Timeline: Between Outsiders and Brainstorm

A/N: This little ditty came to me last night and it begged to be written. Please leave a review. Thanks to Shadows-of-Realm for the quick beta. Word total: 526


I Didn't See a Thing

Rodney let himself into Jennifer's room with his tablet tucked under his arm. He knew entering without her permission might be considered crossing the line, but in his mind he had a very good reason. He was there only to fix the water temperature problems she complained about at breakfast. He knew the physician should still be on duty in the infirmary so he could get in and out with any problems. The best part was that he could be the hero of the day. He would be hero of the bathroom. That's lame, McKay. Say that and you'll never get the girl. As if fixing her bathroom will forever endear her to you. Super Geek saves the damsel from the perils of a cold shower.

The smiling physicist waved his hand over the bathroom sensor and when the door opened he saw something he never thought he would ever see. Jennifer stood before him. She was fresh from the shower, her skin covered only with beads of water. "I ummm...I...I," Rodney's mouth flapped as he could not his eyes off the site he had dreamed of many nights for the past six months. Common sense and decency screamed that he should look away, but Rodney was lacking both at the moment. He likened the scene to passing an accident and the human compulsion not to look away. The only difference was that this was much more pleasant to look at.

Jennifer was startled to find Rodney in her room, too startled to make a move to cover up. She was like a deer frozen in the headlights. "Wha...what are you doing here?"

His brain was stuck on stare mode and found himself stuck on the small tattoo on her hip. "Umm," he squeezed his eyes shut. "I swear I didn't see anything." Even though he looked for a good half minute. "I didn't see that pi tattoo. Wait! Why do you have a pi tattoo? Um. Yeah, I came to fix your water, but that doesn't look like it's a problem anymore. I'm going to leave now," Rodney turned to make a quick retreat now that he had control over his brain again, but his feet got tangled with one another and he fell, hitting his head on the corner of a table.

Jennifer leaped into doctor mode and rushed to the unconscious man's side. She had worried about any head wound Rodney received especially since she drilled into his head a couple months ago. The worried doctor knelt beside her patient to examine the bleeding wound. She looked up when the door open.

"I'm not even going to ask," John looked at the scene and held up his hands as he walked away. He had heard the loud crash and went to investigate and came upon Jennifer hunched over Rodney. Wait! Was she naked? He was sure there was going to be an interesting explanation from Rodney later.