Jealousy Part X
Title: Jealousy
Fandom/Pairing: Stargate Atlantis (Ronon/Jennifer)
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Post-finale but only for some character/relationship mentions.
Summary: Jennifer is jealous. What’s a girl to do?
He gave her a week.
Time, space, all those things that people said they needed after they got angry, he gave her. But only for one week. He knew she was upset with him, understood why she was and he couldn’t fault her for that. He shouldn’t have listened to her conversation, again, and he should have just gone to her with what he heard instead of making some huge production. Jennifer Keller didn’t seem to like huge productions, at least not when they came from overhearing rather personal conversations. So he gave her a week to be angry and upset with him before he tried again.
Her week was up.
And yet here he was, once more, pressed up against the wall by her office door, listening to something he was most definitely not supposed to be hearing. But it wasn’t a conversation and it wasn’t her in there so he figured that this particular case of eavesdropping could be written off as being protective or on alert. He could truthfully say that he didn’t know what exactly Eric Chen was planning although, from what Ronon could see from his frequent peeks into the office and from what he could hear, Chen probably wasn’t planning on murdering Jennifer in her office.
No, Eric Chen was, and the thought made Ronon have to force down some very primal male urges, in love with Jennifer. Which was why at that moment he was arranging some flowers - they looked like the Earth flowers Ronon had seen in a movie once - on her desk all while mumbling to himself about admitting his feelings and asking her out again. Ronon remembered Jennifer’s last date with Chen with a barely suppressed shudder. He also remembered Jennifer mentioning something about presents being left for her, although he couldn’t be sure because she’d been pretty upset at the time, and how she’d assumed they’d been from him. Well, they hadn’t been from him. No, they’d been from Chen and that thought alone made Ronon release a growl.
“Jennifer?”
Crap. Chen had better hearing than he thought.
Ronon could have escaped, could have walked away like he hadn’t seen or heard anything and no one would have been the wiser. But Ronon Dex was not about to walk away from this fight, however unfair a fight it may be, and he was not about to walk away from Jennifer Keller. He’d lost her once and he wasn’t about to do it again. So he stepped out into the doorway of her office and aimed his best and most intimidating glare at the young doctor.
“Oh, Ronon, hello.”
Ronon didn’t respond except for a short nod.
“What are you doing here? Do you need a doctor?”
“Looking for Jennifer.”
“She’s not here, as you can probably tell.”
Chen didn’t seem nervous or embarrassed. Ronon was surprised by that. Most people on Atlantis were nervous around him and most people would probably be a bit embarrassed to be caught leaving flowers on the desk of someone they were not dating. Jennifer and Chen weren’t dating, right? Ronon shook that thought away: he knew they weren’t dating, that Jennifer wanted him, not the doctor, and there was no need to start going down that path.
“So what are you doing in here?”
“Just…well, leaving Jennifer flowers obviously.”
“Why?”
“Why am I leaving her flowers?”
“Yes.”
“I don’t think that’s…”
Chen trailed off at the sight of Ronon’s eye roll. They both stood there, both waiting for the other to say something, to make a move. Chen crossed his arms, uncrossed them, before crossing them again, unable to stop himself from fidgeting in the tension-filled room. Ronon just stood there, still and impassive, eying his opponent before deciding it was up to him to make the first move.
“You have feelings for her.” It wasn’t a question.
“Yes. Do you?”
“Yes.”
“Right. Well, as they say, may the best man win. So I guess that‘s all then.”
“No.”
“What?”
“I said no, I’m not going to play any games with you for Jennifer’s affections. I’m telling you right now, Jennifer and I are going to be together.”
“How can you know-”
“I do.”
“I don’t-”
“You have feelings for her, you like her.”
“Yes.”
“I love her. So you’re going to have to get used to the fact that you can’t have her.”
“She’s not your property, you can’t-”
“We belong together, ask anyone. I’ll make sure she gets these, I’ll let her know they were from you but it won’t make a difference.”
“This isn’t over, not until I hear it from her.”
“Fine. But you will be hearing it from her. Soon.”
Chen nodded before walking out the door without a backwards glance. Ronon looked at the flowers, thought about what he’d said, what he’d declared. He loved her. It was that simple and that complex.
She shouldn’t have been eavesdropping, not after how upset and pissed she’d gotten over Ronon doing the same, but she just couldn’t help herself.
She’d shown up at her shift early, as usual, was headed towards her office to do some paperwork when she’d heard Ronon’s voice in her office. So she’d stopped and waited a moment, surprised to hear Eric’s voice coming out of the office as well. So she’d waited some more and then, before she really knew what she was doing, she was eavesdropping on a whole conversation about her. A conversation about their feelings about her. A conversation in which Ronon said, no, declared that he loved her.
He loved her? He loved her. Jennifer smiled, a rush of warmth running through her, at the thought. It took everything inside her not to run straight into the office and tell him she loved him too. She loved him. It was that simple and that complex.
“You know, someone once told me you shouldn’t eavesdrop.”
