The Mensa AU

Title: Unravel
Author: florahart
Pairing/Characters: Fairly low-key McKay/Sheppard, both universes. Other major ensemble characters in both 'verses, too.
Setting: SGA-verse and MENSA-verse
Rating: Teen?
Word count: about 7500
Warnings: none
Spoilers: there are references to events through S4.
Summary: The city is falling apart, and (SGA) John goes to ask Rod McKay for help.
Notes: losyark asked for John Sheppard (and McKay, maybe) travel to Rod's universe to warn them of something horrible that has already happened on their Atlantis. It turned out more asking than warning, which I hope will do. This is set post-S4, and works under the assumption that everyone who started the finale, finished it in good shape and still on Atlantis.
Recipient: losyark

( Unravel )

[Poll #1179222]

Title: Dear Alyce
Author: wneleh
Character: MENSA!Elizabeth (Gen)
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: A soft PG for language
Summary: Prompt: What does a "tear in the universe" look like? What does it do? How do you decide to send one of your people off into the unknown?
Recipient: teh_bug

( Dear Alyce )

[Poll #1178501]

Title: Radical Treatments
Author: wanderingwidget
Characters: mensa!Sheppard, mensa!Rod
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: PG-13 for swearing
Warnings: Minor character death(s), rampant cliche abuse, hackneyed psychology, present tense
Summary: in which mensa!Sheppard is agoraphobic, Rod's overprotective, and Sumner's kind of an ass.
Recipient: chanel_5

( Radical Treatments )

[Poll #1178035]

Title: Fair Trade
Author: wneleh
Characters: John, MENSA!Rodney
Setting: SGA-verse
Rating: A soft PG for language
Warnings: None
Summary: Prompt: "This Rodney knew more about 'him' than anyone he could think of"
Spoilers: General knowledge about Rodney's and John's families
Recipient: mongognom
Author's note: I claim no ownership rights whatsoever to anything in this story, and am glad TPTB mostly look the other way.
Direct quotes, shown in italics, are from "McKay and Mrs. Miller," written by Martin Gero and Carl Binder. Their wording, with a few slight alterations, was taken from the transcript by AthenaKTT, as housed at Abydos Gate.

( Fair Trade )

[Poll #1177098]

Title: Where There are Clouds
Author: thisissirius
Pairing/Characters: Rod/Mensa!John; Mensa!Kavanagh
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: PG
Word count: 3, 373 words
Notes: I hope this everything that you wanted. I tried to blend the three fics in together, but also make them very different. I hope that works for you  enjoy!
Warnings: mentions of torture
Recipient: jade_1459

( Where There are Clouds )

[Poll #1176425]

Title: To Keep This Job, I Must Be Nuts
Author: audreyscastle
Pairing/Character(s): MENSA-Lorne. References to a past het pairing, but no actual pairing as such for the fic. At least in my opinion—YMMV.
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: PG-13 to be safe
Warnings: none in particular. Death is mentioned, but all canon characters are safe. Spoilers only for Season 1.
Summary: His first year in Atlantis, Evan Lorne writes a series of letters he knows will never be read. The following are selections from them.
Notes: Using the fact that a president was recently inaugurated, a few months before the Atlantis expedition embarked (Season 7 of SG-1), I've always placed the expedition as leaving in April of 2005. Fortunately, this being an AU, I don't have to argue with anyone who doesn't agree with my timing, LOL. :-D
Recipient: paradise_city

( To Keep This Job, I Must Be Nuts )

[Poll #1175863]

Welcome to the Mensa AU Fic Exchange #2! Fasten your seatbelts, everyone - the ride is about to begin!

Yes, it's time: the deadline's over, and today the posting starts.

This is how it'll go: I'll post the first story tonight, and then two a day, until we're done. The stories will be anonymous, with a poll attached so everyone can guess who wrote which story. In order to make it a bit easier, there will only be five randomly selected writers on each the poll. Or rather, four random ones and the real one. One out of five, not bad odds, right? :D

Authors, you can use the "track comments" function to receive all feedback for your story, but please remember the story remains anonymous until May 1st, when I'll post the masterlist and reveal the names. If you want to reply to feedback right away, please do so anonymously so people can keep guessing!

Have a great week! And thanks to everyone for participating – it's been great fun. :-)

Title: Just Rodney
Author: losyark
Pairings: Sumner/Sheppard; McShep
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: NC-17 for language and sexual situations (but no graphic non-con!) and Sheppard!whump
Genre: Angst
Wordcount: 14 300+
Recipient: wanderingwidget

Part One

( Part Two )

[Poll #1175351]