love with another man until the second movement of a string quartet concert in Iowa.
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- Part 2 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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An Iowa moment, the summer after John and Rodney get together, before Finn arrives in their lives.
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- Part 3 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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"I wanna," John murmured, every word a burst of hot, humid breath against the shell of Rodney's ear.
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- Part 4 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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AU: picks up where 'A Farm in Iowa' left off - Rodney makes his move, John finds Star Wars a hell of a lot more taxing than he'd ever imagined, and Katie Brown throws a curve ball, just to keep things interesting.
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- Part 5 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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Rodney catches a cold.
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- Part 6 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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When they tried to pass each other on the stairs for the third time that night – John with an armful of laundry, Rodney with paperwork in his hands – John gave up, swore colorfully, unceremoniously discarded his pile of boxers and socks on the steps, and pushed Rodney back against the wall.
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- Part 7 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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The needs of wee baby Finn McKay, and his sleep-deprived, utterly addled, brand-new fathers.
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- Part 8 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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The continuing adventures of Finn McKay and his intrepid (inept?) caretakers, John Sheppard and Rodney McKay. Featuring guest appearances by Jake and Martha McGillion, Laura Cadman, and Mrs. Gunderson's brownies.
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- Part 9 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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The pasture barely ripples when Sunday steals quietly toward the farm that weekend, a mere breath of breeze setting the winter-dry grasses to some bend-and-quiver dance. The nights are still cool with the memory of winter. Something burrows in the stubble from last year's corn, but the fields are mostly silent, the chickens still asleep – only the creek whispers into the quiet, as if irrepressibly glad to be moving again after a season spent as ice.
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- Part 10 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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Amid the swirl and tumult of an ordinary life comes a letter from Colorado, and a test neither John nor Rodney anticipated.
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- Part 11 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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If I had more energy and time, I would absolutely be writing the story of Halloween in Iowa.
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- Part 12 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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Eventually, this had to become Iowa canon.
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- Part 13 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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Finn is two, and John is at his mercy.
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- Part 14 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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In which John and Rodney dance at Laura and Brad's wedding
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- Part 15 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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It's fall. There are leaves. And something of a batshit war between parental types.
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- Part 16 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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'May the blessing of light be upon you; light on the outside, light on the inside' ~ traditional seasonal blessing.
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- Part 17 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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Finn wakes up in the middle of the night, and soon the rest of the house follows.
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- Part 18 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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It's the Sunday morning after daylight saving kicks in, and no one's very awake.
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- Part 19 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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Not all parenting decisions, John discovers, are weighty things.
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- Part 20 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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In which Rodney is exhausted, John is amused, and everyone loves sleep very much
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- Part 21 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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"Figure out the military." Jim laughs softly. "Good luck with that, son."
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- Part 22 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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Dear Santa:
I am writing this under extreme duress, because my son and partner are pouting pouty pouters and frankly, life is too short. Also I was promised a blow job. Please don't show the elves that part.
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- Part 23 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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"So how's you find a Baffa?" Finn asks, looking up, wide-eyed and curious.
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- Part 24 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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Families, neighbors, mothers and sons. Sometimes your biggest problem isn't figuring out which galaxy you want to live in.
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- Part 25 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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In which John is a sneak.
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- Part 26 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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John finds out why Rodney left after their first night together.
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- Part 27 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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The first Halloween after Merrie's born.
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- Part 28 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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The summer before Finn turns four, Jed Colton wins the contract for mowing the I-80 median between exits 237 and 306, and John – "Oh hell, I swear, Rodney, Rodney, this is so great, you're not going to believe this," – gets hired to drive a sickle-mower-loaded tractor up and down the interstate, cutting down prairie grass and brown-eyed-susans a couple of feet beyond the shoulder.
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- Part 29 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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Amid familial chaos of all kinds, John and Rodney realize something is missing . . .
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- Part 30 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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Iowa boys in the rain.
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- Part 31 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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Rodney's sitting on the porch when John comes home that evening.
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- Part 32 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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December 24th, after Finn turns four. Chaos. The usual.
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- Part 33 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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Merrie arrives (and what was formerly apocryphal becomes less so.)
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- Part 34 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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John gets a day off.
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- Part 35 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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John's nose is cold.
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- Part 36 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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Christmas Eve in Iowa.
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- Part 37 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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They wake to the dull roar of rain against the roof, an early summer squall pelting the house and the garden with a truly galling level of energy.
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- Part 38 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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Spring comes to Iowa.
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- Part 39 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
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Merrie's just over a year old, and so clearly her fathers' child.
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- Part 40 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse