She's never heard of the Kardashians. "Twilight" jokes are lost on her. The first time she sees an iPhone, she assumes it's Ancient tech, and he has to turn aside to cover the way it knocks the breath out of him.
Elizabeth has been gone for almost eight years, and now that she's found them John's prepared to catch her up on all the important stuff she's missed, the births and marriages and divorces. But it's the small, stupid things, the things neither of them even cares about, that throw him for a loop. She missed so much. He missed so much. It's not a matter of catching up. They're strangers now
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I HAVE TOO MANY FEELS RIGHT NOW TO MAKE WORDS. This is beautiful and tragic and sweet and I love that she's alive and a foreign power and that yeah, tons of time has passed, and things have changed but John hasn't and there's no happy ever after but there's a happy few minutes every now again and that's better than nothing. Guh, this is way better than my prompt deserves! FEELINGS!
They're on the other side of the wormhole, in another galaxy, breathing -
She looks around at the dispersing crowd for her military commander, but her eyes stop on Major Sheppard. He nods to her, like their safe trip across the universe was a foregone conclusion, and that's what makes it real.
Maybe Sumner was right when he said, on the topic of disgraced officer John Sheppard joining the expedition:
"I know why you want him. Someone else chose the military personnel on the expedition. You want a man of your own in the ranks."
Not that Sheppard is a man of her own. In their one significant conversation, deep under Antarctic ice, he looked about five minutes from panic (it was a lot to take in, she'll grant him that) and she gushed at him about how he was just the person she needed (genetically), like they were on the world's most awkward first date. (To be fair, he's the first man who ever showed her the entire solar system before he even knew her name, but she's pretty confident that her fascination with him is professional
( ... )
"I don't understand why you're watching a sci-fi show where you literally live it every day."
I KNOW!! You'd think they would watch, like, Home & Garden shows with the same level of "ooooh" that we watch sci-fi. "Yes! I love it when they go to Home Depot!"
"Do we have a robot dog that I don't know of?"
AHAHAHA OMG OLD SKOOL BATTLESTAR ROBOT DOG WIN. Oh man, I totally can't remember that dog's name. Except they called it a Daggit instead of a robot dog. *brain fail*
And where do they get the handcuffs?? Or do they make do with zip ties? Are they trading for alien space handcuffs? Were they Elizabeth's personal item? So many questions that really don't need answers.
It's the fifth or sixth super-storm they've had in Atlantis, and they haven't lost anyone since the first one (and the Genii were to blame for those deaths, not the weather), but as long as lightning and hail and high winds whip at the city shield, almost everyone's on edge. There isn't anything they can do (even the Ancients, it seems, lacked the power to control the weather), and off-world travel is suspended, so John is caught between bored and really, really stressed out.
So he hovers. He bothers Rodney so often about how long the shield will hold out that Rodney writes 5-6 DAYS, STORM OVER SOON, STOP ASKING on a white-board, posts it in the hall, and locks the ZPM room from the inside. He checks on Teyla (who's not interested in having a third run down the pier), Ronon (who's sleeping), and Carson (who threatened him with a physical just to get him out of the infirmary). He spends an hour watching Chuck push buttons until he can't stand it anymore, then goes for a third run by himself
( ... )
"You look nice," he says when he finds her. Elizabeth's dressed in uniform, like she almost always is these days, but her hair is pulled up, and it's always good to start with a compliment when he's been avoiding her like he plague for a day and a half.
"Thanks. You look... terrible, actually."
He pretends to glare at her, then nudges her to scoot over on the bench. "Thanks."
Her hand grips his, and she looks up. He copies her. "Looks like the worst is over," she says, and sighs out a long breath. "Thank God."
Even if it makes them both cranky, it's nice that someone else gets it.
Their radios both click on at once. Rodney. "Storm's over, and I want to go to bed. Are we good to shut down the shield?"
John frowns. "It's still raining." Out here, almost level with the water, the shield is high above them, but he can still see it's covered in water.
