[Stargate: Drabble] "A Baby's First Laugh" [John/Rodney, G]
Title: A Baby’s First Laugh
Author: Ami Ven
Rating: G
Word Count: 300
Prompt: mcsheplets challenge #198 ‘laugh’
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Setting: part of my On the Run ‘verse
Summary: “She’s really, actually happy,” Rodney said.
A Baby's First Laugh
The first time Ada laughed, not just a burble of happiness, but a real, full laugh, both of her fathers instantly found their new favorite sound.
“She’s really, actually happy,” Rodney said, a little disbelieving.
They hadn’t even been trying to make her laugh, they had just been arguing between themselves while they tried to make dinner, while Ada watched from her pumpkin seat. She noticed both of them looking at her and trailed off into giggles, reaching out with both hands.
“You know,” said John, as Rodney scooped their daughter up, bouncing a little to her continued giggles, “the first time every baby laughs, that laugh turns into a fairy.”
“A fairy?” Rodney repeated. He shifted Ada to one arm and reached for the spoon John was holding. “I don’t think I should let you cook anymore if you’re going to talk crazy.”
John simultaneously dodged him and leaned in to press a kiss to Ada’s head. “It’s Peter Pan, McKay,” he said, with a quick kiss for Rodney, too. “It’s classic Earth culture.”
“Fairies, Sheppard,” Rodney said, in a tone that made it clear he still thought John was crazy.
His husband shrugged and turned back to making dinner. “And of course she’s happy, Rodney,” he said, after a moment. “She won’t know how bad we are at this for another twenty years.”
Rodney looked down at Ada, who gazed back at him with wide blue eyes. “But we’re trying,” he said. “She’s going to know we’re trying, right?”
“I think that counts for a lot with kids,” John said, softly. “Knowing there’s somebody who’ll never give up on them.”
“Not just kids,” said Rodney, leaning carefully over Ada to kiss John, slow and gentle.
“Yeah,” John agreed, and kissed him back as their daughter started laughing again.
THE END
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Author: Ami Ven
Rating: G
Word Count: 300
Prompt: mcsheplets challenge #198 ‘laugh’
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Setting: part of my On the Run ‘verse
Summary: “She’s really, actually happy,” Rodney said.
A Baby's First Laugh
The first time Ada laughed, not just a burble of happiness, but a real, full laugh, both of her fathers instantly found their new favorite sound.
“She’s really, actually happy,” Rodney said, a little disbelieving.
They hadn’t even been trying to make her laugh, they had just been arguing between themselves while they tried to make dinner, while Ada watched from her pumpkin seat. She noticed both of them looking at her and trailed off into giggles, reaching out with both hands.
“You know,” said John, as Rodney scooped their daughter up, bouncing a little to her continued giggles, “the first time every baby laughs, that laugh turns into a fairy.”
“A fairy?” Rodney repeated. He shifted Ada to one arm and reached for the spoon John was holding. “I don’t think I should let you cook anymore if you’re going to talk crazy.”
John simultaneously dodged him and leaned in to press a kiss to Ada’s head. “It’s Peter Pan, McKay,” he said, with a quick kiss for Rodney, too. “It’s classic Earth culture.”
“Fairies, Sheppard,” Rodney said, in a tone that made it clear he still thought John was crazy.
His husband shrugged and turned back to making dinner. “And of course she’s happy, Rodney,” he said, after a moment. “She won’t know how bad we are at this for another twenty years.”
Rodney looked down at Ada, who gazed back at him with wide blue eyes. “But we’re trying,” he said. “She’s going to know we’re trying, right?”
“I think that counts for a lot with kids,” John said, softly. “Knowing there’s somebody who’ll never give up on them.”
“Not just kids,” said Rodney, leaning carefully over Ada to kiss John, slow and gentle.
“Yeah,” John agreed, and kissed him back as their daughter started laughing again.
THE END
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