612 words. Sorry. theicemenace gave me permission to go over. lol

Don't own SGA or its characters. This little snippet takes place after the events in the SGU episode Seizure.

"What's this?"

Jennifer stopped walking so quickly that she almost stumbled. She looked up at the source of the question and said, "Hello to you too, Rodney."

"Ha ha," said Rodney with absolutely no humor in his voice as he quickly advanced towards her. He handed her the tablet he had in his hands as he passed in front of her and kept walking to the other side of her room. He stopped by her desk and folded his arms across his chest with a deep scowl on his face.

She looked down at the tablet and grimaced. Her stomach heaved at the realization that Rodney had found what he'd found, but it was quickly quashed and replaced by anger. She looked up at him and gave him a glare worthy of song. "How dare you snoop into my private business?"

The angry scowl remained firmly entrenched upon Rodney's face, and the fact that he said nothing and only glared right back at Jennifer dampened her own anger. It was never a good sign when Rodney was pissed and wouldn't talk. She'd rather have him yelling at her than saying nothing.

Still…

"It's none of your business, Rodney."

She knew it was a mistake as soon as her lips formed the first syllable, and that knowledge was confirmed by the blank look that replaced the anger on Rodney's face.

"Well," he said more softly than most people would have thought possible from him, "I thought caring about you entitled me to worrying about you and all that."

"Rodney…"

"I'm sorry," he said as he walked towards her. He stopped next to her and pointed to what was on the tablet. "Good luck with that."

He started towards the door and Jennifer closed her eyes as she said, "I heard you talking to John."

Jennifer took a deep breath and opened her eyes. She turned and found Rodney's face a healthy shade of red as he grasped the meaning of what she'd said. "I heard you tell him about seeing Lt. James and her… assets aboard Destiny."

Before she knew it Rodney had rushed to her and grabbed her upper arms causing her to drop the tablet to the floor.

"You're thinking about getting breast implants because I'm a sexist male?"

Jennifer's eyes widened in surprise and she couldn't help but notice the panic in Rodney's eyes.

"Jennifer, you're beautiful in every way!" he said, his voice holding an element of desperation to it that told Jennifer he meant every word. "I wouldn't change anything about you! You're perfect just the way you are!"

"But…"

"No buts," interrupted Rodney as his hands tightened around her arms. "What I said to Sheppard was… it was stupid and just me falling victim to a millennia old instinct in all men." Jennifer was about to say something but Rodney added, "And if I followed your lead I'd have to go and get some steroids so I could look like that Marine you and Cole were talking about last week."

Jennifer's cheeks exploded with embarrassment as she recalled her and Amanda nearly drooling over the rock hard abs and bulging muscles of Lt. Granger.

"Jennifer, I love," he gave a very quick glance down to her chest and then focused on her eyes, "them and everything that's attached to them." His fingers loosened around her arms and gave her a Rodney-esque smile. "I love you."

Jennifer's hands moved up onto Rodney's waist and she smiled as she said, "You better be careful, Dr. McKay." She drew him into a hug and cuddled her face into the side of his neck. "You're getting very good at this stuff."

A/N: "Just the Way You Are" was written by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Khalil Walton and Khari Cain. It was released in July of 2010 as the first single from Mars' album Doo-Wops & Hooligans.