Breathing

By Mind Email

Disclaimer- I do not own Even Lorne or anyone in Stargate SG1 or Stargate Atlantis.

- I only own my Characters.

Notes-In this fanfiction for all proposes Carson is alive and working with Keller.

-Also Evan is half Canadian in this story; his Mother is from New Brunswick :)

- I switch some of Stargate Atlantis episodes around to meet my needs, I can do this it's a fan fiction. Like the episode Doppelganger in season four.

- Dr. Weir is gone and Samantha Carter is head of the Atlantis program.

- This is set near the end of the second season. (I know, I know that Dr. Weir isn't gone until season three but I just don't like the character that much)

- And yes there is a bunch of Evan Lorne wump in future chapters. (Sorry!)

Chapter Two: A Breath Taken Away

Evan was woken from a dreamless sleep by a warm mouth moving up his chest, leaving a trail of kisses from his navel to his nose. Evan smiled. He didn't need to open his eyes to see who it was. The mouth kissed his eyelids before moving onto his mouth. Evan accepted the kiss more than willingly, smiling into the kiss. Once they parted for air Evan opened his eyes to see Dr. Kate Heightmeyer, above him smiling down at him. She was sitting next to Evan on his bed; she reached down and pushed his hair from his forehead.

"Hi." Kate said, smiling down at him.

"Hi." Evan said smiling.

Dr. Kate Heightmeyer, or Kate always managed to take Evan's breath away. They had met a week after Evan had become apart of the program. Everyone who came to the Atlantis program had to meet Kate, to have a short evaluation. It was more like a get to know you thing, so that way people knew who Dr. Kate Hightmeyer was and where to find her, if you need to talk to her. And it also gave her some insight to who you are, just in case.

He had instantly liked her; she was kind, sweet, confortable, smart and had a wicked sense of humor. After two months of being at Atlantis he had build up the nerve to ask her to have coffee with him. Soon after that she was spending nights and all but living in his room, saying it was because of the windows and how big his room was. Evan didn't mind and was happy. Kate's voice snapped him back from his thoughts.

"How are you feeling?" Kate asked.

"Tired and hazy, the drugs Dr. Beckett gave me are great." Evan said gesturing to the pill bottle on his nightstand.

Evan reached up and lightly grabbing her arm to pull Kate down onto him. Once she settled on his good side, half lying on top of him, half curled on his side. Evan started to run his fingers through Kate's hair.

"You gave me a scare when I walked into the infirmary to see you lying on one of the beds, passed out." Kate said, lowering her voice as she traced patterns on his chest. "I was just going to talk to Carson about something, and there you where, shoulder in a sling and everything." She breathed out.

Evan hummed a little in response. He was in the infirmary over night so Carson Beckett could keep an eye on him.

"How long are you in a sling for?" Kate asked, after a minute.

"A week and a half to two weeks, it's all depends on how I heal." Evan said, pulling Kate closer to him. "I will be on light duty until Carson gives me the all clear to go back on off world missions. My team isn't too broken up about it; it gives them some time off too."

Evan yawned and hugged Kate close to him. Kate pulls up the covers to cover them both; she could see that the drugs and the lack of sleep were pulling Evan back to sleep.

"Sleep, I'll be here when you wake up."

"Okay."

Dr. Kate Heightmeyer watched Mayor Evan Lorne sleep. He was lying on his back, with a pillow under his shoulder to give him support and to make sure he doesn't roll on it. He moved around a lot in his sleep.

Kate smiled at him, brushing his hair from his forehead. She did it a lot it seemed, especially when she was worried about him.

She didn't set out to meet someone when she headed off to Atlantis, she had made it a year before she meet Evan. He had came into her office like all the new people coming from Earth had to, and that was it; he took her breath away. It wasn't like they jumped into bed right off the bat; he was every ounce of a gentleman to her and treated her like a Queen. His Mother had raised him right.

