Title: Love Without Warning
Date: 16th May 2007
Author: Kazavid
Chapter: 7 / 10
Series:
Rating: M
Pairing: Ronon Dex / Dr Ellie Harrison
Archiving: None
Warnings: Sexual Content
Spoilers: None
Feedback: Yes
Disclaimer: Stargate Atlantis and its characters do not belong to me. The character
Dr Ellie Harrison, belongs to ElaineDex, and comes from the story 'Love After Love'.
Summary: Ellie originally worked with SG-1, alongside Daniel Jackson, when she was called upon to work on the building of the Odyssey. This is where she met Paul Emerson. During the construction of the Odyssey, Paul asked Ellie to marry him, and she accepted. But Ellie got cold feet, when Paul was sent on a long mission, which made her realise that he would constantly be away. They called the wedding off, despite Paul not wanting to. Ellie was offered a place on Atlantis, as Rodney's assistant, which she decided to take after much deliberation. This is where she meets Ronon Dex.
A/N - This story was written for ElaineDex, as requested. Using her character Dr Ellie Harrison, from the story 'Love After Love'. Using some ideas and scenarios she wanted incorporated in to the story. This story is set just before 'Love After Love'.
Love Without Warning
Chapter 7
Over the next few weeks Ellie tried to stop thinking of Ronon, but that proved impossible, because every time she turned a corner, every time she looked up, he seemed to be standing there. She didn't think it was deliberate on his part, because when he noticed her, he often stormed off, leaving her feeling even worse than she already felt.
"Ellie, is something wrong?" Teyla's voice broke in to Ellie's despairing thoughts.
"Sorry, Teyla. What did you say?" Ellie said, turning to look at Teyla.
"Are you alright?" Teyla asked her.
"I don't know, to be honest." Ellie admitted, she was fed up trying to keep her feelings to herself.
"If you need to talk to someone..." Teyla told her.
Ellie looked at Teyla, and wondered if she should talk to Teyla, tell her what the problem was. Teyla was probably the closest thing to a best friend that Ellie had, but Teyla was also Ronon's friend, and had been for a lot longer than she'd known Ellie. But she needed to talk to someone...
"Could we go have a sandwich or something, maybe talk a little." Ellie suggested.
"Yes, of course." Teyla told her, she didn't have anything to do so she had plenty of time.
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Sitting on one of the balconies, an untouched sandwich sitting on the bench beside her, Ellie looked at Teyla, who was patiently sitting there, waiting for Ellie to speak.
"How have things been?" Ellie said, making a little small talk.
"Fine." Teyla responded.
"Has,...has Ronon been alright?" Ellie ventured to ask.
"Ronon has been," Teyla tried to think of how to say it, "Let's just say Ronon has been a little more abrupt of lately." Teyla told her.
"Is there a problem between you and Ronon?" Teyla asked her.
"I don't know if you could call it a problem." Ellie admitted.
"But I thought you two were getting on so well." Teyla asked.
"We were, but..." Ellie found herself blushing, as she suddenly remembered McKay's lab.
Teyla noticed Ellie blushing, and wondered if something had happened.
"Ellie did something happen between you and Ronon?" Teyla asked her, saw Ellie quickly look away. "Sorry, I just thought you wanted to talk..." Teyla apologised, but Ellie quickly spoke.
"No Teyla, it's me, I'm sorry. Maybe I shouldn't have asked you to talk, I mean Ronon's one of your friends, and here I am putting you in the middle." Ellie said.
"Ellie I am friends with both of you, and if there is a problem, and I can help, then talk to me."
"Well, Ronon and I,...a few weeks ago, we..." Ellie couldn't even say it, she looked at Teyla, who was smiling at her, obviously understanding what she was trying to tell her.
"So if you and Ronon were so close, what is the problem now." Teyla asked.
"I sort of told him to get lost." Ellie admitted, and saw Teyla frowning.
"If you have feelings for Ronon, why did you tell him to go?" Teyla couldn't understand this.
"Because I thought I'd be the one to dump him before he dumped me." Ellie mumbled, and realised how silly it sounded, as she spoke the words.
"Why would you think Ronon would dump you?" Teyla asked, confused by Ellie's reasoning.
"Because that's what men usually do, once they've gotten what they want."
"And you think Ronon is like this. That he plays those kind of games." Teyla asked.
