Disclaimer: I don't own Stargate Atlantis, its characters, or anything plot lines. This is a purely fan-made fic I am not profiting off of. Please don't sue.

Summary: What happens when a Wraith and a human fall in love? Well, it's not a walk in the park. They have to fight for what is theirs and the family they desperately want.

OC X OC

Spending time with John seemed to be the only thing that kept Jesse's mind occupied enough to stop thinking about Edward. Even if it was temporary. John was just as glad as Ronan that she had survived her encounter with the Wraiths. The official story was that she was kept to be a Worshipper, she played along to stay alive, and took a Dart when she thought she had gotten competent enough to fly one. Brilliant, on her part. Everyone bought it of course. Who would believe that the Wraith that had kidnapped her fell in love with her and let her go willingly. Yeah, right!

After a couple of days in the infirmary, Jesse was released and returned to her lack of duties to fulfill. She was there to be their psychic on call but it seemed that she wasn't really needed. Either that or they didn't want to bother her so soon after her survival. John didn't need her to go off world and Ronan wouldn't let him take her. Overprotective much?

It had been two weeks since she got back and life was slowly getting back to normal. She had initially been on Atlantis for less than a month before she had been kidnapped so she still had some learning to do around the city. Still a newbie.

John, her new best friend, had convinced Stargate Command to send a basketball hoop and installed it in one of the larger, empty rooms. Jesse couldn't resist a little one on one.

It was an especially rainy on Atlantis and Jesse found herself three hours into a game with John. Ronan sat off to the side, still not sure of what to think about the human sport, but willing to watch the two of them compete. One of Jesse's older brother's played basketball for University of Michigan. The game was already won but they went through the motions anyway.

With one last shot, Jesse rolled the ball off her finger tips, over John's head, and WOOSH!

"Game." Ronan mumbled as he pushed off the wall and handed both combatants a towel.

"Seventy-two to thirteen. Nice!" John huffed.

Jesse laughed. "Well, you got to practice more." She wasn't nearly as tired as he was even though she had kicked his ass.

"Yeah, yeah."

Smiling came easy these days, the sharp pain had dulled to a tight knot in her chest. When she was alone it made it hard to breathe but as she became occupied, the knot was just an nuisance.

The threesome laughed and joked a little while longer, at the expense of John. None of them expected what came next.

"Unscheduled off world activation, Colonel Sheppard to the control room." A voice called over the radio. John and Ronan made their way to the control room immediately, while Jesse stood.

Should she follow them? They didn't ask for her. Feeling especially nosey, Jesse decided to follow. She started to jog lightly, thanking to cities designers that the court was close to the control room. After a minute or so, Jesse walked into the control room and the air was knocked out of her lungs.

There, on the display, was Edward.

"What the hell makes you think we want to talk to you?" John questioned the Wraith captain. "Did you want to inflict more damage?"

Edward smirked. "I only wish to speak with Jesse Quinn."

"Like hell!" Ronan growled.

Jesse pushed past Ronan and John to stand in front of the display. Edwards reaction told her he could see her. She could feel the tears as they threatened to well in her eyes but the weeks of practice allowed her to hold them back. The smirk was wiped from the Wraith s face immediately.

"The deviant herself." He made a reference to the stunner incident. "Quite clever on your part."

"Thanks." Her voice cracked. "Are you mad?"

"Extremely." He was lying, he knew why she did it.

"Good. Your Hive?"

"Gone, a successful coup while is was otherwise preoccupied." He explained. This meant the Hive turned against him and left while he was unconscious on the planet.

"You're not a very good Wraith."

"It seems."

"Still stranded?"

"Yes."

"Enough damn pleasantries." John butted in.

Ronan stepped up to shield Jesse from the screen. "Just ignore him." He was trying to protect her.

"Ronan, he has no Hive. One Wraith with no connections isn't dangerous." She tried to reason with him.

"Jesse…" John tried. "This was the one that kidnapped you. Why defend him?"

Jesse was speechless. John was right, but they didn't know the whole truth because she had lied to them. It was her fault he was alone and exposed and she wanted to make amends. How could she save him without revealing what really happened? The answer was, she couldn't. Either she left him to the wolves or gave in.

She loved him too much to risk his life. Pushing Ronan aside, Jesse faced Edward once again. She spoke to the people in the control room while staring at her Wraith. "I lied about how I escaped."

"Jesse." Edward growled. He knew what she was doing.

"He kidnapped me but he didn't hold me against my will. I stayed with him because I wanted to be with him." Jesse could feel the tears stream down her cheeks. "Damn it, he gave up a fucking Queen for me! Can any of you name one other Wraith that would do that for a human? Can you?!"

"Jesse, perhaps you should speak with your humans."

"No, no, no, don't go anywhere." John stopped him. "You're a part of this to. Jesse, you lied about what happened?"

She felt ashamed. "How would you have reacted if I came back and told you I left the Wraith I love to save his life? Most of you would lock me in a padded room and throw away the damn key." She pointed at the display. "He took care of me. Sure, he went about it the wrong way and we hashed that out between the two of us. But I can't lie about how I feel. I don't expect him be romantic, I mean, Wraith pride." She wiggled her fingers in sarcasm.

"You mock me?" Edward questioned Jesse.

Jesse giggled. "A little."

The whole room was stunned. A Wraith and a human? No way. How could she come back and keep this from everyone? How could she act so normal? John looked mildly amused but Ronan looked murderous.

"Ok, so we obviously got a little Todd situation going on here." John referenced their Wraith ally.

"His name is Edward." Jesse corrected.

"Whatever." He looked at the display to address The Wraith. "Send us the gate address and we'll talk."

Edward nodded. "I agree so long as Jesse accompanies you."

"Fine."

John turned to leave but not before taking Jesse by the arm and dragged her from the room. "Oh!" She wasn't expecting that.

"You have a lot of explaining to do." He smiled a bit. Sure, the situation was a little strange but she was an adult making an adult decision. So long as she was sure and he wasn't going to screw her over, this was alright in John's book.

Ronan followed close behind, this wasn't alright to him. The first chance he got he was going to kill that Wraith. Jesse would never belong to a Wraith, not his Jesse.