fic: The Barista

[tielan]

The Barista



In brief:
John Sheppard meets the new barista at the Athos Cafe. He's definitely impressed.
But he has no notion of just how much this meeting will change his life.

Chapter 1: Monday's Child
In which Teyla prefers tea.

Chapter 2: Music And Miss Piggy
In which John walks into it.

Chapter 3: The Purpose Of Foofing
In which Elizabeth is rendered speechless, Rodney is catty, and Ronon is menacing.

Chapter 4: Far To Go
Thursday's child still has far to go...

Chapter 5: Invitation To Know
One does not call a man wearing Italian silk ties by his first name unless invited.

Chapter 6: Let's Drive!
John likes fast things.

Chapter 7: It's Not Easy Being Green
Getting to know you is precisely John's cup of tea.

Chapter 8: Cursing Fate
Jazz, interrupted.

Chapter 9: Withdrawal Symptoms
All he wants is five minutes and lunch. That's all. How hard can it be?

Chapter 10 - Uncertainties
It's the oldest story in the book: he wants what he cannot have.

Chapter 11: Serious
Moment of truth, there's no going back. John's serious about Teyla. He can only hope she's serious about him.

Chapter 12: Unexpected Circumstance
The Atlantis Grand Hotel was designed with a strong emphasis on water and sunlight. The result was impressive. Or had been.

Chapter 13: Fortune's Fool
He'd been lucky. There would have gone John's chance at the Atlantis Grand, but for the grace of a coffee shop barista.

Header was done by the lovely ubiquitous_girl! *smooches*

Comments

[missyvortexdv.livejournal.com]

Oooh, the ibook/macbook caught my eye and so distracted me. ;D

I must read this fic sometimes soon...

[tielan]

I must read this fic sometimes soon...

Yes. Yes, you should. :)

[jeyla4ever.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting this like this. It's so much more interesting and the plot for me flowed much better the second time around.The clues were there and the role Teyla played here was surprisingly entertaining. She usually plays this hero/shattered female role that has to prove herself to others. Yet in this one, you beautifully gave her that no nonsense Teyla with a class all on its own. She didn't have to do anything for John and yet her reasoning both professionally and personally made perfect sense and balance. Nicely done Tie. And yes, I always knew there would be a happy ending but for some reason I expected some sort of bad/hair Teyla! LOL don't ask me why, but I did. But this came out so much better! Gracias!

and that headear.....Where's Ubi...I want one too! *sniff*
It's very pretty! Only thing is, where's John? *wink*

[tielan]

LOL. You'll have to talk to Ubi about the lack of John in the image. I didn't even commission this - it just turned up!

[raisintorte.livejournal.com]

I *loved* this! I'm so glad you posted it in a complete post, I was going to go back and find them all when it was done and you made it so easy! :-)

I really like how you structured the AU and set up the threads that there was more to Teyla and Ronon than meets the eye, but didn't just set it out there or have John figure it out. :-)

[tielan]

I suspect that's a matter of writing style. I prefer to have the audience work things out in dribs and drabs, adding pieces to the jigsaw, than dumping everything in their lap at once.

Still, it was kinda fun (and a little confusing) trying to work out what to write and when to put it in!

Glad you read it and enjoyed it! :)

[ileliberte.livejournal.com]

This was very sweet, I liked the way you paralleled things to canon and how you handled the reveal. Lovestruck John was very cute. Also, the mental image of Teyla in a silvery-grey evening dress is an extremely attractive one :D