"Slippage" by leave_me_light

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Subject: "Slippage" by leave_me_light

Rec category: John/Elizabeth
Pairing: John Sheppard/Elizabeth Weir
Category: het, humor
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:  leave_me_light
Author's web site: N/A?
Link: Slippage

Why this must be read: This is one of those fics that makes you laugh from the get go. John had an accident off world, which resulted in funny consequences - the premise may be a simple one, but the author manages to gives us insight into John's emotional insecurities while guiding us from one funny moment to another. It's well written, funny and the characters are spot on. Finally, there is a perfect remedy for John's little problem, and it leaves the reader with a happy smile.

 

Packing up her gear, she threw a sideways smirk at John and asked, “So, Rodney has been casting his eye on your wife, I heard?”

John shook his head incredulously. “This is never gonna go away, is it?” he groaned, narrowing his eyes in suspicion. “How long have you been practicing that question in your head?”

“Since the moment you walked in,” she laughed.

“Yes, well, thank you for reminding me that knocking myself out in front of a grateful audience of slapstick fans was only narrowly the most embarrassing moment of my day,” he pretended to be hurt. “Which one of them told you?”

“The sarcastic one,” Teyla answered. Then, realizing that this wasn’t enough to tell them apart, she elaborated, “The tall sarcastic one.”

“Yes, well, despite what people think, all evidence seems to point at the brooding quiet ones being the biggest gossips. I was distracted – I had a headache and McKay was being particularly annoying and I accidentally said “wife” instead of “food”. It happens. Might mean that the doorframe kicked a screw or two loose, but I definitely have no intentions of…, well, of…”

“Marrying someone?” Teyla offered.