Adopting Rodney 12/?
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sg_lab2Title: Adopting Rodney
Author: sg_lab
Rating: G to PG
Summary: “We’re adopting Rodney,” John said. What happens after Rodney suffers a brain injury. Set a few months after First Strike
Pairing: Sheppard/Weir
Characters: Sheppard, Weir, McKay
Spoilers: First Strike, Sunday
Warning: Character death
A/N: More angst and we find out what Elizabeth and Radek were doing in the previous chapter
Disclaimer: The characters and Stargate Atlantis don’t belong to me and I’m not making anything from this.
Feedback: Yes please
Chapter 12
Something woke John. He opened his eyes and he could see sunlight peaking through the blinds. He heard a noise and looked around finding Elizabeth walking up to the bed.
“Hey,” he said when she sat down on the edge of the bed. “What time is it?”
“Seven in the morning,” she whispered. “Did Rodney have a bad dream last night?”
John turned to look at his friend now sleeping on his stomach, head turned away from John. “More of a preemptive move,” he said. “Did you just get home?”
She nodded. “I need to tell you something. Why don’t we go out to the living room.”
John frowned, but followed her out of the room. “You’re not gonna tell me you and Zelenka are having a torrid affair are you?” He smirked.
“What?” She shook her head and frowned before it hit her what he said. She rolled her eyes. “No need to worry about that; Radek’s dating someone I think.”
“Anyone I know?”
“Probably not,” she shrugged her shoulders.
“Okay, so what is going on?” He looked at her more seriously.
“It looks like we may be able to contact Earth,” she said.
John just stared for a long moment. “Wow,” he said at last.
“Yeah,” she agreed.
She sighed. “Don’t get me wrong,” she began. “Because I’d certainly like to see my mother and I have no doubt much of the expedition has family they would like to see. I just…” she trailed off and paced the room. “We have to tell Jeannie Miller, Rodney’s sister, what happened to him,” she stopped and looked at her husband. “She’ll probably want him to come back to Earth.”
John sank to the couch. “He’d be better off on Earth.”
“What?” She looked at him stunned. “I didn’t expect you to say that so easily.”
“Believe me, that was not easy,” he said looking at her.
Elizabeth dropped down onto the couch next to John. “We have to tell him.”
“Lizbeth?” They looked over toward their room to see Rodney coming out.
Elizabeth stood up and put on a smile. She walked over to Rodney and hugged him. “Did you have a nice time with Ronon, Teyla and John last night?”
“Yeah, but I fell asleep before the movie was over,” he frowned.
“I’m sure they’d be willing to watch it again when you’re not so tired,” she walked Rodney over to the couch where they sat down next to John.
“Lizbeth, why didn’t you come home last night?” Rodney asked.
“I had to help Radek with a lot of translations,” she looked at John for a moment and then had a thought. “You have an appointment with Dr. Heightmeyer today, don’t you,” she was looking at Rodney when she said this.
Rodney shrugged his shoulders. “I think so.”
Elizabeth grabbed her Palm Pilot and looked at their schedule. “Yep, here it is at one thirty. I thought John and I could tag along today.”
“Okay,” Rodney said. “I need to take a shower.”
John stood up. “All right, let’s get you showered and dressed. Then we can have some breakfast.”
“I think I’m going to take a nap then,” Elizabeth said.
John leaned over and gave Elizabeth a lingering kiss on the mouth. When he straightened up he saw a sour look on Rodney’s face. John rolled his eyes. “Come on,” he nudged Rodney (who laughed) forward.
Elizabeth watched them for a moment and smiled at their antics. When they were out of the room her smile fell.
&
“Rodney, John and I need to tell you something,” Elizabeth was sitting on one side of Rodney while John was on the other side. They were in Heightmeyer’s office and she was sitting across from them.
Rodney looked at the two people next to him and tensed.
“Rodney, Radek and I discovered a way to contact Earth. I’ll be trying tomorrow morning,” Elizabeth explained.
“You want to send me back to Earth,” Rodney said.
“We don’t want to send you back to Earth,” John said. “But it is much safer there.”
Elizabeth couldn’t help the glare she gave her husband over Rodney’s shoulder. “Rodney, I’m going to have your sister contacted. She needs to know what happened to you. She may want you to return to Earth.”
“But what if I don’t want to go?” They could see Rodney curling in on himself wrapping his arms around himself.
