A/N: Totally new at this FanFic thing. YAY! Although, I have been writing for a while, so, yeah. I haven't seen but one ep of season 2, so im a little behind the times. I do read spoilers tho! And if I screw any SGA stuff up, let me know. Like I know NOTHING about the Daedalus, so, any help there is good. Okay, remember: R&R!
-Jo
Disclaimer: Dude, seriously, I don't own ANY of Stargate Atlantis, or SG-1 (if it comes in). However, all things NOT MGM and Gekko and Acme Shark and so on are MINE. giggle Although... I am tempted to snag John Sheppard... I'll bring him back, I SWEAR!
"'His pointed ears... He must be unbalanced.'" - T. S. Eliot, Mr. Apollinax
Faux Wood Blinds
Chapter One - Ignorance is Bliss
Lt. Col. John Sheppard jerked back to the present. "Come again?"
Dr. Elizabeth Weir gave him the 'pay-attention-or-else' look. "I asked you if you approve of all the members of the new science team. I gave you their files two days ago."
John sat up in his chair and cleared his throat. Those files were laying next to his bed in the SGC's guest quarters, unread "Yeah, I'm fine with the new team."
Elizabeth eyed him sideways a moment before turning back to her laptop. "Rodney wasn't too happy about the team leader being a woman, but when he saw her credentials, it mollified him."
John started to say something, and then stopped himself. No sense in making it any more obvious that he did not read the files. With a shrug he got up to get some coffee from the bar, nonchalantly inquiring about the arrival time of the Daedalus.
Elizabeth paused in her typing and raised an eyebrow at him. "Its arriving today, and we leave tomorrow morning."
"Right." John sipped his coffee. "When is the General getting here?"
With a sigh she rolled her eyes and returned to her computer.
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John yawned and ran a hand through his already messy hair, just barely saving himself when he tripped over the steps leading up to the Daedalus. He had spent the previous night downing beer at Jack O'Neil's house and watching tapes of famous football games; now he was suffering from his lack of sleep and the beginnings of a hang-over. He stumbled to his room on the ship and threw himself on the bed, immediately falling asleep.
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Lia started when she came around the corner. Yep, she though, that's him. Probably still hung over from last night. She watched John Sheppard stumble into his quarters on the Daedalus; he still had the same unruly black hair, those elfin ears and that deceivingly thin-looking build. She sighed. It was only a few days ago that she found out he was the commanding military officer in Atlantis, but that fact would not have effected her decision if she had known, she could not turn down this expedition. However, this might complicate things, being on Atlantis with her ex-fiancé.