Fic: Girls' Night Out (McKay/Sheppard)

[allyndra]

*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.

 

Comments

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

Heeeee. John and Rodney, spectator sport. :)

[mymanifesto.livejournal.com]

ROFL! I wish I could join them. What a show! Hopefully one of the ladies brought a camera. *ggg*

[aislinnrae.livejournal.com]

That was brilliant, hun. Great work ^^
What a show indeed *snicker*
And, um, illicit harvest, you say? Ronon and a room full of women? Hmmmmmm...

[saffie-lew.livejournal.com]

Wow. That was funny and perfect and John and Rodney are so hot. Someone should draw that last scene.

[callmerizzo.livejournal.com]

Oh, those lucky, lucky women! ;-)

[libra-traveller.livejournal.com]

That was awesome, the best line for me was the quiet wimpering noise.

[azilver.livejournal.com]

that is a moment worth commemorating, cadman, dear! and then replayed numerous times...in stereo...
she can also use this moment to illustrate that, yes, she was inside rodney and it was good and she got him naked....
now you just know they're gonna get caught watching the two one day in the mess and giggling and blushing while john gets paranoid and rodney is oblivious
aza

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, I'd so be there!

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! Oh how I wish I could just turn a corner at work and see that. ~drools~

[wpadmirer.livejournal.com]

This is wonderful. And I agree, both the show and the night with Ronon would be the best girls' nights ever.

WP

[cayendi.livejournal.com]

and later that night, the boys wondered why there were small puddles on the floor just outside the room.

*sigh* wish I was there

[bibliokat.livejournal.com]

Girls' nights are awesome!

[peapods42.livejournal.com]

1. Illicit harvest is hilarious. It's always the quiet ones.
2. Yummy, yummy, yummy. Bravo. Love.

[merctales.livejournal.com]

*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.

[psyko-kittie.livejournal.com]

EEEE. A wonderful story. :)

[sulien77.livejournal.com]

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*

[sulien77.livejournal.com]

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!

[maybeido.livejournal.com]

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

[rasah.livejournal.com]

OMG! that was so funny! and also hot, john pushing rodney up against the table... mmmm... nice ;)

[lyonza.livejournal.com]

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...

[nimnod.livejournal.com]

So cute! I'm now imagining people in the ladies club starting to write McShep slash =)

And yes, please write more, whatever it may be =)

[eveningblue.livejournal.com]

Late here, but I loved this.

I like the watching, but even more than that I like the idea that the women would keep their secret.