Date : 16.03.2008
Title : The A.U. Series : Ellie and The Major
Author : ElaineDex
Chapter : 9 of ?
Rating : M
Pairings : Major Evan Lorne/Dr. Ellie Harrison
Warnings : Some Sexual Content, Romance, Adventure, Maybe Some Strong Language.
Spoilers : This story has character's in it from my Loves series and follows on from my last story - Lost City of the ZPM's
Feedback : Yes please, always welcome whatever it may be.
Disclaimer : Dr. Ellie Harrison, Lt. Matthew Franks and any O/C's are mine. Lyssa Hunter belongs to Kazavid and is from her Atlantis stories Behind The Mask and Reunions. Stargate Atlantis, unfortunately, has nothing to do with me.
Summary : Lorne owes Ellie his life and not for the first time but when payback time comes, will the Major be able to do what needs to be done to stop her turning to another for help?
When Beckett released Ellie from the infirmary the next day she made a beeline for her quarters and took his advice and rested.
Thankfully no-one disturbed her and she didn't surface until the day after.
After taking a shower and dressing she left to take a walk and stretch her legs. She had to admit that a day in bed seemed to have done her the world of good and she felt better than she had in ages.
She was starving though and decided to make her way to the mess hall to see what she could grab for breakfast.
She got herself some orange juice and some muesli and sat down to eat, unaware that Charlotte was sat in one corner of the hall, glaring at her.
Since Lorne had cut short their coffee date the other evening, Charlotte had not managed to catch up with him since and she had the feeling that maybe he was avoiding her because of Ellie.
She had found out that Ellie and Lorne had never actually dated and so she had to find a way to stop them getting any closer than they already were and Ellie's little 'virginity' problem gave her an excellent idea.
She just had to figure out a way to action her plan.
After eating her breakfast, Ellie wandered around the halls of Atlantis uncertain what to do with her free time.
She decided to head to the TV room to see what DVD's were available but she stopped short in the doorway when she saw Ronon was sat on the huge couch in front of the TV and she was about to turn away when he said,
"Hey. How're you doing?".
"Fine thanks…you?", she replied and he nodded and held a hand out toward the TV.
"Have you ever seen this movie?", he asked and Ellie looked at the screen to see Stephen King's 'It', playing and she shuddered at the sight of the clown.
"Uh yeah, its not one of my favourites", she said and Ronon frowned.
"That's what Sheppard said. He said the guy in the clown suit freaked him out…I'd just take him out if he were in my hometown", he said and Ellie smiled.
"I'm sure you would", she said, moving into the room so that she could check out some of the DVD's stacked by the TV.
As she crouched down, Ronon's attention turned from the movie and onto her and he imagined being the one to claim her newly found innocence.
He cleared his throat.
"You know…if you wanted…I mean…if you need someone, for just one night…I wouldn't mind", he said and Ellie nodded, not really taking in what he'd said as she'd just spotted a movie that she'd wanted to see for ages.
"Huh?", she said, not even looking at him as she wrestled the DVD from the pile.
Just then Lorne came to stand in the doorway. He had spotted Ellie heading into the TV room from way down the hall and he had wanted to check on how she was doing. As he hovered in the doorway he was just in time to hear Ronon say,
"I mean you're single and I'm single and it would purely just be for the sex…no strings…", he trailed off as Ellie's head shot up as she realised just what it was that he was saying to her.
Lorne saw the shock on her face and he had to back out of the room quickly before he said something that he might regret to Ronon.
He listened as Ellie cleared her throat nervously and replied,
"Well that's…that's good of you to offer Ronon…it really is….", and she stopped abruptly before adding,
"I have to go", and then she fled, not even noticing Lorne stood by the doorway as she turned the opposite way upon exiting the room.
He watched her go, his fists clenching at his sides.
He wanted to go to her and tell her that he wanted to be the one, that he cared about her, that he wouldn't just want a one night stand just for the sake of it, that he wanted to get to know her, to be a part of her life and look after her just like Beckett had suggested the other day.
So why didn't he?
"Damn good question", he muttered to himself just as Sheppard rounded the corner.
"The question is Major, what is the question?", he asked and Lorne sighed.
"That's a good question Sir", he replied and Sheppard frowned.
"It was?", he asked and Lorne nodded.
"Yes Sir".
Sheppard scratched his head and entered the TV room feeling confused.
Ronon's comment had half scared Ellie to death and she had spent the rest of the day in her quarters, tidying and having a clothes sort out, trying to take her mind off of her predicament.
At least she now knew that if the worst came to the worst then there was at least one man on Atlantis who would help her out. It was just a pity that it wasn't the man that she wanted.