“I’m afraid it would be out of our hands,” Elizabeth said.
“We just want what’s best for you, Rodney,” John put in.
“Noo!” Rodney was breathing heavily. Tears were spilling down his cheeks and his face was turning red.
“Rodney,” Elizabeth tried to grab him, but he pushed her away.
He stumbled to the floor. John grabbed hold of him wrapping his arms around his friend’s shoulders. “Rodney, calm down. Breathe,” but Rodney continued to struggle. John continued to hold on.
“No, let me go,” Rodney cried. “You don’t want me here.”
“Damn it, Rodney,” John could feel the fight in Rodney run down. His friend slumped in his arms and John got them back on the couch.
Rodney moved over to the corner of the couch and curled up in a ball. Silent tears continued down his face.
Kate nodded over to the other end of the room silently asking John and Elizabeth over.
“That went well,” John grumbled.
“You could have been a little more reassuring,” Elizabeth said just managing to keep her voice down.
“There was no perfect way to tell Rodney,” Kate put in. “Just try to be as reassuring as possible reminding him he is wanted.”
“I somehow doubt he’s going to want to come with us now,” Elizabeth said to her husband.
“Don’t put this on me,” John shot back. “I’m only doing what’s best for him. This is not a place for him. God only know what kind of horrific technology we’ll find next or when the Assurans will find us again. Or the Wraith for that matter.”
“I guess children are out too,” Elizabeth said turning away from John.
“I think I’ve had all the parenting I could handle,” John said.
“Where’s Rodney?” Kate asked.
“What?” Elizabeth looked over to an empty couch.
John swore. “Zelenka, this is Sheppard, I need you to pinpoint Rodney’s location.”
“Sheppard, McKay just showed up at my door,” it was Ronon.
“Zelenka, never mind,” John looked at the two women. “He showed up at Ronon’s.”
&
When they got there Teyla had just arrived as well. They explained how they were able to contact Earth and what happened with Rodney. Ronon didn’t take it well when he realized they would most likely be sending Rodney back to Earth. Teyla was not very happy to learn of this either, but accepted and understood their reasons.
Rodney wasn’t saying anything. It took a lot of coaxing, but John and Elizabeth managed to convince him to return to their quarters with them.
&
During Elizabeth’s first contact with Gen. Landry in over six months, she learned the Apollo had lost contact with Atlantis and had to limp back to Earth taking almost a month to get there.
The SGC didn’t have a ZPM so there would be no new arrivals anytime soon. Col. Caldwell would however be arriving on the Daedalus as soon as possible with some more military backup. The IOA wanted Caldwell to have a greater presence on Atlantis. Elizabeth would still hold a leadership role giving Caldwell more influence in the military side of things.
In all this time they had been cut off from Earth, they hadn’t heard anything more of the Assurans. Elizabeth had created a few new alliances for them.
During her conversation with Landry she had informed him of Rodney’s condition and asked that he get a hold of Rodney’s sister.
Upon hearing of this contact with Earth, some of the expedition had requested leave. For some: temporary, others: not so much.
Dr. Timothy Warner was the first who asked for permanent leave and he asked that it happen upon their first contact with Earth.
It was now just a matter of waiting to hear from Rodney’s sister. Atlantis would be making another contact with Earth in a week.
It was already getting tense in the city the day Elizabeth had spoken with Landry. John was insistent that they send Rodney back regardless of what Jeannie Miller had to say. Elizabeth was having a hard time with what he was saying. Six months ago she would have been the first to say they needed to send Rodney back to Earth if they could, but now she could not let go.
Rodney was miserable fearing losing his home and at the same time unhappy with where he was as tensions continued between John and Elizabeth.
Elizabeth lay in bed three nights after contacting Earth. John was off world with his team and had been gone for most of the day. They had missed their check in five hours ago and she was worried. She had sent a team less than an hour ago and hadn’t heard anything yet.
Not finding sleep, she got up and pulled on her robe. She went out to the living room and looked around. She saw her laptop and carried it over to the couch. Going through the movies they had she looked for something light and fun.
She found something she liked and put it into the computer. She put the computer on the coffee table and curled up on the couch.
A few minutes into the movie she heard a door open. “Lizbeth.”
Elizabeth looked over at Rodney coming out of his room. “Rodney, are you all right?” She stood up and met him half way.
“Bad dream,” he said.
“Do you want to talk about it?” She asked guiding him over to the couch.
