Hot Lunch, by Sithdragn (sithdragn at livejournal dot com)
M/Z, PG
A snippet for improperlydone. Thanks bluster for looking it over.



Hot Lunch
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"If you must drool, you could at least wait until I'm out of the room."

"Sorry."

Rodney made a face. "No, you're not. You're just saying that because tonight is Rodney Bottoms Night and you don't want to piss me off."

Zelenka tried for his best innocent expression. It had never been very convincing.

Rodney stuffed french fries into his mouth. "It's the tight pants, isn't it?"

"Well--"

"I can get pants like that."

"Er, Rodney, you don't have to--"

"And the shirt -- I can cut the sleeves off one of my shirts. Ronon Dex isn't the only one around here who can be hot." Rodney pointed a french fry at Radek, talking with his mouth full. "I'll have you know I can be exceedingly hot when I want to be."

Radek quietly poked at his hamburger, not looking at Rodney, and especially not looking at Ronon, who was sitting a few tables away. Looking exceedingly hot.

Rodney sighed. "Fess up. If it's not the pants, it has to be the arms, right?"

"And," Radek shrugged nonchalantly, "perhaps the chest."

"And the ass."

"And the thighs, so firm, I would--" Rodney gave him a look as he stuffed more french fries into his mouth.

"He looks good, so is probably lousy in bed, yes?"

Rodney was resting his chin on his palm, chewing and staring at Ronon. "Yeah."

"Rodney."

"Yeah."

Radek fumed. "Rodney, now you are staring."

Rodney was about to tell Radek where he could stuff his jealousy since Radek had started it all in the first place, when Sheppard came into the cafeteria, sat in the chair across from Ronon, and began speaking with him in low tones. Ronon leaned forward until their foreheads were nearly touching, smirking slyly across the table at Sheppard as they spoke.

The two scientists shared a look before slamming the lids on their lunch containers and pushing their chairs back.

"Sex tonight, yes?"

"My place, twenty-one hundred hours. Don't be late. The lotion starts to get itchy after a while. I think I might be allergic."