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xfirefly9xTitle: Webcams And Their Many Uses
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: John/Elizabeth
Prompt: #005 Midnight
Word Count: 531
Rating: T+
Summary: John persuades Elizabeth to get a webcam.
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writing_rainbow. 26/9/09.
The computer screen is blurry to the point that she can barely read the mission report she has open. There is nothing wrong with the computer itself. It’s her eyes. She’s been up for two days straight and hasn’t had a coffee fix in several hours to keep her going.
Her eyes are stinging.
She blinks furiously and rubs at them. She yawns. No one is around, so she doesn’t bother covering her mouth.
That’s her second mistake.
Her first mistake, she made hours ago.
She’d installed a webcam on her computer and had earlier been chatting to John through it. He’d been the one who had persuaded her to get it in the first place. They could have face to face conversations without actually being in the same room.
She had forgotten to turn it off.
About three minutes after she yawned, John, therefore, appears in the doorway of her office. He leans against the frame, watching her for a moment.
She blinks weary eyes at him. “John. What’re you doing here? It’s late. You should be sleeping.”
He offers her a sardonic smile. “I’m making sure you take your own advice, actually. You’re tired, Elizabeth. I saw you yawn.”
“You saw me… How?”
He nods at the computer.
“Oh. The webcam.”
“The webcam.”
“I knew you had an ulterior motive when you asked me to install one.”
He quirks an eyebrow. “Yeah, well. That wasn’t the ulterior motive I’d been thinking of if you get my drift.”
“I…hmmm?” She gives up any pretence that she is not tired and bangs her head on the desk. She can feel John smirking at her from where he stands.
“Right. You’re going to bed,” he says. “No arguing.”
She raises her head enough to glare at him and then drops it to the desk again.
“Am I going to have to carry you?”
She doesn’t move.
“I’ll take that as a ‘yes’,” he says.
Still, she does nothing. She doesn’t think he’ll actually pick her up and carry her…
“Oh, god. You’re actually serious.”
He smirks into her hair as he picks her up in his arms and begins the walk to her quarters. “Yup. I don’t joke around about things as important as the leader of Atlantis getting some sleep. We need you, ‘Liz. You’re no good to us tired and sleep deprived.”
“What I’m deprived of is coffee.”
“No! Don’t even think about it!”
“But I – “
“Elizabeth!”
“Fine.”
They go the rest of the way in silence. They don’t speak again until they are safely inside and John has carefully helped Elizabeth onto her bed.
“So what were you thinking when you asked me to install a webcam?” Elizabeth asks, realising what else a webcam could be used for.
John looks at her, blushes. “Oh, I think you know.”
“I think I do know,” she agrees. “I also think it’d be more fun in person than over a camera.”
He gulps and plays at the collar of his shirt with one hand.
She grins at him and pulls the covers around her. “Goodnight, John.”
On his way out, she hears him mutter, “now I’m not gonna get any sleep!”
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: John/Elizabeth
Prompt: #005 Midnight
Word Count: 531
Rating: T+
Summary: John persuades Elizabeth to get a webcam.
Notes: Written for
writing_rainbow. 26/9/09.The computer screen is blurry to the point that she can barely read the mission report she has open. There is nothing wrong with the computer itself. It’s her eyes. She’s been up for two days straight and hasn’t had a coffee fix in several hours to keep her going.
Her eyes are stinging.
She blinks furiously and rubs at them. She yawns. No one is around, so she doesn’t bother covering her mouth.
That’s her second mistake.
Her first mistake, she made hours ago.
She’d installed a webcam on her computer and had earlier been chatting to John through it. He’d been the one who had persuaded her to get it in the first place. They could have face to face conversations without actually being in the same room.
She had forgotten to turn it off.
About three minutes after she yawned, John, therefore, appears in the doorway of her office. He leans against the frame, watching her for a moment.
She blinks weary eyes at him. “John. What’re you doing here? It’s late. You should be sleeping.”
He offers her a sardonic smile. “I’m making sure you take your own advice, actually. You’re tired, Elizabeth. I saw you yawn.”
“You saw me… How?”
He nods at the computer.
“Oh. The webcam.”
“The webcam.”
“I knew you had an ulterior motive when you asked me to install one.”
He quirks an eyebrow. “Yeah, well. That wasn’t the ulterior motive I’d been thinking of if you get my drift.”
“I…hmmm?” She gives up any pretence that she is not tired and bangs her head on the desk. She can feel John smirking at her from where he stands.
“Right. You’re going to bed,” he says. “No arguing.”
She raises her head enough to glare at him and then drops it to the desk again.
“Am I going to have to carry you?”
She doesn’t move.
“I’ll take that as a ‘yes’,” he says.
Still, she does nothing. She doesn’t think he’ll actually pick her up and carry her…
“Oh, god. You’re actually serious.”
He smirks into her hair as he picks her up in his arms and begins the walk to her quarters. “Yup. I don’t joke around about things as important as the leader of Atlantis getting some sleep. We need you, ‘Liz. You’re no good to us tired and sleep deprived.”
“What I’m deprived of is coffee.”
“No! Don’t even think about it!”
“But I – “
“Elizabeth!”
“Fine.”
They go the rest of the way in silence. They don’t speak again until they are safely inside and John has carefully helped Elizabeth onto her bed.
“So what were you thinking when you asked me to install a webcam?” Elizabeth asks, realising what else a webcam could be used for.
John looks at her, blushes. “Oh, I think you know.”
“I think I do know,” she agrees. “I also think it’d be more fun in person than over a camera.”
He gulps and plays at the collar of his shirt with one hand.
She grins at him and pulls the covers around her. “Goodnight, John.”
On his way out, she hears him mutter, “now I’m not gonna get any sleep!”
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Date: 2010-11-06 02:25 pm (UTC)Turn around is fair play. ;)
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Date: 2010-11-06 02:41 pm (UTC)And yay for John carrying her :^D
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Date: 2010-11-06 03:06 pm (UTC)♥♥
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Date: 2011-07-19 12:49 am (UTC)I miss those two.
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Date: 2011-07-19 12:59 am (UTC)They are muchly awesome.
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