Bedtime by Aithine (amnesty/38 minutes)
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sga_flashficBedtime
by Aithine
Sheppard/McKay, 443 words, rated G, vaguely late season one, pre-Siege. Gracias to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tir for the lightning-fast beta as always. :) For kageygirl.
John opened his eyes and blinked slowly in the subdued light. He turned his head on the pillow, looking toward the source of the light, only to see Rodney still sitting at the desk, hunched over whatever device he was working on tonight. He yawned, scratched at the stubble on his jaw, and looked at the clock. "Rodney."
"What?" Rodney replied in a tone of voice that sounded eerily similar--for a thirty-seven year-old man--to an eight year-old who didn't want to acknowledge bedtime.
John rolled onto his side so he was looking directly at Rodney and tucked a hand under the pillow. "It's three o'clock in the morning. Come to bed."
"I've almost got--"
"Bed," John managed to get out between yawns.
"Who made you my boss? I'll go to bed when I've figured this out."
John laughed quietly. "I'm not your boss, you are, and I'm pretty sure you won't fire yourself when you get up in the morning and find you haven't figured that out yet."
Rodney turned to squint at John, his distracted frown clearly showing his confusion.
They stared at each other for a moment. "See, you can't even argue coherently, so how can you possibly think you can figure out what that does when you've had maybe eight hours of sleep total this week? The Wraith are days away still," John said in a quiet voice.
"Fine," Rodney said with sigh. He set the tiny tool in his hand down on the table and pushed the chair away from the desk. He stood up, hands resting on his lower back as he stretched and yawned. "Ow ow ow."
John winced in sympathy and patted a spot in bed beside him. "Hurry up, I'm tired."
"God, you're bossy," Rodney replied as he quickly stripped and tossed his uniform in the general direction of the corner of the room. John could see the full-body shiver that ran down Rodney's naked body in the weak light before Rodney reached over to turn it off.
John lifted the covers, shivering a little himself as the warmth trapped under them escaped. Rodney slid under the blankets, cold hands wiggling under John's torso to wrap strong arms around him.
"Damn it, your hands are freezing!" John squirmed, resisting a little as Rodney plastered his chilled skin along John's much warmer body.
"Mmmm, yes, but you're warm," Rodney said with a contented sigh. He dropped a kiss on John's mouth before settling his head on the pillow and promptly starting to snore.
John sighed and wrapped his arms around Rodney, one hand slowly stroking Rodney's broad back, and quickly slid back to sleep.
by Aithine
Sheppard/McKay, 443 words, rated G, vaguely late season one, pre-Siege. Gracias to
tir for the lightning-fast beta as always. :) For kageygirl.John opened his eyes and blinked slowly in the subdued light. He turned his head on the pillow, looking toward the source of the light, only to see Rodney still sitting at the desk, hunched over whatever device he was working on tonight. He yawned, scratched at the stubble on his jaw, and looked at the clock. "Rodney."
"What?" Rodney replied in a tone of voice that sounded eerily similar--for a thirty-seven year-old man--to an eight year-old who didn't want to acknowledge bedtime.
John rolled onto his side so he was looking directly at Rodney and tucked a hand under the pillow. "It's three o'clock in the morning. Come to bed."
"I've almost got--"
"Bed," John managed to get out between yawns.
"Who made you my boss? I'll go to bed when I've figured this out."
John laughed quietly. "I'm not your boss, you are, and I'm pretty sure you won't fire yourself when you get up in the morning and find you haven't figured that out yet."
Rodney turned to squint at John, his distracted frown clearly showing his confusion.
They stared at each other for a moment. "See, you can't even argue coherently, so how can you possibly think you can figure out what that does when you've had maybe eight hours of sleep total this week? The Wraith are days away still," John said in a quiet voice.
"Fine," Rodney said with sigh. He set the tiny tool in his hand down on the table and pushed the chair away from the desk. He stood up, hands resting on his lower back as he stretched and yawned. "Ow ow ow."
John winced in sympathy and patted a spot in bed beside him. "Hurry up, I'm tired."
"God, you're bossy," Rodney replied as he quickly stripped and tossed his uniform in the general direction of the corner of the room. John could see the full-body shiver that ran down Rodney's naked body in the weak light before Rodney reached over to turn it off.
John lifted the covers, shivering a little himself as the warmth trapped under them escaped. Rodney slid under the blankets, cold hands wiggling under John's torso to wrap strong arms around him.
"Damn it, your hands are freezing!" John squirmed, resisting a little as Rodney plastered his chilled skin along John's much warmer body.
"Mmmm, yes, but you're warm," Rodney said with a contented sigh. He dropped a kiss on John's mouth before settling his head on the pillow and promptly starting to snore.
John sighed and wrapped his arms around Rodney, one hand slowly stroking Rodney's broad back, and quickly slid back to sleep.
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Date: 2006-01-12 07:38 pm (UTC)And now I want a warm John to cuddle up to, too ;-)
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Date: 2006-01-12 08:21 pm (UTC)Hee. Lovely piece.
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Date: 2006-01-13 02:44 am (UTC)I have so much love for that line, it is almost disturbing. *g*
Fantastic job, as usual. Yay you!!!!!!!!
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Date: 2006-01-13 02:51 am (UTC)*gets in and cuddles with them*
Yeah. Like you weren't thinking the exact same thing.
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