Disclaimer:
Not mine in any way, the only thing I own is my own imagination.
Pairing:
John/Elizabeth, John/Whore of the week, Elizabeth/Ronon, Ronon/Teyla,
Teyla/Rodney, Nope that's not it, there's bound to be some smaller
pairings. Keep your eyes pealed for the slash pairing.
Spoilers:
Up to and including season 2
Warning:
Sex. Violence. Swearing. Torture. Rape.
Notes:
Place setting in Bold, Timeline is Underlined. Italics
represents Notes/Flashbacks and Radio transmissions. I pitched
this idea to mercscilla and she seemed to like it so I decided to
start writing however I could have never have dreamed how this would
have turned out, I've added lots of things which were pitched as
separate fics.
Atlantis
John's arms collapsed underneath him as he came hard inside Elizabeth. John fell on her in the softest way possible but he still managed to knock the wind out of her. Elizabeth didn't mind him crushing her, at the moment she didn't care about anything. She was too busy trying to come down from her own orgasm to care that he was crushing her delicate ribs. Eventually he rolled off her and landed with a thud at her side. When he was off her Elizabeth slid away from him slightly but not enough for him to notice. John immediately closed the distance between them and began to drop kisses on her shoulder.
Elizabeth closed her eyes and sighed inwardly. She couldn't do with John being like that tonight. Sometimes it was nice, sometimes she wanted it and he wouldn't give her it. Their whole relationship, if it could be called that, changed with their mood. Sometimes it was hot and passionate, sometimes in was gentle and loving and other times it could be completely detached, they would be with each other physically but in their minds it would be someone else making love to them.
John was being too gentle and loving for what Elizabeth wanted. It had been a difficult day for her and the last thing she'd wanted was sex, but John was insistent that he'd help her relax. She sighed and thought that it might help but as soon as he had her pinned to her bed she disappeared into her own head. She thought about anything other than John. She thought about Simon, her first serious boyfriend James and for some reason Daniel Jackson.
John hadn't even realised, like now. He was kissing her shoulder, her neck, making his way up to her lips.
Elizabeth just laid there, letting him have this moment, knowing how much he wanted it. Thoughts ran through her mind as John's tongue slid across her breast. She was so lost in thought that she didn't realise John had stopped and was looking at her slightly concerned
"Elizabeth?"
Elizabeth opened her eyes and looked up at him. His features were slightly hidden by the dark so she couldn't tell what the expression on his face was.
"What?"
John sighed and slid away from Elizabeth and laid next to her for a moment before getting out of the bed. Elizabeth sat up and pulled the covers over her chest, watching as John found his clothes and put them on.
"John what are you doing?"
John finished putting on his top before turning to her. She still couldn't see his face but figured that it was probably best that they couldn't see each other. Their faces always gave themselves away because they could read each other so well.
"Look Elizabeth, you've got some issues, so have I and I just think that we should work those out before even thinking about being in a relationship. All we'll do is hurt each other otherwise."
Elizabeth sat stunned. He'd said the R word. He wanted a relationship with her, a serious one. Elizabeth took a sharp breath. She didn't know how to respond to that so she said the first thing that came to her head.
"Fine, if that's what you want. I'm fine with it"
Elizabeth could see John's outline as he nodded his head. Elizabeth got the vibe that he was pissed at what she had just said, even though she thought it was what he wanted to hear.
"Whatever"
Elizabeth watched John's form leave her room into the dimly lit corridor. After a beat the door closed and left Elizabeth in the dark.
She closed her eyes and sighed. John was mad at her, he'd obviously wanted her to defend their relationship, say it was worth working at and they would work out their issues together, but Elizabeth wouldn't beg and she knew John wouldn't. They were both so ego-centric. They didn't like admitting they were wrong, especially to each other. Their pride wouldn't allow it.
Sighing Elizabeth slipped out of the bed and walked over to the bathroom. She turned on the tap and ran a bath. When she slipped into the hot water she sighed in pleasure, the hot water surrounding her whole body in a protective way. Slowly she closed her eyes and slid down her whole body into the water.
