Well I think you covered the tension between John and his dad just fine. Too bad you weren't able to incorporate Dave into the story too.

Oh believe me when I say: "You achieved a lot!" I Always wanted to have a view in Sheppards family and especially a confrontation with his father, therefore my quest on this particular story. I have read a lot of different perspectives about this, and yours definitely class as a success among those :)

Thank you for an great story :D

I really enjoyed this story and wish that something like this could have happened in the episode itself, though I can understand why they didn't have it. I liked how John used Rodney to tell his father about what had been happening.

Damn great as usual.

All I can say is like father, like son. Cute fic. I wanted to hug both the the Sheppard guys (god, I feel so bad for John's mother now), if they weren't so pig-headedly stubborn. Nice, realistic interaction between the two. And brilliant job with Rodney. LOL. The poor guy is so easy to manipulate.

I enjoyed this one as much as the first. I love the interaction between the team, and that John wanted Rodney to tell his father what was going on. I think that it would be easier that way. Sometimes it's easier to hear/accept things from other people, rather than those you are close to.

I really enjoyed this. Had the awkwardness expected from John and his father, with the sheer delight of Rodney and Ronan stumbling into this milieu with distinct characterization and made the whole premise extremely plausible. That, by the way, was an exceptional end once it came out. A great twist. Thank you for writing this.

Realy nice follow up story, I really enjoyed it! Some nice moments and I like that you left his dad's stuff ambiguous. Good work and thanks for sharing

“He did this thing with his eyes!” McKay protested, “He had ice cream!” Oh that is pure McKay, bought by a tub of ice cream, my kind of guy! Great story, I enjoyed reading it!

I like it! Always have liked stories wich involve John's family. You did good!

“He had ice cream!” brilliant characterisation!

This is a nice little story, I enjoyed reading it. It is nice to read a 'light' story as some are pretty dark and heavy.

Thanks.

Lovely story! I love the way Shep let McKay's mouth do the talking. That's was a really good idea, and seems just like the sort of thing Shep might do. I love that McKay and Ronon look out for Shep too here. Very nice comfort! Thanks for sharing!

It was wonderful. I feel you deserve a whole lot of credit for attempting a story like this and even more credit for succeeding so beautifully. I wish this could have been an episode. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. I really look forward to more...hint,hint. God bless you.

You did pretty well with this. One thing seemed a little off though. Why would Sheppard's father have clearance? As seen before, on the show and in real life, families don't get clearance to learn about top secret operations just because they're family.

On the whole, you did an outstanding job with this. You have decent grammar and spelling, your conversations flow nicely and you captured to a t, my perception of Sheppard's relationship with his father. I am curious as to what Sheppard's father's profession is, he seems to have a militaristic quality to him but on what could be considered a farm out in the middle of nowhere? Sounds interesting. I hope to see more from you in the future. Great job. Keep writing.

"I don't really know what I've achieved with this."

What? Are you insane? I am in shock that you wrote those words because - and listen up here with full attention - this was SPECTACULARLY good. And I do mean SPECTACULARLY! Who needs death defying action when one can read something of this quality. It was full of emotion yet interspersed with such homour. It takes talent of a special kind to achieve what you have - I am in love with this story and it is going straight on to my favourite list.