[Fic] at least i didn't stab you in the back, though (Stargate Atlantis)
- Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
- Word-Count: 234
- Status: Complete
- First Published: 2024-01-16
- Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate Atlantis and make no profit from this—it is solely a hobby for fun, with no financial compensation.
Summary:
Sheppard waits until Teyla is properly distracted and then bolts for sweet, precious freedom.
Notes:
Written for 3 Sentence Ficathon 2024.
Prompt: Any of the Stargates, something needs to be done right away, but nobody wants to do it
Work Text:
"Well, don't look at me," Sheppard raises his hands and steps away from the device of utter doom, upon which only doom can rest and only doom can be achieved, as such a matter of what can only be termed A Mission of Utmost Importance™; this clever name apparently made no difference, for the only people left in the room are Sheppard and Teyla (and Sheppard's eyeing the door with careful consideration and precious, precious longing.)
Teyla huffs quietly and turns away from him with a blatantly amused expression, but she's not fooling anybody; she's looking at the thing with just as much disgust as him and her coos are frankly unconvincing, body stiff and expression entirely unwelcoming; the animal has mandibles and is far bigger than it has any right to be, Sheppard thinks and steps away, and it smells worse than a pigsty—there's not a chance in hell he's touching it just because it accidentally got into the control room and everybody else are cowards.
Maybe, he thinks, cowardice is the right option right now—Teyla has it pretty well in hand, after all, and that door is wide open, Zelenka waving at the other side and egging him on; slowly stepping to the side, in a wide circle around the demon parading as a baby animal, Sheppard waits until Teyla is properly distracted and then bolts for sweet, precious freedom.