Defined by Duskyfox (G)

[silver_galaxy]

 Rec Category: Rodney/Teyla

Pairing:Rodney/Teyla
Category: vignette, het, friendship, Jeannie Miller
Warning: none
Author on LJ:  duskyfoxand duskyfoxthefan
Author's website: none

Link: Defined

Why this must be read:

“Rodney. You’re spending your entire leave with her. I’ve heard you finish each other’s sentences and most of the time you communicate more in looks than in talks. She listens to you rant about work; you let her hit you with sticks, and don’t think I didn’t see you coming out of her room tonight. Looks like more than friends to me.”

This is a great look at Rodney and Teyla's relationship from an outsider's perspective when Rodney takes Teyla to visit Jeannie. Without being overly sentimental, Duskyfox does a terrific job of portraying the comfort between Teyla and Rodney and just hints at the possibility of more

Teyla had been surprised when he invited her along on the visit to his sister, though she knows she shouldn’t have been. The rest of the senior staff had stayed on Atlantis this time around; Rodney and Teyla knew many of the others visiting Earth but most of them were more acquaintances than friends. Rodney had said that she needed to see more of the planet than Colorado Springs when he asked her along and proceeded to tell her of the myriad ways he could prove Canada’s superiority to the U.S. if she went with him, but the relief in his eyes when she agreed to accompany him gave her the simple truth: he just didn’t want to travel alone.

She could understand that. From what she saw of Rodney’s interactions with his sister he still wasn’t completely comfortable around his older sibling. Teyla was glad to meet the woman and glad for the opportunity to comfort her teammate

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