There seemed to much more going on under the surface of daily life on Atlantis than Teyla was aware of. Usually she had always had a bead on the finer workings of the politics that governed the Earth-people's relations with each other, but her being away so frequently in the last months, and the side-effects of her budding relationship had clouded
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"Not much more." Taking a deep breath, he looked at his boots, his throat feeling suddenly dry and useless as he opened his mouth to answer her question. "It's.. well, it's McKay."
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"Well, that is...unexpected. I...how?"
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"It was actually some.. alien device we encountered a few months back. Forced us to be in... close quarters, for a while.." He shrugged, brave enough to look at her now. "It was kind of a silly way to get together, but.. we're getting pretty serious now."
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"I am. But... what about you? Who's your mystery man?"
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He crossed his arms across his chest and waited for the worst. Though... how it could be worse than him dating McKay he still couldn't figure out.
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"It's Michael."
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"That's not funny, Teyla."
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"Okay, I'm sleeping with.. McKay. That's weird. Haha, almost funny. Whatever. But he's not... you're sleeping with a Wraith??" he managed, looking up at her in pure unadulterated terror.
And not just any Wraith. One they had been chasing around the Pegasus Galaxy since his escape from Atlantis. The fuck, Teyla had known where he was the entire time?
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There was no satisfactory answer, not one that she could give to Sheppard, at any rate.
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"And how many times have you encountered someone or something that appeared one way and ended up being another? This is no different, Colonel," she snapped, dropping his name for the honorific. "Things have changed, as have people."
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He shook his head, not at all sure.. of anything just now. Teyla used to be his best friend; when did they grow so distant? Start keeping things from each other?
"I don't know what to say, Teyla."
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Her face softened at his words and she implored him silently with her eyes.
"I would like you to say that you support me in this," she replied softly. "Though I know it is not possible for you to do so at this time."
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