Title: Brief Encounters

Rating: K+

Spoilers: None

Pairings: Jonas Quinn/Kate Heightmeyer

Summary: Kate meets a strange young man at a bus stop

Disclaimer: I own none of Atlantis or SG-1

Authors Notes: Thanks to whomever it was that suggested Jonas, I had totally forgotten about him, I have decided to play up his obsession with the weather. Some of the plot is taken from The Hollies song Bus Stop.

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Jonas Quinn was in London and sure enough, it was raining. London had been experiencing torrential downpours every day this week, which was unusual because it had been the hottest June since records began. People were not surprised by these downpours seeing as it was the first week of Wimbledon, it was traditional they said, not that Jonas minded he liked the rain. Kate Heightmeyer was muttering obscenities; she hated the rain because her workload doubled in bad weather mind you this was London, the people were used to rain. She stopped and looked at the leaflet she had in her hand, that bus stop across the road would take her back to her hotel. She had been giving a lecture at St Bartholomew's Hospital on Seasonally Affected Disorder and it had gone well she had had a lot of feedback and many offers to lecture again. She sighed, as she got halfway across the road, it was one of those bus stops without a shelter, well she was wet now a few more minutes in the rain wouldn't hurt.

"Please share my umbrella," said the young man standing next to her

"Oh, thank you" she replied as she stepped sideways to stand under the umbrella, he seemed nice enough and it was a busy street.

"First time in London?" he asked.

"Yes" she replied; "I'm giving a lecture on a form of depression associated with the weather" He smiled

Oh, yes, SAD, I've looked into that too" he said.

"Are you a psychiatrist?" she asked, he smiled and shook his head

"No, I am a scientist at the moment I'm studying how climate change is affecting unique weather systems in various parts of the world" he said, Kate smiled

"A weather man" she said

"No I just like studying the weather, I'm Jonas Quinn," he said holding out his hand.

"Kate Heightmeyer" she replied shaking his hand. He had a handsome face a naive, almost childlike quality about him, well built too she noticed. "So what can you tell me about why it's raining for the first time in a month", Jonas laughed

"The people say it happens every year during the first week of this tennis tournament, without fail, in the middle of a drought, hosepipe bans and water shortages you can guarantee it will rain in the last week of June" he replied. He looked her over, she had blonde shoulder length hair, a bit longer than he usually liked it and a cute smile, and he wondered where she was giving her lectures. They carried on chatting, as the rain got harder. Kate looked out from under the umbrella and she saw her bus coming,

"I have to go Jonas, my bus is coming," she said "Thank you for letting me share your umbrella"

"My pleasure Kate" he replied. The bus stopped and Kate stepped on, as she sat down and waved as the bus drove off.

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AN: Yes, it really does rain during the first week of Wimbledon. Keep the suggestions coming 'cos I'm running out of ideas.