Thursday, June 7th, 2007 06:13 pm
TITLE: Fantastic
SUMMARY: Rodney thinks he should be Mr. Fantastic.
CATEGORY: humour
RATING: PG-13
DISCLAIMER: Alas, not mine and I'm not making money from them.
ORIGINAL THREAD: here.
NOTES: Written for [livejournal.com profile] neffiti during my Valentine's Day Meme. I'm going to be posting all these up in the next few weeks so I have a record of them, and I'll try spread it out to minimise the spammage. So sorry to the regulars!

Fantastic

"You know, I should be Mr. Fantastic," Rodney grumbled. "I'm the scientist and the brilliant mind. Sheppard's more like...the Human Torch. Reckless, a hothead, gets into trouble all the time. Even his initials match - Johnny Storm."

Teyla glanced up from her reading. "Is not Mr. Fantastic the leader of his team?"

"Well, yes. But that's not the point. I mean, this drawing of parallels only goes so far - you're not invisible, I don't burst into flame, and Ronon isn't this big...rocky...thing..." Rodney paused, considering that image. "Okay, so sometimes he's not very communicative."

"He does that to annoy you."

"He does? Really?"

Dark eyes glanced up, limpid with merriment. "No. It is just the way he is."

He scowled and wagged a finger at her. "Ha-ha. Very funny. Anyway, as I was saying, the main reasons Sheppard cast himself as Mr. Fantastic has less to do with the character's ability to solve most of the problems that he and his team find themselves in and more to do with him being the leader and..." He paused.

"And?"

Unfortunately, he'd gone this far, he either had to think up something else with which to answer her, or go for his initial response.

He went with the initial response. "And having a...a thing...for you."

Silence.

Then, thinking that she might not get it, he added, "Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman are..."

"A couple," Teyla concluded. Rodney slanted a glance at her. She was still looking down at the book, but her cheeks were pink. "I see."

"It's a compliment."

"Yes," she said. But her shoulders and chest rose and fell in a long exhale before she lifted her gaze to him. "So, if John is more suited to the Human Torch, and you are Mr. Fantastic, then does that mean we are a couple?"

"I... Well... We could... That is... I mean... Only if you..." Rodney stuttered his way through several false starts before the corners of Teyla's mouth twitched upwards. "You like yanking my chain, don't you?"

Her smile needed no words.

Fantastic.

- fin -
Thursday, June 7th, 2007 12:39 pm (UTC)
Second time reading this and I still LOVE it. Rodney is such an easy mark. ;)
Thursday, June 7th, 2007 04:38 pm (UTC)
OMG. That was the cutest thing ever! I loved it! :D
Thursday, June 7th, 2007 10:07 pm (UTC)
ah...Rodney & Teyla, my secret kink. Very nice. :-D
Thursday, June 7th, 2007 11:42 pm (UTC)
Hee! I love how Teyla can just sneak up on people - none of the characters are quite as somber and dour as they want to trick you into thinking.
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 10:10 pm (UTC)
This is just too damn cute.
Monday, June 18th, 2007 12:38 am (UTC)
Aww!
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007 02:15 am (UTC)
Hehe! Loved it! I can see them having this conversation!
Monday, September 3rd, 2007 04:59 pm (UTC)
aw... this is adorable!
Monday, September 3rd, 2007 04:59 pm (UTC)
aw... this is adorable!