Monday: Firsts

[lilyleia78]

Hello fellow comment_ficcers! I’m lilyleia78, and I’ll be guest hosting this little shin-dig for the week.

For my first theme, let’s do firsts – first love, first fight, first day, first meeting. Was it love at first sight or did the first realization of love come later? Tell us about the first time something happened to your characters, or have them tell each other. Let’s see your creativity at work!

Please be kind to our over-worked codemonkeys and use the correct format (the second is for crossovers).

Fandom, Pairing, Prompt
Fandom1/Fandom2, Pairing, Prompt

For example:
SGA, Lorne/Parrish, first flower of spring
Buffy, Spike/Buffy, ‘Do you remember the first time?’

And remember not to post more than 5 prompts in a row, and please limit yourselves to 3 prompts per fandom per prompter. If a prompt is answered, you can prompt again later in the day.

Don’t see anything that whets your appetite? Give a Lonely Prompt a home.

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[ribbon-purple.livejournal.com]

SGA, Teyla/author's choice, "The first time I laughed for real."

With No Logical End

[neierathima.livejournal.com]

SGA, Teyla/author's choice, "The first time I laughed for real."

More of Teyla's memoirs, follows, We Were Soldiers Once, and Young (http://community.livejournal.com/comment_fic/46502.html?thread=10613670#t10613670), and Bombs Bursting in Air (http://community.livejournal.com/comment_fic/43426.html?thread=9642402#t9642402), and They Say He Made a Good End (http://community.livejournal.com/comment_fic/28695.html?thread=5019927#t5019927). Chronologically between Bombs Bursting in Air and They Say he Made a Good End.

Teyla watched her son-in-law attempt to explain ripples in space-time to his niece. He was Radek's protege, and very bright, but Teyla's granddaughter, appropriately named Meredith, was a tiny copy of Rodney, and she was not appeased by anything less than a full explanation, despite only being nine years old. Her sister Chara, however, quickly grew bored with it, and ran on wobbly legs towards her. Teyla caught the child in her arms, pulling her close and hugging her. Eventually, Chara tugged on her sleeve. Teyla turned to face her.

"Tell me 'bout Granpa Kanaan. Tell me about how you got married."

"Again?"

Chara nodded, settling into her grandmother's arms for a story, and Teyla allowed herself to muse that time really did have ripples.

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Teyla stood watching as the body was sent through the wormhole. Though tears threatened, she did not let them spill. Even now it was a privilege to know the manner of ones death.

John leaned closer to her, and whispered in her ear.

"Twenty years Teyla, was about him was worth it? Worth knowing."

She knew he asked not to upset her, but to remind her of that which was good between her and her husband, in his own emotionally clumsy way.

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Teyla let herself relax against the pillows as she watched her husband introduce their three year old son to their new daughter. Though she was still tired from the birth, she could not stand to sleep while her family bonded near her.

Kanaan brought the girl, Tagan, over to her. He then sat Torren between them. Kanaan looked on in awe as Teyla nursed their child. Teyla grinned at him.

"It is not anything you have not seen before."

"But I am still amazed at it. Amazed that you would marry me at all. I cannot figure out why you would."

She couldn't help her sly grin.

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Teyla watched Dr. Keller study the results of her scan on the computer. Though nothing seemed amiss, she could not help feeling a little apprehensive.

Keller turned to her with apologetic eyes.

"This is gonna take awhile to finish. Maybe you could, uh, tell me about him?"


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Teyla scanned the woods around her, searching for any sign of pursuit. She did not think there would be, she was the best at this game in the village, and could usually tell where they other children were, but it would not help to become cocky. As she made her way around a blind corner, something dropped out of the tree in front of her.

Teyla almost screamed. It was a boy, obviously, one of the ones from the group they had joined with after the latest culling. But aside from wearing the traditional Wraith mask, he was also nearly naked, but for his underclothes and some sort of strange grass skirt and crown. That, and the vibrant paint covering his bare chest. He was also doing some sort of dance that was perhaps supposed to be intimidating.

She could not help herself. Teyla burst out laughing. She laughed so hard her sides her, she laughed until she could no longer stand and she laughed as she fell to the ground. When she recovered her breath, the boy was leaning over her, smiling widely.

"Who are you? Why are you dressed like that?"

He smiled even wider as he helped her up.

"I'm Kanaan. And you're Teyla. They said you don't laugh."

"You did all of this just to make me laugh?"

He - Kanaan- nodded, and seven year old Teyla decided then that she would marry him.

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Chara wiggled impatiently on her lap, and in retaliation Teyla tickled her stomach, causing her granddaughter to laugh. Teyla laughed with her, the sound rippling through the garden, joined by the laughter of all her family and echoed back to her, greater than it's origin.

Re: With No Logical End

[ribbon-purple.livejournal.com]

*sighs happily* You should see the grin on my face right now. That was lovely. Thank you. :o)