SGA Ficlet: Puddlejumper Paranoia

[out_there]

Title: Puddlejumper Paranoia
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: Gen
Notes: Written for seperis. Apparently, I'm all about the short'n'easy drabbles at the moment, given this story and the SN ones yesterday. Can we tell I'm procrastinating about fixing the WTF wip?

Puddlejumper Paranoia

"Can you smell something?"

Rodney rolled his eyes, trying to make the gesture as obvious as possible. "No. No. I don't smell anything."

"I just..." John twitched his nose in a very rabbit-like way and took a few large sniffs. He adjusted his grip on the flight controls and looked suspiciously around the jumper. "I think I smell something."

"You don't. Trust me, you do not smell anything weird."

John said slowly, "I think I smell cheese."

"This is ridiculous," Rodney replied, hands waving. "This is a puddlejumper, just like the others. It does not smell of cheese. It does not make funny noises. It doesn't like you any less or any more than any of the others."

"It's not the one I usually fly. I'm telling you, Rodney, there's a difference. I can feel it."

"Then send Lorne a memo. Tell him next time his team can't take your jumper. Get someone to paint "Sheppard's" on it in big red letters." Rodney glared as hard as he could but John barely looked cowed. "Fly the ship, stop complaining, and let me work on these readings. Otherwise, we'll get to the planet that possibly has exciting new weapons and we won't be able to find them. Is that what you want?"

"No, but," John shrugged, "it feels wrong. And it smells of cheese."

"Shut up."

Comments

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

McKay is just not going to admit he has a cheese sandwich in his pocket, is he...

[out-there.livejournal.com]

*snickers* If he admitted that, he'd have to share.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

Oh man, that is still killing me!

*giggling*

[out-there.livejournal.com]

Poor John knows it isn't *his* puddlejumper. It feel wrong.

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

Hee! I could see this happening in the episode. Poor John - it's not really paranoia if the jumper really does smell like cheese!

[tardis80.livejournal.com]

eeee! i love the dialogue:)

[out-there.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Exactly.

And John isn't going to say it out-loud, but he's pretty sure this jumper doesn't like him. It's the one they scraped in 38 minutes, and John's sure it's holding a grudge.

[out-there.livejournal.com]

Thank you! They're so much fun when they're bickering.

[celli]

*g*

[out-there.livejournal.com]

Cheese, I tell you!

(Just to make this an odd reply when it shows up in your inbox. *g*)

[leesa_perrie]

Just found this on a rec site - and LOL, I loved it! Nice bit of paranoia - and what's the betting on McKay having something cheesy on him at that?!

I like the idea of painting 'Sheppard's' on *his* puddlejumper too - I can just see him doing it and turning to an unhappy McKay: 'But you said I could!" !!!

[out-there.livejournal.com]

I can just see him doing it and turning to an unhappy McKay: 'But you said I could!"

Hee! He would, too.

Thanks for commenting.