Well, I was just recently regaling my wife with a cracktastic SGA scenario: a planet where the natives are all insanely private about eating, but totally open about sexuality, both homo- and hetero-. And the fantastic four get trapped there b/c they break the gate or something, and in order to fit in and win the approval of their unwilling hosts, they have to kind of...blend. And Ronon and Teyla pair up and pretend to be a couple, and McKay and Sheppard have to do the same. And actually it's more about intimacy than raunchiness--men habitually touching each other and kissing, rubbing each other's earlobes and necks and so on during conversations about hunting and building things, but being men, they also have a disconcerting tendency to fall to jacking each other off without much warning. And there's an expectation that our heroes will do the same. I mean, doesn't everybody?
So John, being John, takes the bullet for Rodney and is the initiator--every time he wanders over to talk about how the hell they're going to get the DHD working again, he rubs Rodney's back or arm, and Rodney goes stiff as a stiff thing, wide-eyed and weird, and John sotto voces him, all Could you please try not to look like I'm threatening you, at least? Rodney: You are threatening me. I'm feeling very threatened. Meanwhile, beside them two big guys are kissing and tickling each other. Rodney's eyes are gigantic, and he's got lip sweat. John sighs.
Of course, the thing is that Rodney's discomfort comes from the fact that he's attracted to Colonel Hotpants, he likes every little touch and despises himself for it because John's way out of his league and in the DADT Air Force and also STRAIGHT. And John's discomfort is so tightly controlled he seems cool with it, but actually he's trying desperately not to seem like he likes touching Rodney, without seeming like he's trying desperately not to seem like he likes touching Rodney... And it all explodes at last in a scene where Rodney decides oh, fuck it, and lets himself kiss back for once, then finds the reins in his hands and just goes with it, and it's incredibly awesome mindblowing wonderful sex for both of them, which is good because it turns out that standing right outside their hut is the chief and his whole panel of advisors, and this was exactly the kind of display that they needed to convince them that the off-worlders are Jest Folks, and they turn the gate back on and everyone gets to go home and deal with their own private aftermath in peace.
Teyla and Ronon have a little throat-clearing to do too, but that's another story.
Um, so yes. Hijacking your LJ! Yay! (Has anyone actually written this one yet, and if so, where do I find it?)
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So John, being John, takes the bullet for Rodney and is the initiator--every time he wanders over to talk about how the hell they're going to get the DHD working again, he rubs Rodney's back or arm, and Rodney goes stiff as a stiff thing, wide-eyed and weird, and John sotto voces him, all Could you please try not to look like I'm threatening you, at least? Rodney: You are threatening me. I'm feeling very threatened. Meanwhile, beside them two big guys are kissing and tickling each other. Rodney's eyes are gigantic, and he's got lip sweat. John sighs.
Of course, the thing is that Rodney's discomfort comes from the fact that he's attracted to Colonel Hotpants, he likes every little touch and despises himself for it because John's way out of his league and in the DADT Air Force and also STRAIGHT. And John's discomfort is so tightly controlled he seems cool with it, but actually he's trying desperately not to seem like he likes touching Rodney, without seeming like he's trying desperately not to seem like he likes touching Rodney... And it all explodes at last in a scene where Rodney decides oh, fuck it, and lets himself kiss back for once, then finds the reins in his hands and just goes with it, and it's incredibly awesome mindblowing wonderful sex for both of them, which is good because it turns out that standing right outside their hut is the chief and his whole panel of advisors, and this was exactly the kind of display that they needed to convince them that the off-worlders are Jest Folks, and they turn the gate back on and everyone gets to go home and deal with their own private aftermath in peace.
Teyla and Ronon have a little throat-clearing to do too, but that's another story.
Um, so yes. Hijacking your LJ! Yay! (Has anyone actually written this one yet, and if so, where do I find it?)