Date : 11 June 2007
Title: Love Prevails
Author: Kazavid / ElaineDex
Chapter: 6 / 6
Series:
Rating: M
Pairing: John Sheppard / Lyssa Hunter – Ronon Dex / Ellie Harrison-Dex
Archiving: None
Warnings: Sexual Content
Spoilers: None
Feedback: Yes
Disclaimer: Ellie Harrison-Dex, Major James Reece, Lieutenant Franks are mine. Lyssa Hunter and Lieutenant Marcus Tyler belong to Kazavid, the rest of Atlantis, unfortunately have nothing to do with me.
Summary: Can Sheppard and Ellie set things right with Lyssa and Ronon or has fate called time on their love?
A / N: --This story is a collaboration between Kazavid and me. The story continues on from right after Love Under Pressure.
Ronon walked into the water fully clothed and followed Ellie as she moved towards the waterfall.
Any noise he made was drowned out by the sound of the waterfall. He watched as she stood beneath the water and lifted her face up, letting the water run over her like a shower. The only problem was she wasn't in a shower, she was in the open, where any one could see her.
Maybe that's what she wanted, after all hadn't she been in the water the first time he'd caught her naked. He remembered how he'd reacted at the sight of her and it was just the same now. His body hardened at the sight of her standing there naked, her hands were raised and she was running her fingers through her long hair.
He swallowed a groan that was rising up his throat, it had been so long since they'd been together that his body ached for her. He moved till he was right next to her, he reached his hand out and trailed his fingers over her breasts. Watched Ellie jerk in shock at his touch.
"Ronon! What are you doing here?" Ellie asked, shocked by his sudden appearance.
She glanced around as if checking that they were alone.
"What's the matter, were you expecting someone else?" he asked, watching her look around.
"What?" she was stunned by his question.
"Maybe you were expecting Major Reece to join you, is that it. Did I interrupt the little scene you'd set up for him?" Ronon asked, harshly.
"No of course not, why would you think something like that. I love you, or haven't you listened to anything I've said to you?", she was mortified that he'd think such a thing of her.
"Well sorry to disappoint you, but I am still your husband." he told her, clasping his arm behind her back he tangled his fingers in her hair and tugged, pulling her head back, he crushed his mouth over hers, kissing her deeply and feverishly.
All the pent up anger and frustration had finally peaked and was now spilling out of him.
"Ronon...", Ellie gasped when he tugged a little harder on her hair, his mouth beginning to trail kisses down to her neck.
She was leaning back over his arm while he trailed kisses further down. Reaching his goal he flicked his tongue back and forth across one beaded bud and Ellie arched her back even more as the pleasure began to concentrate at the juncture of her thighs.
When he moved his mouth over to her other breast she shuddered as he nearly sent her over the edge. It had been so long since she'd been with Ronon that the slightest touch was driving her wild.
"Ronon...please..." she moaned, desperately wanting him to make love to her.
Ronon lifted his head up and looked at her and he could see that she was hungry for him, just as hungry as he was for her.
He picked her up and carried her to the wall that was behind the waterfall, anybody who came to the pool would have no idea that anyone was behind the curtain of water. He sat her on a small ledge and pulled his clothes off throwing them on to the ledge beside her.
When he moved closer to Ellie she moved her thighs apart, her arms sliding around his waist and she eagerly pulled him closer to her, all the time moaning and pleading with him to make love to her.
He didn't touch her, didn't put his arms around her, instead he placed his hands against the cold wall behind her and just lowered his head down and kissed her.
He wanted to see how much she wanted him, wanted to feel how much her body longed for his.
Ellie wrapped her arms around his waist and then dropped her hands down to his buttocks as she tried to pull him closer to her, she wanted to feel him inside her, loving her.
"Ronon, please...I need you." she moaned. She took hold of his erection and stroked her hand along the hardened length, felt him jerk his hips towards her as she did so.
"Ronon, what's wrong?" she asked when he still didn't take her.
Ronon couldn't wait any longer he dropped his hands down and gripped her hips.
Ellie had already grabbed him and positioned him against her, so he eagerly and forcefully pushed inside. He covered her mouth, smothering her cry of pleasure, he closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths as the feeling of being with Ellie again almost overwhelmed his senses. He couldn't take things slow, his arousal was too intense, it had been too long since he'd been with her.
He cupped Ellie's buttocks and pulled her closer to the edge of the rock, he began grinding his hips against her, thrusting back and forth with long deep strokes. Ellie wrapped her legs around his hips and she leaned back bracing her hands against the wall behind her.
She sobbed as he relentlessly thrust against her, the intense pleasure was building fast. She could feel his erection throbbing, and pulsing inside her, driving her closer and closer. When Ronon stopped for a few seconds, Ellie thought she'd die, she was so close, so near...