Ronon rested on one arm as he watched Teyla sleeping peacefully next to him. He slipped a peace of her hair behind her ear and sighed. Teyla was beautiful, strong and graceful but lately their relationship had been getting too predictable. It was like when they'd spar. He knew what was coming next, what she would do and how he would respond in return. It played out the same way every night and it was beginning to bore him. He wanted something different; he didn't want to lose Teyla. She was special to him but he wanted something different in their relationship.
Ronon dropped down onto his back and closed his eyes before falling back to sleep.
The
next day
Elizabeth walked into the briefing room to find Ronon and Teyla already there. They were sitting next to each other closer than was strictly necessary. Elizabeth smiled at them and sat down in her usual seat. She watched Teyla and Ronon for a moment. They were sweet, and sweet wasn't a word she would usually connect with Ronon. She knew how smitten Teyla was with Ronon, it was possible she loved him. Elizabeth hadn't asked. She didn't want to pry. It was none of her business.
A moment later Rodney and John walked in. Rodney took his usual seat on one side of Elizabeth but John, instead of sitting on the other side of Elizabeth, sat next to Rodney.
Elizabeth bit the inside of her lip and three sets of eyes passed between John and herself.
Elizabeth looked down at the papers in front of her, all the writing was suddenly merged and Elizabeth thought the temperature in the room was souring as she turned to Rodney and smiled weakly.
"Rodney, why don't you start?"
Rodney was slightly concerned about Elizabeth but started talking none the less. As he talked about the power readings which Lornes team had discovered while doing a flyby of a planet, Ronon looked briefly over at Elizabeth. Her whole face had gone red and she looked like she was about to pass out. As he was sitting one seat over from her, he quickly wrote something down and passed it over to her when nobody was looking.
Elizabeth looked over at Ronon as he passed the piece of paper before looking down and seeing what he had wrote.
Are you alright?
Elizabeth turned back to Ronon and nodded, smiling, before turning back to Rodney and what he was saying. She wasn't alright, every time John looked at her she felt hotter. It wasn't through lust or passion. It was through guilt, hurt and something else she couldn't put her finger on. She had to get out of this meeting, the heat was too intense but nobody else seemed to notice it.
She pushed back a wave of nausea which had been brought on by the heat.
Elizabeth looked up as she felt a hand on hers
"Elizabeth?"
Elizabeth looked up at Rodney who was looking at her, very concerned.
"Are you okay?"
Elizabeth looked round at the people in the room, avoiding John's worried gaze, before looking back at Rodney.
"I'm sorry Rodney. I missed what you were saying."
Rodney turned slightly to the people around him before back at Elizabeth. The three people in the room seemed as worried as him.
"Elizabeth, you don't look so well"
Elizabeth shook her head quickly and slid her hand from Rodney's.
"I'm fine, it's just really hot in here. If you'll excuse me I need some air"
Elizabeth stood up and walked out of the briefing room, slightly uneasy on her feet. She walked out to the balcony, the chilled air cooling her down. She walked over to the railing and gripped it hard, closing her eyes to stop the double vision she was experiencing.
She stood there for a moment, her eyes closed, a calming sensation filling her until the door swished open and someone walked out, standing next to her.
"Are you okay?"
Elizabeth opened her eyes and saw that John was the one standing next to her.
"I'm fine...thank you"
John nodded and leaned against the railing, looking at Elizabeth. He was concerned about her wellbeing, she could tell.
"Look, I know what I said last night..."
Elizabeth stopped him; she didn't want him thinking he was the cause of this. That he had such a hold over her. She was too proud for that.
"You were right John. Everything you said was true. We both have issues and we need to work them out"
John looked away from her and sighed. He was pissed, she could tell.
"John, you were the one who said it. I'm just agreeing with you. I thought that was what you wanted"
John shrugged
"If you thought that was what I wanted then I guess you don't know me as well as I thought you did"
John pushed away from the railing and walked back into the control room. Elizabeth sighed and looked at the ocean wondering if she'd just done the right thing.
