Merry Christmas, Meredith McKay. [im_with_genius]

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[set the 24th]It's around one in the afternoon he decides to patch through. He still hasn't gotten a reaction other than 'you're a creepy stalker boyfriend' but he's taking it as a good sign, honestly. Okay yes, it's a lot. And okay, yes, he's a creepy stalker. He'll take it if it means he can spend Christmas Eve with Rodney and just.. not have a

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"When is later, McKay?" he asked, staring at his reflection. He went over his clothes, patting himself down idly to make sure he had everything.

What, like, legs? his helpful mind supplied and he'd probably missed everything Rodney was saying.

"The uh, frequency terminated. What did you say?" Smooth.

He wondered if it would be completely null and void if he told himself to shut up.

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"I'll be waiting on baited breath," he snarked. He wondered if Rodney would know just how accurate that was.

"Sheppard out."

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The knock startled John, but he went to answer it, recovering quickly.

"Hey, Rodney," he said softly, beckoning the man to enter with a sweeping bow. "Merry Christmas."

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He clapped Rodney on the shoulder, a bright smile on his face now.

"I made you lunch."

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John snorted, shaking his head. It never ceased to amaze him how easy Rodney was to buy with food.

"Stirfry. Nothing spectacular."

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He rolled his eyes, gesturing for Rodney to sit.

"I was waiting for you, Dr-forgets-it's-Christmas-Eve." He went to retrieve the dish of stirfry and brought it to the table with a red wine, two plates, and two glasses; arranging them all accordingly.

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John smirks, dishing out some of the food on each of their plates and pouring the wine - more stirfry for Rodney, more Yellowtail for him, just like Pegasus intended.

"Don't think you're not transparent, McKay," he warns, pulling out a packet of matches and lighting the lone candle in the center of the table.

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He laughed lowly, shoveling some of the food into his mouth.

"Maybe not, but knowing you as well as I do.. is proof enough."