Finally, hunger made her realise that she had missed lunch completely and that dinner time was upon her.
She bit her lip at the thought of venturing out again but decided that she was being silly and so she headed out and reached the mess hall without incident.
She found a table wondering where everyone was. She had not seen anything of Lyssa or Teyla for a while now.
She picked at her chicken salad, wishing that she had brought a book to read.
Deciding a piece of chocolate cake would cheer her up she stood and headed for the food counter once more and that was when Charlotte spied her chance.
The red head passed Ellie's table and dropped an envelope onto it as inconspicuously as she possibly could and then she joined Ellie.
"Hi. How are you feeling now?", she asked over brightly and Ellie turned to look at her.
"I'm good thanks", she replied, choosing the slice of cake she wanted and then headed back to her table, not really in the mood for talking to her ex friend.
"You soon wont be", Charlotte muttered under her breath, picking up a slice of the chocolate cake herself before returning to her table to watch her plan unfold.
Ellie had half eaten her cake before she noticed the envelope and she picked it up and saw that it had her name typed on it.
Putting her fork down she glanced around and upon seeing that no-one was watching her she opened the envelope and pulled out the sheet of paper inside, her face paling as she read what was on it.
It read as follows :-
LIST OF MARINES WILLING TO HELP DE-FLOWER THE DOC.
Sergeant Stackhouse
Lieutenant Franks
Lieutenant Tyler
Captain Gallagher
Lieutenant Elliott
Sergeant Wood
Sergeant Myles
Captain Bennett
Lieutenant Campbell
Lieutenant Draper
Ellie crumpled the piece of paper into a ball in her fist. Blinking back tears she tried not to look around.
Was everyone laughing at her? Were any of the marines on the list in the mess hall at that moment? Were they watching her?
She wanted the ground to open up and swallow her, anything so that she didn't have to get up and walk past everyone in the hall at that moment in time.
Her eyes suddenly registered the fact that Lorne was just putting his tray down in front of her and she blinked, trying to clear her vision as he sat down opposite her.
"Hey…", he began, trailing off as he saw her face and he realised that something had upset her. Badly.
"Ellie?", he said but she shook her head and stood.
"I have to go", she said, her hand letting go of the scrunched up paper as she pushed her chair back and stood, then calmly walked from the room.
Lorne frowned and stood too, torn between going after her or staying and minding his own business.
But his overwhelming need to know if she was alright won out and he snatched up the screwed up paper and smoothed it out, his anger rising more and more as he read each name on the list.
From her place in the corner, Charlotte gulped.
Lorne had not been meant to see that damn list…now what was she going to do?
She got up quickly and left the mess hall, hoping against hope that no-one had seen her drop that envelope onto that table.
Lorne went around to each of the men on the list and ordered them to his office immediately. He didn't tell them what he wanted with them, he just told them to wait for him there.
When the last man had been found he followed them all to his office and stood before them.
In as calm a voice as possible he said,
"Would one of you care to tell me what the hell this is about and whose bright idea it was?".
The men leant forward to get a better look at the paper and he clearly saw the confusion on all of their faces.
"I don't know who has typed that up Sir but I can tell you that I had no idea my name was going on there…I mean…not that there's anything wrong with the Doc or anything but me and Teyla, well we're kinda, y'know, getting closeand….", Franks trailed off as Lorne glared at him.
Lieutenant Tyler was the next to speak.
"Same for me Sir, I like the Doc and I'd willingly oblige if she were to ask, but I didn't add my name to any list".
The others confirmed that they also had no part in the making of the list and Lorne frowned.
If it weren't his men then who the hell would do such a thing.
"Uh, Sir…I saw that Charlotte woman drop an envelope onto the Doc's table when she was up at the food counter", Sergeant Stackhouse said, "Whether it was that list or not inside though I couldn't say".
Lorne raked a hand through his hair and sighed.
"Alright. Thanks everyone…dismissed", he said wondering why Charlotte would want to do such a thing to Ellie.
Ellie.
He had to check on her.
He followed his men from his office and then made his way up to the level that he knew Ellie's quarters were on.
Ellie had managed to get to her quarters and shut the door behind her before the floodgates had opened and she had bawled her eyes out for the best part of ten minutes before she had tied her hair up, got undressed and gotten into the shower and then cried some more. She had never felt more embarrassed or more like a piece of meat in all her life.
How was she ever going to show her face around the halls of Atlantis again?
She sniffed loudly as she remembered that one name in particular had not been on the list.
Lorne's.
