Stargate Atlantis Ficlet: Beginnings
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planetkiller’s original prompts for her birthday drabbles she threw me a bone and asked for some SGA.
She gets a ficlet, her preferred pairing.
Stargate Atlantis – Chuck/Kavanagh – PG – 466 words
Beginnings
(prompt: chocolate)
Chuck gets on well with everyone. As long as he remembers, he’s been that nice young man or a good guy or a fine employee with excellent people skills. He’s never resented any of those labels or the ones that got him on Atlantis (well-balanced, adaptable, high emotional IQ) and he’s never known anyone else to have a problem with them either.
So when he makes room for Dr. Kavanagh who’s come to perform maintenance on the gate console, it’s a bit of a shock when the other man turns to him with a contemptuous sneer. “Save your Mr. Nice Guy routine for someone who cares,” he says and in his mouth the word nice sounds like an insult.
Dr. Kavanagh doesn’t get on with anyone, nor does he seem to want to. If Chuck was a different sort of man, he would leave it at that and let the snappy scientists lie in peace or whatever the proverb of the week on Atlantis was.
However, the incident keeps bothering him. So much so, that he finds himself watching the other man; warily at first, but then with growing interest. And once he starts noticing he can’t stop, and the things he notices… well, they sort of accumulate until it feels like he’s full of secret knowledge and little snapshots of Dr. Kavanagh; his sweet tooth, his hands with their long narrow fingers dancing over a keyboard or under a console, how young he looks without his glasses, softer somehow.
Chuck starts saying hello every time he sees Dr. Kavanagh. It takes two weeks of how are yous until he gets more than a quick flicker of eyes in response. But then one evening they are both late for dinner, rounding the corner to the mess hall literally on each other’s heels.
Chuck is first in their line of two. There is only one piece of chocolate cake left and, well, it’s been a tiring day and he really wants it. But he kind of wants to see Dr. Kavanagh smile even more.
Chuck passes the cake by, opting for some furry Athosian fruit instead and finding an empty table. He watches Kavanagh pick up the slice and then hesitate, the tray held close to his chest. Finally he moves over to Chuck’s table.
“This seat free?” he asks, slowly, like he fully expects Chuck to tell him no, he would prefer the company of his invisible friends, thanks all the same.
“Yep,” Chuck says, nudging the chair out with his foot. “Sit down, Doc. How are you tonight?”
Kavanagh settles, fiddling with his napkin and placing it neatly in his lap. “I’m… I’m fine,” he says, looking up. It’s not quite a smile on his face, but it’s something. It’s a start. “How are you?”
Fin.
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on 2008-02-04 02:59 pm (UTC)Thank you darling!
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on 2008-02-04 03:01 pm (UTC)Anyway, very glad that this worked for you! Thanks for commenting!
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on 2008-02-04 05:59 pm (UTC)I love that someone's writing Kavanagh - and so well! Also, Chuck! Yay! *cuddles Chuck for being so persistent*
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on 2008-02-05 12:25 am (UTC)Kavanagh and Chuck together... well I never thought about it before, but Yay! Cause this is just too sweet not to make me love it.
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on 2008-02-05 11:10 am (UTC)I never really thought about them together either but in the end it was surprisingly easy to write. I'm glad you liked it and took the time to tell me so, thank you very much!
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on 2008-02-05 12:43 am (UTC)If you don't mind, I'm going to rec this at the comm. Because it is awesome and I can't *NOT* share it with someone.
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on 2008-02-05 11:12 am (UTC)And wow, thanks for the rec! That's really awesome of you.
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on 2008-02-06 04:29 am (UTC)Also:
and:
The power of the pretty compels you! :)
That's really awesome of you.
You say this now, but just wait until you are enudated with
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on 2008-02-06 10:44 am (UTC)Ahahaha, I'm already flummoxed by the amount of comments this fic has received. I'm pretty sure I have you to blame/thank... Seriously, I never expected a rare pairing like this to be so popular but somehow all the Kavanagh and Chuck fans are coming out of the woodwork. Scary!
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on 2008-02-05 01:23 am (UTC)*g*
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on 2008-02-05 02:29 pm (UTC)It's just, well, he's Sheppard, and him doing things like breathing and walking gets me to make these soft happy noises in the back of my head. I don't quite understand it :D
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on 2008-02-05 09:25 am (UTC)Ahem. I mean, er, lovely ficlet, thanks. Seriously though, you have done an awesome job here, 'furry fruit' - damn, that Chuck is just tooo nice. I love the way it's a challenge to him to know Kavanagh better. That invisible friends line is brilliant :)
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on 2008-02-05 11:21 am (UTC)Oh wow, and here I was thinking that no one (besides
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on 2008-02-05 03:55 pm (UTC)Your fic really made my day, and this line has had me all happy all day for some reason... Chuck is first in their line of two.
I'll shut up now.
Except maybe to say I will rec this at
=D
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on 2008-02-05 05:35 pm (UTC)Hee, thank you again! I'm really happy that my little ficlet has brought such unexpected joy... I should warn you though that quoting stuff at me makes me all squirmy and excitable...
And that's a silly question! Rec away if you want, I'd be flattered!
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on 2008-02-05 11:58 pm (UTC)Awesome. I normally am not a huge fan of Kavanagh but you've managed to get me to like him. Congrads. :D
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on 2008-02-06 10:47 am (UTC)Thank you very much! I've never written Kavanagh before so I'm really pleased he came out likeable.
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on 2008-02-06 02:34 am (UTC)(Good job humanizing both of them, btw. That was a very effective use of <500 words.)
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on 2008-02-06 10:49 am (UTC)Thank you so much, that is a wonderful feedback to receive! *squirms with pleasure*
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