Family Meeting take 2
Rodney leaned against the living room wall nearest the front door, arms crossed and looking decidedly Not Happy. When everyone--even the cats, to his private amusement--had settled, he studied them intently; meeting each spouse in the eye before moving on
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He was a bit embarrassed that she caught on to his method of yelling at the idiots. And it was true; he'd very rarely had to yell at her because she was one of the best on his team. He blushed as she listed his good qualities, something he tried to keep hidden at all costs.
It was a hard lesson to learn; to keep his walls up against everyone. Letting people in only brought pain. It was months before he even let Carson fully in. And then it was repeated with John and Radek. But Rae...she knew him off the bat. He didn't need to let her in because she somehow found the backdoor.
His blush deepened she she said he had beautiful eyes and a nice ass. Well, yes, he knew it already--hard not to, since that's what directors seemed to focus on in their shots--but to be told...yeah. Very flattered.
Then she mentioned the Lichtenberg figure and he couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Yes, well, it is. I'd love to map it some time, see if I can find the fractals that made it." As for the rest, Rodney shrugged. "I'm too busy saving everyone's asses to bother with pretense. It takes too much time to cater to everyone's sense of propriety. And I like that you don't back down from me. Not many stand up to me."
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