[Stargate: Drabble] "A Place to Belong" [John/Rodney, G]
Title: A Place to Belong
Author: Ami Ven
Rating: G
Word Count: 300
Prompt: mcsheplets challenge #008 'season 3'
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Setting: tag to "The Return"
Summary: It was three o'clock in the morning when Rodney opened his apartment door to find a scruffy-looking John Sheppard on his doorstep.
A Place to Belong
It was three o'clock in the morning when Rodney opened his apartment door to find a scruffy-looking John Sheppard on his doorstep.
"I don't know how to live on this planet anymore," John told him, which was so unbelievably true that for once Rodney couldn't think of anything to say.
Neither of them spoke as John followed him inside, through the kitchenette and into the tiny bedroom.
Rodney could've had a bigger apartment, of course. Almost three years of back-pay at his salary was not insubstantial, but the truth was he hadn't cared enough to do more than find a place within driving distance of Groom Lake, a decent coffee place and as many restaurants that delivered as possible.
Some of his stuff had ended up there, but he spent as little time in the apartment as possible. It wasn't Atlantis- it wasn't home.
He imagined John's military-issue room at Cheyenne Mountain was even worse.
The silence continued until they were both tucked into Rodney's bed, and John said, "Sorry for just showing up like this."
"Idiot," Rodney replied affectionately, and wrapped his arm tighter around John's waist. "As if there was anyplace else you'd go."
He felt John smile against his collarbone. "Nope," the colonel agreed, then his expression shifted again. "Are you really that unhappy out here?"
Rodney had a state-of-the-art lab, minions who obeyed his every command and nobody trying to even give him a papercut. He was miserable.
"It's all your fault," he grumbled into John's hair. "I wasn't an adrenaline-junkie before I met you."
John's smile turned into a laugh, a sound Rodney hadn't heard since they'd been kicked out of their home and sent back to a planet that didn't need them anymore.
They were still together, though, and for now, that was enough.
THE END
Current Mood:
silly
Author: Ami Ven
Rating: G
Word Count: 300
Prompt: mcsheplets challenge #008 'season 3'
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Setting: tag to "The Return"
Summary: It was three o'clock in the morning when Rodney opened his apartment door to find a scruffy-looking John Sheppard on his doorstep.
A Place to Belong
It was three o'clock in the morning when Rodney opened his apartment door to find a scruffy-looking John Sheppard on his doorstep.
"I don't know how to live on this planet anymore," John told him, which was so unbelievably true that for once Rodney couldn't think of anything to say.
Neither of them spoke as John followed him inside, through the kitchenette and into the tiny bedroom.
Rodney could've had a bigger apartment, of course. Almost three years of back-pay at his salary was not insubstantial, but the truth was he hadn't cared enough to do more than find a place within driving distance of Groom Lake, a decent coffee place and as many restaurants that delivered as possible.
Some of his stuff had ended up there, but he spent as little time in the apartment as possible. It wasn't Atlantis- it wasn't home.
He imagined John's military-issue room at Cheyenne Mountain was even worse.
The silence continued until they were both tucked into Rodney's bed, and John said, "Sorry for just showing up like this."
"Idiot," Rodney replied affectionately, and wrapped his arm tighter around John's waist. "As if there was anyplace else you'd go."
He felt John smile against his collarbone. "Nope," the colonel agreed, then his expression shifted again. "Are you really that unhappy out here?"
Rodney had a state-of-the-art lab, minions who obeyed his every command and nobody trying to even give him a papercut. He was miserable.
"It's all your fault," he grumbled into John's hair. "I wasn't an adrenaline-junkie before I met you."
John's smile turned into a laugh, a sound Rodney hadn't heard since they'd been kicked out of their home and sent back to a planet that didn't need them anymore.
They were still together, though, and for now, that was enough.
THE END
Current Mood:
silly