Date : 17 July 2007
Title: Love's Jealous Way
Author: ElaineDex
Chapter: 4 of ?
Rating: M
Pairing: Lt. Col. John Sheppard/Lyssa Hunter
Dr. Ellie Harrison/Major Lorne
Archiving: None
Warnings: Sexual Content/Strong Language
Spoilers: This story follows on from Love's Passionate Revenge
Feedback: Yes Please
Disclaimer: Ellie Harrison-Dex, Major James Reece, Lieutenant Franks and Carly are mine. Lyssa and Caleb Hunter belong to Kazavid, the rest of Atlantis and the SGC, unfortunately have nothing to do with me.
Summary: What will happen when everyone on Atlantis seems to get a touch of The Green Eyed Monster?
Major Lorne was in a foul mood.
He had seen Ellie leave for the mainland yesterday with Ronon and he had assumed they were going on a date or something and he wasn't happy.
But, it was his own fault. He had finished with Ellie…..but then again, she had been kissing Ronon when he'd found her on his return from earth.
Lorne's head hurt.
If only he could get past the fact that he was still scared to death by the prospect of her being hurt or worse when they were off-world.
Breaking up with her hadn't made things any better because he felt just the same way about things now as he had done when they were together, except now he missed her like hell into the bargain.
Franks was up in front, Lyssa and Ellie in the middle with Lorne bringing up the rear and he absently tuned into the girls' conversation as they walked toward the village they were supposed to be finding.
"I can't believe that you and Ronon have actually done it", Lyssa was saying and he watched as Ellie moved closer to Lyssa and he couldn't catch everything she said, only snippets.
"I know, but Ronon said……….and then we swapped rings and………………….then Ronon and I held hands………………Ronon said…..".
Lorne had heard enough and he caught up to them quickly.
"Could we stop with the personal chit chat and concentrate on finding this damn village?", he said and Ellie and Lyssa heard the angry undertone to his voice.
"We're in the process of finding the 'damn' village now", Ellie retorted, glancing down at her lap top only to realise they had actually strayed from the correct route, albeit only slightly.
Lorne saw the look on her face.
"What?", he asked.
"Um…we just need to head that way a bit", and she pointed to the left.
"For fuck's sake", Lorne muttered, swearing un-characteristically and Ellie and Lyssa glanced at one another as he whistled to Franks who was quite a way up ahead and waved him back.
"There's no need to swear", Ellie said, her eyes widening as Lorne stuck his face in hers as he replied,
"Just do your job and get us to the FUCKING village and quit talking about your FUCKING personal life…..concentrate on what you're doing before you get us all lost", and with that he stormed off in the general direction she'd pointed to a few moments earlier.
Ellie felt too stunned to react immediately but she eventually blinked as tears formed in her eyes.
"What the hell…..?", Lyssa began, about to go after Lorne but Ellie stopped her, her hand catching Lyssa's.
"No….just leave him. I'll talk to him later…I think I may have to swap teams", she said and Lyssa looked at her as did Franks who had just joined them.
"Don't sweat it too much Doc.", Franks said, "He's pissed that you got back with Ronon. Give him time, he'll get over it", and then he moved on, leaving Lyssa and Ellie gawping at one another.
They eventually reached the village and were greeted warmly by the people in charge.
One man seemed particularly taken with Ellie and he ushered her into a room that they had set up as a lab.
Lorne observed silently, his jaw set angrily. He wanted to regret his earlier outburst but found he couldn't bring himself to. In fact, if anything, he could feel another one brewing and the way this man was ogling Ellie was not helping matters.
Lorne remained stonily silent for the entire day, leaving the negotiations to Ellie, which she seemed to be handling remarkably well.
Not surprising seeing as the man, whose name incidentally was Ben, was practically eating out of her hands and definitely trying to get inside of her pants, well, as far as Lorne was concerned he was.
They finished up the deal and Lorne set the pace so that they made it back to the gate in no time.
As soon as the briefing with Weir was over, Lyssa and Franks made themselves scarce, sensing that something was going to kick off between Ellie and Lorne who were walking away from the briefing room, tension sizzling between them.
They made it onto the upper levels relatively peacefully but Ellie wanted to know what the problem was and Lorne was stubbornly refusing to tell her, instead he just kept glaring at her.