He sat down and was silent for a moment. “You sent me back to Earth and I was all alone,” he squeezed his eyes shut as if to stop the flow of tears, but they came anyway.
“Oh honey,” Elizabeth wrapped her arms around him pulling his head to her shoulder. “We’d never do that to you. You know we love you and just want what’s best for you,” she carded her fingers through his hair. “I know it hasn’t been easy being around John and me the last couple of days. But as much as I want you to stay, I think John’s right; you would be safer on Earth.”
“I don’t wanna go,” he started to cry in earnest.
Elizabeth held him tighter. “I know,” she could feel her own tears slipping down her face. “I don’t want you to go either.”
She continued to hold onto him feeling his whole body shake. Her shoulder became more and more soaked as his tears continued to flow. She forgot the movie as it played softly in the background.
&
John walked into his apartment feeling exhausted. Their hosts had taken them on a long hike and got them lost. When they made it back to the city he decided to go home and surprise Elizabeth.
He knew he had been a jerk the last couple of days. Part of him still felt it was best to send Rodney back to Earth as much as that idea hurt. But his reaction had come out of fear for Rodney and he hadn’t handled it well at all. He didn’t want Rodney’s last memories of this place to be of tension and anger between the two people he spent most of his time with.
He looked over at the couch and spotted the two figures curled up together. They were both asleep. Rodney had his head resting on Elizabeth’s shoulder and her arms were wrapped around his shoulders. Her head was resting atop his.
John stepped closer and his heart sunk. He could see they had both been crying. He walked over behind the couch and kneeled down on the floor. He then wrapped an arm around each of his friends and rested his head on the back of the couch next to theirs.
Elizabeth woke up startled. “John?”
“Hey,” he whispered placing a kiss on her temple.
“Lizbeth,” Rodney’s sleepy voice called out.
“Rodney, John’s home,” Elizabeth said.
“Oh,” Rodney peered up at John.
John winced at the look on his friend’s face. He sighed and stood up walking around the couch. Making waving motions with his hands he got them to move apart and then sat down between them. Wrapping his arm around each one’s shoulders he pulled them close to him.
“I’ve been an ass,” John’s words broke the silence. “Can you two forgive me?”
Elizabeth and Rodney traded looks. A silent communication seemed to take place.
“Well we had already accepted that you were an ass,” Rodney said sounding like the old Rodney for a moment. And that always caught them off guard.
Pulling himself together, John wrapped his arm around Rodney’s neck in a loose headlock. For a moment he looked like he was going to give Rodney a noogie, but surprised him with a kiss on the top of the head.
“Eww, I think I’d rather have a knuckle to the head,” Rodney complained.
John grinned. “Gotta keep you on your toes, buddy.”
“I think we could all use some sleep,” Elizabeth had her arms wrapped around John’s middle and her head was resting on his shoulder.
They got Rodney to bed and sat down on the edge of it while he got settled.
“Rodney, you know how we feel about you,” it was John speaking surprising all of them. He was not one for talking about his feelings.
“Yeah, you love me in the way a friend feels about another friend,” Rodney said rolling his eyes.
John gave him a self-deprecating smile.
“Rodney, you’re no better than John is when it comes to expressing your feelings,” Elizabeth chastised.
Both men looked at her chagrinned.
“Look Rodney, we just want you safe,” John said.
“I know,” Rodney said. “I forget things and get confused. I can’t use a gun anymore. Scares the hell out of me anyway. Maths and science are all messed up in my head. I’m an emotional wreck most of the time. And I understand if Jeannie wants me to come back to Earth there’s not much you can do about it even if you wanted to.”
They winced at the last part of that last sentence. “It’s not a question of whether we want you to stay or not,” Elizabeth said. “We want you to stay, but we’re not sure it’s the best thing for you.”
“I know,” Rodney said. “When will you hear from Jeannie?”
“In a couple of days I’ll be contacting Landry. He’ll probably have spoken with her by then,” Elizabeth said.
“Okay,” Rodney said.
They said their goodnights and John and Elizabeth departed for their bed.
John crawled in next to her a few minutes later wrapping his arms around her and pulling her back to his front.
“We’re going to need to have a long talk,” Elizabeth said.
“Yeah,” John said.
They stayed silent for a long time.
“God, it almost felt like we had the old Rodney back tonight,” John said.
