Author: SGAtlantisLight
Characters: McKay, Sheppard, Beckett, most of the series regulars from Season 3
Relationships: Beckett/McKay/Sheppard, Corrigan/Stackhouse/2 OCs, Dex/Zelenka, hints of Lorne/Parrish
Rating: NC-17 overall
Warnings: Mention and flashbacks to rape, smut (one with some D/s undertones), major character whumpage, established threesome. This is rape recovery fic. Don't read if that isn't your cuppa. On the other hand, if you're a rape fic fan, this probably won't give you your jollies either, as the focus is on the aftermath, not the rape.
Spoilers: Mention of events in Season 1's "The Eye" and Season 2's "Trinity" and a brief mention of several Season 2 episodes in passing but no true spoilers for them.
Summary: They had rescued him, but they had yet to truly bring him safely home. 61,225 words, 25 chapters.
Author's note: This started out as a plotbunny that I mentioned and fleshed out a bit in a conversation with
lillyjk and then later dropped on mice1900 who was adamant that it was a plot that needed to be written and bugged me until I firmed it up and actually started writing it. lapislaz came up with the suggestion to use the term "aleatoric" in the title. This fic was started July 13 and finished September 13.Thanks: Encouragement, and smacking with the writey-stick from
chaps1870, dark_cygnet, desala, kaytee4ever, kensieg, kerry_louise, 
labhaoise, lapislaz, lillyjk, mice1900, mousewrites, sapphiresfic, and severusslave. Special thanks to dark_cygnet, lapislaz, lillyjk, and mice1900 for intensive, interactive help, ideas, and beta-ing; to all the denizens of #scribas who put up with long silences interrupted by strange questions; to mousewrites for a cover which was beautiful work but ultimately just not what I was looking for; and all the readers of "Unified Theory" and "Sympathy for Eve" whose stories got put on the backburner while this one took over my brain.Disclaimer: Undoubtedly I own them, and a whole lot of other things, in some universe, but not this one.
Image courtesy of the lovely and talented
severusslave.Ad Libitum is the fic that serves as the background to the relationship. It's not necessary to read it to understand Aleatoric Life, but I thought I'd mention it for those who were curious.
Chapter 1: Subito Doloroso
Chapter 2: Bocca Chiusa
Chapter 3: Caesura
Chapter 4: Pensieroso
Chapter 5: Rinforzando
Chapter 6: Tremolando
Chapter 7: Cambiare
Chapter 8: Affettuoso
Chapter 9: Scherzando
Chapter 10: Sotto Voce
Chapter 11: Focoso
Chapter 12: Incalzando
Chapter 13: Col Pugno
Chapter 14: Precipitato
Chapter 15: Impetuouso
Chapter 16: Con Calore
Chapter 17: Passionato
Chapter 18: Pausa
Chapter 19: Gaudioso
Chapter 20: Giubilante
Chapter 21: Con Fuoco
Chapter 22: Posato
Chapter 23: Repente Dissonante
Chapter 24: Libero
Chapter 25: Al Fine