'Typical', she thought as she dried herself and then put on her comfiest, warmest pyjamas. They were pale pink with huge white fluffy sheep all over them.
She was stood at the end of her bed when a knock came to her door.
She froze. Their was no way that she was going to answer it. What if it was one of the sex mad marines from the list?
She stared at the door as a second knock sounded.
He was persistent…whoever he was.
Outside Lorne cursed. She had to be in there, where else would she go?
He knocked for a third time and began to worry. What if she'd had a problem with her heart again and had passed out?
Ordinarily he would never ever do what he was about to do, but his worry for Ellie outweighed his conscience and he quickly punched in the security override code for the door that only he and Sheppard knew.
It would open any door on Atlantis if need be and was only ever to be used in an emergency.
This, in his opinion, was an emergency.
As the door slid open, relief swamped him as he saw Ellie stood at the foot of her bed, then his eyes widened as he took in the sheep pyjamas, then just as quickly, they were forgotten as he saw how red her eyes were from crying.
"Are you alright?", he asked as Ellie gawped at him as though stunned that he had barged into her room.
"What are you?….How?…Oh the override code…", Ellie muttered, answering her own questions as the door slid shut behind Lorne.
"I was worried about you…the list…I saw it", he explained and Ellie groaned and covered her eyes.
"I had the men whose names were on it in my office. They all swore to me that they had no part in it…Sergeant Stackhouse says he thinks that Charlotte was the one who put the envelope onto your table whilst you were at the food counter", Lorne said, watching as Ellie's shoulders began to shake again and he realised that she was crying again.
"I thought that they were all laughing at me", she sobbed and Lorne shook his head, moving toward her. He put his hands on her shoulders and pulled her to him as she began to wail uncontrollably.
"Why would Charlotte do that?", she cried, wrapping her arms around his waist and Lorne stroked her back soothingly.
"I don't know but I intend to find out", he said as Ellie's sobs grew louder.
"She's such a…a nasty person", she blubbed and then she remembered that he had supposedly had a hot date with Charlotte only the other night.
"Oh…I'm…I'm sorry…", she added and he frowned against her hair.
"For what?", he asked.
"When I was in the infirmary the other day, I overheard Jessica telling another nurse that Charlotte had been bragging about having a hot date with you…is that…is that true?", she asked quietly, hoping against hope that it wasn't and Lorne cursed and kissed her forehead.
"No. I agreed to meet her for coffee in my break time because she said she had something to tell me but she didn't get a chance to tell me what it was because Allen came through the gate and I left her in the mess hall. I haven't seen her since", he told her and Ellie nodded.
"So you're not considering getting back with her then?", she asked and Lorne shook his head.
"Definitely not…and especially now that she has done this to you".
Relief went through Ellie and her eyes filled with tears again.
"I'm sorry", she sobbed again, cursing herself for breaking down like this in front of him of all people.
"It's fine…you've had a tough couple of days", he said as she sniffed.
The longer Lorne held Ellie, the more he realised that he didn't want to let her go.
Her sobs began to dissipate and she made hiccupping noises against his neck before she finally fell silent.
Her fingers flexed against his chest and she sniffed again and raised her head reluctantly.
"I'm sorry….", she whispered, "Your T-shirt is all wet now", and she avoided his gaze as she brushed her fingers against the damp patch that her tears had caused.
"It doesn't matter and stop being sorry", Lorne replied, his arms still around her and he wondered if he should release her, but aside from lifting her head she hadn't actually made a move herself to get away from him.
"I feel so embarrassed", Ellie admitted, her face burning and Lorne leaned back a little and angled his head so that he could look at her.
"Don't be", he said and she laughed shakily.
'Was he kidding her?', she wondered, closing her eyes as she thought about what she was wearing. The cute, comfy pyjamas were hardly what she would have liked Lorne to have found her in under normal circumstances.
"I've never seen you with your hair up before", Lorne said suddenly and Ellie blinked at him.
"Oh…I…", she trailed off as Lorne raised a hand and snapped open the clip that held her brunette curls and they tumbled down around her shoulders and back.
"I like your hair down", he told her, his voice gentle and Ellie felt her heart quicken at his words.
"You…you do?", she queried, sounding a little bewildered and Lorne nodded and threaded a hand into her hair, his face close to hers.
"I like a lot of things about you actually", he said and Ellie cleared her throat.
"I thought you couldn't stand me….", she murmured, "All the times you've shouted at me and……", but she trailed off as Lorne suddenly cupped her face in his hands, his eyes meeting hers.
"I shout at you because I care about you and I have no way of showing that to you without just coming right out and saying it", he said and Ellie smiled despite the serious look on his face.
