[Stargate: Drabble] "Every Heart Beats True" [John/Rodney, G]
Title: Every Heart Beats True
Author: Ami Ven
Word Count: 350
Prompt: (very, very, very late) birthday present for brumeier
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Setting: part of my Atlantis Assemble Verse
Summary: “Do you know when your birthday is?”
Every Heart Beats True
“Do you know when your birthday is?”
John didn’t look up from his book - he had a hundred pages to go on his self-imposed deadline and besides, feigning disinterest always annoyed Rodney, which was one of John’s favorite things.
“You’re not going to sign me up for AARP, are you?” John said. “Because Cadman already did that.”
“Really?” Rodney asked, distracted. “I wondered why we were suddenly getting those magazines. But that wasn’t what I meant.”
“So you weren’t implying that I’m too old to remember my own birthday?”
“What? Of course not.”
John marked his place in the book with a scrap of what Rodney called ‘junk mail’. “So you forgot my birthday?”
“What?” Rodney repeated. “No, I - Sheppard, did you know that your birthday was also Flag Day?”
“Oh,” said John. “Yeah, I knew that.”
“And you never thought to mention it?”
John shrugged. “Wasn’t important.”
“Not important? That Colonel American was born on Flag Day? What, they couldn’t find anyone born on the Fourth of July?”
“Rodney…” protested John, but he was laughing. “What did you need to know my birthday for, anyway?”
“I asked MIKO for a reminder two months ahead of time,” said Rodney. At John’s confused frown, he added, “Radek gets mad if I give him any less time than that to plan a party.”
“I don’t need a party,” said John. “And definitely not one that takes two months to plan.”
“You can’t not have a party,” Rodney protested. “You deserve to be celebrated by people who, you know, care about you.”
John smiled and pulled him in for a kiss. “A small party,” he relented. “Just the team, a few friends. Nothing ostentatious or imported.”
“But-” Rodney began, then sighed. “Fine. MIKO, make a note of that.”
“Done, Dr. McKay,” the AI replied.
“And you hold him to that,” John added.
“Yes, Colonel Sheppard.”
“Thank you,” said John, and picked up his book again.
He had only just cracked it open when Rodney began humming The Star-Spangled Banner. John laughed and pulled him in, kissing him until they were both breathless.
THE END
Current Mood:
mellow
Author: Ami Ven
Word Count: 350
Prompt: (very, very, very late) birthday present for brumeier
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Setting: part of my Atlantis Assemble Verse
Summary: “Do you know when your birthday is?”
Every Heart Beats True
“Do you know when your birthday is?”
John didn’t look up from his book - he had a hundred pages to go on his self-imposed deadline and besides, feigning disinterest always annoyed Rodney, which was one of John’s favorite things.
“You’re not going to sign me up for AARP, are you?” John said. “Because Cadman already did that.”
“Really?” Rodney asked, distracted. “I wondered why we were suddenly getting those magazines. But that wasn’t what I meant.”
“So you weren’t implying that I’m too old to remember my own birthday?”
“What? Of course not.”
John marked his place in the book with a scrap of what Rodney called ‘junk mail’. “So you forgot my birthday?”
“What?” Rodney repeated. “No, I - Sheppard, did you know that your birthday was also Flag Day?”
“Oh,” said John. “Yeah, I knew that.”
“And you never thought to mention it?”
John shrugged. “Wasn’t important.”
“Not important? That Colonel American was born on Flag Day? What, they couldn’t find anyone born on the Fourth of July?”
“Rodney…” protested John, but he was laughing. “What did you need to know my birthday for, anyway?”
“I asked MIKO for a reminder two months ahead of time,” said Rodney. At John’s confused frown, he added, “Radek gets mad if I give him any less time than that to plan a party.”
“I don’t need a party,” said John. “And definitely not one that takes two months to plan.”
“You can’t not have a party,” Rodney protested. “You deserve to be celebrated by people who, you know, care about you.”
John smiled and pulled him in for a kiss. “A small party,” he relented. “Just the team, a few friends. Nothing ostentatious or imported.”
“But-” Rodney began, then sighed. “Fine. MIKO, make a note of that.”
“Done, Dr. McKay,” the AI replied.
“And you hold him to that,” John added.
“Yes, Colonel Sheppard.”
“Thank you,” said John, and picked up his book again.
He had only just cracked it open when Rodney began humming The Star-Spangled Banner. John laughed and pulled him in, kissing him until they were both breathless.
THE END
Current Mood:
mellow