Summary : Elizabeth is with john but mckay wishes she was with him.
Disclaimer: dont own characters and if i did things would be different.
McKay frowned as he watched John and Elizabeth, the woman he loved, walking arm and arm through the mess hall. They had confessed their feelings for each other a month ago and were still in their honeymoon phase.
He had known the public displays of affection were coming for awhile now and yet it still upset him. He had been the first person they had told about there relationship and the knowledge had left him crushed. Before that night he had thought the two of them were just friends and that maybe just maybe he stood a chance at winning her affections.
McKay loved everything about Elizabeth. He loved the way she smiled, the way she talked, the way she knew everyone's name. He couldn't even be bothered knowing any of the names of the scientists he worked with and the fact that she took the time to do that for everyone on the base amazed him. He loved the way she put the lives of the people in the expedition before everything else, he loved how strong she was and most of all he loved the way she inspired everyone around her to do be the best that they could. To him she was perfect in every way.
After another minute thinking about the two of them and what could have been he noticed he was staring and quickly looked down. He played with his food suddenly realizing he had lost his appetite.
John and Elizabeth soon joined him at his table, Elizabeth laughing at some joke John had just told her. She smiled at him and he smiled back knowing it would probably look strained. They all talked for awhile but he soon took his leave as Elizabeth and John began to talk about their date that night. As he walked away he hoped they wouldn't notice how uneasy he had become around them lately.
What frustrated him the most was that as soon as he had come to realize what he had been feeling towards her, she had been snatched away from him. He didn't blame John, He himself knew how irresistible Elizabeth could be, he only wished he had been less stubborn about his feelings and had told her before it was too late.
He shook his head shaking himself out of his brooding and as he looked up he realized he was heading to the balcony where John and Elizabeth would be having their picnic by the ocean. Elizabeth loved the ocean and she and John were often found on that very balcony, just watching the waves. He leaned over the balcony and imagined how it would feel to be doing this with Elizabeth, to hold her in his arms and to know in that moment she was truly in love with him.
''It's beautiful isn't it'' A voice spoke from behind.
Startled McKay spun around to see john standing there, basket in hand.
'' Why would you sneak up on me like that!?'' McKay exclaimed '' you nearly gave me a heart attack!''
''Sorry '' john shrugged and stood beside him. They stayed like that for awhile, just watching the ocean and the sun slowly sinking below the horizon, until john whispered '' I think I love her''
Surprised by the emotion in John's voice McKay turned and studied johns face. It had never before occurred to him that things had become that serious for John.
In that moment he knew he could never tell Elizabeth how he felt about her. John was one of his closest friends and never before had he known him to feel this way. No matter what happened he would be there to support them and maybe in time his feelings would become nothing more than a distant memory.
Elizabeth was the most beautiful person; inside and out, that he had ever known.
But she was not his and that was not likely to change.
Fin.
sorry its my first fic so its not that good.