Summ: this goes with our story "Caffeinated" which tells exactly the same events, but from a TeyKay perspective. This is ShepWeir perspective. Read both for full effect.

Sheppard rolled over in his sleep. He heard muffled thumping and cursing from the hallway. Somewhere down the corridor a light flickered on then off again. Muffled footsteps padded downstairs again.

Sheppard groaned. McKay. Did that man not know the meaning of the word decaffeinated? There were people who were trying to sleep for crying out loud! He pulled his pillow over his head and went back to sleep.

Some minutes or hours later the muffled thumps were back, this time much closer and accompanied by Beckett's signature Scottish accent. Sheppard shook himself slightly more awake. If McKay had involved the doctor something could be wrong. He staggered down the hall to McKay's room. Oh geez, it was too early for this. He checked his watch. Three in the morning! He poked his head round the doorframe.

"It is three in the morning," he told them. Why did smart people never sleep? From the short time he'd spent at the SGC, he had gathered that Colonel Carter was famous for pulling all-nighters as well. He stifled a yawn. "Explain yourselves." He ordered before noticing Teyla stretched on the floor.

"Why is Teyla lying on the floor of McKay's room?" he asked, confusedly. McKay began stammering an explanation. Sheppard turned to the slightly saner doctor.

"Do I want to know the answer to that question?" he asked, knowing the answer was probably no.

"He drugged her!" the doctor sputtered. Had Sheppard called him the saner one? His mistake. McKay began speaking over him. Sheppard felt a migraine tug at the corner of his eyes.

"Children, am I going to have to separate you?" he groaned. They subsided momentarily. Much better. "We need to get her to the infirmary." He yawned, "I'll wake Weir." He left before they could start again.

Shuffling back down the hall he paused before Weir's door. Did he really want to wake her? She was under enough stress as it was. Still, if she found out that she hadn't been woken for the current crisis, she'd be very pissed, and more and more frequently Sheppard found himself to be the one she was pissed at. It was really a choice between being yelled at now or later. He winced and rapped on the door.

"Wakey, wakey Dr. Weir..." he called softly through the door.

It swung open to reveal a disheveled and exhausted Dr. Weir. On one side of her head, her hair had been pushed back so that it stood up on end. He stared in surprise. Their fearless leader looked a lot less threatening in pajamas.

"Sheppard? What is it?" Weir asked, shoving a clump of hair out of her eyes.

"It's...uh...Teyla," he managed, "McKay gave her something." His mind was still reeling from lack of sleep and the way Elizabeth looked so much more fragile at three in the morning. Sometime between this and the time Atlantis normally awoke the circles under her eyes must disappear.

She sighed and scrubbed her hand across her eyes.

"Right I'm coming, just give me sec to get dressed," she said, closing the door. It paused. "Watch your fingers." He jumped back and the door snapped shut in his face. A few moments later Weir appeared. Her hair was neat, her clothes tidy, and the circles under her eyes were gone.

"Let's see what our resident genius has done this time," she sighed, leading the way back down the hall. Sheppard followed, self-consciously tugging at his own rather shabby pajamas.

A/N! This was Splorchy's idea. (Now she's all includified) I think I've written most of this, but mucho credz to my fellow writers. Except for Aiylithe who I fully blame for making me wind up ankle deep in sewer water-Quinnie

Splorchy: We went in a tunnel, and A pushed Q... We're all variables in this funny game called life. Anyways, all the events in one story will be in another, even if it's just "Teyla sees Sheppard OMG." Yes, I am includified, even if I haven't seen a whole bunch of Atlantis (and even less of SG-1) episodes. Take pity.

Aiylithe: Okay, entirely not my fault. Just because I didn't get wet doesn't mean they can blame their mistakes on me. I'm glad I didn't get wet, I'm the only one who is concerned at all with staying dry, it seems! Darn my hydrophobia! Oh, and we are showing Splorchy a few good episodes of SG-1! I love having the first four seasons on DVD!