[Stargate: Drabble] "Lady of the House" [John/Rodney, G]
Title: Lady of the House
Prompt: writerverse challenge 28 December table of doom, prompt 10 ‘on the town’
Word Count: 352
Original/Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Setting: tag to Compatibility of Souls, chapter three (Rodney is an inventor, John is his new wife) - and part of the Alternate Lives ‘verse
Summary: Jin wonders about her new life as a married woman.
Note(s): originally posted to the writerverse wv_library
Lady of the House
On the Silk Road from China
1294 AD
For the first few days, Jin was sure that it was all just a dream, that she would wake up in the royal palace to find that she was imagined it all.
But each morning, she work to find Rodney, her husband snoring lightly beside her and felt a little bit more like it was real. And his expression of pure wonder, each morning, when he woke to find her still there made Jin sure that taking her sister’s place had been the best decision of her entire life.
It took several weeks for their caravan to cross Asia into Europe, and at each large city, another wagon left them - this was a trading caravan, with Jin and Rodney merely as passengers. Their last stop would be Rome, when the last of her father’s servants would leave them, and she and Rodney would travel alone to his home in London.
London! It had sounded so exciting when her new husband had described it to her, but as they neared, she began to get nervous.
“Jin?” Rodney asked, softly, when the last wagon of trade goods had left. “Are you all right?”
She managed a smile. “Yes, of course.”
“Because I’d understand if you weren’t,” he said, taking her hand, thumb running gently over her knuckles. “I’d understand if you were homesick, if you wanted to go back.”
“No!” cried Jin, clutching at him. “No, Rodney. I never want to leave. I love you.”
“You do?” he said, smiling. Then, it faded. “Then why are you so sad?”
She paused, then blurted, “Who will I be, when we get to London? What will I do?”
Rodney blinked at her. “You’ll be Jin,” he said, as though he hadn’t considered her being anything else. “You’ll be my wife. You’ll help with my experiments and run our home. You’ll do whatever you want, whatever makes you happy.”
Jin’s heart fluttered, but she had to be sure. “I may embarrass you,” she warned. “I don’t know how to be English.”
“Neither do I,” said Rodney. “We can scandalize London together.”
“Together,” Jin repeated, and kissed him.
THE END
Who’s Who
Rodney McKay as a western weapon-maker
John Sheppard as Jin, his new wife, a princess
Current Mood:
mellow
Prompt: writerverse challenge 28 December table of doom, prompt 10 ‘on the town’
Word Count: 352
Original/Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Setting: tag to Compatibility of Souls, chapter three (Rodney is an inventor, John is his new wife) - and part of the Alternate Lives ‘verse
Summary: Jin wonders about her new life as a married woman.
Note(s): originally posted to the writerverse wv_library
Lady of the House
On the Silk Road from China
1294 AD
For the first few days, Jin was sure that it was all just a dream, that she would wake up in the royal palace to find that she was imagined it all.
But each morning, she work to find Rodney, her husband snoring lightly beside her and felt a little bit more like it was real. And his expression of pure wonder, each morning, when he woke to find her still there made Jin sure that taking her sister’s place had been the best decision of her entire life.
It took several weeks for their caravan to cross Asia into Europe, and at each large city, another wagon left them - this was a trading caravan, with Jin and Rodney merely as passengers. Their last stop would be Rome, when the last of her father’s servants would leave them, and she and Rodney would travel alone to his home in London.
London! It had sounded so exciting when her new husband had described it to her, but as they neared, she began to get nervous.
“Jin?” Rodney asked, softly, when the last wagon of trade goods had left. “Are you all right?”
She managed a smile. “Yes, of course.”
“Because I’d understand if you weren’t,” he said, taking her hand, thumb running gently over her knuckles. “I’d understand if you were homesick, if you wanted to go back.”
“No!” cried Jin, clutching at him. “No, Rodney. I never want to leave. I love you.”
“You do?” he said, smiling. Then, it faded. “Then why are you so sad?”
She paused, then blurted, “Who will I be, when we get to London? What will I do?”
Rodney blinked at her. “You’ll be Jin,” he said, as though he hadn’t considered her being anything else. “You’ll be my wife. You’ll help with my experiments and run our home. You’ll do whatever you want, whatever makes you happy.”
Jin’s heart fluttered, but she had to be sure. “I may embarrass you,” she warned. “I don’t know how to be English.”
“Neither do I,” said Rodney. “We can scandalize London together.”
“Together,” Jin repeated, and kissed him.
THE END
Who’s Who
Rodney McKay as a western weapon-maker
John Sheppard as Jin, his new wife, a princess
Current Mood:
mellow