Oh you want to play hard, eh?
She sat on the edge of his bed, cradling the plastic box in her hands. Offering a smile she looked up at him. “Thank you,” her expression was earnest, and brought back the unpleasant feeling he was trying to wash out taking a shower half an hour earlier. Rodney’s comments said during the dinner still stung his ears.
“For what?” he asked, sitting near her.
She looked at him a moment before answering, and he noticed an amused smile and how her eyes traveled up and down his persona.
“For being there,” she looked at the guitar. “For coming.” She added a sincere smile.
His heart took a dive toward his feet. Instead of having a fight with Rodney and leaving, he should have played for her, just like he promised to do, but this time Rodney’s comments hit too close to home, and he let himself get offended.
Well, because what Rodney said was true. Sometimes you displace what’s left of your brain in your pants, especially if some alien cheerleader sticks her cleavage into your face!
“I forgot to get you a present,” he mumbled, trying not to think about cleavages. The way Elizabeth’s shirt clung at her small, but probably beautifully shaped breasts didn’t help.
“John,” she paused, rolling her eyes and smiling at him. “I’m not five years old any more. My heart won’t break if I don’t get presents. You were there, that is what matters.”
He knew what she was saying was true, and because of that the fact that of forgetting about her birthday – and it was on the same day they spent on that planet – was all the worse.
“I was at my best, really,” he quipped making her frown. Good job Sheppard. Now make her upset after she came to bring your damn guitar back.
Her expression fell a little bit and she looked at her lap before returning her eyes to him. To his surprise there was a twinkle of mischief, but only for a second.
“No, it’s not your fault. Rodney usually opens the mouth and enters the foot,” she said, trying to lighten up the tone, but his shoulders slumped nevertheless. “Or rather forgets the foot part.”
“Sometimes even a foot isn’t enough to stop him. Anyway…. He was right.”
“About what?” she asked arching her eyebrows at him, her tone nearing amusement. It was good seeing her relaxed. He couldn’t pull himself out of the crappy mood he was in, but it seemed she refused to let him ruin her evening. Which was good. “It wasn’t right to insult you. It’s not the first mission gone badly,” she said and he almost couldn’t believe his ears. “It’s not the first time you made a mistake either and I have no doubt in my mind you’ll find a way to get yourself in trouble again,” she added making a point that she didn’t consider him completely innocent, but luckily, she didn’t hate him either. “John, you made a mistake and but you noticed it on time,” she added firmly and he let his eyes fall onto his hands.
“It’s a mistake I shouldn’t have made,” he added stubbornly and sighed.
“Well technically, you didn’t make it,” she added with a grin on his expense and he swallowed his wounded pride. Mara came very close to seducing him, but now, when he thought back he failed to remember what was so appealing about her. “Or did you get the girl after all?” she asked in a tone he didn’t hear her use very often, but usually he loved to be teased by her. Now wasn’t the case, but he did deserve to be teased.
John had always liked the women, and they liked him back. He was known as a flirty person. There were one night stands in his past, but he never considered himself a person who used the smaller head for thinking. Well at least not on duty. That person with Mara wasn’t him, or at least he wanted to believe that; and ever since they got back John was trying to justify his own behavior to himself, without much success.
“No I didn’t. I was a good guy and… well, didn’t let her cut my head off… the bigger one I mean,” he said and when she started laughing he realized he made his thoughts audible. Oh crap. “Well I could enter my foot now too.”
Elizabeth gave a hearty laugh. “No. That would ruin your mouth. What would the alien girls say then?”
Take that!
Spoiler:
She sat on the edge of his bed, cradling the plastic box in her hands. Offering a smile she looked up at him. “Thank you,” her expression was earnest, and brought back the unpleasant feeling he was trying to wash out taking a shower half an hour earlier. Rodney’s comments said during the dinner still stung his ears.
“For what?” he asked, sitting near her.
She looked at him a moment before answering, and he noticed an amused smile and how her eyes traveled up and down his persona.
“For being there,” she looked at the guitar. “For coming.” She added a sincere smile.
His heart took a dive toward his feet. Instead of having a fight with Rodney and leaving, he should have played for her, just like he promised to do, but this time Rodney’s comments hit too close to home, and he let himself get offended.
Well, because what Rodney said was true. Sometimes you displace what’s left of your brain in your pants, especially if some alien cheerleader sticks her cleavage into your face!
“I forgot to get you a present,” he mumbled, trying not to think about cleavages. The way Elizabeth’s shirt clung at her small, but probably beautifully shaped breasts didn’t help.
“John,” she paused, rolling her eyes and smiling at him. “I’m not five years old any more. My heart won’t break if I don’t get presents. You were there, that is what matters.”
He knew what she was saying was true, and because of that the fact that of forgetting about her birthday – and it was on the same day they spent on that planet – was all the worse.
“I was at my best, really,” he quipped making her frown. Good job Sheppard. Now make her upset after she came to bring your damn guitar back.
Her expression fell a little bit and she looked at her lap before returning her eyes to him. To his surprise there was a twinkle of mischief, but only for a second.
“No, it’s not your fault. Rodney usually opens the mouth and enters the foot,” she said, trying to lighten up the tone, but his shoulders slumped nevertheless. “Or rather forgets the foot part.”
“Sometimes even a foot isn’t enough to stop him. Anyway…. He was right.”
“About what?” she asked arching her eyebrows at him, her tone nearing amusement. It was good seeing her relaxed. He couldn’t pull himself out of the crappy mood he was in, but it seemed she refused to let him ruin her evening. Which was good. “It wasn’t right to insult you. It’s not the first mission gone badly,” she said and he almost couldn’t believe his ears. “It’s not the first time you made a mistake either and I have no doubt in my mind you’ll find a way to get yourself in trouble again,” she added making a point that she didn’t consider him completely innocent, but luckily, she didn’t hate him either. “John, you made a mistake and but you noticed it on time,” she added firmly and he let his eyes fall onto his hands.
“It’s a mistake I shouldn’t have made,” he added stubbornly and sighed.
“Well technically, you didn’t make it,” she added with a grin on his expense and he swallowed his wounded pride. Mara came very close to seducing him, but now, when he thought back he failed to remember what was so appealing about her. “Or did you get the girl after all?” she asked in a tone he didn’t hear her use very often, but usually he loved to be teased by her. Now wasn’t the case, but he did deserve to be teased.
John had always liked the women, and they liked him back. He was known as a flirty person. There were one night stands in his past, but he never considered himself a person who used the smaller head for thinking. Well at least not on duty. That person with Mara wasn’t him, or at least he wanted to believe that; and ever since they got back John was trying to justify his own behavior to himself, without much success.
“No I didn’t. I was a good guy and… well, didn’t let her cut my head off… the bigger one I mean,” he said and when she started laughing he realized he made his thoughts audible. Oh crap. “Well I could enter my foot now too.”
Elizabeth gave a hearty laugh. “No. That would ruin your mouth. What would the alien girls say then?”
Take that!
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