Ronon. Crap.
Fandom/Pairing: Stargate Atlantis (Ronon/Jennifer)
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Post-finale but only for some character/relationship mentions.
Summary: Jennifer is jealous. What’s a girl to do?
He gave her a week.
Time, space, all those things that people said they needed after they got angry, he gave her. But only for one week. He knew she was upset with him, understood why she was and he couldn’t fault her for that. He shouldn’t have listened to her conversation, again, and he should have just gone to her with what he heard instead of making some huge production. Jennifer Keller didn’t seem to like huge productions, at least not when they came from overhearing rather personal conversations. So he gave her a week to be angry and upset with him before he tried again.
Her week was up.
And yet here he was, once more, pressed up against the wall by her office door, listening to something he was most definitely not supposed to be hearing. But it wasn’t a conversation and it wasn’t her in there so he figured that this particular case of eavesdropping could be written off as being protective or on alert. He could truthfully say that he didn’t know what exactly Eric Chen was planning although, from what Ronon could see from his frequent peeks into the office and from what he could hear, Chen probably wasn’t planning on murdering Jennifer in her office.
No, Eric Chen was, and the thought made Ronon have to force down some very primal male urges, in love with Jennifer. Which was why at that moment he was arranging some flowers - they looked like the Earth flowers Ronon had seen in a movie once - on her desk all while mumbling to himself about admitting his feelings and asking her out again. Ronon remembered Jennifer’s last date with Chen with a barely suppressed shudder. He also remembered Jennifer mentioning something about presents being left for her, although he couldn’t be sure because she’d been pretty upset at the time, and how she’d assumed they’d been from him. Well, they hadn’t been from him. No, they’d been from Chen and that thought alone made Ronon release a growl.
“Jennifer?”
Crap. Chen had better hearing than he thought.
Ronon could have escaped, could have walked away like he hadn’t seen or heard anything and no one would have been the wiser. But Ronon Dex was not about to walk away from this fight, however unfair a fight it may be, and he was not about to walk away from Jennifer Keller. He’d lost her once and he wasn’t about to do it again. So he stepped out into the doorway of her office and aimed his best and most intimidating glare at the young doctor.
“Oh, Ronon, hello.”
Ronon didn’t respond except for a short nod.
“What are you doing here? Do you need a doctor?”
“Looking for Jennifer.”
“She’s not here, as you can probably tell.”
Chen didn’t seem nervous or embarrassed. Ronon was surprised by that. Most people on Atlantis were nervous around him and most people would probably be a bit embarrassed to be caught leaving flowers on the desk of someone they were not dating. Jennifer and Chen weren’t dating, right? Ronon shook that thought away: he knew they weren’t dating, that Jennifer wanted him, not the doctor, and there was no need to start going down that path.
“So what are you doing in here?”
“Just…well, leaving Jennifer flowers obviously.”
“Why?”
“Why am I leaving her flowers?”
“Yes.”
“I don’t think that’s…”
Chen trailed off at the sight of Ronon’s eye roll. They both stood there, both waiting for the other to say something, to make a move. Chen crossed his arms, uncrossed them, before crossing them again, unable to stop himself from fidgeting in the tension-filled room. Ronon just stood there, still and impassive, eying his opponent before deciding it was up to him to make the first move.
“You have feelings for her.” It wasn’t a question.
“Yes. Do you?”
“Yes.”
“Right. Well, as they say, may the best man win. So I guess that‘s all then.”
“No.”
“What?”
“I said no, I’m not going to play any games with you for Jennifer’s affections. I’m telling you right now, Jennifer and I are going to be together.”
“How can you know-”
“I do.”
“I don’t-”
“You have feelings for her, you like her.”
“Yes.”
“I love her. So you’re going to have to get used to the fact that you can’t have her.”
“She’s not your property, you can’t-”
“We belong together, ask anyone. I’ll make sure she gets these, I’ll let her know they were from you but it won’t make a difference.”
“This isn’t over, not until I hear it from her.”
“Fine. But you will be hearing it from her. Soon.”
Chen nodded before walking out the door without a backwards glance. Ronon looked at the flowers, thought about what he’d said, what he’d declared. He loved her. It was that simple and that complex.
She shouldn’t have been eavesdropping, not after how upset and pissed she’d gotten over Ronon doing the same, but she just couldn’t help herself.
She’d shown up at her shift early, as usual, was headed towards her office to do some paperwork when she’d heard Ronon’s voice in her office. So she’d stopped and waited a moment, surprised to hear Eric’s voice coming out of the office as well. So she’d waited some more and then, before she really knew what she was doing, she was eavesdropping on a whole conversation about her. A conversation about their feelings about her. A conversation in which Ronon said, no, declared that he loved her.
He loved her? He loved her. Jennifer smiled, a rush of warmth running through her, at the thought. It took everything inside her not to run straight into the office and tell him she loved him too. She loved him. It was that simple and that complex.
“You know, someone once told me you shouldn’t eavesdrop.”
Ronon. Crap.