"Ronon...", she cried, tensing her inner muscles on his shaft.
"Wait...don't do that", he told her, wanting this to last a little bit longer. But as Ellie kept moving against him he found he couldn't wait.
There was no time for gentleness and he drove his body against hers, he just wanted that explosive release that his body was craving for.
Ellie suddenly clasped her hands against his shoulders and cried out as she climaxed. Feeling her body clenching on his drove him over the edge and he came, thrusting deeply, his body pulsed and released as his hips jerked against her.
He held her tightly, waiting for the tremors in his body to die down.
And then, when finally their breathing was back to normal, he pulled out of her and moved away. He grabbed his clothes from the ledge and waded back through the fall of water.
Ellie sat for a moment staring numbly after him. She had just been about to tell him how fantastic that was and how much she loved him but now……
He was not going to do this to her again. They had been in this situation once before and he had made love to her then and walked off and left her alone.
Not this time.
She managed to get down from the ledge and followed him back through the curtain of water where she saw he was already on the grassy bank pulling his trousers back on.
"Is this all I am to you?", she yelled at him, forgetting that her top half was wet and naked and very much on view.
Ronon stared at her, the sight of her water beaded breasts making his body harden again and he dragged his eyes up to her face.
"What?", he asked.
Ellie put her hands on her hips, angry with him.
"I said is this all I am to you, a convenient body you think you can use whenever you feel in the mood? If you leave me here now, like this, then that's it. I have had it with you and our marriage is over….do you hear me Ronon Dex?"
Ronon glared at her and began to wade back into the water.
Ellie backed up but it was difficult to walk backwards in water and as she turned to try and put more distance between them he caught her arm and hauled her back up against him.
"Our marriage is far from over", he growled at her, watching as tears began to form in her eyes.
"So why do you keep me at arms length all the time?", Ellie cried, her earlier anger and bravado escaping her, leaving her totally defenceless against anything he might throw at her.
"Because……because you drive me crazy Ellie", Ronon bit out and then cursed as he saw her shrink back from him.
"I don't mean in a bad way. It's just our entire relationship has been all over the place from the minute it started".
"You want to end it don't you?", Ellie said, her heart feeling as though it had been ripped from her chest and she felt like she might pass out.
She tried to move away from Ronon but found herself pulled close against his chest and she couldn't help the hot tears that spilled onto her cheeks as she began to sob, clinging on to him as though she was never going to see him again.
"Ellie no…….that's not what I want at all", Ronon said wrapping his arms tightly around her.
"Then what….what do you want?", she mumbled against his chest and Ronon kissed her head.
"You…..forever", he said and Ellie pulled back so that she could look up at him.
"Ronon……I am so sorry for everything that John and I did…..it didn't mean anything, you know that don't you? I love you so much..", she trailed off as he wrapped his arms around her waist and lifted her against him.
"Sush. I know and it doesn't matter now. Nothing matters except that you're now exactly where I want you to be".
Ellie clung onto him and eventually they both became aware of the friction of her nipples rubbing against his chest.
Slowly Ronon waded back toward the waterfall, Ellie in his arms and she smiled at the wicked glint in his eyes as she wrapped her legs around his waist.
"We have catching up to do", he murmured and she couldn't agree more.
OOoOO
Back in the jumper, Lyssa and Sheppard sat looking out at the meadow before them.
"Fancy a walk? God knows how long Ronon will be", Sheppard said and Lyssa nodded.
She needed to get some exercise. Sitting around on Atlantis and being unable to train was taking it's toll on her and she was glad that she was due to see Beckett shortly so he could assess whether she was ready for active duty again.
They exited the jumper and made their way across the meadow, taking in the scenery as they held hands.
"It really is beautiful out here", Lyssa said and Sheppard breathed in the fresh air deeply, filling his lungs.
"There are places nicer than this back on Earth. I'd like to show you them someday", he said and Lyssa looked at him.
It was hard to believe sometimes that they came from two completely different galaxies, let alone planets.
"Are you alright?", Sheppard asked seeing the far away look she was giving him.
He put his arm around her waist as she said,
"Yeah, it's just so amazing to think that once we were so far apart and now we're together, here. We're from two totally different universes John".
"Yeah, it is kinda amazing", Sheppard agreed, stopping as they came to the top of a hill, a view of the ocean before them.
They sat in the long grass, their arms around one another.
A long while later they made their way back to the jumper and Lyssa found she was a little disappointed that Sheppard hadn't tried to make love to her. She shook off the feeling, telling herself she should be pleased that they could just sit together without having to be intimate.
But….
They hadn't made love since her return to Atlantis, even though she had now moved in with him and was back to good health and she was beginning to wonder why.