He had taken her to the mess hall, got her coffee and how she liked it too. How he knew that she would never know. And they did nothing more than talk, and they talked until it was late, just like a date back on Earth. More than anything it was normal in a place that wasn't.

She was happy with him, and that's all she needed. Evan snorted in his sleep and Kate smiled.

Evan was going through the paper work that was on his desk. It was a week and a half into his light duty, and maybe half a week to a week more before he could get his shoulder out of the sling. It was hard to get work done when you where only using one hand. Even when he had lots of time to get work done the paper work never seemed to go away. The Daedalus was coming in a mouth and they had to make all the request of thing that they needed to run the base and some how forms that where summited to Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's desk ended up on his desk. He was so deep in his work and thoughts didn't even hear his door to his office open.

"So, bored yet?"

Evan's jumped a little, his head snapped up to see Lt. Colonel Sheppard leaning on his doorway.

"Colonel, sorry I didn't hear you. Come in." Evan went to stand up, but Sheppard stopped him.

"No need to get up Major." John Sheppard said.

John sat down in one of the chairs in front of Evan's desk and pulled an apple from his pocket. He inspected it before he deemed it edible and then started to eat it. Evan leaned back into his chair.

"What can I do for you, Sir?"

"I wanted to go over the mission reports from the other teams and what we need from Earth." Sheppard took another big bite from his apple.

"You mean did I finish the forms that magically appeared on my desk?" Evan raised an eye brow at Sheppard.

" I don't know what you mean Major, I never get any forms." Sheppard smiled as he took a bite from his apple.

"Sure, Sir." Evan smiled. 'Nothing is boring or plain with him, though my paper work has doubled.'

"Oh tomorrow I am going on a mission to M3X-387, so you will have to handle my meeting with Carter about expanding a green house, for me."

"Yes, Sir." Evan said. 'Sheppard always manages to duck out of boring meetings.'

"Now lets get onto those magical forms."

"Sure, Sir." Smiling a little, Evan handed some over to Sheppard.

They spent the next two ours going over all the forms and mission reports.

"You know I can carry my own tray Kate." Evan said.

It was around suppertime, when Evan and Kate had finished all their work and meet up at the mess for dinner. Currently waiting in line for food, Kate was holding both of their trays.

"You have a dislocated shoulder Evan and only have one hand. You are not holding a tray." Kate said, she was standing in front. Evan smiled. She knew he would put up a little fuss, about her holding his tray but it made her feel warm and fuzzy inside.

"Kate I¬" Evan started.

"No Evan." Kate chuckled a little. "Now stop being a child and pick up your desserts."

"Can I have the pudding mommy?" Evan teased.

"Yes dear."

Once at their table, trays placed down and drinks opened, Kate and Evan started to relax. One little odd thing that Evan did was that he always had his dessert before his meal, he always eat all his meal but he had to eat his dessert.

"Are you going to talk to Carter about the idea that the Canadian government have for Atlantis?" Kate asked after a couple of minutes of eating.

"You mean becoming a colony?" Evan asked, "It's one of the meetings I have with her tomorrow, eh."

"I think it will be a great idea for us, and easier on the governments." Kate started, "We can support ourselves to a point with trading, and if we hard people to farm on the main land or in the green house we could feed ourselves."

"I think it's a great idea, but there is so much logistics between the military and civilians that it's going to be hard a while before it happens."

"Still would be nice."

"It would, what are you doing tomorrow?"

"I have a lunch with Telya, and a few appointments." Kate stated.

They continue to eat and chat about their day, laughing and enjoying each other's company. Evan, at one point, stopped and stared at Kate as she talked about her day, and smiled. Kate always manages to take his breath away, she made him smile and Evan thought he couldn't be happier.

Thanks Again The 11th Doctor's Mermaid Sam for being my Beta. She's great

Thanks Also to everyone reading!

Cheers,

Mind Email