Once More For You by wraithkeeper (Amnesty 2007/Abandonment challenge)
Title: Once More For You
Author: wraithkeeper
Word Count: ~700
Rating: PG-13, maybe a little higher
Warnings: Slash. Contains some sexual content.
Disclaimer: *sigh* they don't belong to me :-(
Summary: After Rod leaves Atlantis, Rodney doubts John's devotion to him.
A/N: McShep, and a bit of a fluff story.
John moaned as he leaned into Rodney and pressed his lips to his shoulder. He smiled against Rodney’s skin, “How’s this, Mer?”
“Eww… God, John!” Rodney scrunched his face up in disgust and swatted at John.
John laughed playfully, “What?”
“‘Mer’ is what my sister and my mother call me,” Rodney scowled at him, “And you really want to use that name in bed?”
John frowned, “Good point.”
“Yes. So no more ‘Mer’ during sex, okay?”
“Alright,” John bent his head down again and ran his tongue across the sweaty skin of Rodney’s chest. He settled his mouth over the erect peak of a nipple and sucked gently.
When Rodney’s loud moan filled their bedroom, John lifted his head and grinned again, “You like that, Rod?”
Rodney pressed his hands against John’s chest and shoved him off. John rolled onto his back beside Rodney, his legs tangled in the bunched up sheets around his ankles. He kicked the sheets to the floor and sidled closer to Rodney’s side.
“I’m sorry,” he said, heartfelt, “Forgive me?”
“Yeah, right,” Rodney’s scowl deepened, “If I didn’t know better I’d think that you were trying to get me to kick you out of bed.”
“I would never do that,” John declared.
“That’s why I said ‘if I didn’t know better’,” Rodney flashed a small smile, “I know you have the hormones of a lovesick teenager.”
“Around you I do. So what do you say we return to our earlier activities?”
John rolled back onto Rodney’s chest and sealed their lips together. After a deep kiss, John returned his attention to the neglected nipple.
Rodney’s voice stopped John when he spoke unexpectedly, “Were you attracted to him?”
John looked up and his confused eyes met Rodney’s serious ones. “Attracted to who?”
“Me. Well, the other me - Rod.”
“Are you still hung up over that?” John scooted up to lay his head on the pillow inches from Rodney’s face. “He was hot - of course he was; he was you - but he wasn’t the same. He was you, and yet… he wasn’t.”
“Yeah, I know what you mean, but he was…” Rodney sighed, “Everyone liked him better.”
“Not everyone. It is you that I’m with isn’t it?”
Rodney nodded, but froze when he thought of something. “You didn’t… I mean, you and him, you didn’t-”
“God - no, Rodney!” John exclaimed, “I would never do that! Look, he may technically have been you, but he wasn’t and I wouldn’t cheat on you like that.”
Rodney nodded, his eyes drifting away from John’s gaze.
John’s face fell, “You know I would never cheat on you, right?”
“I guess so,” Rodney mumbled.
“Hey,” John reached out a hand to Rodney’s chin and lifted it so Rodney would look him in the eye, “I would never do that. Never. I love you. And God, I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I just wish that you’d understand that.”
“I do understand it, but - well, let’s face it. You’re way out of my league, and you’re going to want something more someday.”
John sighed and scrubbed a hand through his hair, “Rodney, I love you. I don’t want someone better, I don’t want someone different, I want you. I’ll always want you. Hell, if I could I would marry you.”
Rodney froze, “You would?”
“In a heartbeat.”
Rodney swallowed, realizing how serious John was.
“And if that’s what it takes to convince you how much you mean to me,” John continued, “Then let’s do it.”
Rodney snorted humorlessly, “Brilliant idea. Get yourself fired and sent back to Earth. Seriously, have you heard of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’? They don’t exactly have to ask if we’re holding a wedding ceremony, now do they?”
“Rodney, I would do anything for you. I would give up the Air Force if that’s what it took.”
“Don’t be ridiculous. You don’t have to give up your career.”
“I know. You would never make me choose, because you love me just like I love you.” John traced his fingers gently along the hard edge of Rodney’s jaw.
“I love you,” Rodney whispered as he leaned in to kiss John.
“I love you too.”
Rodney slid his lips across John’s, reveling in their warmth and gentle movement.