"So? The threat of a storm is from surge and lightning and high winds. It's going to rain for hours, but we're out of danger."Elizabeth says, "We can't afford to waste that
( ... )
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Elizabeth has been gone for almost eight years, and now that she's found them John's prepared to catch her up on all the important stuff she's missed, the births and marriages and divorces. But it's the small, stupid things, the things neither of them even cares about, that throw him for a loop. She missed so much. He missed so much. It's not a matter of catching up. They're strangers now ( ... )
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I HAVE TOO MANY FEELS RIGHT NOW TO MAKE WORDS. This is beautiful and tragic and sweet and I love that she's alive and a foreign power and that yeah, tons of time has passed, and things have changed but John hasn't and there's no happy ever after but there's a happy few minutes every now again and that's better than nothing. Guh, this is way better than my prompt deserves! FEELINGS!
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She looks around at the dispersing crowd for her military commander, but her eyes stop on Major Sheppard. He nods to her, like their safe trip across the universe was a foregone conclusion, and that's what makes it real.
Maybe Sumner was right when he said, on the topic of disgraced officer John Sheppard joining the expedition:
"I know why you want him. Someone else chose the military personnel on the expedition. You want a man of your own in the ranks."
Not that Sheppard is a man of her own. In their one significant conversation, deep under Antarctic ice, he looked about five minutes from panic (it was a lot to take in, she'll grant him that) and she gushed at him about how he was just the person she needed (genetically), like they were on the world's most awkward first date. (To be fair, he's the first man who ever showed her the entire solar system before he even knew her name, but she's pretty confident that her fascination with him is professional ( ... )
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"I don't understand why you're watching a sci-fi show where you literally live it every day."
I KNOW!! You'd think they would watch, like, Home & Garden shows with the same level of "ooooh" that we watch sci-fi. "Yes! I love it when they go to Home Depot!"
"Do we have a robot dog that I don't know of?"
AHAHAHA OMG OLD SKOOL BATTLESTAR ROBOT DOG WIN. Oh man, I totally can't remember that dog's name. Except they called it a Daggit instead of a robot dog. *brain fail*
And where do they get the handcuffs?? Or do they make do with zip ties? Are they trading for alien space handcuffs? Were they Elizabeth's personal item? So many questions that really don't need answers.
SPARKTOBER IN JUUUUNE!
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!!!!!! This is the greatest ever. Treaty sex is totally this year's sex pollen for best reason ever. Lyssie, you're always the best!!
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So he hovers. He bothers Rodney so often about how long the shield will hold out that Rodney writes 5-6 DAYS, STORM OVER SOON, STOP ASKING on a white-board, posts it in the hall, and locks the ZPM room from the inside. He checks on Teyla (who's not interested in having a third run down the pier), Ronon (who's sleeping), and Carson (who threatened him with a physical just to get him out of the infirmary). He spends an hour watching Chuck push buttons until he can't stand it anymore, then goes for a third run by himself ( ... )
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"You look nice," he says when he finds her. Elizabeth's dressed in uniform, like she almost always is these days, but her hair is pulled up, and it's always good to start with a compliment when he's been avoiding her like he plague for a day and a half.
"Thanks. You look... terrible, actually."
He pretends to glare at her, then nudges her to scoot over on the bench. "Thanks."
Her hand grips his, and she looks up. He copies her. "Looks like the worst is over," she says, and sighs out a long breath. "Thank God."
Even if it makes them both cranky, it's nice that someone else gets it.
Their radios both click on at once. Rodney. "Storm's over, and I want to go to bed. Are we good to shut down the shield?"
John frowns. "It's still raining." Out here, almost level with the water, the shield is high above them, but he can still see it's covered in water.
"So? The threat of a storm is from surge and lightning and high winds. It's going to rain for hours, but we're out of danger."Elizabeth says, "We can't afford to waste that ( ... )
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