Elizabeth sat in her office staring blankly at the reports in front of her. She rested her head in her right hand and started to read again. She tapped the fingers of her left hand on the table and started humming to herself as Teyla opened the door and slid her head around.
"Dr Weir?"
Elizabeth immediately stopped tapping her fingers and looked up, upon seeing Teyla, she smiled.
"What can I do for you Teyla?"
Teyla smiled, slightly confused
"We are about to disembark Dr Weir"
Elizabeth closed her eyes and shook her head. When she opened her eyes, she looked and saw Teyla in her combat gear and carrying a P-90. Elizabeth sighed and looked at her watch.
"I must of lost track of time"
Elizabeth stood up and walked over to Teyla who opened the door fully. The two of them walked down the stairs to where the team were waiting. Elizabeth looked at the team and smiled.
"Good luck, come back safe and don't make any enemies"
Ronon smiled slightly at the joke but John shrugged if off and kept it professional.
"Yes Ma'am. We will check in after a hour and than every three hours after that"
Teyla glanced over at Rodney and Ronon sending them a look with seemed to say 'What's going on between those two?' Elizabeth nodded slowly, her smiling falling at John's cold tone.
"Good luck"
The Stargate began to dial up, a moment later it activated. The blue wormhole splashing out beside them. Without a word, John walked to the wormhole and walked through. Teyla and Ronon followed him, looking between each other with a confused glance. Rodney looked at Elizabeth and smiled
"Well, see you"
Elizabeth nodded and Rodney followed Teyla and Ronon through the Stargate.
Krickmark
John, Ronon, Teyla and Rodney emerged on the other side of the Stargate. Rodney already had his energy reader out, searching for where Lorne and his team had found the energy peak.
"Rodney what you got?"
Rodney walk around a little bit. He walked towards a nearby forest. He lifted up his arm and pointed to a path, which led through the forest.
"This way."
John walked over to Rodney
"You sure?"
Rodney shook his head and sighed
"Yes, big energy peak that way so I'm guessing we should go that way"
John couldn't help but smile at the tone of Rodney's voice. He knew Rodney was talking to him as if he was a five year old but it was still funny and it did take his mind of Elizabeth. Damn, he'd thought about her, he didn't want to do that. When he thought about her it made him even regret saying those idiotic things the night before. He hadn't really meant them, he'd just been slightly irritated about her being detached when he was trying his hardest to help her relax and now she was agreeing with his stupid ideas. John mentally kicked himself as he, Rodney, Teyla and Ronon started down the path to the energy peak. John decided there and then that when they checked he would apologise, tell her in some secret way that nobody would be able to figure out, how sorry he was.
They continued to walk through the forest, after about ten minutes they reached a small village. It contained small wooden hut houses; it looked like a farming village. There were animals, some that looked slightly familiar to creatures on Earth and some that were like nothing they had ever seen before.
Children were playing between the houses and women were stood around talking while on the fields the men were sowing seeds. John smiled
"Looks like we may have found some new trading partners"
John turned to Teyla and smiled
"Teyla..."
He gestured towards a group of women who were staring at them. Teyla nodded and walked over to the women. She talked with them for a moment and John was relieved when she walked back smiling.
"They are call the Krickmarkians. That woman there..." Teyla pointed to a pretty woman, with short dark hair. She was wearing a blue dress, which hung off the shoulders and carrying a blue scarf "...is called Mokian..." John looked round and the woman and smiled at her. She smiled back in a flirty manner and John continued to smirk as he looked back at Teyla "...she offered to escort us to their leader."
John nodded and looked again at Mokian.
"Tell her we'd be honoured"
Teyla nodded and walked back to Mokian and the women. Ronon glared at John and his clear show of flirting between him and Mokian. After a moment, Teyla walked back to the team with Mokian.
"Mokian these are my friends, Ronon Dex, Dr Rodney McKay and..."