"Yes." Ellie said, but the more she talked to Teyla, the more absurd her reasoning sounded.
"Oh, Ellie. Ronon is not the type of man who would deliberately set out to seduce you and then dump you."
Hearing Teyla say this made Ellie feel worse, because she knew she'd made a mistake. She dropped her head down, not wanting Teyla to see how much she was hurting.
"Ellie, are you alright?" Teyla asked, seeing Ellie lower her head down.
"I said some awful things to Ronon." Ellie began talking, telling Teyla what she'd done, and how Ronon had reacted.
"You think if I laid myself on the floor, and let him walk all over me, he'd forgive me." Ellie laughed shakily, as she asked Teyla.
"I don't think so," Teyla remarked, "But if you really want to do something about the situation..." Teyla trailed off, frowning at Ellie.
"Yes, I really want to fix this." Ellie assured Teyla, and wondered what Teyla was thinking about.
"You will have to take it upon yourself, to convince Ronon that you care for him. Ronon can be very stubborn, and he will find it hard to trust you again. So you'll probably have to endure his hurtful remarks, maybe even his rejection." Teyla told her. "Can you do that?" Teyla asked.
"I suppose I can put up with anything, if it means I end up with Ronon." Ellie said.
"Well then you'll need a plan." Teyla told her.
"What do you have in mind?" Ellie asked.
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Ellie looked at her watch, just a few more minutes, she waited, looked at her watch again, then started to walk. She could see the corner and she purposely walked towards it, hoping that Teyla had managed to do her part. As she drew closer she could hear Teyla and Ronon talking. Ellie sped up a little as she approached the corner, she reached it and quickly rounded the corner and bumped in to a tall, warm body.
"Damn it." Sheppard cursed, as the drink he'd been carrying slowly soaked in to the front of his clothes.
Ellie almost blushed, but didn't, she managed to hold back on the blush, she looked over at Ronon, who was standing there with his arms folded, watching her, glaring at her.
"I'm sorry." Ellie apologised to Sheppard.
"That's alright, it was an accident." Sheppard told her, gave her a smile to reassure her that there was no harm done.
Ellie blushed as Sheppard mentioned the word accident, because it had been a deliberate accident, set up by her and Teyla, only Ellie was supposed to have bumped in to Ronon and not Colonel Sheppard. Ellie looked at Teyla, who was shrugging her shoulders, as if to say, sorry.
Well so much for that plan, they'd have to come up with another one, a better one.
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Ellie stood in the room feeling very nervous, she glanced around again at the empty room. She wasn't so sure this was a good idea as her eyes fell on the array of guns lined up on the wall. She wasn't very good with guns, how on earth did Teyla think this was a good idea. She'd probably end up shooting someone, probably herself, knowing her luck.
"Hey Ellie, getting in some weapons training now are you?" Sheppard asked, thankful it wasn't him training with her.
Ellie groaned, not again, he wasn't supposed to be here, it was supposed to be Ronon. He was looking at her waiting for an answer, she had to say something. Just then Ronon appeared in the doorway.
"Ronon! I was just looking for you. You need to hand the mission reports in, Weir has to send them back tomorrow." Sheppard told him.
Ronon glanced from Sheppard to Ellie, he was wondering what they where both doing here.
"What are you doing here, anyhow?" Sheppard asked him.
"I'm supposed to be giving someone weapons training, but it looks like he hasn't turned up." Ronon remarked, as he looked around the room.
"He's already here." Ellie managed to croak out, as she raised her hand up, indicating that the he Ronon was expecting, was in fact her.
The look Ronon gave her, had her cringing, maybe this was a bad idea she thought, as he looked at her like she were some one he detested.
"So you'll pass the reports in later then." Sheppard asked Ronon.
"Sure."
"Well I'll let you get on then, bye Ellie." Sheppard said and left them alone.
Ronon just stood there staring at her.
Ellie started squirming and shuffling her feet, she couldn't look at him, so she kept her head bent.
She didn't realise that Ronon had moved, but all of a sudden, a hand appeared in her vision, holding a pair of goggles and ear protectors. She lifted her head up and took the things from his hand, she put them on and waited while he grabbed one of the smaller guns.
"This is an M9 hand gun, it'll probably be the easiest one for you to use." Ronon told her, then started to rattle off various details about the weapon, details she wasn't interested in.
