5 Bedtime Stories for Torren - 5: Unexpectedly Awake
Title: Unexpectedly Awake
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis - AU
Characters/Pairing: Torren/Wendy Lorne (OC)
Rating: PG
Orientation: Het
Word Count: 683
Warnings: No standard warnings apply
Summary: Torren really thought he was dead.
Prompt: Love Bingo Fill: “Token of Love”
SG-1 5 Things: “Five bedtime stories told to Torren”
Torren hurt everywhere. He groaned and opened his eyes, expecting to see the muzzle of a gun pointed at his face. Instead, he saw Wendy Lorne’s blue eyes blinking at him, her chin propped on her fists as she stared at him.
“Are you really awake or just kinda awake?” she asked, tilting her head in that cute way that she had.
“Really awake, I think. Why am I still alive?” He tried to sit up but it was agony moving so he stayed as still as he could instead.
She smiled brightly at him. “Well now, there’s a story to that, if you want to stay awake long enough to listen.”
He returned the smile and gave a slight nod, he felt woozy but he thought he could stay awake for a while. “Yeah, I’m listening.”
“You should be dead, you asshole,” she snapped.
“That is not the proper start to a story, Wendy.”
Scowling at him, she pointed to his various bandages and then the array of machines he was hooked up to. “By the way, General Sheppard said if you ever pull a stunt like this again, he’ll personally kick your ass. Daddy said you’re on report and Dad said you’re grounded from Gate missions for six months.”
“The story?” Torren knew he was in trouble with the brass, he just had not expected to live to face it. He looked around at the Atlantis infirmary, it had not yet sunken in completely that he was not dead.
“After you went rogue and stole the prototype, Dad scrambled a team and sent us after you. He almost came out after you himself.”
“Lornes always come through in a pinch,” Torren said.
She poked his hand, on a patch of skin showing between bandages. “You’re not getting around me with sweet talk.”
“I disabled the prototype’s tracking device. How did you find me?”
Ignoring his question, she continued. “There were four Blezlin ships on your tail that we had to deal with. Lucky for us we had Reyna along or you might have been toast before you even got there. She took them all out, and she said you’re welcome for that.”
Great, he was now indebted to Reyna Dex, just what he needed on top of everything else.
“We tracked you to the Blezlin outpost and landed a short distance from the prototype. Reyna, David and I went after you while Megan Sheppard went to get the prototype. She’s pretty pissed at you for tearing up the cockpit, by the way. That’s her baby, what were you thinking?”
“To stop the Blezlin from using the device, that’s what.”
“Well, we got there after you’d done your mischief. Reyna went berserker and mowed down the majority of them while David and I dragged you out. It was a close call, the bomb you set went off not too long after we took off. And we brought your sorry ass back here and that’s the story.”
“How did you find me, Wendy?”
She reached into her pocket and fished out the necklace she had gifted him for his naming day years before, letting it dangle by the chain over his chest. it was a silver Thor’s hammer, a symbol from an old earth mythology. “Remember this?”
Of course he remembered it. And the kiss she’d given him along with it. That had been the night he had really taken notice of her, had seen that she wasn’t a little kid anymore. It had been the start of everything, that necklace. He never took it off.
“Lornes come through in a pinch because we take precautions. I put a tracking chip on you, in the clasp of the necklace. I’ve always know exactly where you are.”
“Sneaky, Lorne.”
“I have to be, involved with you, TJ.” She stood up and slipped the chain of the necklace over his head, patting the amulet into place on his chest. Then she kissed his lips sweetly. “Go to sleep. I’ll be here when you wake up.”
The End
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis - AU
Characters/Pairing: Torren/Wendy Lorne (OC)
Rating: PG
Orientation: Het
Word Count: 683
Warnings: No standard warnings apply
Summary: Torren really thought he was dead.
Prompt: Love Bingo Fill: “Token of Love”
SG-1 5 Things: “Five bedtime stories told to Torren”
Torren hurt everywhere. He groaned and opened his eyes, expecting to see the muzzle of a gun pointed at his face. Instead, he saw Wendy Lorne’s blue eyes blinking at him, her chin propped on her fists as she stared at him.
“Are you really awake or just kinda awake?” she asked, tilting her head in that cute way that she had.
“Really awake, I think. Why am I still alive?” He tried to sit up but it was agony moving so he stayed as still as he could instead.
She smiled brightly at him. “Well now, there’s a story to that, if you want to stay awake long enough to listen.”
He returned the smile and gave a slight nod, he felt woozy but he thought he could stay awake for a while. “Yeah, I’m listening.”
“You should be dead, you asshole,” she snapped.
“That is not the proper start to a story, Wendy.”
Scowling at him, she pointed to his various bandages and then the array of machines he was hooked up to. “By the way, General Sheppard said if you ever pull a stunt like this again, he’ll personally kick your ass. Daddy said you’re on report and Dad said you’re grounded from Gate missions for six months.”
“The story?” Torren knew he was in trouble with the brass, he just had not expected to live to face it. He looked around at the Atlantis infirmary, it had not yet sunken in completely that he was not dead.
“After you went rogue and stole the prototype, Dad scrambled a team and sent us after you. He almost came out after you himself.”
“Lornes always come through in a pinch,” Torren said.
She poked his hand, on a patch of skin showing between bandages. “You’re not getting around me with sweet talk.”
“I disabled the prototype’s tracking device. How did you find me?”
Ignoring his question, she continued. “There were four Blezlin ships on your tail that we had to deal with. Lucky for us we had Reyna along or you might have been toast before you even got there. She took them all out, and she said you’re welcome for that.”
Great, he was now indebted to Reyna Dex, just what he needed on top of everything else.
“We tracked you to the Blezlin outpost and landed a short distance from the prototype. Reyna, David and I went after you while Megan Sheppard went to get the prototype. She’s pretty pissed at you for tearing up the cockpit, by the way. That’s her baby, what were you thinking?”
“To stop the Blezlin from using the device, that’s what.”
“Well, we got there after you’d done your mischief. Reyna went berserker and mowed down the majority of them while David and I dragged you out. It was a close call, the bomb you set went off not too long after we took off. And we brought your sorry ass back here and that’s the story.”
“How did you find me, Wendy?”
She reached into her pocket and fished out the necklace she had gifted him for his naming day years before, letting it dangle by the chain over his chest. it was a silver Thor’s hammer, a symbol from an old earth mythology. “Remember this?”
Of course he remembered it. And the kiss she’d given him along with it. That had been the night he had really taken notice of her, had seen that she wasn’t a little kid anymore. It had been the start of everything, that necklace. He never took it off.
“Lornes come through in a pinch because we take precautions. I put a tracking chip on you, in the clasp of the necklace. I’ve always know exactly where you are.”
“Sneaky, Lorne.”
“I have to be, involved with you, TJ.” She stood up and slipped the chain of the necklace over his head, patting the amulet into place on his chest. Then she kissed his lips sweetly. “Go to sleep. I’ll be here when you wake up.”
The End