John cut her off quickly, smiling at Mokian
"Colonel John Sheppard"
Mokian smiled coyly
"It is good to meet you Colonel"
"Please call me John"
Ronon rolled his eyes at the sick sight passing in front of him. Teyla saw him roll his eyes and nodded in agreement as they followed Mokian. She led them through the village to a town hall type building which sat in the middle of what looked like a market centre.
They walked into the town hall and too a large office which obvious belonged to the leader of the Krickmarkians. They stepped inside; Mokian excused herself and left the room, leaving the Atlantis team all alone. A moment later a oldish man with grey hair came into the room, he was wearing a musky suit and wearing a robe.
"Greetings, Greetings. I am Lokmic, welcome to Krickmark. I understand my daughter brought you here."
John nodded slightly.
"Mokian is your daughter?"
Lokmic smiled proudly and walked over to them.
"She is, I trust her instincts. If she trust you and your team, I trust you too"
John smiled happily at the comment.
John and the team left the Town Hall and made their way back to the part of the village where they had entered. Once they got there, they were met again by Mokian.
"I trust your meeting with my father went well"
John nodded and slyly checked her out.
"Thanks to you"
Mokian smiled and started to walk slowly away from the team. John followed her and the two of them kept talking, and flirting. Ronon sighed and walked over to John.
"Sheppard, you've got to check in with Elizabeth"
Ronon never called her Elizabeth, but he was just reminding John that she still existed. Ronon wasn't stupid, he knew something was going on between him and Elizabeth and he also knew that something had happened to revert John back to his usual 'flirt with at least one woman on every planet'.
John glared at him for a moment before answering.
"Take Teyla, check in and tell Dr Weir we've been asked to stay for a meal tonight. We'll be back tomorrow"
Ronon nodded slightly, walked off and headed over to Teyla.
John and Mokian watched him go. John turned back to Mokian and smiled
"Sorry about that"
Mokian smiled
"It is fine... So who is Elizabeth?"
John shrugged slightly.
"She's our leader, that's all"
"So how are things going there Ronon?"
Ronon sighed slightly; he never really showed enthusiasm to anything
"There okay. We've met with their leader, he seems open to the idea of trading a proportion of his villages crops for medical supplies."
"Good job Ronon"
Teyla walked up next to Ronon and looked into the camera
"We have been asked to attend a meal and stay the night"
"Permission granted, have fun"
Teyla smiled
"Thank you Dr Weir"
Ronon was about to turn the camera off when he stopped with his hand on the switch.
"How you feeling now?"
Atlantis
"How you feeling now?"
Elizabeth smiled at Ronon's concern. He'd been so sweet to her all day, truth be told he'd changed a lot over the last few months. He'd become less guarded and more relaxed around her and his team. She liked that, she'd got to know him and she liked what she was beginning to find out about him.
"Much better, thank you. Be safe out there"
Elizabeth saw Ronon nod before turning off the camera. Elizabeth turned to the technician and gave him an order to contact her when John's team checked back in, she than walked to her office, sat down and opened a game of Solitaire to get her mind off things,
Krickmark
Ronon, Rodney and Teyla were all sat together at a big banquet table in the town hall, John was sat with Mokian and her father. All three member of his team had been slightly appalled at John's behaviour to Mokian as they all assumed that John and Elizabeth were together.
"I can't believe he'd do this to her"
Rodney looked over at John and watched as he placed his hand on Mokians'. Teyla shrugged and sighed
"Maybe they are not together like we assumed"
Ronon shook his head and glanced over at John before looking back to Rodney and Teyla.
"No, they were. They had an argument"
Teyla and Rodney shared a look before looking back at Ronon
"How can you be sure?"
Ronon shrugged
"This morning he was trying to ignore her in the briefing. When she left he rushed out after her, when he came back from the balcony he was even more angry and than after that he ignored her the rest of the day and couldn't wait to get out on this mission"
Teyla nodded, Ronon's analysis was logic.
"I suppose so, but why would be acting like that with Mokian if he and Dr Weir were still a couple"
Ronon sighed and looked round at John and Mokian.