Ellie took the gun from him, and felt a little nervous with it in her hand. She then stood by the booth and started to hold the gun up, aiming it at the target, looking down the sights, like she'd seen people in films doing.
"What are you doing?" Ronon asked, now standing behind her.
"Aiming." she answered, turning slightly to look at him.
"You think you're going to have time to take aim, when someone is coming at you, firing at you." Ronon asked her.
"I don't know." she admitted.
"All you need to do is point the gun at the central part of the body and fire, and hope you hit whatever it is you're pointing at."
Ellie pointed the gun at the target and then deliberately moved off the target and fired. The recoil jarred through her hand, jerking it back. She fired a few more rounds, missing the target all together, then she heard Ronon sigh, at how bad she was. He moved closer to her, came to stand behind her, Ellie could feel the heat radiating from him.
"Here, hold it like this, and place your weight here." he told her, grabbing her hand he moved her fingers over the gun, then he grabbed her hip and moved her body till she was slightly turned sideways. Ellie almost groaned at the touch of his hand on her hip, she lost her balance slightly, and deliberately leaned back against him.
Ronon was reluctant to touch Ellie, she may not want him, or like him, but he still had feelings for her, feelings that he was having a hard time trying to control. He was placing her hand around the gun properly, when she moved her stance and he had to grab her hip to pull her back in to a better position to fire. She'd lost her balance, and now her body was pressed against his chest, and he was very reluctant to move, or to move her. He was surprised when she didn't move, he'd been expecting her to jerk herself away from him, but no she seemed to be staying where she was. Was she playing with him again, he wondered. When he felt his body starting to react to her, he pushed her back, till she was standing on her own feet.
"If you can't keep your balance, you won't be able to fire the gun safely. You'll be a danger to your team mates, and knowing you, you'll probably end up shooting one of them ." He shouted at her, angry that she'd caused a reaction from him.
Ellie bit her lip at his retort, she knew it wasn't going to be easy, and she had been expecting such comments from him, but it still hurt.
"I don't seem to have a problem with anyone else, only you." she said, unable to stop herself from saying something.
From the look on his face, he didn't like what she'd said, she'd have to watch herself, after all she was trying to win him back not trying to push him further away.
"Practice pointing at the centre of the target and firing, try to at least hit it once." he told her sarcastically.
Ellie had been firing for a few minutes, her wrist was getting sore, and she didn't want to do this any more, the plan she and Teyla had come up with, wasn't working. She pointed the gun at the target and fired, but the recoil jerked her hand back and she pressed the trigger again. The bullet hit something at the back of the room and ricocheted back.
Ronon grabbed Ellie and pulled her down to the floor, just before the bullet streaked passed.
"Are you alright?" He asked, lifting his head up and looking at her, for any blood.
Ellie couldn't speak, she was in shock, at what had happened and the fact that Ronon, who was now lying over her was aroused. He must have realised what she was thinking because he suddenly glared at her, then he got up, and dragged her up after him.
"That's it, no more training, at least not from me." he told her, grabbing the weapon off the counter he locked it away.
"You're hurt." Ellie said, when she noticed the blood running down his arm.
"You shot me." he told her harshly.
"I didn't shoot you." she cried.
"No, it sure looks like." Ronon remarked, looking at the blood running down his arm.
"The bullet hit you." Ellie was mortified, it was all her fault, as usual. "You have to see Doctor Beckett." she told him. But he ignored her.
Ronon stormed out of the room, with Ellie in hot pursuit, telling him he had to see Doctor Beckett. Sheppard noticed them and heard some of the conversation.
"Is everything alright." Sheppard asked, then noticed the blood running down Ronon's arm."What happened." he asked curiously.
"She shot me." Ronon told him, then glared at Ellie.
"She shot you!" Sheppard said, unable to believe it.
"I didn't shoot him, the bullet hit him." Ellie tried to explain.
"Is there a difference?" Sheppard asked her.
"Yes." Ellie answered.
"So who fired the bullet?" Ronon asked dryly.
Ellie felt her face flame, OK she'd fired the bullet, but the way he was saying it you'd think she'd been taking pot shots at him.
"Oh this is definitely love." Sheppard suddenly announced, and then started grinning at the pair of them.
TBC...
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