stargateficrec | Helpless by Allisnow (PG)

Rec Category: John/Teyla
Pairing: John/Teyla
Category: het, character study
Warning: none
Author on LJ: allisnow
Link: Helpless

Why this must be read:

First of all, it is from Teyla's pov, which is a bit unusual in J/T fic since her emotions are hard to read. It shows her very vulnerable, which is also different. I loved this, it was very well written and in-charcter, while showing us a vulnerable Teyla that we haven't quite seen in canon.

Excerpt:

The last place she wanted to be was the gym, and the last person she wanted to be alone with was John Sheppard. But they had a schedule. It was in its own way a tradition. And to Teyla’s way of thinking, there were far too few traditions on Atlantis to allow for the casual breaking of even one.

Besides, if she did not arrive at the appointed time he would likely assume that she had forgotten, and he would either come looking for her… or not. And she was not sure which possible outcome was worse.

So she was there when he arrived, dressed in his usual black and looking little the worse for wear from his ordeal. There was a scrape along his jaw that had not quite healed, and a bruise just visible on the forearm beneath his sleeve - giving her cause to wonder at what other injuries his clothing concealed - but his eyes were alert and his expression lively, and he walked into the gym without an obvious limp. Maybe there was a little spark of surprise in his smile, even a little relief.