"Because he doesn't know a good thing when he's got it"
The Atlantis team had been given rooms for the night in the Town Hall were Mokian and Lokmic kept residence. Teyla had turned in early saying she was tired. Rodney and Ronon soon followed her. John was the last one to retire to his room. He'd been have interesting conversations with Lokmic and Mokian. They were very interesting people, John had concluded and wouldn't mind getting know more about them, but for now he was tired and ready to fall asleep. He took off his combat vest and was about to discard of his shirt when there was a knock at the door.
"Come in"
The door opened slowly and Mokian walked into. She closed the door behind her and walked over to John
"I wanted to make sure that the room was satisfying enough for you"
John nodded
"It's great"
Mokian nodded
"I am glad. I have liked getting to know you John. I really think our two people could learn a lot from each other."
John nodded and smiled
"Me too"
Slowly John lent in and kissed Mokian on the lips once. Mokian broke away and looked up at him, her eyes were wide and she smiled. Quickly she grabbed him and kissed him hard and deep. John slid his arm around her waist and guided her to the bed
The
next morning
John opened his eyes against the light, which shone in the room. He knew they'd have to get back to Atlantis soon but he was reluctant to move out of the warm bed. It was bigger than the one he had on Atlantis, it wasn't as comfortable but it didn't really mind. Slowly he slid to one side and saw something which he'd forget about. Mokian was laying next to him, obviously naked, her dark hair spread across the pillow and a content smile on her face.
John smiled and moved a piece of her hair from her face. She had beautiful delicate features and most of all, she wanted him. He knew he should be feeling guilty about he didn't, Elizabeth had made it perfectly clear that she wanted to end things so why shouldn't he move on, why shouldn't he be happy?
Slowly Mokian slid closer to John, sliding one of her arms around his waist. She opened her eyes and looked
up at John smiling.
"Good Morning"
John smirked
"Yes it is"
When Ronon saw Teyla standing, talking with Rodney he walked over to them. When Teyla saw Ronon she sighed. It seemed like he hadn't slept properly all night.
Teyla smiled at him and sighed
"Are you okay?"
Ronon shook his head and looked around the village before turning back to Ronon.
"I was going out of my room last night to get some air, when I came back I saw Mokian going into Sheppard's room"
Teyla closed her eyes for a moment and Rodney just stood there stunned.
"Maybe it was innocent. Maybe..."
Ronon cut her off by shaking his head.
"I was awoke all night, couldn't sleep, and believe me, I know for a fact that she didn't leave Sheppard's room"
Teyla took a sharp breath and Rodney looked away from them, just in time to see John and Mokian walking towards them, looking very close.
Rodney nudged Teyla and Ronon, pointing them in the direction of John and Mokian. Teyla just sighed and walked away.
"I'm going to check in with Dr Weir"
John and Mokian reached Rodney and Ronon just as Teyla was entering the forest.
"Where's she going?"
Ronon didn't answer, instead he turned away from them and ran to catch up with Teyla. John chuckled
"What's with those two?"
Rodney shrugged
"Nothing, they are just going to check in with Elizabeth"
John shook his head
"Why? We'll being going in an hour anyway"
Rodney sighed, trying hard to keep his anger about John and Mokian under wraps.
"Well in case you forgot Colonel, she wasn't feeling too good yesterday. We just want to make sure she's feeling okay."
Rodney resisted the urge to add, a 'like you care' but it was implied and John knew that. He glared at Rodney before turning to Mokian, smiling and leading her away.
Rodney curled his hands before following in the direction Teyla and Ronon had headed in.
Atlantis
"So when do you guys think you'll be back?"
Elizabeth saw Ronon shrugged slightly
"As soon as possible hopefully"
Elizabeth smiled at his tone.
"Not having fun Ronon"
"I can safely say that I don't care for these people."
Elizabeth suddenly became very concerned by his tone
"Is there something I should know Ronon?"
