Date : 19 July 2007
Title: Love's Jealous Way
Author: ElaineDex
Chapter: 5 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: Dr. Ellie Harrison, 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?
Sheppard sighed as he turned over and propped himself up on his elbow to watch Lyssa whilst she slept.
He had never had himself down as the marrying kind until he'd met her and then all thoughts of playing around had vanished.
They'd been engaged now for a couple of months and she had never mentioned setting a date for the wedding which troubled him greatly.
Okay, so she'd given birth to their son and been kidnapped by Jones in between time but those were no excuses!
Weren't women supposed to go on about the damn things from the moment you gave them a ring?
So lost in his thoughts was he that he didn't realise that Lyssa had actually woken up and was watching the expressions that crossed his face as his thoughts wandered.
She smiled and reached up, touching her hand to his face.
"Hey. Are you alright?", she asked and Sheppard's eyes flew to her face.
"Mornin'", he said, immediately snuggling closer to her, his hand slipping across her abdomen under the sheets.
"What were you thinking about?", Lyssa tried again, getting the feeling he had something on his mind.
"The wedding", Sheppard replied, laying his head on her chest and Lyssa looked down at his hair, crinkling her nose as it tickled the end.
"Wedding?", she said cautiously and he nodded.
"I was wondering if you wanted to set a date yet. You haven't mentioned it", he said and felt Lyssa tense.
She hadn't mentioned to him that Caleb didn't approve of him and she had wanted a little more time to talk her brother around before she talked dates with Sheppard.
"There's no rush is there?", she asked, pushing to sit up and Sheppard sat up, allowing her to move.
He watched as she got out of bed and crossed to their son's crib to check on him.
He frowned, "I guess not".
"Good", Lyssa said effectively ending the conversation as she scooped their son up into her arms.
"I need to sort Conner out and then get ready. I told you I'm on an overnight trip with Lorne and the others today didn't I?", she asked and Sheppard nodded, trying not to look too sulky.
So that was it, he thought.
No rush.
Fine.
He wondered if Caleb had said anything to her like he had to him. Maybe he should speak with her brother. He'd do it later when Lyssa was off-world.
OOoOO
Lyssa walked along with Franks, a short distance between them and Ellie and Lorne as they walked through a densely wooded area.
They watched as Lorne laughed at something Ellie said and then he tugged playfully on one of the curls that cascaded down her back.
"I don't know which I prefer him being more", Franks said in a low voice, "In love and happy Lorne or angry bastard Lorne".
Lyssa smiled. "Hmm, it's a tough one", she agreed.
She felt happy for Ellie but sad for Ronon, but, if Ellie loved Lorne then there was nothing Ronon could do.
Her thoughts turned to Sheppard and about how abrupt she had been this morning regarding a date for the wedding. Maybe she should have just told him about Caleb's reservations.
She hoped that Sheppard wasn't thinking she didn't want to marry him because she did. She craved stability in a way that frightened her sometimes. It was something she hadn't had in such a long time since before she'd come to Atlantis, not even in her time with Ronon and she needed it like you wouldn't believe.
She resolved to set a date for the wedding as soon as they got back to Atlantis tomorrow.
OOoOO
Sheppard searched the halls for Caleb but there was no sign of the damn guy. He was just about to turn the corner onto the corridor where Caleb's quarters where when he saw him and Carly exit the room.
He darted back behind the wall and peeked around the edge. He'd wait until Carly had gone. The girl seriously freaked him out and he had no intention of running into her.
His eyes widened though as he watched Caleb grab Carly around the waist and he pulled her against him, his mouth crashing down over hers. Carly clung to him like a leach.
"Well I never", Sheppard murmured to himself. Who the hell hadn't that woman been with since she'd set foot on Atlantis?
Unluckily for him, Carly suddenly began to head his way and he was forced to retreat back down the hall and hide in an annex until she passed. By the time he got back to Caleb's quarters the man had vanished again.
"Damn it", he cursed, but Caleb couldn't have gotten far so he headed off to look for him.
Amazingly, the guy had vanished into thin air and Sheppard ended up filling his spare time by sparring with Teyla and then running around the upper levels with Ronon, who beat him as usual.
Later he picked Conner up from an Athosian woman who lived in the city and whom Lyssa had befriended, saying she reminded her of her mother and then he headed back to his and Lyssa's quarters.
He hated days like this when Lyssa was off-world and his team was grounded due to some experiment Rodney was running, or Rodney having a dart up his ass or……hang on, come to think of it, it was always Rodney's fault that his team got stuck on Atlantis….he'd have to have words….
His thoughts wandered as he put Conner to bed.
A knock on the door brought him back from his musings and he headed over and opened it, groaning as he saw Carly stood before him.
"Carly!", he said over brightly, "How lovely to see you and how can I help you?".
Carly ignored the sarcasm that dripped off Sheppard's tongue as she smiled at him.
"I just wanted to see if you wanted any company whilst Lyssa was away?", she asked moving closer to him and resting her hand on his arm.
"No. Thanks. I have my son for company", Sheppard replied, wincing as Carly's hand slid down his arm, the ring she wore scratching him.
"Ouch!", he said loudly and Carly stepped back and made a show of examining the ring.
"I'm sorry…..the metal needs smoothing, I caught it and it snagged, making the edge rough", she explained and Sheppard frowned suddenly feeling extremely tired.
