So once again a new story is out, it's a -like always- slash story, John/Evan story :) There are some strong sexual scenes but no violence. Filled with cute fluff :)
Rated +16/M, in Finland when you're 16 you're legally allowed to have sex anda in my opinion, if you're allowed to have sex then you can as well read about it so hence the rating.
Don't like then don't read! ENJOY!

ONE

"Glad that's over," said John wiping the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand.

"It's not that bad, sir," said Evan walking beside him.

John, Evan and Teyla had been sent to negotiate with the people on the planet SS4-672, the people there were nice and peaceful. It had not taken long to come to an agreement with them and that John was happy about, why he was there he had no idea, Evan and Teyla were the negotiators. They were even good at it, very good.
Like most planets in the Pegasus Galaxy they were plagued by the wraith not as much as some other planets as SS4-672 was a bit on the side. Not many people came here, and so they even though not horribly after in the development, more like in the middle. From what John could see they had some kind of baths or spas as they had something which looked a bit like the geysers you could find on Iceland.

"What are you two talking about?"

Teyla had come out from the small house the negotiations had been kept in, beside her walked the leader of the Iories. His name was Aeron. John liked Aeron; from the first time they had met he had felt respect for the older man. He liked the Iories in general; they were honest and nice people. Even though he had not known them for more than maybe a week or two he was happy that they had found the address to the planet in Atlantis database.

"Nothing much, the Colonel was just telling me how beautiful he thinks this planet is," said Evan.

"Why thank you, I'm very happy that you like it," said Aeron with a chuckle.

"Master Aeron proposed just a very interesting idea," said Teyla.

"Well let's hear it," said John, wondering if he had heard right, that there had been the tiniest of hints of jealousy in Teyla's voice. Whatever it was Aeron had in mind, it could not be bad.

"I and the rest of the Iories would be honored if the Colonel and the Major would stay a few days here on our planet, as you two are the highest in command, it would be a pleasure for us if you would accept our hospitality," said Aeron.

John could not believe what he was hearing, spending a few days on a beautiful planet where there are no enemies and no wraith, and to get to spend it with Evan? John had to fight the urge to accept the offer immediately, glancing to his side Evan seemed as eager to accept as he was.

"I thank you very much for your offer Master Aeron and the Major and I gladly accept but I still need to speak with Doctor Weir about it," said John.

"Of course."

Aeron smiled, he liked Colonel Sheppard, Major Lorne and Teyla, he had no met anyone else from the rumored city of Atlantis but he liked what he had seen. He was almost sure that there was something going on between the Colonel and Major but it seemed as from where they were from it was not accepted. It was sad, here on Ioray all love was accepted, whether it was between a man and a woman or between two people of the same sex.

In a way even though he had not known them for long, he wanted to help them, of course he was also interested in their customs and culture and so it was like killing two birds with one stone. His bonded, had told him at least a hundred of times not to be too curious or not to stick his nose in others businesses but he could not help himself.

"We'll talk with Doctor Weir when we get back and then we'll see, is that okay?" asked John looking at Aeron.

"Of course, you're the guests after all, I will wait for your reply," said Aeron.

They had almost reached the gate and it was time to say goodbye. Bidding their goodbyes Aeron watched as the three figures in their odd clothes, walking towards the gate, dialing it. It was amazing that after all this time, for almost sixty years he had seen someone dial the gate and the see someone walk through it and still after all this time it was still as fascinating as it was when he was nine and for the first time dared to stray further from their small village territory.

"That was really nice of him to offer us to stay for a few days," said Evan.

"Yeah, I really hope it will fit into my schedule, I could really do with a small vacation," said John.

"We were lucky to have found the Iories," said Teyla.

"Yeah, we really were and think that it was one of those overly normal squabbles between Rodney and Zelenka that made it possible," said John with an amused expression on his face when he thought of the reason to how they had found the planet.

"At least they'll be squabbling about something new for a change," said Evan.

"Yeah, now it'll be 'I found the planet!' 'No I found it!'" said John.

"Shush, both of you," said Teyla but the smile on her face really made it impossible for John and Evan to take her seriously.

"Well it's true," said John dialing the gate so that they could get back to Atlantis.

They were met by Weir, Rodney, Zelenka and Carson all waiting to hear about what happened and how the negotiations had gone.

"Welcome back," said Weir smiling at them, "everything seemed to have gone well."

"Yes ma'am, everything went well, better than we ever could have expected," said Evan.

"Yes, the Iories really are exceptional," said Teyla.

"Come on then, let's go up to the meeting room," said Weir motioning for them to follow her.

John fell into step behind Weir, the others two steps behind him, well Rodney, Zelenka and Carson did that, Teyla and Evan only walked about half a step behind him, one on either side of him. Walking all the way to the meeting room did not take long, as it was not far from the gate room.

Reporting of what had happened took only a short while as they had the whole agreement written down on a paper. Teyla and Evan did most of the talking as they had been the main negotiators on this trip but even John opened his mouth once in a while to give his input on something. All in all, the three of them were in an agreement, the Iories were kind people and were to be treated with respect, food supplies and weapons was not always the most important thing, having this friendship meant much more to them than that.

"Was that all or…?" asked Weir.

"Oh yes, Master Aeron the leader of the Iories proposed for Major Lorne and me that we would stay over there for a few days so that they would find out more about our culture and we of theirs," said John.

"He did? That's very generous of him," said Weir and even though she had not said it, John knew that she was considering the idea which practically meant she would let them go.