"Like you just did you mean?", she asked and Lorne nodded, a smile twitching at the corners of his mouth.
"But you call me names", Ellie pointed out and Lorne frowned at her.
"Pinball", she elaborated and Lorne laughed gently.
"That's a term of endearment", he told her and Ellie's eyes widened.
"It is?", she asked and he nodded, then said,
"It was you that sent me the valentines card wasn't it?".
Ellie nodded and coloured up. She had been sprung…finally.
Lorne wanted to kiss her so badly that he could almost taste her.
Ellie licked her lips and it was more than Lorne's willpower could handle. He dipped his head and brushed his mouth over hers.
He heard her breath catch and he went to pull away to check that she was okay but she shot her hands up and gripped his head, pulling it back down to her and their mouths met again.
They sat on the bed, their lips never parting and Lorne moved his hands down and pulled her onto his lap, his hands bunching the soft material of her over-sized pyjama top as he tried to resist the urge to push them up underneath and feel the soft skin beneath.
Ellie wriggled in his lap as she wrapped her arms around his neck and Lorne groaned as her butt came into contact with his groin and he deepened their kiss, brushing his tongue against hers and it was Ellie's turn to moan.
Slowly Lorne, turned on the bed and tipped her from his knee, lowering her onto the mattress and he followed her down, lying by her side, his mouth still never leaving hers.
He didn't want to rush her and so just continued to kiss her. After a few moments, his mouth left hers and he trailed kisses down her neck and then back up again before nuzzling at her ear.
Ellie moaned and caressed his shoulders.
"Evan?", she said tentatively and he raised his head and looked at her and she was surprised by the desire that she saw in his eyes.
"You don't have to do this you know", she told him and he cocked his head to one side.
"What?", he asked, watching as she blushed and he smiled, thinking how adorable she was.
"I don't want you to feel you have to make love to me…it should be because you want to, not because you feel forced to…I mean we could date for a couple of days…", she said and Lorne groaned and moved his hips a little closer to her thighs and she immediately felt the bulge of his erection.
"Does that feel like I'm being forced to you?", he asked, his voice husky and Ellie shook her head slowly, feeling suddenly hot at the thought of what was to come.
"Thing is Ellie…is this what you really want? Do you want to date first? We still have a bit of time before Allen returns", Lorne said, his hand resting on her abdomen as he continued, "You don't have to lose your 'virginity' tonight…there is no way I or anyone in this city will let Allen take you away with him when he comes back, you know that right?".
Ellie smiled up at him, wondering how on earth he could ask her such stupid questions. Could he not see how much she wanted him? How crazy she was about him? Obviously not.
"Make love to me Evan…please? We can date tomorrow", she said.
"With pleasure", Lorne murmured before covering her mouth with his and pulling her in tight against him.
As they kissed, Ellie pulled his T-shirt from his combats and smoothed her hands up over his toned stomach and chest and Lorne tore his mouth from hers just long enough for him to tug the garment over his head and toss it onto the floor.
After a few more kisses that stole both their breath, Lorne raised his head and slowly he reached for the buttons on her pyjama top.
"Nice PJ's", he commented, grinning at her and Ellie blushed.
She watched him, rapt, as he undid the buttons one by one and parted the material to reveal her full breasts.
She watched Lorne's eyes darken as they feasted on the soft mounds and her nipples hardened and stood proud, begging for his attention.
Lorne knew that Ellie was curvaceous and he revelled in the fact that she wasn't bony. He had never found overly skinny women attractive and he relished in her womanliness.
"Beautiful…", he murmured without realising that he had actually said the word and he glanced up as Ellie released a gush of air as though she had been holding her breath, waiting for his reaction.
He saw the anxious expression on her face and said,
"What are you worried about?", and his hand moved to cup the underside of one full breast and Ellie's breath hitched as she replied,
"That you'll think I'm a little too…curvy…Jessica and Charlotte…", she stopped abruptly as Lorne shook his head at her.
"Jessica and Charlotte don't matter Ellie…you're the one I want", he said and his words made heat pool in the pit of her stomach.
"I am?", she asked.
Lorne nodded and lowered his mouth to one rosy nipple, his tongue flicking over the hard bud before he caught it in his teeth and grazed it slightly.
"You're perfect and petite and I want you so badly….", he murmured.
"Ohhh", Ellie moaned and arched her back.
She reached for the zipper on his combats and heard his sharp intake of breath as she pushed her hand inside and her fingers stroked him through his shorts.
Wanting to feel him properly she whispered,
"Take these off…please…", and she tugged at his combats and shorts.
