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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 10:38 pm
Ror the [livejournal.com profile] sg_rarepairings Fic Battle:

I've already written "Reavings" - PG-13 [John/Teyla] in the comments, but this one was a little too big for a comment fic.

TITLE: Menagerie
SUMMARY: Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
PAIRING: Teyla/Cameron
RATING: PG
NOTES: To the prompt - Teyla/Cameron, lions and tigers and bears (oh, my)!

The marines give him three rules for Atlantis.

Don't go hand-to-hand against Ronon Dex.

Ronon singles him out during the morning training. "Mitchell."

Cameron was counting on watching, not participating, but he can't back out with over two dozen men watching him. Well, he can, but he's a Colonel with a standing to prove. Sam would say that he's a man with an ego to prove, but that's Sam.

He almost lands a blow on Ronon with a lashout-kick that's half-breakdancing, half-defense lessons. The big guy was expecting him to come at him high. He receives a grand thump in return, and comes down on one shoulderblade with a grunt.

From there, the outcome's pretty much as expected.

Except for the grin on Ronon's lips as he hauls Cameron up - a dark-maned lion with a toothy grin. "Can't do any better?"

"Hey, I didn't think I did that badly."

Ronon snorts. "You'll have to do better than that," he rumbles.

"Why?"

The other man's grip pulls him close enough to speak so the rest of the room can't hear. "Because Teyla kicks my ass, easy."

--

Don't fly 'jumpers against John Sheppard.

It's not a 'jumper, it's an X-303.

Technically - in both the metaphorical and literal senses, it kicks the ass of any personal fighter craft in the Earth collection.

Technically, a 'jumper isn't a personal fighter craft.

Technically, it's not a fair competition when the pilot can fly loops around you using only the power of his mind. And does. Just to show off.

Cameron meets Sheppard in the Odyssey's pilot bay, tugging at his flightsuit and helmet, and eyeing the other man in his comfortable fatigues. "I thought we agreed that the smaller asteroids were mine - as part of the performance test scenario."

Sheppard looks as innocent as a grown man can. "You seemed to be having some trouble with them. I figured I'd lend a hand."

Given that the wing rudders of his X-303 were unevenly balanced, yeah, Cameron was having trouble accurately targeting the asteroids. But he'd been staying clear of the spinning debris, and he'd have got all the targets...eventually.

They turn into a corridor and catch Teyla in conversation with one of the Odyssey's crew. "Colonels." Her eyes warm as she looks from one man to the other. "Was the test successful?"

His hair's sticky and damp, he knows his skin's a bit red from the heat, and his t-shirt suddenly feels like slime against his skin, while Sheppard's standing there, cool as the proverbial cucumber.

"Sure," Sheppard says, flashing a tight, knowing smile. There's a sense of claws, of fangs kept carefully behind that striped smile, and Cameron hopes his expression's not too forced as he looks to Teyla.

"We did good," says Cameron, wishing he could pull off cool at this moment.

--

Don't get into an argument with Rodney McKay.

McKay is not the most restful of dinner companions.

In fact, Cameron's trying to work out just how he got stuck with the talkative astrophysicist. Because one thing everyone knows is that Rodney McKay does not suffer fools and while Gramma Mitchell didn't raise no fools, Cameron doesn't mind playing one every now and then.

Yet McKay just came and sat down by him without so much as a 'is this place taken?'

"So," says McKay as he dredges through the sauce-covered meat and potatoes, "I heard that you're looking at being permanently assigned here. What's the matter with the Milky Way? Not enough Orii for you guys to straighten out anymore? Can we expect Dr. Jackson to turn up sometime soon? General O'Neill, maybe?"

Cameron was looking out for someone to help mitigate his situation, but McKay's bearish queries prick his temper just a little. "Pegasus galaxy, it's the next big frontier."

"Uhuh." Metal fork scrapes against plastic plate. "Well, we've already covered this frontier, so, huh, maybe another galaxy?"

"Okay," he says, giving the other guy the eye. "Did you wake up on the wrong side of bed this morning?"

"You don't wake up on the wrong side of the bed," says McKay with a snort. "You get up on the wrong side of the bed."

It's Cameron's turn to say 'uhuh.'

"Of course," McKay notes, "there's always waking up in the wrong bed."

The blue eyes are sharp and intelligent, and Cameron realises that the problem he had with his laptop this morning probably wasn't a random incident.

