John's Journal 5

Release

by Cynical_Coat

URL: http://www.area52hkh.net/asc/ccoat/jjournal05.php
Summary: John writes in his journal as any wounded romantic does, without reserve

The impossible has happened...

I dropped my baggage.

I stepped out of my closet.

I jumped out of my skin.

And all it took was an alien device and a wrestling match with a certain snarky scientist...

Rodney and I got into a fight.

A *scuffle*.

...

I lost.

No. He beat me, but I won.

Because I know something that the genius doesn't.

I know I love him.

I also know that he loves me...

But he doesn't know either of those things.

Not yet.

Not even when they're staring him in the face.

I guess I should be concerned that we were compromised by an unknown technology... but I'm not.

Rodney'll figure it out before he figures *this* out, that's a given.

...

I haven't been this happy in a long time.

A long, *long* time...

I just have to figure out a way to make him realize that.

But I will...

So, you know what all that means, Carson?

You can stop trying to help me so much.

Thanks.

But I can handle it from here.

I've got it under control.

***

Carson sat back, eyes wide, and laughed, trying to keep it quite as the object of his mirth was still sitting by Rodney's bedside.

-he must've snuck over while I was checking Rodney's vitals...-

He had noticed that the journal was on the other side of his desk from where he had left it when he came back over. When he picked it up to put it back on the pile, it had flipped open to a page that had been marked with a pen. Upon seeing the new entry, he hadn't been able to resist.

He put the journal where it belonged and headed back out into the infirmary proper.

"I think he's coming around, Doc." Sheppard said, glancing over at him. Carson returned his smile warmly.

"It's about time."

Sheppard met his eyes and squeezed Rodney's hand.

"Yeah... yeah it is..."

-Fin... really.-