Elizabeth thought she saw him looked down for a moment as if contemplating whether to tell her something
"Ronon?"
Ronon looked back up at the camera and smiled slightly
"No, just don't like the people"
Elizabeth tilted her head slightly to one side
"Well, even if you don't like them, please be nice to them. We need the resources."
Ronon nodded
"If I must"
Elizabeth chuckled at his tone, but she knew he wouldn't do anything to screw up their alliance with the Krickmarkians.
"Yes you must"
Ronon looked like he was about to say something else when someone placed a hand on his shoulder and came into shot.
"Colonel?"
John smiled but Ronon shrugged away from him and walked away from the camera. Elizabeth watched him go before turning back to John.
"So I've heard things are going well. Good job"
John nodded and smiled slightly
"Thank you Ma'am. The leader of Krickmarkians has asked to meet you. He just wants to go over some things."
"When?"
"As soon as possible"
Elizabeth nodded
"I'll be there within the hour"
She saw John nod then turn off the camera.
Krickmark
Elizabeth appeared on the otherside of the Stargate. Ronon, Teyla and Rodney were waiting for her. Elizabeth walked over to them smiling.
"Hey"
Teyla smiled back at her.
"It is good to have you here"
Part of her didn't want her here. She didn't want Elizabeth to see John with Mokian but another part of her thought that maybe it was better if Elizabeth found out now. At least it would make it easier for her to move on. All three of the people escorting Elizabeth to the village were thinking the same thing. All three cared about her and were ready to hurt John at her word, not that she'd ever tell them to do that.
As they reached the village they saw John with Mokian, acting quickly Teyla stepped in front of her.
"Dr Weir..."
She wasn't quick enough though and Elizabeth saw it. She saw John lean down and kiss the smaller woman. She froze when she saw it. Just for a moment but she froze, and the three of them saw it.
She watched him kiss her again and that was enough. Elizabeth turned around and walked away from them. Teyla was about to go after her when Ronon stopped him.
"No. Let me go"
Ronon went after her. When he reached her he grabbed her arm and stopped her. Elizabeth turned to him, she wasn't crying but Ronon could tell she wanted to. Ronon pulled her lightly towards a log which was on the ground. He made her sit down before sitting next to her.
They sat in silence for a while, the only thing they could hear was the faint buzz of the village behind them. He'd never comforted Elizabeth before, they'd become friends but he still wasn't sure about how close they had become as friends.
"I should have told you this morning before you came. I'm sorry"
Elizabeth turned to Ronon
"You knew and you didn't tell me?"
Ronon sighed and closed his eyes before looking back at her.
"I didn't want to hurt you. You've been ill lately, I noticed you've been pale and disconnected for about a week, and I didn't want to add to the stress. I didn't know they were going to ask you to come here and when they did I assumed Sheppard wouldn't flaunt her in your face."
Elizabeth sighed
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to snap at you, it just...it only ended yesterday. I guess it doesn't take him long to get over things."
Ronon hesitantly placed his hand on her arm.
"He's not worth it. He doesn't deserve you"
Elizabeth smiled slightly and Ronon continued unable to stop himself
"She's not as smart as you and she's certainly not as attractive as you"
Ronon stopped as soon as it was out of his mouth. He closed his eyes and cringed after a minute he opened his eyes and saw Elizabeth looking at him. She was just staring and it was making him uncomfortable. Ronon shrugged and cleared his throat before speaking.
"Plus she's a lot fatter than you"
Elizabeth chuckled slightly at that. He'd found out that when it came to women from Earth, well the more insults you can give to the other women who had stolen your man the better.
"Yeah, she did look fat didn't she"
Elizabeth knew it wasn't true but it made her feel slightly better to insult this woman. Elizabeth stood up and sighed.
"He's going to know, as soon as he sees me he's going to know he's hurt me"
Ronon stood up and shrugged
"Don't let him see it. Hide it. Go up there and say to her 'Mokian it's really nice to meet you'"
Elizabeth nodded slowly and started to walk back to the village with Ronon.
TBC…