"Go see Ronon. I'm sure he'll sort you out", he said, his words having a double meaning.
Carly smiled and began to move away.
"Maybe I will", she said.
Sheppard moved back inside his room and sat on the bed.
"Freaky woman", he muttered, laying down and closing his eyes, out for the count before he knew what had happened.
OOoOO
Lyssa knew something wasn't right long before any of the others.
She quickened her pace and passed Ellie and Lorne, then turned and headed into the trees.
"Lyssa?", Lorne said, heading after her and Ellie and Franks remained on the path, looking around them now that their suspicions had been raised.
Lorne crouched next to Lyssa and peered through the same bushes that she was looking through.
"Damn", he said as he saw that three wraith and four wraith guards had gotten to the place they were headed for before them and not much was left.
"What do you want to do?", Lyssa asked him, always ready to take out some Wraith.
Lorne glanced back at the Wraith and then radioed Ellie.
"We got seven Wraith on the other side of the trees. Can you see if there's any more?".
Ellie checked her hand-held heat source detector and both she and Franks grimaced as they saw a large number of red dots not that far from Lyssa and Lorne's location.
"Evan we need to get out of here…..now", she replied.
Lyssa and Lorne glanced at one another before heading back through the trees to the path.
Ellie showed Lorne the dots on the screen and he nodded.
"Okay….lets get back to the jumper", he said.
OOoOO
Carly waited an hour before heading back to Sheppard's room.
She knew he would be well out of it by now and for quite some time. She just prayed that the serum she'd given him, by way of the scratch from the ring, would last long enough for Caleb's plan to work.
As she slipped into the room she glanced at the baby sleeping in the crib and frowned. She didn't do babies. Horrible little things.
She looked at Sheppard and found him still fully clothed and lying on top of the bed sheets.
"Great. You couldn't have made this easy for me and gotten undressed before you passed out could you?", she moaned, walking to the bed and pulling his boots off.
Once he was naked, Carly stood and admired Sheppard's body.
"Not bad", she decided as she pulled her own clothes off.
She then dragged the sheet from underneath Sheppard's body and pulled it over him and slipped into the bed beside him.
She positioned him so that if anyone walked in it would appear they had made love and fallen to sleep in one another's arms.
Wicked…..but she was loving it. Being bad was what she did best. She didn't know how to be good and didn't know if she ever would.
Lorne's team got back to Atlantis in the early hours of the morning and after a short briefing they headed off to bed.
Lyssa opened the door to hers and Sheppard's quarters and immediately smelt the cheap perfume that wafted on the air. Perfume that was most definitely not hers.
Her stomach knotted as she glanced over to the bed. It looked awfully full in the moonlight for saying there was only supposed to be Sheppard in it.
Her heart was in her mouth as she passed her hand over the light control and she gasped as she saw Sheppard lying with his body half over Carly's and both of them were asleep.
She raced to Conner's crib, tears blurring her eyes as she picked up her sleeping baby and hugged him close to her.
How could John do this to her and with their son in the room?
She walked over to the bed and stared down at them….unable to speak or scream or anything….she was in too much pain.
Suddenly Carly opened her eyes and gasped. She shoved at Sheppard who grunted something about needing to sleep.
"John, wake up…..", Carly said, still shoving at him and Sheppard looked up, squinting at Carly and then up at Lyssa.
"How could you?", Lyssa asked quietly, her voice calm and neutral.
"What?", he asked, sounding groggy and a little disorientated but then again he always did when he was woken up mid-sleep.
"You had sex with this….this….", Lyssa trailed off as Carly brazenly got out of the bed butt naked and glared at Lyssa.
"Be careful what you call me", she said and Lyssa stared at her as did Sheppard who had a look of complete confusion on his face as he tried to figure out what the hell Carly was doing in his bed.
"This SLUT!?", Lyssa finished her sentence and Carly bent to snatch up her clothes as Sheppard sat up, clutching his head.
"That's it!", Carly huffed, "I am not staying around to be insulted, especially if you're not going to defend me", she shot at Sheppard who looked at her blankly.
"I have no idea what the hell either of you is talking about", he said, feeling like he was in an episode of the Twilight Zone or something.
"You're not denying it then?", Lyssa asked hotly and Sheppard tried to get out of the bed but got his legs tangled.
"I haven't done anything", he said, getting annoyed now because his brain felt muddled and he knew something was wrong but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
Suddenly Conner began to whinge and then let out a throaty wale.
"Jeez, shut the kid up", Carly said and both Sheppard and Lyssa turned to glare at her.
"Get out!", the both said at the same time.
Carly pulled her shirt on and left, a huge smirk on her face as she heard Lyssa cry,
"Why John? Why would you do this?"
Sheppard could only gawp at Lyssa. He had no explanation for any of what had just happened.
Lyssa cursed and returned Conner to his crib whilst she put a few of his things into a back pack.
"Lyssa, I have no idea what the hell happened", Sheppard said as he watched her and realised what she was doing.
"Oh I bet you don't", Lyssa snapped angrily. She put the pack onto her shoulder and scooped Conner up again and headed for the door.
"Lyssa!", Sheppard cried, trying to get the damn bed sheet from around his legs but she opened the door just as he crashed onto the floor, his legs just not co-operating and he knew he must have been drugged.
Caleb. That bastard.
"LYSSA!!", he yelled, but it was too late. She had gone and taken their son with her.
End of Chapter 5