Sparks
Title: Sparks
Author: asyouleft
Rating: G
Word Count: 867
A/N: All mistakes are belonging to me. I also couldn't think of a very cute line for the ending, so yeah, sort of abrupt and could be better.
“This is awkward,” Rodney said, as soon as John had out of the shower and back into his bedroom. Rodney was laying in John’s bed wearing his normal sweat pants and tee shirt for bed. John had his track pants on, no shirt and was carding the towel through his hair one more time.
“Awkward? He questioned, he finished with his hair and tossed the towel back onto the bathroom, it slide across the floor and stopped somewhere in the middle. There would be no doubt in his mind, when Rodney saw it in the morning he’d throw a fit about the floor getting too wet.
“You know,” Rodney said, he sort of waved his hands around, gesturing at the space between where he sat on the bed and where John stood besides it, “between us.”
“Okay.” John said in an extra slow draw he only reserved for when Rodney was explaining something so advance, John was lost within seconds.
Rodney furrowed his eyebrows at him, made a little a huff sound and crossed his arms over his chest. “It’s awkward because you know, now what we do isn’t.. you know, illegal or anything.”
John hovered at the side of the bed for a minute before climbing in besides Rodney. It was a warm night in the city, John’s comforter was bunched up at the end of the bed, it left him sitting in the bed, exposed. “So? You’re not happy DADT was repealed? You’d rather, what? Have to sneak around the rest of our lives?”
“No! You know how happy I am about this, John, I really am.” Rodney said quickly, hands up in a defensive manner and John could feel himself slowly relax again. He knew Rodney was happy about the repeal, he celebrated with John, he outed himself with John right there in the mess hall by simply grabbing his hand and not caring who saw. But, John realized, that Rodney had yet to actually kiss him at all since the announcement. “Now it just feels like we have no reason… I mean, we have a reason to be us, I just mean, that we don’t have that element of.. Of. Well, you know.”
“Then what, McKay? Explain this to me, because it’s not really sound all that great from my end.”
“I don’t know, there was always this element of sneaking around, of being rebels and now… well, now it’s just normal.”
“Normal? I don’t think anything we do both in our private lives and in our jobs can be considered normal, McKay.”
Rodney had the nerve to look sort of annoyed with John. “Not what I meant. I just mean are we sure things will still be… good between us? There‘s so much building up to his moment, we‘ve waited a long time for this.. I just don‘t want things not to end up… special.”
“What you mean is, now that we don’t have to keep it a secret, you don’t think we’ll have sparks?”
Rodney looked away at the bedside table for a moment before turning his head back to John. “I guess. I mean, I don’t know. You like ferries wheels and fast cars, you like that sort of suspenseful and high adrenaline life and stuff.”
John sighed and moved quickly, bringing himself over and straddling Rodney’s legs. Rodney didn’t move, didn’t push John away but he certainly didn’t look like he was all that eager to kiss John or anything.
So John took it upon himself to lean over and kiss Rodney. He didn’t tilt his head at first, so their noses awkwardly bumped before John adjusted. When their lips met he closed his eyes as tight as he could and put everything he was feeling into the press of his lips against Rodney’s. He hoped he was telling him how much he loved him, how much having to hide their relationship was hard on him and now, how wonderful life could be for the two of them, now that things could be out in the open. He brought his hands up to Rodney’s face, holding him in place against him, showing him that no matter what, he always belonged to John. The kiss was soft, sweet and it made something in John’s chest come loose a little, especially when Rodney’s hands cradled into his hair as the over curled underneath the waist of his pants.
He pulled away before the kiss deepened and look straight into Rodney’s eyes.
“Was there enough of a spark for you now?” he asked, his voice coming out far too husky.
Rodney studied him for a moment, his face hiding absolutely nothing in terms of how he felt about the situation. John could feel himself grinning despite his best efforts.
“I don’t know,” Rodney said, lopsided grin trying to balance itself out into a full blown grin, “I’m a scientist, I have to gather the appropriate data now. Just because that kiss happened to spark doesn’t mean the other legal kisses will give the same value.”
“Oh, I see. Well it’s in the name of science, we better have as many legal kisses as possible.” John replied back, smiling into the next kiss.
