John woke slowly to the beeps and whirs of machines near him.
'Home.' He thought to himself. Opening his eyes he found himself looking up at a bunk. 'What the?' A hand suddenly shook him.
"Come on Shep! We're gonna be late for our briefing. You can catch up on your beauty sleep later, or will you be with Tey?" John rubbed his eyes.
"What briefing?" John sat and looked up into the face of his 'friend'.
"What world are you in? The briefing about the new Choppers being built especially for the air force."
"New Choppers?" John yawned.
"Are you deliberately being dumb or is it something new today? The prototype we have to test it. The quicker the briefing is over with Liz won't have my guts for garters if I'm late." The man stepped back into the light. John gasped. "You ok?"
"Yeah I'm fine Rodney. I just never pegged you for someone who likes choppers."
"What are you talking about? I'm mad about choppers, who wouldn't want to pilot one?"
"You're a scientist not a pilot."
"Have you hit your head? I've never been a scientist! Next you're gonna say I'm not married! I'll see you in a bit Captain." John looked round the room after McKay left.
'Captain?' Curious John looked down at his dog tags. He was a bit surprised at what he saw. CAPTAIN JOHN SHEPPARD. John washed up quickly he needed some answers. He hadn't been a Captain for years. He was promoted to Major just before Afghanistan. Grabbing what he assumed to be his uniform he ran to the briefing about the prototypes.
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After an hour of total boredom – he never really listened to briefings even back then – he was given a few days down time so he went into Colorado Springs for a while.
He sat down in the park and thought about things. Last night he was Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard, promoted just after the Siege on Atlantis by the Wraith.
'It wasn't a dream!' He told himself. Something was wrong. He remembered coming back through the gate then collapsing… 'That must be it I'm unconscious!' His thoughts were quickly disrupted when someone wrapped their arms round his neck from behind.
"Did you forget about our date?" John knew that voice. He turned round.
"No of course not I lost track of time," He mumbled
"Good. I'd hate to think you didn't want to see me." She sat down next to him.
"I would never avoid seeing you Teyla." She smiled at his response.
"Are you okay I talked to Rodney and he said you've been a little distant today. He even hinted at you didn't believe he was married!" John looked her in the eyes. "You can tell me, I love you remember?"
"I love you too. I've just been thinking something made me think." He answered semi-honestly.
"As long as you're okay." Her brown eyes shone with concern.
"I'm fine." Teyla gently kissed him. He kissed her back deepening their kiss. Something inside him screamed that this was wrong, that it wasn't Teyla. He chose to ignore it. "You can make a man forget a lot of things Teyla."
"Good." They kissed again. People walked past muttering about them, 'They should get a room/They're old enough to know better/Disrespecting the USAF' Teyla pulled back.
"Maybe we should go somewhere else? We're getting a bit of attention." He asked a little breathless. She giggled.
"I thought you'd never ask." Teyla started to drag him towards her car.
"Where are we going?"
"My apartment, I hope you remember how to drive?" He nodded. "Good you're driving."
TBC
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