“I know,” Elizabeth turned in John’s arms wrapping her arms around him.
Author: sg_lab
Rating: G to PG
Summary: “We’re adopting Rodney,” John said. What happens after Rodney suffers a brain injury. Set a few months after First Strike
Pairing: Sheppard/Weir
Characters: Sheppard, Weir, McKay
Spoilers: First Strike, Sunday
Warning: Character death
A/N: More angst and we find out what Elizabeth and Radek were doing in the previous chapter
Disclaimer: The characters and Stargate Atlantis don’t belong to me and I’m not making anything from this.
Feedback: Yes please
Chapter 12
Something woke John. He opened his eyes and he could see sunlight peaking through the blinds. He heard a noise and looked around finding Elizabeth walking up to the bed.
“Hey,” he said when she sat down on the edge of the bed. “What time is it?”
“Seven in the morning,” she whispered. “Did Rodney have a bad dream last night?”
John turned to look at his friend now sleeping on his stomach, head turned away from John. “More of a preemptive move,” he said. “Did you just get home?”
She nodded. “I need to tell you something. Why don’t we go out to the living room.”
John frowned, but followed her out of the room. “You’re not gonna tell me you and Zelenka are having a torrid affair are you?” He smirked.
“What?” She shook her head and frowned before it hit her what he said. She rolled her eyes. “No need to worry about that; Radek’s dating someone I think.”
“Anyone I know?”
“Probably not,” she shrugged her shoulders.
“Okay, so what is going on?” He looked at her more seriously.
“It looks like we may be able to contact Earth,” she said.
John just stared for a long moment. “Wow,” he said at last.
“Yeah,” she agreed.
She sighed. “Don’t get me wrong,” she began. “Because I’d certainly like to see my mother and I have no doubt much of the expedition has family they would like to see. I just…” she trailed off and paced the room. “We have to tell Jeannie Miller, Rodney’s sister, what happened to him,” she stopped and looked at her husband. “She’ll probably want him to come back to Earth.”
John sank to the couch. “He’d be better off on Earth.”
“What?” She looked at him stunned. “I didn’t expect you to say that so easily.”
“Believe me, that was not easy,” he said looking at her.
Elizabeth dropped down onto the couch next to John. “We have to tell him.”
“Lizbeth?” They looked over toward their room to see Rodney coming out.
Elizabeth stood up and put on a smile. She walked over to Rodney and hugged him. “Did you have a nice time with Ronon, Teyla and John last night?”
“Yeah, but I fell asleep before the movie was over,” he frowned.
“I’m sure they’d be willing to watch it again when you’re not so tired,” she walked Rodney over to the couch where they sat down next to John.
“Lizbeth, why didn’t you come home last night?” Rodney asked.
“I had to help Radek with a lot of translations,” she looked at John for a moment and then had a thought. “You have an appointment with Dr. Heightmeyer today, don’t you,” she was looking at Rodney when she said this.
Rodney shrugged his shoulders. “I think so.”
Elizabeth grabbed her Palm Pilot and looked at their schedule. “Yep, here it is at one thirty. I thought John and I could tag along today.”
“Okay,” Rodney said. “I need to take a shower.”
John stood up. “All right, let’s get you showered and dressed. Then we can have some breakfast.”
“I think I’m going to take a nap then,” Elizabeth said.
John leaned over and gave Elizabeth a lingering kiss on the mouth. When he straightened up he saw a sour look on Rodney’s face. John rolled his eyes. “Come on,” he nudged Rodney (who laughed) forward.
Elizabeth watched them for a moment and smiled at their antics. When they were out of the room her smile fell.
&
“Rodney, John and I need to tell you something,” Elizabeth was sitting on one side of Rodney while John was on the other side. They were in Heightmeyer’s office and she was sitting across from them.
Rodney looked at the two people next to him and tensed.
“Rodney, Radek and I discovered a way to contact Earth. I’ll be trying tomorrow morning,” Elizabeth explained.
“You want to send me back to Earth,” Rodney said.
“We don’t want to send you back to Earth,” John said. “But it is much safer there.”
Elizabeth couldn’t help the glare she gave her husband over Rodney’s shoulder. “Rodney, I’m going to have your sister contacted. She needs to know what happened to you. She may want you to return to Earth.”
“But what if I don’t want to go?” They could see Rodney curling in on himself wrapping his arms around himself.
“I’m afraid it would be out of our hands,” Elizabeth said.