"Yes, and it would be good for us, this would give us the chance to find out more about them and deepen the union," said Evan.

"Yes why not, it's not as if there is an wraith attack going on, and I think both of you deserve a bit of a break, even though it's work but I think getting away from all the paperwork will be good," said Weir smiling at her military commander and his SIC.

John could have danced; instead he did a mental samba trying to suppress his very unprofessional smile. Evan did not seem to have the same problem, standing there looking as calm and collected as if they were talking about the weather. Not that it bothered John, he knew that Evan just as happy as he was that he would get to spend a few days away from Atlantis and their hectic schedules.

"Well then gentlemen, Teyla, I think we're done," said Weir standing up from her chair.

"Has anyone seen Ronon?" asked John he had not seen the Satedan since the morning yesterday when they went out for their run.

"Last time I saw him he was kicking some marine ass," said Rodney already tapping away on his electric pad thingy.

"Well then the training area it is," said John and went to find Ronon, Teyla followed him maybe they could take a round with the sticks.

Evan went to his office to do some paperwork and he had to find a few marines that were to take the place of two marines that had died off world. It was a never ending job, making and remaking the duty roosters. Sometimes Evan was not sure what he was doing in the Pegasus Galaxy and then there were times when he wished he would never have to go back to earth.

Getting away for a few days would be nice, not having to worry about anything and just relax it had been sometime since he had done just that. There was always something in the way, if it was not the wraith then it was some device done by the ancients and God had he not been in the middle of those accidents far too many times.

No, he looked forward to spending a few days off Atlantis, where he would not need to worry about being attacked behind every corner, even though that was not really possible in a forest, jumped from behind a tree on the other hand was possible. It would be even better because John would be there too. Thanks to the DADT they had to hide their relationship, it was hard living inside such confined borders were you had little privacy but somehow they made it work. It was not perfect but what in life was perfect, at least they had each other.

Evan knew that John was as excited as he was, that little extra strut in the Colonels step when he walked out from the meeting room had said everything. Now it was only to pray that nothing came up that would stop them from going, knowing both of their luck for ending up in trouble off-world, which was infamous on Atlantis, there was always a chance that something would happen.

They had somehow established a routine, when John got kidnapped or something along those lines then Evan saved John and when it was Evan's and his teams turn to get kidnapped then John came to Evan's rescue. And if it happened as it had done a few times that they both ended up kidnapped on the same time then most people on Atlantis cried. It was no secret that the marines actually pulled straws on who would have the bad fortune on having to save them. Not to talk about John and Evan's talent of ending up in weird rituals, sexual and non-sexual, not many people went freely with them on an off world mission anymore, except for their teams, as they were used to all those odd and crazy things happening.

STARGATE: ATLANTIS

"Did you speak with master Aeron?" asked Evan of John when they were sitting in John's office going through some reports that would be going back to earth with the next data burst.

"Yeah I did," said John scribbling on a piece of paper, "I did not want to stretch it too far ahead so we'll go this Friday and come back on Sunday."

"That's the day after tomorrow," said Evan.

"Yeah."

"Works for me," said Evan smiling at John.

"Good. Can't wait to get away from all this for a few days," said John making a sweeping hand gesture of his overfull desk.

You could barely see the desk it was so full of paper that just walking past it could cause an avalanche. It had happened a few times and in the end John got so annoyed over the papers lying on the floor that he left them lying around, which resulted in him now having as much paper on the floor as on his desk. Sometimes Evan wondered if there even was a floor underneath all the paper, only a small trail of none covered floor led from the door to John's desk, everything else was hidden.

"Sometimes I really wonder how you find anything in this mess," said Evan.

"Find anything? Whoever said that I find anything," said John grinning at Evan who forced himself not to sigh.

"Only you John, only you," sighed Evan.

"I know, I'm one of a kind," said John proudly puffing out his chest.

"Either way I have to go, promised Parrish I'd look after Marilyn today," said Evan.

"Marilyn, the flesh eating plant that eats phones and is in love with Rodney?" asked John with a snicker when he thought of that crazy plant Parrish had taken with him from a planet and almost gotten himself and Evan killed in the process.

"Yeah, her," said Evan.

Slowly standing up so as not to cause an avalanche, Evan leaned carefully over the desk and pecked John on the lips before he left the room. He was not sure why he had promised David that he would plant watch that evening but Evan did not mind too much, when he was plant watching he always had a lot of time for his drawings and drawing these plants from the Pegasus Galaxy was such a different experience from those on earth. The biggest difference being that Parrish actually had named all of them, Marilyn, Gary, Vera only to name a few and some of them were really odd. Take Marilyn for an example, she was a flesh eating plant but had somehow gotten addicted to electric stuff especially phones, and then there was Martin the plant that actually sang, well it made some humming sound which sounded like singing and the plant would serenade all women that passed it.

Evan laughed out loud when he thought of all these crazy things that happened on Atlantis and how calmly he took it. For most people stuff like this did not even happen in their wildest dreams and for him it was everyday things. Then again, there was a reason why it took a while for people to adapt to Atlantis and those who could not adapt had to be sent back. It was a bit sad to how many they actually sent back that had to do with not adapting to the new surroundings.

Humming to himself a song that Cadman had been trying to teach Martin the plant, Evan walked in a slow pace through Atlantis once in a while stopping and talking with a by passer. A content smile crept onto his face as he walked, he was going off world to a place where he would not have to worry about enemies and he would be going there alone with John. How could it get any better than that?

His answer: it could not get better.

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