"If you don't tell me what I'm supposed to have done then how can I fix it?", she asked, angry at his refusal to even speak to her.
"Supposed to have done", Lorne laughed sardonically. "There is no 'supposed' about it. I watched you", he bit out.
"Watched me what? For heaven's sake Evan stop being so bloody cryptic and tell me what's on your mind", Ellie said, sighing when he still refused to tell her, just continued to glare at her.
"Fine, don't tell me then", she said going to walk past him but Lorne grabbed her arm and spun her back around to face him.
"Alright I'll tell you. You were flirting, outrageously, with that Ben guy", he yelled, his eyes full of anger and fire.
"Flirting?!", Ellie gasped, "I smiled at the guy a few times maybe, but for God's sake is that a crime. We were negotiating for technology, surely a smile or two couldn't hurt?", she asked.
"Smile? You didn't just smile, you had your hand on his arm half the day", Lorne replied, angry that she was trying to wangle her way out of what she'd done.
"You were FLIRTING, right in front of my face".
Ellie paused for a moment to think about why Lorne was so worked up. Surely he shouldn't be reacting like this being as they weren't even together anymore.
She looked around, their overly loud discussion was getting them noticed by various members of the city and she didn't want to get hauled into Weir's office for disturbing the peace.
"What has it got to do with you if I FLIRT with anyone?", she asked as she dragged him into a spare guests' quarters so that they could finish their 'discussion' in private.
"You know….you're absolutely right. What has it got to do with me?", Lorne yelled, "Maybe I should go have a word with Ronon, see if he knows what his 'wife' gets up to off-world".
The resounding slapping sound as Ellie's hand connected with Lorne's face silenced him and they stared at one another, breathing heavily.
Lorne stood for a moment, his face starting to redden where her hand had made contact, his eyes flashing fire as he looked at her.
Suddenly he grabbed her and kissed her harshly, angrily, his mouth showing no gentleness as his frustration burst forth. All of his thoughts and feelings of the past few weeks had cumulated to this moment.
When Ellie began to kiss him back, Lorne's mouth became more gentle but the urgency was still there.
"Tell me you want me", he said as he kissed her.
"I want you", Ellie replied.
Lorne groaned. That wasn't what he wanted to hear.
"No! Tell me you want ME", he told her.
Ellie frowned until it dawned on her what he was asking of her.
"I want you Evan. No-one else, just you", she told him.
Obviously she'd said the right thing as he delved his hands into her hair and kissed her again.
"I want you so badly Ellie but I can't just have another affair with you", he said as he trailed kisses down her neck.
Ellie's body melted against his and Lorne groaned as she pushed her hands up underneath his T-shirt to feel his smooth skin.
"You don't have to", she murmured and Lorne pulled back to look at her.
"I don't just want one night either", he said and as Ellie looked into his eyes she realised that now was the right time…
"I love you Evan", she said, watching as his face softened momentarily before hardening again.
"But you and Ronon seem so close again and I saw you go to the mainland yesterday with him", he said and Ellie reached for him as he went to step away from her.
"No!", she said, her hands grabbing fistfuls of his T-shirt to stop him going anywhere and Lorne turned to face her again.
"Ronon and I went to the mainland yesterday to end our marriage", and she showed him the finger where her wedding band used to be but which was now bare.
Lorne looked from her finger back to her face and saw the truth in her eyes as they pleaded with him not to walk out on her again.
"I'm sorry I went to Earth with Jones and Tyler", he said, trying not to dance around the room at the thought that she was now free, "I should have stayed, especially with what you'd just been through".
"It doesn't matter….you had stuff to deal with and you had to do it in your own way. I understood that, I just don't understand why you pushed me away when you got back", Ellie replied still fearing the worst.
She had bared her heart and he had not said the words back to her.
"What happened to you scared the crap out of me Ellie…what if I hadn't showed up when I had?"
"But you did and you can't keep thinking that way", she replied but Lorne shook his head.
"It was my fault. I sent you with Tyler…"
"No Evan. It wasn't your fault", she said stepping close to him and gripping his face in her hands.
"You know the risks we take everyday as well as I do. It's what we signed up for when we took positions on Atlantis. If something's going to happen to me or you then it will happen and you can't waste your life thinking about it all the time".