“We just want what’s best for you, Rodney,” John put in.
“Noo!” Rodney was breathing heavily. Tears were spilling down his cheeks and his face was turning red.
“Rodney,” Elizabeth tried to grab him, but he pushed her away.
He stumbled to the floor. John grabbed hold of him wrapping his arms around his friend’s shoulders. “Rodney, calm down. Breathe,” but Rodney continued to struggle. John continued to hold on.
“No, let me go,” Rodney cried. “You don’t want me here.”
“Damn it, Rodney,” John could feel the fight in Rodney run down. His friend slumped in his arms and John got them back on the couch.
Rodney moved over to the corner of the couch and curled up in a ball. Silent tears continued down his face.
Kate nodded over to the other end of the room silently asking John and Elizabeth over.
“That went well,” John grumbled.
“You could have been a little more reassuring,” Elizabeth said just managing to keep her voice down.
“There was no perfect way to tell Rodney,” Kate put in. “Just try to be as reassuring as possible reminding him he is wanted.”
“I somehow doubt he’s going to want to come with us now,” Elizabeth said to her husband.
“Don’t put this on me,” John shot back. “I’m only doing what’s best for him. This is not a place for him. God only know what kind of horrific technology we’ll find next or when the Assurans will find us again. Or the Wraith for that matter.”
“I guess children are out too,” Elizabeth said turning away from John.
“I think I’ve had all the parenting I could handle,” John said.
“Where’s Rodney?” Kate asked.
“What?” Elizabeth looked over to an empty couch.
John swore. “Zelenka, this is Sheppard, I need you to pinpoint Rodney’s location.”
“Sheppard, McKay just showed up at my door,” it was Ronon.
“Zelenka, never mind,” John looked at the two women. “He showed up at Ronon’s.”
&
When they got there Teyla had just arrived as well. They explained how they were able to contact Earth and what happened with Rodney. Ronon didn’t take it well when he realized they would most likely be sending Rodney back to Earth. Teyla was not very happy to learn of this either, but accepted and understood their reasons.
Rodney wasn’t saying anything. It took a lot of coaxing, but John and Elizabeth managed to convince him to return to their quarters with them.
&
During Elizabeth’s first contact with Gen. Landry in over six months, she learned the Apollo had lost contact with Atlantis and had to limp back to Earth taking almost a month to get there.
The SGC didn’t have a ZPM so there would be no new arrivals anytime soon. Col. Caldwell would however be arriving on the Daedalus as soon as possible with some more military backup. The IOA wanted Caldwell to have a greater presence on Atlantis. Elizabeth would still hold a leadership role giving Caldwell more influence in the military side of things.
In all this time they had been cut off from Earth, they hadn’t heard anything more of the Assurans. Elizabeth had created a few new alliances for them.
During her conversation with Landry she had informed him of Rodney’s condition and asked that he get a hold of Rodney’s sister.
Upon hearing of this contact with Earth, some of the expedition had requested leave. For some: temporary, others: not so much.
Dr. Timothy Warner was the first who asked for permanent leave and he asked that it happen upon their first contact with Earth.
It was now just a matter of waiting to hear from Rodney’s sister. Atlantis would be making another contact with Earth in a week.
It was already getting tense in the city the day Elizabeth had spoken with Landry. John was insistent that they send Rodney back regardless of what Jeannie Miller had to say. Elizabeth was having a hard time with what he was saying. Six months ago she would have been the first to say they needed to send Rodney back to Earth if they could, but now she could not let go.
Rodney was miserable fearing losing his home and at the same time unhappy with where he was as tensions continued between John and Elizabeth.
Elizabeth lay in bed three nights after contacting Earth. John was off world with his team and had been gone for most of the day. They had missed their check in five hours ago and she was worried. She had sent a team less than an hour ago and hadn’t heard anything yet.
Not finding sleep, she got up and pulled on her robe. She went out to the living room and looked around. She saw her laptop and carried it over to the couch. Going through the movies they had she looked for something light and fun.
She found something she liked and put it into the computer. She put the computer on the coffee table and curled up on the couch.
A few minutes into the movie she heard a door open. “Lizbeth.”
Elizabeth looked over at Rodney coming out of his room. “Rodney, are you all right?” She stood up and met him half way.
“Bad dream,” he said.
“Do you want to talk about it?” She asked guiding him over to the couch.
