Sheppard started in the direction of personal quarters. "We have to get you dry before you freeze to death." Seeing Teyla in the light had sent a fresh cold shiver down his spine. Her rich skin tone was paler then he would have thought possible, her hair was frozen into strands and her clothes were stiff from wet and cold. But when he came to the hall leading to their rooms he turned the other way.
"Colonel?" Teyla queried, teeth chattering.
"I've got a better idea" Sheppard pulled her down a corridor and into the room at the end of the hall.
"Over here" Sheppard released her wrist, turned the shower on and stepped under the stream, removing his sidearm. He'd have been hard pressed to name an expedition member who hadn't been relieved to find out the Ancients had had showers. But even after his hottest, most sand-blasted mission to date he'd never been so relieved to feel the water streaming over him.
"It is cold" Teyla shivered next to him under the stream.
"That's because you're half frozen." Sheppard removed a piece of ice that was melting off of her hair. "If this was hot enough to feel good it'd cause skin damage. We'd end up with burns." Sheppard said stripping off his jacket.
Teyla fumbled with her own waterlogged jacket trying to get it unzipped.
"Let me help you with that" Sheppard offered unzipping it.
"My hands won't work" Teyla shivered as she tried unsuccessfully to pull her jacket off.
"They're warming up." He took her jacket off for her and threw it on the floor with his own before taking her hands in his and giving them a closer look. "You've definitely got frostbite, whatever you do don't rub them, just give them time to warm up slowly."
Teyla nodded her understanding and stood still under the stream, her entire body feeling strange, and the sensation of being pricked by thousands of tiny pins and needles was giving way to a more distinct pain.
Sheppard, for his part was starting to turn red on his exposed flesh and the itchy burning sensation was hard to ignore. He resisted the urge to rub the back of his neck. "Feeling any better?"
"I have never been so cold." She shuddered.
"Let's sit down" Sheppard said tiredly, lowering himself onto the floor. Teyla sat down beside him and he wrapped his right arm around her holding her close into his side for warmth. He longed for a wall to lean back against but the wall was too far from the showerhead so he leaned his head against Teyla's instead and closed his eyes.