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sga_flashficTitle: Sleepover in the Mess
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Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, Samantha Carter
Spoilers: Slight spoilers for Quarantine (4-13)
Rating: PG/PG-13
Length: 736
Summary: Samantha Carter thought she'd been prepared for Atlantis. Then the sprinklers went crazy.
Author's notes: Thanksambrosia4all for the beta. Implied McKay/Sheppard and Keller/Ronon, but nothing graphic.
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jujuberry136[Unknown site tag]Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, Samantha Carter
Spoilers: Slight spoilers for Quarantine (4-13)
Rating: PG/PG-13
Length: 736
Summary: Samantha Carter thought she'd been prepared for Atlantis. Then the sprinklers went crazy.
Author's notes: Thanks
ambrosia4all for the beta. Implied McKay/Sheppard and Keller/Ronon, but nothing graphic.Samantha Carter thought she had been prepared for Atlantis. She had survived ten years worth of mishaps with SG-1; she’d fought Ori, Goa’uld, and the occasional angry villager. She’d picked George and Jack’s brains over how to deal with the situations that came along with being leader of a Stargate Command post, but she was pretty sure even those two would be out of their element at the moment.
Sighing, she gave up the idea of just hiding behind her desk until the problem went away, and looked up from her seat. In front of her was the supremely annoyed military commander currently dripping onto her favorite chair, a rather damp science chief, and one pregnant Athosian ringing water out of her hair into one of Sam’s ferns. All were shivering, though Sam guessed McKay’s constant pacing was keeping him warm.
“Fire suppression system out again?” she asked.
“You don’t need to sound so smug, you know. Most of us here have been working long and hard to determine the exact cause of this malfunction. And some of us don’t have the benefits of a cozy gateroom office, whose fire suppression system is not connected with the rest of the city’s.” McKay looked ready to go on in this vein, when Sheppard spoke up.
“The system malfunction is a nuisance, but I don’t think security’s been compromised. Unfortunately, not only are the sprinklers on, but the power’s off in personal quarters and the dryers aren’t working either.”
“What about structural integrity?” Sam asked.
“The Ancient’s installed drains, so aside from a good soaking everything is fine,” Rodney explained. “The problem is currently that we can’t turn it off, and most of us can’t get dry.” He turned to Sheppard. “Do I feel warm to you? I don’t think all that exposure to freezing water has helped. I was feeling feverish earlier…”
Sam interrupted Rodney mid-rant, “When does engineering think they’ll be able to turn it off? And shouldn’t you be down there helping?” Rodney stood up and left the room, muttering under his breath as he stalked towards the transporter. Frowning slightly at Rodney’s ungraceful departure, Sam looked at the remaining two people in her office. “Teyla, not that I don’t appreciate your presence, but what are you doing here?”
Teyla’s normally calm voice was slightly embarrassed. “It is quite annoying to be walking in all this water without a chance to dry off. I ran into John on his way to your office and thought I could offer assistance.”
Rodney’s voice came in over the radio, “Sheppard, Sam- we’ve managed to turn the water off in the mess. We’re sending everyone there to dry off. It looks like there was a short in the system. It should be cleared up soon.”
John stood and offered his arm to Teyla. “Well Colonel, I guess Teyla and I will go supervise the mess.” The two left her office quickly, but not before Samantha heard Sheppard mention to Teyla that they should try to call dibs on any dry blankets that Medical had found.
Later, when engineering had turned off the water completely, Sam risked leaving her warm dry office to check on the mess. While she hadn’t been expecting complete order after the day’s ordeal, she was still surprised by what she found. Groups of scientists and military all huddled together under heavy blankets made sense- the discarded clothing strewn on top of tables and chairs was not.
Walking up to Keller, one of the few she found both dressed and awake, she asked for an update. “Well, err…Colonel, Medical only had so many blankets in reserve, so we asked people to share. But a wet blanket doesn’t do anyone any good does it? So, everyone under a blanket needed to undress so that they wouldn’t get sick.” Keller was blushing by the end of her explanation. Sam had been ready to chalk that up to a sense of failure, but noticed that one of the blankets nearby had dreads poking out, as well as a suspicious space left.
