A little set up, the morning of Before I Sleep.

"Oh, there you are, where have you been all morning?" Rodney half accused, half inquired as he spied John sitting at the table drinking tea.

"Well, up until about five minutes ago, I was in bed. It's only 0700." He waved his watch in front of Rodney and got a slightly contrite reply of "Oh, so it is".

Rodney sat down across from John and leaned over conspiratorially, "Do you have any movies? Black and white ones to be precise."

With a slight smile on his face John leaned in equally close. "Maybe, Why?"

"Oh, no reason, just curious, I was just looking for one, and I thought you might have hidden some away." He sat up a bit straighter and tried to act like he didn't really care.

John wasn't fooled however. "Black and white ones huh... Nope, I don't have any."

Rodney started to get up, but John reached out and pulled him back into the conspiracy pose, hunched over the table. "But... If you tell me why you want it so bad, I'll give you some names of people who might." It was fun teasing Rodney, John never got tired of it. "It's your choice." He shrugged his shoulders and leaned back against the chair just sipping his tea while he looked at Rodney who was weighing his options with a growing look of distaste.

"Alright, fine!" he glowered, rolling his eyes. "It's for Elizabeth. Today is her birthday and I wanted to get her something. She likes old movies, hence me looking for black and white ones."

"Oh, well you could have just said so." John's grin grew as he paused before telling Rodney what he wanted to know. "Try Jenkins or Walker, I know they have movies. I think that environmental tech from Spain has some too, but they're probably in Spanish."

Rodney's glowering had turned into a small smile as he repeated the names before standing up. "Thanks John, see you later." He gave a half wave before turning and walking away.

As John watched Rodney go, a realization hit him. "Oh crap, he's going to get all the brownie points! I'm going to have to dig up something... Maybe Teyla knows what girls like."