He sat down and was silent for a moment. “You sent me back to Earth and I was all alone,” he squeezed his eyes shut as if to stop the flow of tears, but they came anyway.
“Oh honey,” Elizabeth wrapped her arms around him pulling his head to her shoulder. “We’d never do that to you. You know we love you and just want what’s best for you,” she carded her fingers through his hair. “I know it hasn’t been easy being around John and me the last couple of days. But as much as I want you to stay, I think John’s right; you would be safer on Earth.”
“I don’t wanna go,” he started to cry in earnest.
Elizabeth held him tighter. “I know,” she could feel her own tears slipping down her face. “I don’t want you to go either.”
She continued to hold onto him feeling his whole body shake. Her shoulder became more and more soaked as his tears continued to flow. She forgot the movie as it played softly in the background.
&
John walked into his apartment feeling exhausted. Their hosts had taken them on a long hike and got them lost. When they made it back to the city he decided to go home and surprise Elizabeth.
He knew he had been a jerk the last couple of days. Part of him still felt it was best to send Rodney back to Earth as much as that idea hurt. But his reaction had come out of fear for Rodney and he hadn’t handled it well at all. He didn’t want Rodney’s last memories of this place to be of tension and anger between the two people he spent most of his time with.
He looked over at the couch and spotted the two figures curled up together. They were both asleep. Rodney had his head resting on Elizabeth’s shoulder and her arms were wrapped around his shoulders. Her head was resting atop his.
John stepped closer and his heart sunk. He could see they had both been crying. He walked over behind the couch and kneeled down on the floor. He then wrapped an arm around each of his friends and rested his head on the back of the couch next to theirs.
Elizabeth woke up startled. “John?”
“Hey,” he whispered placing a kiss on her temple.
“Lizbeth,” Rodney’s sleepy voice called out.
“Rodney, John’s home,” Elizabeth said.
“Oh,” Rodney peered up at John.
John winced at the look on his friend’s face. He sighed and stood up walking around the couch. Making waving motions with his hands he got them to move apart and then sat down between them. Wrapping his arm around each one’s shoulders he pulled them close to him.
“I’ve been an ass,” John’s words broke the silence. “Can you two forgive me?”
Elizabeth and Rodney traded looks. A silent communication seemed to take place.
“Well we had already accepted that you were an ass,” Rodney said sounding like the old Rodney for a moment. And that always caught them off guard.
Pulling himself together, John wrapped his arm around Rodney’s neck in a loose headlock. For a moment he looked like he was going to give Rodney a noogie, but surprised him with a kiss on the top of the head.
“Eww, I think I’d rather have a knuckle to the head,” Rodney complained.
John grinned. “Gotta keep you on your toes, buddy.”
“I think we could all use some sleep,” Elizabeth had her arms wrapped around John’s middle and her head was resting on his shoulder.
They got Rodney to bed and sat down on the edge of it while he got settled.
“Rodney, you know how we feel about you,” it was John speaking surprising all of them. He was not one for talking about his feelings.
“Yeah, you love me in the way a friend feels about another friend,” Rodney said rolling his eyes.
John gave him a self-deprecating smile.
“Rodney, you’re no better than John is when it comes to expressing your feelings,” Elizabeth chastised.
Both men looked at her chagrinned.
“Look Rodney, we just want you safe,” John said.
“I know,” Rodney said. “I forget things and get confused. I can’t use a gun anymore. Scares the hell out of me anyway. Maths and science are all messed up in my head. I’m an emotional wreck most of the time. And I understand if Jeannie wants me to come back to Earth there’s not much you can do about it even if you wanted to.”
They winced at the last part of that last sentence. “It’s not a question of whether we want you to stay or not,” Elizabeth said. “We want you to stay, but we’re not sure it’s the best thing for you.”
“I know,” Rodney said. “When will you hear from Jeannie?”
“In a couple of days I’ll be contacting Landry. He’ll probably have spoken with her by then,” Elizabeth said.
“Okay,” Rodney said.
They said their goodnights and John and Elizabeth departed for their bed.
John crawled in next to her a few minutes later wrapping his arms around her and pulling her back to his front.
“We’re going to need to have a long talk,” Elizabeth said.
“Yeah,” John said.
They stayed silent for a long time.
“God, it almost felt like we had the old Rodney back tonight,” John said.
“I know,” Elizabeth turned in John’s arms wrapping her arms around him.
