"Finding Perfect" by shootingsilverstarlight [PG-13]

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Rec Category: Rodney/Teyla
Pairing: Rodney McKay/Teyla Emmagan
Category: Het, romance
Warning: Het
Author on LJ: shiny_starlight
Author's Website: N/A
Link: Finding Perfect

Why This Must Be Read:

This is a rare story in that it approaches the start of a relationship from Teyla's point of view. We see how she comes to realise that she has romantic feelings for Rodney, and contains a great response from Rodney once she decides to express those feelings. The characters are very well-written and the story gives a realistic scenario in which this unusual couple might get together.

It was strange. He was one of the loudest, most frustrating men she knew, and yet she craved his company. He was like no man she had ever met before. He was by far the smartest man she knew, but had no concept of how to talk to people. He was sometimes mean around children, and yet she saw him cradling a young girl that had recently lost its parents on P47-344 when they arrived just after a culling. Trouble attracted him like a magnet, but he always, always came through for them. He was a mass of contradictions, and probably more trouble than she needed.

And yet, she was drawn to him.