Unfocused Attraction
Chapter 1: Lab Incident
Rodney was sitting in his quarters with his head in his hands. He had no idea how this had become his life, how had he let that happen? He shook his head. He knew that he should first go find John and explain that what he had seen wasn't what he had seen at all, then he needed to find Zelenka and apologize, explain that he hadn't meant it and then he was going to see Carson in the infirmary and insist that Carson run every test that he could think of. In Rodney's opinion he had to have been infected by some sort of off-world parasite or disease, that was the only explanation.
That was the only explanation for why he had kissed Radek in the lab.
Two Hours Earlier...
Rodney was in the lab, typing away on his computer. Radek was at one of the other consoles looking at the simulation that they were working on. They were trying to see if there was some way that they could increase the ZPM's power without making it completely dead. Radek swore under his breath as the simulation failed yet again. He ran his hand through his hair. "What happened this time?"
Radek looked at him like he had grown a third head. "The power surge is too much. The ZPM would completely implode."
"Okay." Rodney continued to type furiously as he tried to create a stable algorithm that would allow the ZPM to accept the power surge and use it rather than implode with it. "Okay, try it again. I think that I managed to fix the problem." Rodney got up and stood behind Zelenka as he watched the simulation run, paying close attention to the energy readings. When the simulation was complete and the ZPM was holding steady, Radek had turned to say something.
Rodney had leaned forward kissed Radek right on the mouth. What he hadn't expected was that the other scientist would melt into him, and open his mouth. When Rodney was about to deepen the kiss, without thinking about it, someone cleared their throat.
All of the sudden, there was a lot of space between the two scientists. Radek when back to staring at the screen, trying not to blush. Rodney refused to let his blush show, and he just stared at John. "What?" He let the irritation that he was feeling show in his voice.
"It can wait, Rodney." And with that John smirked, turned on his heel and left the lab. As soon as John left the lab, Rodney shut off his computer and left the lab without saying anything to the scientist that he had just kissed.
Present...
He got off his bed, he needed to put his plan of explanation into action. He knew that the rumour mill of Atlantis would spin out of control if it was mentioned. He had to fix this. There was no way that he was crushing on Radek. No, obviously he was infected with some sort of alien.