Title: Stages of Love
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Genre: Romance
Rating: K+
Characters: McKay/Cadman
Disclaimer: I don't own Stargate, or McKay, unfortunately. Please don't sue.
Summary: The five stages of love for Rodney McKay and Laura Cadman.
Author's Note: This is it, the last chapter. It takes place about two and a half years after the last one(because it would take that long for Rodney to get his act together lol).
Chapter Five: Commitment
"We should get married."
Laura's head shot up from the box she was currently unpacking at his words.
"Excuse me?" she asked, not sure she had actually heard him correctly.
"Well, we've been together for almost three years, living together for most of that, and now we're having a baby. Why not?" Rodney replied from where he was hanging a picture in their new quarters.
"You want to get married?" she said, still not believing what she was hearing. "I thought you didn't want to get married."
"When did I say that?"
"Well…never, but I just assumed…"
"Oh, you just assumed because I never brought it up? Well I hate to disappoint you…"
Standing up as quickly as she could while eight months pregnant, she shot him her 'Shut Up Rodney' glare and gently rested her hand on his cheek.
"You want to get married?" she asked, smiling widely.
"I believe we've already established that." he replied.
"Okay."
"Okay?"
"Okay."
"Great, let's go." he said, grabbing her hand and leading her towards the door.
"Where are we going?"
"To get married." he replied as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"What, now?" she asked incredulously.
"Why wait?" he asked, opening a nearby drawer and pulling out a small box.
"What's that?" she asked, temporarily distracted. Handing her the box she opened it and found two simple platinum bands.
"I asked Caldwell to get them for me." he asked, looking slightly sheepish.
"When?" she asked as she pulled one out to examine it closer.
"The day you told me you were pregnant. Can we go?" he asked, gesturing towards the door.
"You've had these for six months?" she choked out before throwing her arms around him. "I love you." They rarely said it, because it was rarely needed.
"I love you too, that's why I asked you to marry me. Can we go now?"
"What's you rush?" Laura asked, eyeing him suspiciously. At the look on his face she knew she had caught him at something. "What's going on?"
"Everyone's waiting for us."
"Waiting for us…Rodney! You told people we were getting married before you even asked me?"
"No, I told Elizabeth I was proposing and she agreed to officiate and Sheppard overheard so now he, Teyla, Ronon, and Carson are waiting on us to come down to her office."
Laughing at her soon-to-be husband, Laura grabbed his arm and pulled him out the door.
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There's an epilogue coming that's totally fluffy family!fic. :) I have to go to a funeral out of town so I probably won't have it up until tomorrow night or Friday morning.