Title: Starfish
Rating: PG-13 or Teen (better safe than sorry)
Warnings: Mention of Slash; Mention of Sex; Slight Language;
Pairings: McKay/Heightmeyer; McKay/Zelenka UST
Spoilers: The Gift
Summary: Who does a psychiatrist talk to?

DISCLAIMER:I can explain nothing! And that's what I own.

I sleep on my back, in the middle of the bed, arms and legs strewn everywhere; Starfish Position. According to a Cosmo one of the nurses snuck in, it means I'm an in-control woman who knows what she wants and gets it. What it really means is that I'm used to sleeping alone. Which is why, after that first session when Rodney told me I was attractive and asked me out for coffee, I said yes. Even though, I knew why he was asking.

It was the same reason he hit on every woman (except maybe Col. Carter) and why he had first started coming to me in the first place: his sexuality. He never came out and admitted it, but that's why he was there. Every so often he caught himself looking at the major's butt, or wanting to reach out and touch his hair, and every so often he caught himself wanting to reach out and kiss Dr. Beckett. But that was all only a part of it; he never admitted it (not even to himself), but the real reason Rodney was there was his lab assistant. The way Rodney pretended to not know his name, even though he had nearly memorised the personnel record, just so he could hear him talk.

I knew all this, but I was tired of sleeping in Starfish Position. So when Rodney asked, I accepted. Not that it did any good. After a great session, he would cuddle me 'til he thought I was asleep, then get up and head back to his lab assistant. I knew deep down it wouldn't last forever and I know I'm going to lose him soon. Not that I can tell him due to privilege, but recently a certain scientist has been coming to see me about his boss. Not that he'll come out and admit it, but I'm a psychiatrist; I know these things. He wants his boss.

And damn Radek Zelenka, he'll get him, too.

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