"Look" by Tigs, "Itch" by Lyndac
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Claim: Stargate Atlantis: Teyla
Title: Look
Author: tigs (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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Characters: McKay, Teyla
Prompt: 42 - Holiday
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: I guess that technically, an anniversary isn't a holiday, but then again, it's not really Teyla and Rodney's anniversary, either. I like how both Rodney and Teyla are portrayed in this, and how the fact that they are together surprises them both. They aren't overly demonstrative, and the outward face of their relationship is restrained, and I really liked that containment. Because of it, their friendship is front and center to me, and if there happens to be more, it's a bonus, warm and sweet.
There are days still, even now, a month later, when Rodney will look at her and Teyla will see an expression resembling awe on his face. Awe, or possibly, she sometimes thinks, surprise. Surprise that she is with *him*, perhaps, as everyone in Atlantis assumed that she would be with Colonel Sheppard, or Ronon, or, before everything, Aiden.
Surprise that they have had a month together already, and that she seems to have no intention of leaving him.
The same surprise that she sometimes lets herself indulge in, too.
A month later, though, her surprise is beginning to fade, and as she steps into his lab, as he glances over his shoulder at her, away from his conversation with Dr. Zelenka, she can see that his is not, because the look is there again, in his wide, startled eyes and the slight upward curve of his lips. As she watches, though, the look morphs quickly into another, one that she has come to treasure. It starts slowly, with a smile that can only be described as shy, but then the spread of his lips grows ever wider until he is showing white teeth, until the skin at the corners of his eyes crinkles up.
When she sees *that* look on his face, she has no choice but to smile in return. So she does.
This is what she cherishes the most, though: for a single moment, just one, right after he sees her, he will stop. His hands will pause in the midst of whatever it is that they are doing, and he will say, haltingly, "Teyla, hi," as he says it even now.
Link to the story: Look
Claim: Stargate Atlantis: Teyla
Title: Itch
Author: Lyndac(lyndac)
Characters: Teyla, Ronon
Prompt: 43 - Denial
Rating: Mature
Length: Medium
Brief summary: The enzyme makes Teyla nervous and unsettled, and Ronon thinks he is handling it better than she is. Only Ronon turns out to be wrong. This is one of the enzyme stories that I was looking for -- sensual, hot, and powerful --dealing with fallout between the two of them, with both of they aggressive and hyped up from the drug.
A shiver ran through her, bringing up small pinprick bumps all over her skin. She folded her arms tight across her chest, not cold, but shaking anyway.
The enzyme was in her, calling out for more. If she was completely honest with herself, she would willingly take another dose right now. Anything to stop feeling so edgy, like she would jump out of her skin any moment.
Teyla fell back on the bed and closed her eyes, ignoring the odd hunger that was gnawing at her insides. A heavy sigh escaped her as she let her fingers dig into the heavy quilt on the bed.
It was everywhere, the need for more. There wasn't a pore in her body that didn't feel achingly empty.
Link to the story: Itch
PSA: No matter how old a story is, most authors like to hear that people are reading their work, so please think about leaving feedback when you're done. Thanks!
Claim: Stargate Atlantis: Teyla
Title: Look
Author: tigs (
tigs)Characters: McKay, Teyla
Prompt: 42 - Holiday
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: I guess that technically, an anniversary isn't a holiday, but then again, it's not really Teyla and Rodney's anniversary, either. I like how both Rodney and Teyla are portrayed in this, and how the fact that they are together surprises them both. They aren't overly demonstrative, and the outward face of their relationship is restrained, and I really liked that containment. Because of it, their friendship is front and center to me, and if there happens to be more, it's a bonus, warm and sweet.
There are days still, even now, a month later, when Rodney will look at her and Teyla will see an expression resembling awe on his face. Awe, or possibly, she sometimes thinks, surprise. Surprise that she is with *him*, perhaps, as everyone in Atlantis assumed that she would be with Colonel Sheppard, or Ronon, or, before everything, Aiden.
Surprise that they have had a month together already, and that she seems to have no intention of leaving him.
The same surprise that she sometimes lets herself indulge in, too.
A month later, though, her surprise is beginning to fade, and as she steps into his lab, as he glances over his shoulder at her, away from his conversation with Dr. Zelenka, she can see that his is not, because the look is there again, in his wide, startled eyes and the slight upward curve of his lips. As she watches, though, the look morphs quickly into another, one that she has come to treasure. It starts slowly, with a smile that can only be described as shy, but then the spread of his lips grows ever wider until he is showing white teeth, until the skin at the corners of his eyes crinkles up.
When she sees *that* look on his face, she has no choice but to smile in return. So she does.
This is what she cherishes the most, though: for a single moment, just one, right after he sees her, he will stop. His hands will pause in the midst of whatever it is that they are doing, and he will say, haltingly, "Teyla, hi," as he says it even now.
Link to the story: Look
Claim: Stargate Atlantis: Teyla
Title: Itch
Author: Lyndac(
lyndac)Characters: Teyla, Ronon
Prompt: 43 - Denial
Rating: Mature
Length: Medium
Brief summary: The enzyme makes Teyla nervous and unsettled, and Ronon thinks he is handling it better than she is. Only Ronon turns out to be wrong. This is one of the enzyme stories that I was looking for -- sensual, hot, and powerful --dealing with fallout between the two of them, with both of they aggressive and hyped up from the drug.
A shiver ran through her, bringing up small pinprick bumps all over her skin. She folded her arms tight across her chest, not cold, but shaking anyway.
The enzyme was in her, calling out for more. If she was completely honest with herself, she would willingly take another dose right now. Anything to stop feeling so edgy, like she would jump out of her skin any moment.
Teyla fell back on the bed and closed her eyes, ignoring the odd hunger that was gnawing at her insides. A heavy sigh escaped her as she let her fingers dig into the heavy quilt on the bed.
It was everywhere, the need for more. There wasn't a pore in her body that didn't feel achingly empty.
Link to the story: Itch
PSA: No matter how old a story is, most authors like to hear that people are reading their work, so please think about leaving feedback when you're done. Thanks!
