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AN: Dedicated to Ruby; who has helped me so much!
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Colonel John Sheppard was walking down the halls of Atlantis late one evening. He was coming back from the mess hall, where he had grabbed a late night snack.
On his way to his quarters was the recreational room. He had had a cup of coffee about an hour earlier so he probably wouldn't be able to fall asleep if he went to bed right away. When hearrived at the door he noticed the lights were already on so he looked inside to see who could be there this late at night. If someone was already using the television he didn't want to intrude.
He saw someonelying on the couch all tucked up. The television was indeed on and some sort of documentary was in the DVD- player.
He walked towards the couch, to see who was there. As he got closer, he recognised Teyla was the one lying there, and she was sound asleep. He quickly reached for the remote control to turn the volume down -she looked so peaceful and he didn't want to wake her up.
He hunched down so he could look at her face. He never really saw her so relaxed, and she looked different.
He figured she had borrowed the documentary from one of the scientists. She was always interested in learning new things, and he had seen her a couple times before in the lab asking questions to the scientist. Either that or she would just watch, and see what they were doing.
He grabbed a blanket off the chair next to the couch and covered Teyla with it, tucking it around her feet and body. He carefully sat on the edge of the sofa.
He was studying her features, and admiring how beautiful she looked. He reached out to push a strand of hair from her face, letting his hand linger a little longer before retracting.
Suddenly Teyla started to stir. He felt a little embarrassed staring at her while she had been sleeping, so he quickly got up and walked towards the closet where all the movies lay. He pretended to be busy picking out a movie so she wouldn't suspect anything.
Teyla had been sleeping very comfortably. She felt nice and warm and really did not want to wake up, until someone had pushed her hair out of her face, and she remembered that she had not gone to bed this evening, so she must have fallen asleep in the recreation room. Slowly opening her eyes, she saw John standing at the end of the room.
She sat up and called to him. ''John? What are you doing here?''
He turned around and smiled at her. "Hey Teyla, sorry if I woke you. I was just looking for a movie to watch."
She smiled back. ''That is all right John, and you may watch it here if you want, I think I will retire to my bedroom.''
''Thanks, but I think I'll go to bed too. I'll watch it tomorrow. Can I walk you to your room?'' He offered.
''Very well.'' She started to push the blanket off her. Wait -she did not put a blanket over herself did she?
She heard a cough coming from John, so she looked up. He had a sheepish smile on his face, and said: ''Yeah -I put a blanket over you, because you looked very comfortable, but a little cold and I didn't want to wake you up.''
She ducked her head a little, hiding her blushing face. She felt a little embarrassed at falling asleep here.
Looking up after a few moments, she saw John looking at her expectantly. She realised she had not responded to his answer, standing up she responded. "That is very thoughtful of you John, but next time, please do wake me." She smiled at him a little sheepishly.
He chuckled. ''Sure, no problem. You ready?'' He motioned to the hall.
''Yes I am.'' They started walking towards Teyla's quarters together.
As they were walking, there was an uncomfortable silence between them. To break the silence John asked: ''So… what were you watching?''
Teyla looked up, and thought for a moment. ''It was a documentary. I will watch the other half tomorrow. Perhaps I will be more rested then.'' She smiled.
"Or it was just boring, and that's why you fell asleep." He gave her a wink. "I always had that problem in High school; I could never stay awake for long when we were watching one in class." He chuckled. "I ended up in detention a lot because of that."
"It was not boring!" she exclaimed. Although he could hear a hint of amusement in her voice, she kept a straight face.
"Yeah, right," he said, the sarcasm clear in his voice.
"Well, I found it very interesting," she persisted.
In the mean time they had arrived at Teyla's quarters. They stopped walking, and John smiled at her.
"Thank you for walking me to my bedroom John," she said.
"No problem, mine's just around the corner anyway." He shrugged. Here's your chance – ask her already- he thought. "You err... wanna watch a movie tomorrow? I'll show you a good one, not a boring documentary, where you'll probably fall asleep again," he teased.
"It was not boring John," she said, glaring at him. "But I would like that very much. As long as it is not football again," she teased back, not bothering to hide her small smile.
"Hey! You can never watch too much Football!" He exclaimed. "How about an action movie then?" He proposed, a sudden grin appearing on his face.
She chuckled. "Alright John, an action movie then." She rolled her eyes.
"Great," he replied, still grinning. "Well, goodnight."
"Sleep well John." She turned and waved her door open. Smiling one last time, she walked inside and closed the door. She felt happy, and was excited about the day to come. Her mind was racing; sleep was probably something she would have to miss out on this night.
TBC…?