Disclaimer etc.: see 1st part.
No real notes on this, just wanted to make a very excited declaration… I'm going to the Middle East in THREE DAYS!!!!!!!!
Ahem.
Enjoy!
Fragments of Vision
Father
She traps his question unsaid by a finger to the lips, and smiles as she brings his hand to rest on her oh-so-slightly swollen belly: "You will be a father," she says softly, and the look of joy on his features makes all of it worthwhile.
Pack
He watches her pack slowly from his vantage point in her open doorway: his throat is dry and his eyes damp as he whispers, "Please don't leave."
Cranky
She wordlessly hands him a warm mug, a smile twitching her lips: she knows how cranky he gets without his morning coffee.
Fail
He skids to his knees beside her in the dirt, aghast: he stares into her lifeless dark eyes and his whole body shakes, while a single phrase runs over and over in his head – How could you fail her?
Confused
He sits back as McKay tries to explain hockey to her, a tiny smile twitching his lips: she's cute when she's confused.
Smile
With subconscious charm he flashes a brilliant smile at her, and, in a moment of pure attraction and unconscious longing, she smiles back.
Graveyard
She comes here once a month, to the graveyard on the mainland – she visits him twelve times a year, and leaves flowers and tears on the wooden headstone that marks his final resting place.
Alone
Loneliness had never bothered him before, but now, as he curls up on one side of the bed for two, he wishes that she were back from the mainland, and he wasn't alone anymore.
Haunted
He refuses to tell her why, every once in a while, he wakes from troubled sleep, sweating and terrified; refuses to tell her what it is that haunts his nightmares – all she can do is hold him and kiss him back to sanity when he sobs in the early hours.
Slow
Bureaucracy annoys him; it's too slow, red tape mangles everything – he has to wait, when all he wants to do is marry Teyla, and marry her now.
Return
He's being recalled to Earth and Elizabeth won't tell him why: he hugs Teyla hard in the 'gate room and she pulls him close and whispers in his ear, "Please return soon – I need you."
Fire
Candles flicker at the head of the bed – the flames mirror the fire in her eyes as she pushes him down on his back and trails her fingers down his chest.
Quake
The ground shakes beneath their feet, and she grabs him and pulls him away as the quake ripples through and a yawning gap opens where his feet were a second ago – fear shines in his eyes and his fingers don't let go of hers.
Blood
He's never seen so much blood before, and he can't tell where it's all coming from – all he can do is hold her in his embrace and press his forehead to hers as she sobs from the pain in a futile attempt to help.
Upset
So maybe John hits Lieutenant Andrews a little harder than he should have in training – all he knows is that the new Marine upset Teyla, and that's all he needs to know.
Honour
Her expression is stern as she lectures him that he did not have to fight for her honour: a crooked grin twitches his split lip as he replies, "No, but it was fun" – she rolls her eyes at him.
Winter
The cold winters on Atlantis were John's favourite time of year – it gave him a good excuse to hold Teyla in his arms all night long.
Ignorant
He's worked long and hard to make sure she's ignorant of what he's about to do, and as he opens the little box he's had in his pocket for a week, the surprise and delight on her perfect features justify all the secrecy.
Fool
She is no fool, no bumbling teenager, but as he smiles coyly at her across the dinner table, she finds herself blushing and fumbling for words.
Afraid
She peers over the edge of the cliff, her fingers clenched in her pockets – he nudges her gently and asks, "Afraid?" – she merely glares at him and steps back from the edge… quickly, and his amused grin shows that he noticed.