It's not exactly MY language, so any mistakes...please, kust ignore them. So, this is just a very short little scene in the future. Hope you like at. Comments would be nice. Have fun, dear readers ;D

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„I like him."

Well, ain't that a nice simple and short statement. And confusing as hell.

It was just like Ronon to throw the stone and leave the mountain to your imagination. Shepard raised his eyebrow.

„You like whom?"

„McKay"

Yep, Ronon in all his might and glory.

„Glad to hear that, I like him, too. At least when I don't have this incredible urge to strangle him. But why are you telling me this?"

Ronon lent back, seemingly considering what to tell the other man.

It was a day off like any other day off. Or maybe not since nothing unexpected and potentially life threatening happened yet. Colonel John Shepard relished in that hardly ever present peace, sipping on his can of beer, listening to some music and talk about everything and anything with Ronon. Well, until a moment ago, at least, when Ronon suddenly went quiet for a minute and then blurted out those words without any context.

Ronon sighed: „Remember our first day off?"

The Colonel nodded: „That day where our people turned into living bombs and Beckett died, 7 years ago, right? A bit hard to forget something like that..."

Ronon made a grimace: „Yes, that day. You asked me if there was anyone I liked and I said I wasn't ready. Well, I have someone now."

Shepard just stared trying to process the information. Than it clicked. „Wait, MCKAY?"

„McKay!"

„Are you nuts?"

„Probably."

„No possibility of mistaking it for...I don't know...admiration...or something?"

„None."

„Well... shit."

Shepard's face told books of things he would probably very much like to add to that. But in the end he swallowed it down. No need for exasperating.

Ronon eyed him suspiciously. „We ok?"

The colonel made a movement with his hand as if getting rid of a fly. „Sure we are. Why shouldn't we!? But... why? I mean, not that I question your feelings or choice of partner...whatsoever. But this is Rodney we are talking about."

Ronon gave a little snort. „Don't know... Woke up one day and liked him."

Now it was Shepard's time to snort. „Woke up one day... Yeah, how could it be anyway else." An unhappy grin was his answer. „By the way, I didn't know you were into guys?!"

The Satedan made a disgusted face to that. „I'm not. He's special!" That answered that question.

Suddenly Ronon stood up and began pacing around the room seemingly annoyed by something. He came to a stop by the door. „I don't know, how... I want...", a deep sigh, then „Forget it!", and Ronon was gone.

Shepard looked stupefied at the empty space Ronon were just a second ago. "Yeah, a social inept and an emotional cripple... talking about complicated. "