Title: Someday
Author: sassy_lion
Rating: G
Category: General/ Romance
Spoilers/Season: Sometime before "Eat Me"
Summary: Crichton has a small surprise for Aeryn.
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and the
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*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Crichton." Aeryn shook his arm gently and went back to getting
dressed. This was the
third time in four days that she had to wake him up.
"Hmm?" he mumbled as he opened his eyes and saw Aeryn staring at him,
happy and
irritated at the same time.
"How the frell can you sleep so long? I mean, granted, we both didn't get
much sleep
last night, but I still got up before you. Why is that?"
"I like to sleep...a lot. You know, I don't get a lot of it anymore."
he smiled and sat up to
kiss her bare shoulder.
"I'm going down to the planet. Care to accompany me?" she smiled
mischieviously.
"You went yesterday with the the others. Show it to me."
"Is that a request or a demand, Miss Sun?"
"Is 'both' an acceptable answer?" She smiled again.
"No!" he laughed as he pulled her backwards on to their bed and
quickly into his
embrace. He nuzzled her neck softly as a tremor of pleasure passed through her
body.
She leaned in closer and he whispered, "You know why not?"
"Why?" she closed her eyes and listened to him breathe softly behind
her. She felt his
lips kissed her neck and gently and trail up her neck, across her cheek and to
her own
lips. He pressed his against hers lightly and as he pulled away after a few
moments, he
felt her catch her breath.
"Hmm." she said with pleasure as she allowed herself to kiss him
again. "Does that
mean you're coming?"
"Of course. I couldn't think of another way to spend my day."
She smiled amusingly as she went back to putting her boots on and whispered
playfully,
"That does mean you'll have to get dressed."
Aeryn watched him dress, still slightly amused that it took him so long.
"You would be a
turtle in race."
"A turtle. You should know how long it takes by now." he smiled as he
pulled on his own
boots and put his hand around her waist and led her to the transport hangar.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"I should find more planets like this more often." John said as they
landed the Prowler
and climbed out into a beautiful garden.
Aeryn looked around and was amazed at what she saw. He had been on the planet
the
day before with Zhaan and Chiana, but he told her nothing about it. I never
expected it
to be *this* beautiful.
The sky was a light shade of blue with small pink clouds scattered across the
horizon.
There were high mountains in the distance, capped with bits of pure white snow.
To her
left; houses, built of bricks and the walls were covered with green ivy-like
vines and
hundreds of thousands of flowers in the yards; amaryllisian, gentiani, lupinel,
and hibin
surrounded the house and fence of every yard. To her right; the most amazing
waterfall
she had ever seen in her life. It was; at least; 1700 metras tall. The deep
blue water fell
over the edge gently crashing on the rocks at the bottom, making a sea of foam
and the
mist gently spraying the edges of the small lake that had formed at the bottom.
Around
the edges, millions of more flowers; not just the flowers she had seen in the
yards, but
also peonies, butters, and orchis in thousands and thousands of colors ranging
from the deep red of Peacekeeper decor to a bright purple that she had never
seen
before.
She turned back to Crichton with a look of wonder on her face. He smiled brightly
and
kissed her softly and whispered, "Chiana didn't even see this, I saved it
for you." He
picked a large peony flower and set it behind her ear. I wove into several
strands of her
hair as if it were never going to let go.
He took her hand and led her through the small town, still amazing her with
everything
she saw.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
For several more arns John and Aeryn walked through the town discovering many
things that he had not seen the day before with Chiana and Zhaan. //It's like
the people
of this planet were holding back their wonders for Aeryn and me.// he thought
as he led
her up the stairs etched into the side of the waterfall.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Aeryn." John whispered after an arn of silence between the two of
them. They were
now sitting against the cliff of the waterfall feeling the mist lightly hit
their faces as they
enjoyed each other's company.
She titled her head back into his shoulders and closed her eyes.
"Hmm?" She replied
softly wishing he hadn't broken the silence. For the first time in nearly three
weekens,
there was silence. Lately, she had been bombarded with noise; Chiana and D'Argo
fighting over nothing, Rygel accusing Chiana of stealing food, annoying him, or
cheating
at a game of Tadek. Even during the sleep cycle, Aeryn had caught John snoring
softly
or talking softly in his sleep.
"I love you." His voice was calm and soothing as he brought his arms
from his sides and
slipped them around her waist.
"I love you, too." she whispered, letting the words pass through her
lips with every
ounce of love in her. She felt an unusual amount of content in her as she sat
on the cliff.
No one's trying to kill us for once. She realized then how much she
actually loved
John. Something I had been deprived of as a Peacekeeper-- true, lasting,
loving
relationships. The kind John and I have developed in three cycles time.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
They sat there the whole day enjoying the reprieve, company and silence.
When Aeryn fell asleep in John's arms an arn before sunset, he contemplated
waking
her up for the spectacular sunset or letting her sleep. He decided on the
latter and
watched the sunset alone, reminiscing of Earth.
After the sunset, he carefully picked her up, making sure she didn't wake, he
carried her
to the Prowler. Snuggled in his arms, he whispered softly, "Someday,
Aeryn. Someday,
I'll be able to show you what Earth is like. Someday."
*~*FIN*~*