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allyndra ([personal profile] allyndra) wrote2007-06-11 09:23 am
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Fic: Girls' Night Out (McKay/Sheppard)

*blushes* I posted about the fics I had in progress in hopes of shaking something loose. Look what shook - something completely different. Sorry!


Title: Girls’ Night Out
Author: Allyndra          
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Rating: FRT
Word Count: 737
Summary: The ladies of Atlantis do and see the most entertaining things.
Disclaimer: Somewhere through a quantum mirror there’s a world where the fans own these characters, but this is not that world. They are not mine, and I make no profit.
 


Anyone who said that all scientists were boring or all Marines were dour had never encountered the ladies of Atlantis on their night off. It had started out as a coincidence, a group of women who just happened to be heading to the mess at the same time, around the end of the evening shift. There was only one free table, and they'd all wound up together, an odd amalgamation of social scientists, hard scientists, and soldiers. Conversation had been stilted and awkward until Ronon walked past. The group ass-staring and collective sighing broke the ice surprisingly well.
 
Laura Cadman and Katie Brown were the ringleaders. They set up girls-only training classes with Teyla, which combined stick fighting and step aerobics, bartered with Zelenka for alcohol to liven up their parties, and hoarded snacks for their poker games. Miko Kusanagi was much less boisterous, but she made important contributions of her own. Miko was the one who discovered the room with heated pools of different sizes and kept quiet about her discovery until *after* the ladies' hot tub party.
 
Over the months that they'd been getting together, the group had created some pretty entertaining nights. Laura considered their greatest success the time she'd convinced both Elizabeth Weir *and* Kate Heightmeyer to join their party. She'd not only gotten them drunk on Zelenka's moonshine and convinced them to sing karaoke, she'd managed to videotape the whole thing.
 
Tonight, the group was small, just Laura, Katie, Miko, and Lt. Allison Crown. They were taking the long way through the halls on their way to the south pier, where Katie had planned a picnic.
 
"Okay, okay. Dr. Zelenka," Allison suggested, swinging her basket of food in one hand.
 
"Haircut," several women chorused.
 
"But other than that, he's really not bad," Laura insisted. "He's got pretty eyes, and you gotta love a man with an accent." Which, of course, left her wide open to teasing about her predilection for blue-eyed European men.
 
"Dr. Kavanaugh?" Katie asked, wrinkling her nose even as she said it.
 
"Oh God! Definitely a haircut," Laura responded. "Get him to ditch the glasses and find some Ancient device to give him a personality transplant." They talked as they walked, working their way through the majority of their mutual male acquaintances, suggesting criticisms and describing what changes would be required to make them attractive.
 
Then Allison laughed and asked, "Dr. McKay?" The group was silent for a variety of reasons. Katie had dated the man, so she clearly found him attractive, Laura had a soft spot for him, courtesy of her time stuck in his head (even if she occasionally threatened to tap dance on his smug little face, she meant it affectionately), and Miko had been nursing a hero-worshipping crush on her boss since she'd first joined his team.
 
"Well," Katie finally ventured, "It's not like he isn't *physically* attractive ..."
 
"If only there were a way to shut him up," Laura concluded. The other three nodded their agreement, Miko a little shamefacedly. They walked on in silent contemplation of the potential hotness of a non-verbally-abusive Rodney McKay.
 
They'd just turned a corner when Allison, who was at the front of the pack, stopped dead in her tracks, a quiet whimpering noise escaping her throat. The other women almost piled into her before they saw why she'd stopped.
 
Just ahead of them was one of the walls that opened like a series of screens. It was halfway open, and framed between two of the panels was the sight of Colonel Sheppard pressing Dr. McKay back against a table, kissing him fiercely. He had McKay pinned to the table with his hips, one hand cradling the back of McKay's head, while the other cupped his jaw, holding him still. From the way McKay's fists were curled into Sheppard's shirt, he wasn't trying to get away.
 
"Oh, yeah," Laura breathed. "That would work."
 
Allison and Katie nodded. Miko just stared, her eyes huge behind her glasses. Katie reached into one of the picnic baskets and pulled out a bag of dried fruit. It wasn't as good as popcorn, but it gave them something to munch as the women settled back silently against the corridor wall to watch the show.
 
It was generally agreed to be the best Atlantis girls' night ever. 
 
Until Katie held her illicit harvest and Ronon accepted her invitation to come sample the herbs with them.
 