Author: asyouleft
Rating: G
Word Count: 867
A/N: All mistakes are belonging to me. I also couldn't think of a very cute line for the ending, so yeah, sort of abrupt and could be better.
“This is awkward,” Rodney said, as soon as John had out of the shower and back into his bedroom. Rodney was laying in John’s bed wearing his normal sweat pants and tee shirt for bed. John had his track pants on, no shirt and was carding the towel through his hair one more time.
“Awkward? He questioned, he finished with his hair and tossed the towel back onto the bathroom, it slide across the floor and stopped somewhere in the middle. There would be no doubt in his mind, when Rodney saw it in the morning he’d throw a fit about the floor getting too wet.
“You know,” Rodney said, he sort of waved his hands around, gesturing at the space between where he sat on the bed and where John stood besides it, “between us.”
“Okay.” John said in an extra slow draw he only reserved for when Rodney was explaining something so advance, John was lost within seconds.
Rodney furrowed his eyebrows at him, made a little a huff sound and crossed his arms over his chest. “It’s awkward because you know, now what we do isn’t.. you know, illegal or anything.”
John hovered at the side of the bed for a minute before climbing in besides Rodney. It was a warm night in the city, John’s comforter was bunched up at the end of the bed, it left him sitting in the bed, exposed. “So? You’re not happy DADT was repealed? You’d rather, what? Have to sneak around the rest of our lives?”
“No! You know how happy I am about this, John, I really am.” Rodney said quickly, hands up in a defensive manner and John could feel himself slowly relax again. He knew Rodney was happy about the repeal, he celebrated with John, he outed himself with John right there in the mess hall by simply grabbing his hand and not caring who saw. But, John realized, that Rodney had yet to actually kiss him at all since the announcement. “Now it just feels like we have no reason… I mean, we have a reason to be us, I just mean, that we don’t have that element of.. Of. Well, you know.”
“Then what, McKay? Explain this to me, because it’s not really sound all that great from my end.”
“I don’t know, there was always this element of sneaking around, of being rebels and now… well, now it’s just normal.”
“Normal? I don’t think anything we do both in our private lives and in our jobs can be considered normal, McKay.”
Rodney had the nerve to look sort of annoyed with John. “Not what I meant. I just mean are we sure things will still be… good between us? There‘s so much building up to his moment, we‘ve waited a long time for this.. I just don‘t want things not to end up… special.”
“What you mean is, now that we don’t have to keep it a secret, you don’t think we’ll have sparks?”
Rodney looked away at the bedside table for a moment before turning his head back to John. “I guess. I mean, I don’t know. You like ferries wheels and fast cars, you like that sort of suspenseful and high adrenaline life and stuff.”
John sighed and moved quickly, bringing himself over and straddling Rodney’s legs. Rodney didn’t move, didn’t push John away but he certainly didn’t look like he was all that eager to kiss John or anything.
So John took it upon himself to lean over and kiss Rodney. He didn’t tilt his head at first, so their noses awkwardly bumped before John adjusted. When their lips met he closed his eyes as tight as he could and put everything he was feeling into the press of his lips against Rodney’s. He hoped he was telling him how much he loved him, how much having to hide their relationship was hard on him and now, how wonderful life could be for the two of them, now that things could be out in the open. He brought his hands up to Rodney’s face, holding him in place against him, showing him that no matter what, he always belonged to John. The kiss was soft, sweet and it made something in John’s chest come loose a little, especially when Rodney’s hands cradled into his hair as the over curled underneath the waist of his pants.
He pulled away before the kiss deepened and look straight into Rodney’s eyes.
“Was there enough of a spark for you now?” he asked, his voice coming out far too husky.
Rodney studied him for a moment, his face hiding absolutely nothing in terms of how he felt about the situation. John could feel himself grinning despite his best efforts.
“I don’t know,” Rodney said, lopsided grin trying to balance itself out into a full blown grin, “I’m a scientist, I have to gather the appropriate data now. Just because that kiss happened to spark doesn’t mean the other legal kisses will give the same value.”
“Oh, I see. Well it’s in the name of science, we better have as many legal kisses as possible.” John replied back, smiling into the next kiss.