“I know.”
FIN
Author: wraithkeeper
Word Count: ~700
Rating: PG-13, maybe a little higher
Warnings: Slash. Contains some sexual content.
Disclaimer: *sigh* they don't belong to me :-(
Summary: After Rod leaves Atlantis, Rodney doubts John's devotion to him.
A/N: McShep, and a bit of a fluff story.
John moaned as he leaned into Rodney and pressed his lips to his shoulder. He smiled against Rodney’s skin, “How’s this, Mer?”
“Eww… God, John!” Rodney scrunched his face up in disgust and swatted at John.
John laughed playfully, “What?”
“‘Mer’ is what my sister and my mother call me,” Rodney scowled at him, “And you really want to use that name in bed?”
John frowned, “Good point.”
“Yes. So no more ‘Mer’ during sex, okay?”
“Alright,” John bent his head down again and ran his tongue across the sweaty skin of Rodney’s chest. He settled his mouth over the erect peak of a nipple and sucked gently.
When Rodney’s loud moan filled their bedroom, John lifted his head and grinned again, “You like that, Rod?”
Rodney pressed his hands against John’s chest and shoved him off. John rolled onto his back beside Rodney, his legs tangled in the bunched up sheets around his ankles. He kicked the sheets to the floor and sidled closer to Rodney’s side.
“I’m sorry,” he said, heartfelt, “Forgive me?”
“Yeah, right,” Rodney’s scowl deepened, “If I didn’t know better I’d think that you were trying to get me to kick you out of bed.”
“I would never do that,” John declared.
“That’s why I said ‘if I didn’t know better’,” Rodney flashed a small smile, “I know you have the hormones of a lovesick teenager.”
“Around you I do. So what do you say we return to our earlier activities?”
John rolled back onto Rodney’s chest and sealed their lips together. After a deep kiss, John returned his attention to the neglected nipple.
Rodney’s voice stopped John when he spoke unexpectedly, “Were you attracted to him?”
John looked up and his confused eyes met Rodney’s serious ones. “Attracted to who?”
“Me. Well, the other me - Rod.”
“Are you still hung up over that?” John scooted up to lay his head on the pillow inches from Rodney’s face. “He was hot - of course he was; he was you - but he wasn’t the same. He was you, and yet… he wasn’t.”
“Yeah, I know what you mean, but he was…” Rodney sighed, “Everyone liked him better.”
“Not everyone. It is you that I’m with isn’t it?”
Rodney nodded, but froze when he thought of something. “You didn’t… I mean, you and him, you didn’t-”
“God - no, Rodney!” John exclaimed, “I would never do that! Look, he may technically have been you, but he wasn’t and I wouldn’t cheat on you like that.”
Rodney nodded, his eyes drifting away from John’s gaze.
John’s face fell, “You know I would never cheat on you, right?”
“I guess so,” Rodney mumbled.
“Hey,” John reached out a hand to Rodney’s chin and lifted it so Rodney would look him in the eye, “I would never do that. Never. I love you. And God, I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I just wish that you’d understand that.”
“I do understand it, but - well, let’s face it. You’re way out of my league, and you’re going to want something more someday.”
John sighed and scrubbed a hand through his hair, “Rodney, I love you. I don’t want someone better, I don’t want someone different, I want you. I’ll always want you. Hell, if I could I would marry you.”
Rodney froze, “You would?”
“In a heartbeat.”
Rodney swallowed, realizing how serious John was.
“And if that’s what it takes to convince you how much you mean to me,” John continued, “Then let’s do it.”
Rodney snorted humorlessly, “Brilliant idea. Get yourself fired and sent back to Earth. Seriously, have you heard of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’? They don’t exactly have to ask if we’re holding a wedding ceremony, now do they?”
“Rodney, I would do anything for you. I would give up the Air Force if that’s what it took.”
“Don’t be ridiculous. You don’t have to give up your career.”
“I know. You would never make me choose, because you love me just like I love you.” John traced his fingers gently along the hard edge of Rodney’s jaw.
“I love you,” Rodney whispered as he leaned in to kiss John.
“I love you too.”
Rodney slid his lips across John’s, reveling in their warmth and gentle movement.
“I know.”
FIN