Title: Brief Encounters
Rating: K+
Spoilers: None
Pairings: John/Rodney
Summary: Young Rodney McKay meets a kid called John in the park
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters I borrow them occasionally.
Authors Notes: This is for Sepik who wanted to see John and Rodney meet as kids. I know nothing about Football (American style) or Ice Hockey so forgive any mistakes I make.
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8-year-old Rodney McKay stuffed his hands in his pockets and began to scratch the ground with the toe of his shoe. His Mom had met his father's secretary in the park and now she was going to be here talking for ages. He sighed and started to hum the piece of music Miss Stirling, his new piano teacher, had asked him to practise for tomorrow.
"Hey look out, hey you in the blue t shirt look out," yelled a chorus of voices, Rodney looked up just as a football came into view. He instinctively put his hands to his face and to his surprise caught the ball, a boy with dark spiky hair and blue eyes came running up
"Nice catch" he said, Rodney handed the ball back and the other boy threw it back to his blond haired friend "Sorry 'bout that, Steve can't throw a straight pass to save his life". Steve stuck his tongue out and went back to the group "what's your name?" the spiky haired boy asked
"Rodney" he replied
"Nice to meet ya, I'm John, I haven't seen you here before" he said
"I've only been here a couple of weeks," said Rodney
"Is your Dad attached to the base then?" asked John. Rodney shook his head
"He's a Lawyer, we have to move every couple of years 'cos some big company wants him to represent them in court" he replied
"My dad's in the Air Force so we have to move every couple of years too, it's a real pain" he said, Rodney nodded
"Yeah isn't it just, you just get settled in school and you find some great friends and you gotta move again" said Rodney. John nodded sadly
"Tell me about it" he replied "so you been anywhere cool?"
"Mostly Canada, this is our first time in America. Vancouver was cool 'cos I got to play hockey at the Canucks rink, Quebec was cool too, what about you where's the coolest place you've been," said Rodney, John thought
"Gotta be Hawaii, I even learned to surf, I wanted to try the big waves but Mom wouldn't let me" he said scowling
"Yeah, Mom's can be a real pain," said Rodney nodding at his own mother. A blond haired girl ran up and picked up the ball that had dropped at their feet,
"Come on Sheppard, you're missing out on a great game" she said
"Sam I'm talking here, anyway girls shouldn't be playing football" he replied. Sam scowled and stuck her tongue out,
"You're only saying that because I'm better than you" she said as she stomped back to the group,
"Who's she?" asked Rodney
"Sam Carter, her Dad's a General on the base" John replied.
"She's pretty" said Rodney shyly, John looked at her,
"Ya think so? I hadn't noticed" he said.
John and Rodney carried on chatting about all places they had been, which comic books they liked and how annoying parents could be.
"Rodney we have to go now, we've got to pick Jeannie up from kindergarten so say goodbye to your friend," said Rodney's mother
"John, come on son, we gotta get back home or Mom will kill us if we're late for dinner, say goodbye to your buddy there" John's father called out.
"Bye Rodney, see you around," said John
"Yeah, see you again John," said Rodney. John turned around and waved as he ran back to his father, Rodney waved back as he followed his mother out of the park.
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