--

The morning after Cameron wakes up in the right bed, holding an armful of a woman who makes her own choices about who she's going to 'share sheets' with, after not having his ass kicked for putting his hands and mouth where he put them, he doesn't care what 'Teyla's guys' have in store for him.

She's worth walking through the menagerie.

--
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 12:10 pm (UTC)
Oooh, I love Menagerie :) I love that he has to get through her friends to get to her, but she's worth it.
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 01:57 pm (UTC)
Nice Cam POV. Teyla/Cameron works for me in so many ways I nearly can't stand it.
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 02:45 pm (UTC)
I love Cam. If there's one good thing seasons 9 & 10 did, it was bring that boy out. Cute little ficlet.

...and while Gramma Mitchell didn't raise no fools

This just made me laugh and laugh, and I'm not sure why.
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 03:53 pm (UTC)
oh this is lovely. I almost feel bad for Cam. Almost.
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 06:53 pm (UTC)
hahahaha adorable

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 07:00 pm (UTC)
This was great!
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 11:57 am (UTC)
This was cute. I could see T/C as a couple...only after JT *G*
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 05:37 pm (UTC)
Unexpected pairing but lovely fic, darn fun.
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 07:49 pm (UTC)
Aw, Cam. Interesting pairing and Cam is written just right here. I love it :)
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 10:29 pm (UTC)
Awwww! I love how you matched the boys up with the different animals!....But does this mean that Teyla is "oh my!"? ;)
Friday, March 14th, 2008 06:23 am (UTC)
Oh, I loved that description of Sheppard. Wonderful fic.
Friday, March 14th, 2008 12:05 pm (UTC)
I missed the 'PAIRING: Teyla/Cameron' notice, so I had the pleasure to read the story with two different mindsets.
I assure you, the story rocks. ;D
Saturday, March 15th, 2008 12:27 am (UTC)
This is great! The character voices are perfect!
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 11:40 am (UTC)
Oh lovely - all three are so cute - but I especially like that Ronon kicks Cameron's ass but still pushes him to do better if he wants to impress the lady.
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 12:10 pm (UTC)
Oooh, I love Menagerie :) I love that he has to get through her friends to get to her, but she's worth it.
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 01:57 pm (UTC)
Nice Cam POV. Teyla/Cameron works for me in so many ways I nearly can't stand it.
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 02:45 pm (UTC)
I love Cam. If there's one good thing seasons 9 & 10 did, it was bring that boy out. Cute little ficlet.

...and while Gramma Mitchell didn't raise no fools

This just made me laugh and laugh, and I'm not sure why.
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 03:53 pm (UTC)
oh this is lovely. I almost feel bad for Cam. Almost.
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 06:53 pm (UTC)
hahahaha adorable

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 07:00 pm (UTC)
This was great!
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 11:57 am (UTC)
This was cute. I could see T/C as a couple...only after JT *G*
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 05:37 pm (UTC)
Unexpected pairing but lovely fic, darn fun.
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 07:49 pm (UTC)
Aw, Cam. Interesting pairing and Cam is written just right here. I love it :)
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 10:29 pm (UTC)
Awwww! I love how you matched the boys up with the different animals!....But does this mean that Teyla is "oh my!"? ;)
Friday, March 14th, 2008 06:23 am (UTC)
Oh, I loved that description of Sheppard. Wonderful fic.
Friday, March 14th, 2008 12:05 pm (UTC)
I missed the 'PAIRING: Teyla/Cameron' notice, so I had the pleasure to read the story with two different mindsets.
I assure you, the story rocks. ;D
Saturday, March 15th, 2008 12:27 am (UTC)
This is great! The character voices are perfect!
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 11:40 am (UTC)
Oh lovely - all three are so cute - but I especially like that Ronon kicks Cameron's ass but still pushes him to do better if he wants to impress the lady.
Sunday, December 14th, 2008 04:38 am (UTC)
I love this so much! Bless you, bless you for writing it!

Now, what is Teyla going to say/do to her teammates to remind them that *she* chooses who she wants to be involved with?! *smirk*
Sunday, December 14th, 2008 04:38 am (UTC)
I love this so much! Bless you, bless you for writing it!

Now, what is Teyla going to say/do to her teammates to remind them that *she* chooses who she wants to be involved with?! *smirk*