stargateficrec | Plus or Minus Eight (by vain

Show: SGA

Rec Category: Animal Transformation
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Richard Woolsey, Jennifer Keller
Categories: Gen
Warnings: Nil
Author on LJ:

vain_glorious
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Plus or Minus Eight on AO3

Why This Must Be Read: So this is definitely about animal transformation . . . in a way. I won't spoil it for you, but there's a twist in the, er, tail. :) Amusing, accurate, and very well written. Good stuff.

“I do not dislike cats,” Teyla said, evenly. “I told you my people do not keep them as pets.”

“Your loss,” Rodney said. “Hi!” He was addressing the cats again.

A little orange tabby padded over to Teyla, put his two fronts paws on her knees and pulled itself up to look more closely at her. Sighing, Teyla patted it on the head. “Hello,” she said.

“These are wild animals, Rodney,” she tried. “They could have many diseases and germs.”

She was a little surprised with how quickly he brushed that off. “Cats are very clean,” he said. “And these are friendly!”

“Yes,” Teyla said. “But we should resume our mission. Did you not say there may be a full ZPM here?”

Rodney took his time answering. “Maybe,” he said. “Whatever.”

“Rodney!” Teyla said, exasperated.

“Hey guys,” John Sheppard’s voice came over their earpieces. “We found the edges of the site on this side of the ‘Gate. Looks like it’s definitely worth having some science teams come back with chainsaws. How’s it going on your end?”

Teyla answered, because Rodney was actually nuzzling the head of a white cat with his face.

“It is going slowly,” she said, honestly. “Rodney is very distracted. There are many cats.”