Personal by Rose

[rosewildeirish.livejournal.com]

Title: Personal
Author: Rose Wilde-Irish
Pairing: Rodney/Radek
Rating: Teen
Summary: "No, Rodney, none of those. Why this sudden obsession to know my personal item?"
Notes: For sga_flashfic challenge: Personal Item, and also dedicated to ms_smooth who asked a while back for inspirational fic about moving. Since she's still packing, I figure this meets the qualification. Borrows from a similarly themed fic by zortified. Thanks to icie, zortified, roothekittykat, and ms_smooth for input. Warning: High fluff content. Insulin optional.



"Was that your personal item?" Rodney asked, again, as Radek carefully placed the sculpture into a well-padded box.

"No, Rodney, this came on the last trip by the Daedalus. It's too big to have been my personal item from the trip through the gate, anyway."

Rodney moved over to the bookshelf and the box he was supposedly helping to pack. "One of these, then," he mused, examining the title before slipping it next to the others in the box. He did the same with the next, pausing to flip through the book, completely missing Radek's eyeroll.

"It was not a book."

"Something consumable, then? No, you're not that stupid. You'd want something to last. Maybe...the makings of a still? The one down by the desalinization tanks that I officially don't know about?"

Radek snorted. "As if I would waste personal item allotment on parts I could easily pull from excess stores," he said, and Rodney nodded.

"Pictures, then? Something nauseatingly embarassing from your childhood, like a security blankee or a teddy bear?"

"No, Rodney, none of those. Why this sudden obsession to know my personal item?"

Rodney put the book in the box and gave him a lopsided smile, his gaze as piercing as ever. Radek swore he felt the floor drop every time Rodney gave him what he'd started to catalog as that look. "I just think, you know, if I'm going to end up...cohabitating with someone, I should maybe have an idea about these sorts of things."

Radek set the item he was wrapping down and crossed the room to wrap his arms around Rodney, giving him a gentle kiss. "It's all right, Rodney," he soothed. "What is important to know about me, you already know."

Rodney rested his forehead against Radek and sighed, letting some of the tension drain out of him. "I suppose you're right," he said, getting a friendly swat before Radek moved back to his packing.

Rodney started once again on the books and the box, still mostly empty. Picking up another book, he paused. "I suppose this means you're never going to tell me, doesn't it?"

Radek grinned and kept on packing, not bothering to answer.

Comments

[titti]

Kudos to Radek for standing up to Rodney (he seems to be the only one capable of doing it).

Cute story.

[rosewildeirish.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And yep, he does. Though John does it, too, but he's not working under Rodney.

[titti]

John does, but once it comes to the scientific field he's willing to listen to Rodney. For all the insults Rodney throws Radek's way, Radek knows his science and he's ready to tell Rodney when he's wrong.

I think that's the major difference.

[rosewildeirish.livejournal.com]

True. :) I do hope they keep using David Nykl. He's fantastic.

[casspeach.livejournal.com]

Hee, I like how Radek knows just how to keep Rodney's interest. The man is just too curious for his own good.

This is lovely

[rosewildeirish.livejournal.com]

:) Thanks! It seems to work that way on the show - Radek knows how to speak to Rodney most of the time. When Rodney isn't pissing him off past coherance. *g*

[amalthia]

this was nice. :) thanks for sharing.

[rosewildeirish.livejournal.com]

You're welcome; thanks for the compliment! :)

[ria-kukalaka.livejournal.com]

wow, total cuteness - as with most things involving these two :D

"cohabitating" - hmmm i like the implications ;)

[rosewildeirish.livejournal.com]

Hee. They are v. cute together. I think that's why I pair them so darned much. That and they're meant to be, prolly.

Yah, cohabitating. :) I really need to get back to work on some of my other fics starring them.

[greenet.livejournal.com]

Aww. The cuteness!

[rosewildeirish.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I think they are, too. :)

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

Radek keeping some secrets/establishing boundaries with Rodney as a lover is a good idea--Rodney is such a big personality that it would be easy to let him wash right over you.

[rosewildeirish.livejournal.com]

True, true. Rodney would try to run roughshod over, well, everybody, but Radek's already shown he knows when ot stand up to him, and get in his face.

*icon love!*

...besdides, I can't think of any way to drive Rodney nuts quicker, and Radek ain't stupid, even if he's not as flashy a genius as Rodney. :)

[elvinborn.livejournal.com]

yay cuteness!!!! Good on Radek to keep Rodney in the dark. It will drive him insane :) *snuggles them* and he would Definitely have a still hidden somewhere in Atlantis by now. it's almost a necessity

[duskyfox.livejournal.com]

Very cute!

[perian.livejournal.com]

Heee! So cute!

[icie.livejournal.com]

mmm... sweeeeeeet (still *g*) ;)

I really loved this story, so simple idea turns into perfection :D

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bettina_/]

Heh! Cute :-).

[scap3goat.livejournal.com]

Very cute. But I want to know what it was, too!