Lorne didn't need to be asked twice. He moved away from her and stood. He bent to take his boots and socks off and then he turned to face her as he pushed his combats and his shorts down his thighs and kicked them off.
Ellie sat up and watched him, her eyes taking in his hair roughened thighs and her mouth went dry as her gaze travelled back up to where his erection jutted out and called to her. He was the perfect one…his body was gorgeous.
She stood herself and it was Lorne's turn to watch as she slid the pyjama top from her shoulders and it slipped to the floor.
She hooked her hands into the waistband of her PJ bottoms and managed to push them to her hips before Lorne said,
"Wait!", and she froze, thinking that he had changed his mind and she stared at him, her eyes huge from fear of rejection but she sighed in relief as he pulled his ear-piece off, tossed it onto her chest of drawers and then knelt before her, his eyes level with the juncture of her thighs.
Ellie looked down at the top of his head as his hands went to the back of her thighs and he began to tug the material down.
Slowly her soft mound and her silky thighs were revealed to him and Lorne groaned in pleasure as he pressed his mouth very close to her opening, kissing her through her dark curls and Ellie gripped his head to keep herself upright.
"Ev..an…", she breathed and suddenly he stood, his arms going around her waist and he lifted her clear of the PJ bottoms and backed her down onto the bed again.
His hands caught her wrists and he pinned them either side of her head as he moved his lower body in between her eagerly parted thighs.
Ellie wrapped her legs around him and Lorne moaned again, kissing her neck and shoulder as he fought to gain control of his senses.
As he nipped at her skin gently he said,
"Please tell me that you have some protection…?", and Ellie's eyes sprang open.
'How could she have nearly forgotten about something so important?', she wondered.
She had been more than ready to feel Lorne plunge inside of her without a second thought for anything like that.
Blushing she replied quietly,
"Top bedside drawer".
Lorne released her wrists and leaned over. Pulling open the drawer he saw a couple of pots of her heart pills and he glanced back down at her.
"Are you sure you're up to this…I mean, your heart is alright isn't it?", he asked, sounding concerned.
"My heart is fine but it wont be if you keep me waiting much longer…", she told him and Lorne smiled and his fingers found a condom.
He tore open the packet with his teeth and then Ellie took it from him and moving her hands between their bodies, she rolled it onto his rigid length.
As soon as she was done, Lorne was back in position, making Ellie giggle as he said,
"Now…where were we?", against her neck and she arched against him as she felt the tip of him pushing against her moist opening.
As he pushed into her, she stiffened and Lorne gritted his teeth.
She felt extremely tight and Ellie was sure that she hadn't felt that way the first time around…with Emerson.
"Allen has done a good job…", she said, sounding breathless and Lorne nodded and kissed her jawbone.
"Just relax…", he whispered and she felt his hand move up her side and his thumb flicked across a nipple, making liquid heat race to her core.
She moaned and Lorne pushed a little further, kissing her and making her writhe against him in longing.
She gripped his shoulders and finally, after one last push, he was fully inside of her and Ellie tore her mouth from his and gasped as he withdrew and then pushed back into her slowly.
"Am I hurting you?", Lorne asked, lifting his head to look at her but she shook her head, her hands moving down his back and then she pressed her hands against his buttocks, urging him on.
"No…it's…it's just it's even better than I dreamt it would be with you…", she said, sounding breathless and Lorne looked at her in wonder.
"You dreamt about me…and you…and this…?", he asked, his lips teasing her earlobe and Ellie gasped again as he withdrew and then surged deeply against her.
"Uh-huh. Quite a few times actually…", she whispered and Lorne groaned.
He pushed his hands under her buttocks and pulled her body up against his, allowing him to plunge even more deeply inside of her and he felt Ellie's hands press harder against the small of his back as she began to climax.
He felt the ripples all around his shaft and felt her body shake as she came.
Her hot gasps and moans sent him over the edge and he moaned and clung to her as his body exploded inside of her.
They lay still for a few moments and then Lorne moved off of her gently, not wanting to crush her. He divested himself of the condom and then pulled her against his chest.
"How do you feel?", he asked, kissing her forehead and stroking her back.
Ellie smiled sleepily and pressed her lips to the smooth skin of his chest.
"Fantastic. How about you?", she murmured and Lorne tightened his arms around her.
"I feel like now that I have you, I never want to let you go", he replied truthfully and Ellie moved up so that she could look into his eyes.
She felt lost for words and they stared at one another for an endless moment before she touched a hand to his face and managed to say,
"So don't".
End of Chapter 9