Sam decided it was probably best if she didn’t stick around. “Well then Dr. Keller, good work. Please let everyone know when they can return to active duty.” With that, she turned towards the transporter, desperately trying not to look at the blankets to her left, with both Dr. McKay and the Lt. Colonel’s uniforms nearby.
Sighing, she gave up the idea of just hiding behind her desk until the problem went away, and looked up from her seat. In front of her was the supremely annoyed military commander currently dripping onto her favorite chair, a rather damp science chief, and one pregnant Athosian ringing water out of her hair into one of Sam’s ferns. All were shivering, though Sam guessed McKay’s constant pacing was keeping him warm.
“Fire suppression system out again?” she asked.
“You don’t need to sound so smug, you know. Most of us here have been working long and hard to determine the exact cause of this malfunction. And some of us don’t have the benefits of a cozy gateroom office, whose fire suppression system is not connected with the rest of the city’s.” McKay looked ready to go on in this vein, when Sheppard spoke up.
“The system malfunction is a nuisance, but I don’t think security’s been compromised. Unfortunately, not only are the sprinklers on, but the power’s off in personal quarters and the dryers aren’t working either.”
“What about structural integrity?” Sam asked.
“The Ancient’s installed drains, so aside from a good soaking everything is fine,” Rodney explained. “The problem is currently that we can’t turn it off, and most of us can’t get dry.” He turned to Sheppard. “Do I feel warm to you? I don’t think all that exposure to freezing water has helped. I was feeling feverish earlier…”
Sam interrupted Rodney mid-rant, “When does engineering think they’ll be able to turn it off? And shouldn’t you be down there helping?” Rodney stood up and left the room, muttering under his breath as he stalked towards the transporter. Frowning slightly at Rodney’s ungraceful departure, Sam looked at the remaining two people in her office. “Teyla, not that I don’t appreciate your presence, but what are you doing here?”
Teyla’s normally calm voice was slightly embarrassed. “It is quite annoying to be walking in all this water without a chance to dry off. I ran into John on his way to your office and thought I could offer assistance.”
Rodney’s voice came in over the radio, “Sheppard, Sam- we’ve managed to turn the water off in the mess. We’re sending everyone there to dry off. It looks like there was a short in the system. It should be cleared up soon.”
John stood and offered his arm to Teyla. “Well Colonel, I guess Teyla and I will go supervise the mess.” The two left her office quickly, but not before Samantha heard Sheppard mention to Teyla that they should try to call dibs on any dry blankets that Medical had found.
Later, when engineering had turned off the water completely, Sam risked leaving her warm dry office to check on the mess. While she hadn’t been expecting complete order after the day’s ordeal, she was still surprised by what she found. Groups of scientists and military all huddled together under heavy blankets made sense- the discarded clothing strewn on top of tables and chairs was not.
Walking up to Keller, one of the few she found both dressed and awake, she asked for an update. “Well, err…Colonel, Medical only had so many blankets in reserve, so we asked people to share. But a wet blanket doesn’t do anyone any good does it? So, everyone under a blanket needed to undress so that they wouldn’t get sick.” Keller was blushing by the end of her explanation. Sam had been ready to chalk that up to a sense of failure, but noticed that one of the blankets nearby had dreads poking out, as well as a suspicious space left.
Sam decided it was probably best if she didn’t stick around. “Well then Dr. Keller, good work. Please let everyone know when they can return to active duty.” With that, she turned towards the transporter, desperately trying not to look at the blankets to her left, with both Dr. McKay and the Lt. Colonel’s uniforms nearby.
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Date: 2008-01-22 08:32 am (UTC)This was fun! Great idea about the sprinklers, i kinda wish that would happen in an actual episode. You know, just as a side-plot. Because everyone likes a wet Sheppard.
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Date: 2008-01-22 07:04 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2008-01-22 04:40 pm (UTC)*snort*
Hee. Ronon and Keller, huh? *grins happily*
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Date: 2008-01-22 07:05 pm (UTC)Glad you liked it!
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Date: 2008-01-22 07:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-22 08:34 pm (UTC)Thanks for reading.
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Date: 2008-01-22 08:37 pm (UTC)Really, Sam, you'd think you'd be used to this after all the times Jack and Daniel have been found in somewhat suspicious nekkid circumstances. ('Look, he beamed down into my office! Honest!')
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Date: 2008-01-22 08:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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