[identity profile] allyndra.livejournal.com 2007-06-11 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
That's 'cause girls rule! *is sometimes 12*

[identity profile] allyndra.livejournal.com 2007-06-11 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
1. Hey, you think she got into botany for wheat or something?
2. They are so yummy. If only they would film the makeout sessions for the series. *sighs*

[identity profile] merctales.livejournal.com 2007-06-11 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
*snerk*

I kinda like Zelenka's hair, and I doubt even a personality transplant could salvage Kavanaugh, but I love the little show they're treated to. :D Nice job.

[identity profile] orangecombats.livejournal.com 2007-06-11 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG PLEASE WRITE THAT!

Loved this!

[identity profile] allyndra.livejournal.com 2007-06-12 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
I actually find Kavanaugh kind of attractive. *hides in shame* A total ass who should be tormented and mocked, though. *peeks out of hiding place*

Thanks for commenting!

[identity profile] allyndra.livejournal.com 2007-06-12 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
Hee! I totally should.

Thanks for commenting!

[identity profile] psyko-kittie.livejournal.com 2007-06-12 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
EEEE. A wonderful story. :)

[identity profile] sulien77.livejournal.com 2007-06-12 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Heee! Oh, this is wonderfully funny! And boy howdy, wouldn't I love to be standing there with them! Please do tell me that you have more along this line somewhere? Thanks muchly for sharing this one! *still grinning like a loon*

[identity profile] sulien77.livejournal.com 2007-06-12 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
*holds hand up in the air and waves it* I'll second that motion!

[identity profile] sulien77.livejournal.com 2007-06-12 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
Kavanaugh is actually very good looking (especially with the ponytail and glasses). Unfortunately, he's such an asshole that he could be Adonis and still be unattractive. :-p

Pardon, not stalking here, just enjoying the comments and commenting back. *blushes*

[identity profile] sulien77.livejournal.com 2007-06-12 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry, last comment here, I promise! I forgot to add that the scene with the ladies roving the halls en route to the picnic reminded me of attending a fan convention. The Q&A's with the stars and such are always fun, but it's the hanging out and dishing that are the most fun. If you've never been to a convention, they are worth doing just for that!
mf_luder_xf: (SGA sneaky)

[personal profile] mf_luder_xf 2007-06-12 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
OMG I so second this request. ♥
mf_luder_xf: (Heroes OMGYAY)

[personal profile] mf_luder_xf 2007-06-12 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Whoops, looks like I third it. ;-)

[identity profile] azilver.livejournal.com 2007-06-12 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
it will probably be a mix of giggling and melty-sigh cause the man is teh sex when angry, hands on hips and eyes flashing...um...yeah...
yes they'll sigh and gaze longingly, sending many a girls night wonderin when they'll find their one true luv....
aza

[identity profile] allyndra.livejournal.com 2007-06-12 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! And I am totally digging your Ariel icon, btw.

[identity profile] allyndra.livejournal.com 2007-06-12 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Cadman seems like such a firecracker. I had this overpowering urge to see her as the leader of this band of Atlantean ladies determined to have a good time, no matter how many rules they had to break. I don't have any more written for this, but I'll let it percolate and see. I had a blast with this, even though it's so short.

[identity profile] allyndra.livejournal.com 2007-06-12 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, what fun! I've never been to a con (despite both having tickets to and living within driving distance of Dragon*Con two years ago. *grumbles*).

And you have no need to apologize for chatty comments. The ability to view and talk back to comments is one of my favorite things about LJ.

[identity profile] sulien77.livejournal.com 2007-06-12 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. :-) And DragonCon? Oh, you lucky person! If you get another chance, you really should go!

[identity profile] maybeido.livejournal.com 2007-06-12 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
fandfdsklfjdsklf ronon high in a room filled with women! damn, what I would give to be there *g*

mcshep viewing, too, actually! hahah <3 <3 <3

[identity profile] allyndra.livejournal.com 2007-06-13 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Yay! Thank you. I agree, high!Ronon in a room with the ladies (who all want to get in his leather pants) is a great thought. And, to me personally, funny as hell. I can imagine all kinds of craziness.

[identity profile] rasah.livejournal.com 2007-06-16 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG! that was so funny! and also hot, john pushing rodney up against the table... mmmm... nice ;)

[identity profile] rasah.livejournal.com 2007-06-16 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
i fourth it!

[identity profile] rasah.livejournal.com 2007-06-16 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
oh please, please, please write this :) can i offer a bribe of some sort?

[identity profile] allyndra.livejournal.com 2007-06-18 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I love when I hear that something I wrote was funny! It totally validates my sense of humor. Thanks!

[identity profile] lyonza.livejournal.com 2007-06-18 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't believe I missed this notice when it came through. *does happy dancing*

Please, please please please please write more. I was laughing loudly, it was so hawt, and the way the women had fun...

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