They had just entered the jumper and she was about to say something to him about it when Sheppard said,
"Looks like they made up", and she followed the direction his finger pointed and saw a rather damp looking Ronon and Ellie, their arms wrapped around one another, walking slowly toward the jumper in between stopping for kisses and caresses.
"I'm glad. They belong together", she replied and Sheppard nodded, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Just like we do", he said and Lyssa smiled at him.
OOoOO
The next day Lyssa saw Beckett who said she could start active duty again at the end of the week so she had two days left to go.
She was finding all this time on her hands difficult. Sheppard and his team were off-world and so she decided to go and see Ellie in the lab.
Ellie looked up from her lap top as Lyssa walked in, she smiled tentatively and relaxed when Lyssa smiled back.
"Hey, what you up to?", Lyssa asked and Ellie replied,
"Just configuring some more tracking devices. We've had some new Marines join us and they all need the implants".
"Right", Lyssa said feeling guilty as she recalled how she had cut her own out of her arm when she'd left Atlantis so that none of them would be able to find her. She should have known Ronon would be able to track her anyway.
"I could do with a replacement, I sort of disposed of mine", she said, pushing her sleeve up and showing Ellie the tiny scar.
Ellie looked at Lyssa realising just how tough the other woman was compared to herself.
"I can sort you out with a new one if you'd like?", she offered and Lyssa nodded.
Just then Major Reece walked in and Lyssa frowned when she saw Ellie beam at him.
"Hi", Ellie said and Reece smiled at first Ellie and then Lyssa and Lyssa realised just how good looking the guy was.
His blue eyes were amazing and his smile was very, very disarming.
"James this is Lyssa Hunter, my team-mate whom you're covering for and Lyssa, this is Major James Reece", Ellie introduced them and Reece took Lyssa's hand.
"Nice to meet you", Reece said and Lyssa nodded at him in response.
"Are you here to have your tracker fitted?", Ellie asked and Reece nodded, sitting on the seat Ellie indicated to.
"I also came to see you, make sure you got back from the mainland ok. You left without me yesterday……you abandoned me", he said and Ellie blushed, glancing at Lyssa to see her scowling at the two of them.
"We weren't on a date or anything", Ellie said as she grabbed his arm and injected the tracker none too gently into his arm and Reece grimaced and pulled his arm back out of her grasp.
"Ouch", he said and Ellie smiled at him.
"Sorry. You're a big boy…I thought you'd be able to look after yourself".
Reece looked at her for a moment before standing.
She seemed different today. Maybe it was the presence of the blonde woman, Lyssa.
"Ok, well next time we stick together", he said but Ellie merely smiled at him and he left feeling deflated.
"Women", he muttered, smiling to himself as he walked away rubbing his arm.
"Next time?", Lyssa asked, her glare un-nerving Ellie.
"There won't be a next time, in fact there wasn't really a first time. He wanted to see the mainland and I had something I needed to do over there so we went together. That was it", she explained in a rush and Lyssa eyed her for a moment or two.
Since she had nothing to hide, Ellie boldly returned Lyssa's stare and Lyssa had to admire her, not many of the women Marines would stare her out in training but here was Ellie giving her the evil eye back.
For once Lyssa was the first to look away.
"I just get protective of Ronon that's all. He's been through so much", she said and Ellie stopped what she was doing.
"You both have", she said gently and Lyssa looked at her.
"I love Ronon and I would never again do anything that might intentionally hurt him".
Lyssa nodded and could see Ellie spoke the truth.
"You should stay away from Major Reece though….he looks like trouble", she said and Ellie smiled.
Just then another Marine entered the lab.
This one had dark, very short hair and looked like the typical mean and moody type. He was well-built and good looking and Ellie bit back a smile as his eyes clashed with Lyssa's and Lyssa seemed unable to look away.
"I've come for my tracking implant", the man said to Lyssa who seemed to have lost the power of speech and could only point towards Ellie.
"Hi. What's your name, take a seat?", Ellie said as the man managed to take his eyes from Lyssa long enough to glance at her.
"Lieutenant Marcus Tyler, ma'am", he told her and Ellie ticked him off her chart as she readied his tracker.
"Roll up your sleeve please, and don't call me ma'am, it makes me sound old", she said and he barely smiled as he adjusted his sleeve for her, not flinching when she injected the implant.
"Ok, you're done", Ellie said and he stood.
"Thank you", and his eyes flicked to Lyssa one more time as he left the lab.
"Well, I think you had better stay away from him", she said to Lyssa who finally regained her ability to speak.
"He is definitely trouble", she said and Ellie laughed.
"Lyssa you sound like a soothsayer or something with all your impending doom".
Lyssa forced a smile although in the back of her mind Lieutenant Marcus Tyler stayed firmly in her danger zone. He would be trouble, she could sense it.
The End