Lorne nodded. He understood what she was saying but he was still dubious about her going off-world if they were in a relationship.
The longer he remained silent, the more anxious Ellie became.
Maybe he didn't want them to be together at all….She moved her hands from his face and turned her back to him, hoping he wouldn't see the look of hurt on her face.
"I think I should come off the team…we can't carry on like this…", she began but gasped when Lorne's arms encircled her waist and he pulled her back against his body, his lips at her ear.
"No….that's not what I want", he said and Ellie's breath quickened as his hands slid to her hips and he caressed them.
"Then what do you want?", she asked, shifting her bottom against him, the feel of his erection making her close her eyes as desire rushed to the pit of her stomach.
Lorne spun her to face him, one hand bunching in the back of her hair as he tipped her head back.
"You Ellie. I want you", he said seconds before his mouth closed over hers.
They began to pull at each others clothes and it wasn't long before they stood before each other naked, desire sizzling between them as they looked at one another.
Lorne was the first to move, pressing his body against her then dragging her over to the bed. He pushed her down onto it and then pressed her thighs apart and moved to lie in between them. He groaned loudly as his hard flesh pressed against her intimately.
"I've missed this", he told her, his mouth moving to her neck, "I've missed being with you….holding you…..loving you", he moaned as he rubbed his body back and forth on her, the slight friction against her body feeling delicious, but it wasn't enough.
"And you think I haven't missed you?", Ellie asked, gasping as she felt the tip of his shaft pushing slightly at her entrance.
She arched her hips upwards, expecting to feel him thrust into her but instead he pulled away and Ellie opened her eyes to see Lorne looking down at her.
"What is it?", she asked, her hands gripping his buttocks in an effort to try and stop him moving any further away.
Lorne groaned but shook his head.
"Elle….we have no protection with us. We can't do this now", he said and Ellie closed her eyes, disappointment rushing over her.
Making a quick decision she flattened her hands against his buttocks and pressed firmly, bringing the tip of his erection back into contact with her moist folds.
"What are you doing?", Lorne moaned as she moved her hips so that she slid against him.
"I want to feel you inside of me", Ellie replied, sliding her legs up his thighs and Lorne gritted his teeth.
"Ellie?", he said her name, his voice holding a warning and a question.
"Please…..", Ellie responded, her hips arching at the same time as Lorne lost control and she cried out as he thrust into her, the feeling of being filled by him completely overwhelming her senses.
"I love you", Lorne said in her ear as he stilled his movements for a moment and Ellie's eyes sprang open at his words.
"You do?", she asked as he moved up onto his hands.
"Yes", he said simply, his eyes moving from her face down to where their bodies were joined. He'd missed being able to watch this…watch her while he made love to her and the sight of his shaft sliding in and out of her without protection looked almost as good as it felt.
Ellie reached up and pulled his head down for a fiery kiss.
Lorne moved back down to rest on his elbows, his body thrusting against her, filling her.
Ellie wrapped her legs around him, allowing him deeper access and Lorne groaned against her mouth.
"Ellie……you feel so good….I can't wait….", but before he'd finished Ellie screamed out as her orgasm hit her, her muscles gripping him tightly as the pit of her stomach danced exquisitely.
Lorne pushed his hands beneath her to grip her bottom and pull her up tightly against him as he ground his body against hers.
He buried his face into her neck as he came, moaning loudly and Ellie clutched at his shoulders as her emotions threatened to overwhelm her completely.
They lay together quietly, Lorne's body still joined with hers and suddenly Ellie giggled.
"What?", Lorne asked, his hand moving to cup her breast in a gentle caress.
"I was just thinking about the way you swore earlier, on the way to the village….it was quite funny", Ellie replied and she felt Lorne's cheeks begin to burn rather than saw them.
He lifted his head to look at her, regret clear in his expression.
"I'm sorry….you know I would never normally….", he stopped as Ellie covered his mouth with her fingers.
"It's alright. I was kind of hoping you lost it because you cared", she said, gasping as he took her hand in his and sucked one of her fingers into his mouth.
"Oh I care….", he said just before his mouth took hers in yet another passionate kiss.
End of Chapter 4