As six approached Ronon found himself pacing his room. When the door chimed he moved so quickly to answer it he nearly knocked the laptop flying. Having steadied it he opened the door and with annoyance evident in his voice he said, "What do you want?"
"Good to see you too buddy." Sheppard responded from the other side of the doorway. "You going to let me in?"
"No." Ronon responded, ensuring his body blocked the entrance.
"That's not very friendly." Sheppard replied, grinning like a man possessed.
"What do you want?"
"I am just dropping by to see if you need anything for tonight. Movies, food, anything else?" Sheppard replied, trying to peer into the room.
"No." Ronon replied looking more agitated than before.
"Ok. Well I am just going to give you some advice. You know that really cool thing you do with your hands? Where you dislocate your joints to get out of restraints? Anyway, the doc won't like that."
"Goodbye Sheppard." Ronon said, quickly swiping his hand over the sensor to shut the door.
When the door chimed a few moments later Ronon roared in frustration as he went to answer it. As he was about to threaten to maim Sheppard, he realised, that standing outside his quarters was not Sheppard, but the smaller frame of the doctor. "Hey." He greeted, smiling.
"Hi." The doctor responded shyly smiling, although Ronon noticed the smile never went as far as her eyes.
The two stood in an awkward silence until Ronon moved out of the way and said, "Sorry. Do you want to come in?"
Jennifer moved past him into the quarters until she was standing in the middle of the room. Shutting the door Ronon turned and said. "I thought you would be more comfortable on the bed." Seeing a slightly surprised look on the doctor's face and realising how that sounded he said. "Your leg. I mean, um, that your leg would be more comfortable if you sat on the bed. I'll sit in the chair, away from the bed. That chair." He motioned to a chair and continued. "So do you want to sit?"
As Jennifer carefully sat down on the bed Ronon said, "I thought you wouldn't have eaten so I got a little food." As Ronon pulled out a huge tray laden with food Jennifer asked sarcastically.
"A little?"
"Yeah." Not noticing the sarcasm he said as he placed the tray on the bed, "don't worry though I also have popcorn and chocolate. I can go get another tray though if you want."
"No this is more than enough."
"Good." Ronon replied as he lifted a sandwich off the tray and sat down. "So have you found the cure yet?"
"Maybe. I isolated a particular strand, which I hope to neutralise. I am running some tests, some are promising, but until they all come back and I can confirm if the strand I found is the dominant factor in the virus spreading in the." She paused as she looked at Ronon and said, "You don't care about any of that do you?" Ronon smiled and she added, "Short answer possibly."
"That's good. How'd things go with Freedman?"
As Ronon asked the question Jennifer immediately tensed. After a brief pause she said, "Can we agree to not mention him. At least for tonight."
Ronon stared at her intently, eyes full of concern. After what felt like an eternity to Jennifer, Ronon replied, "If that's what you want."
They fell into a silence again and Jennifer cursed herself for killing the conversation. Clearing her thoughts she asked, "So have you chosen a movie?"
"Yeah. I hope you like it. The box sounds good. Lots of action and fighting, but Sheppard said it was a chick flick so I thought it would be good for both of us."
Intrigued she asked, "So what is it?"
"Something called 'Charlie's Angels'." Jennifer nearly choked on the sandwich she was eating.
"What? Is this not a good film?"
"No. Sorry I just choked." Jennifer lied, amused by his choice.
"You sure?"
"Yep."
When they had finished eating Ronon said, as he removed the tray from the bed, "You know you can move into a comfortable position. There in nothing in the bed that bites."
As Jennifer edged her way up the bed she found herself lying amid soft furs. Feeling very comfortable she suddenly felt the lack of sleep the night before catch up with her and could not suppress a yawn.
"You sure you're ok watching this? If you'd prefer to sleep, I understand." Ronon said.
"No. I'm fine. I have looked forward to it all day."
"Really?" Ronon smiled, before moving over to the laptop to set up the DVD. By the time he had started the DVD Jennifer was sound asleep.
Ronon turned off the laptop so not to disturb Jennifer's rest and covered her still form with a blanket. He then moved to the other side of his room and started to read one of the comics that Shepard had given him.
Ronon eventually fell into a fitful sleep dreaming of Wraith culling entire villages, whilst hunting him down. As the night progressed the dream jumped to different scenes, but all had the Wraith as a common factor. Soon the dream changed to a scene on Sateda. He saw the Wraith approach the hospital. He saw Malena and the Wraith converge. He was helpless to stop the inevitable. He felt his insides turn and then he heard her scream. A scream filled with so much pain and fear. It cut him to the core and caused him to wake up gasping for breath. As he became aware of his surroundings he realised the screaming had not stopped. His eyes adjusted and he saw Jennifer struggle with an invisible opponent, thrashing wildly on his bed. He jumped up and swiftly made his way towards her. At the same time she flung herself off the bed, but was so entwined in the blanket and furs from her thrashing, she crashed into the floor with a sickening thud, but continued her struggle.
As Ronon reached her he grasped her shoulders trying to wake her and he firmly said, "Doc." Her eyes flew open revealing fear and pain.
"It is ok. It was a dream. You are safe." He said slowly and reassuringly.
"Ronon?" Jennifer asked, her quivering voice betrayed her fear.
"Yeah. You had a nightmare. But it's over-" He was cut off by Jennifer throwing herself into his arms sobbing. He gripped her back with one hand, holding her close, as his other hand glided over her hair, trying his best to soothe her.
When Jennifer's shaking form had stilled Ronon relaxed his grip. As she mumbled apologies, Jennifer reached into her jacket pocket and removed her painkillers and tried to remove the cap. Noticing that her hands were still shaking and causing her problems, Ronon removed the bottle from her and opened it. Having swallowed the pills she said. "Falling out of bed isn't good when you have a hole in your leg."
"I'll try to remember that." Ronon replied, "Although technically you didn't fall. It was more of a lunge." Jennifer released a sound that was a cross between laughter and sobbing.
"Is there anything I can do? Do you need to go to the infirmary to get it seen to?" Ronon asked.
"No. I don't think I tore open the stitches. It will be fine."
Satisfied with her answer Ronon separated himself from her and stood, before swooping down and lifting her up, carrying her back to the bed.
As she was carefully placed on the bed, realisation dawned that she was not in her quarters. "Oh god Ronon, I am so sorry. I kicked you out of your own bed, then woke you up because of a stupid dream. I should go and let you get some sleep."
Jennifer tried to get up despite still being in a large amount of pain, however, Ronon knelt in front of the bed and gripped her had. Looking her in the eye he asked, "Is that what you really want?"
Jennifer looked back at him loosing herself in his eyes and whispering so quietly it was barely audible, "No."
"Tell me what you want. No matter how small or stupid you think it is." Ronon replied.
Breaking eye contact Jennifer said, "I want you to hold me."
Ronon smiled and stood up. He moved to the top of the bed and sat with his back against the headrest. He then pulled the doctor up to him so the back of her head was resting against his chest, like how they had been in the cave. Releasing his grip on her waist he leaned forward and pulled the blanket back over her. As he replaced his arms around her waist he asked, "Is this ok? Are you comfy?"
Jennifer interlinked one of her hands with his and sleepily said, "It's perfect."