Later
She was unable to do anything but stand there, staring at him.
"Good-bye, Teyla," he murmured against her lips and then pulled back. When she grabbed his arm, tried once more to make him understand, he just shrugged her away and kept walking.
As she walked back to the Stargate, she stopped in her tracks and just stared at his back, watching him as he walked away from her life.
This was her choice, but it did nothing to lessen her sorrow.
Later, as in many nights of late, John's warmth braced her tightly for the rest of the night.