Re: Stargate: Atlantis, John/Rodney, not what you expected
He didn't even know that he was waiting for John to let him go until John made a sound, a moan or a sob that escaped the prison of John's throat and took him with it, up up up and over and out. Rodney's brain switched quietly off and his body went on automatic. The last thing he remembered was staring straight down at John's navel, as if it had somehow snuck up on him out of nowhere.
He wouldn't say exactly that he passed out. He remembered being rolled off John and out of John, but he couldn't be bothered to care until John got up. He watched John stand, twist his back and crack his shoulders. He heard John take a shower, and saw him walk naked across the room and start getting dressed.
"Hey," Rodney said, because implicit in that was some kind of accusation aimed at him, about lazing about in bed. This was Earth. He could laze if he pleased. He supposed John could implicitly accuse if he pleased, as well, but it was annoying. The room was paid for until midnight.
"Hey," John said right back, with no particular inflection at all. He pulled his ratty flannel shirt on over his t-shirt and ran a hand over his hair. Rodney usually sneered at the gesture as wishful thinking: John never could keep his hair down.
Rodney sat up and decided he didn't really need to clean up. He pulled up his pants and did up his belt and voila. So he was rumpled. He was often rumpled.
He was half tempted to apologise to John, who was balancing carefully to tug his socks on. To say, I'm sorry, that was wrong. He thought that would make John would hit him. He probably deserved it.
Instead, he said, "That was really hot."
John looked over at him, eyes dark, something knowing there that was instantly wiped away into blankness and a hard, sharp smile. It made Rodney feel guilty, which made him feel angry. John had agreed.
"Really hot," Rodney repeated, and got up, brushing down his trousers. "I can't wait until next time." He smiled back at John, matching challenge with challenge. "Can you?"