Plot: John wants to confess his feelings to you during Valentines, but you aren't originally from Earth, and have no idea what Valentines Day is.
Pairing: John Shepard x Gn!Alien!Reader
Prompts: "What are these for?" "Valentines Day." "Why?" + A takes B's hand to help them down steps/wall, and doesn't let go
Requested By: @gaitwae & Anonymous
Warnings: A kiss at the end. Mention of roof ledge (sitting on).
Words: ~1.2k
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As John made his way around the Atlantis base, his eyes scouring every room for you, his heart beat nervously in his chest. Over the course of the few months you had been settling in at the Atlantis base, becoming a new team member, John had fallen completely head-over-heels for you.
He debated constantly when or if he should tell you about how he felt, often chickening out last minute. But as the Earthly holiday of love slowly infected the Atlantis base, he felt more courage than he had before.
So here he was, looking desperately for you, hoping to whisk you away to his room, where he had set up a dinner for the two of you. He got flowers chocolates, and hopefully the confidence to tell you exactly how he felt.
"Hey Zelenka!" He called out as the scientist walked past "You seen Y/n?"
"Oh yes, roof, I believe."
"Roof." John sighed out with realization. You often went out to look out at the water to relax.
Quickly making his way up to the roof, he took a few deep breaths, hoping to quiet his anxieties.
As he made his way out onto the roof his eyes moved around, before finally spotting you sitting up on a roof ledge, legs dangling over as you peered out at the water. He always felt a nervous flutter in his stomach when he saw you there, so close to danger, yet appearing so peaceful.
Making sure his steps could be heard, so he did not startled you, he walked over. Turning your head to look back, you smiled as you saw him.
"Hello John." You greeted, your own heart fluttering in your chest as you saw his familiar warm smile.
"Hey Y/n." Leaning on the edge of the wall, he looked over for a moment before looking at you "You got any plans for this evening?"
You shook your head with a soft smile "No, why?"
"Well, I thought you might join me, for dinner."
You felt butterflies in your stomach as you smiled "I'd love to."
You'd often sit in the mess hall with John or the others and eat, you enjoyed spending that time with them. You wondered if the others would be joining you again tonight.
"Great!" He said with a bright smile "You hungry now?"
You let out a soft laugh "Yes actually I am. I was planning on heading in to eat soon."
As you turned around, facing the roof, you moved to jump down. John reached out his hand or you to take as you did so, and you smiled softly as you took it.
Jumping down from the ledge you expected John to release your hand, but you were surprised when he did not, instead he smiled almost bashfully at you as he lead you inside.
You felt your cheeks and neck warm up as his hand continued to hold yours. You were not averse to the action, far from it actually, but you were definitely caught off guard by it.
As you stood in the lift, making your way down, John cleared his throat, "I think you'll like what I got for dinner."
You frowned slightly, unsure of what he meant. "What do you mean? Are they serving something unusual today?"
As you said this, John realized he had made an error. He was not specific enough.
"Oh, no, uh, when I asked if you would eat with me, I meant just the two of us, I had something special made up for us."
Your heart was now pounding in your chest, and the reason behind his holding your hand started to make a bit more sense.
You smiled at him "Oh, I see, that sounds wonderful."
He smiled at you, obviously relieved you were still happy to have dinner with him. He glanced down at your still intertwined hands and smiled to himself.
As the lift doors opened to the floor where you knew John's room was on your stomach grew tighter as you began to grow nervous. You had feelings for John, you had since you first met him.
Now your mind was full of thoughts of what this dinner was for, why was he holding your hand, did this mean he felt the same as you? The way he looked at you seemed to express enough, but you still held doubts.
Making your way into John's room, you were stunned to see a table set up for dinner, complete with candles. John quickly pulled out his phone and you watched him for a moment before he looked back up at you.
"Our food will show up son, I had the kitchen hold it while I looked for you."
You smiled fondly at him as he seemed to hold a nervous energy about him.
"Oh!" He exclaimed softly, before grabbing something off the counter, turning back around he handed you a bouquet of beautiful red flowers "I got these for you".
You looked at them in awe before looking up at John "Oh they're beautiful, what are they?"
He smiled "They're called dahlias."
As you smelled them, you looked back at John "What are these for? What is all of this for John?" Your tone was bewildered but obviously pleased.
John smiled "Valentines day."
You blinked a few times "Why? What is, Valentines day?"
As realization washed over John, he let out a soft chuckle "It's an Earth holiday, obviously, I thought you may have heard about it by now."
You shook your head "What does it mean?"
"Oh, that's- uh, well, it's a holiday for people to celebrate love, and relationships of all kinds."
"So you are celebrating our...friendship?" You asked softly, worried you misinterpreted what this was.
He smiled "No, not really. Uhm, it is a holiday mostly celebrated by couples, it's a romantic holiday. And a lot of people, including me in this case use it as a way to express how they feel about someone."
Now your heart was beating faster again, maybe you did not misunderstand after all.
"And what it is you are trying to express to me?"
He smiled as he took a step closer to you his eyes grazed your face softly before he spoke "I wanted to express that I am crazy about you." As you smiled brightly at his confession, he felt more confident "And I've been a coward these past couple months having not told you and I'm sorry it took so long."
You smiled bashfully at him before you spoke softly "I have been a coward too then."
He grinned at you, as you stared at each other for a moment in blissful silence. Reaching over, he gently caressed the back of your hand before he met your eyes again "I really like you."
"I really like you too John."
Leaning closer, slowly, his eyes drifted from your eyes down to your lips. Gently, your lips met in a soft kiss, as John's hand gently drifted up your arm, before he cupped your chin and deepened the kiss.
You had a feeling you were really going to enjoy this new holiday.
xx End xx
General Taglist: @criminaly-supernatural, @imaginesfire, @onuen, @witchygagirl, @alexxavicry
Prompts: “I heard that!” “You were supposed to!” + “Why are you creeping outside my bedroom window?!” “I thought it would be romantic if I climbed up here.” “You gave me a heart-attack!”
Requested By: @youngcroissantturkeyworribler & Anonymous (Mystery Prompt challenge; Orange 42 & 2 combined)
Pairing: Cameron Mitchell x GN!Reader
Plot: After a joke unintentionally makes Cam realize he is not as romantic as he thought, he decides to amp it up a bit. (*takes place around season 9, aka 2005, hence the star wars movie reference lol).
As you walked down the base corridors, yours and Cam's shoulders brushed together. As Sam came out of a different hall she smiled at you two as she fell into step beside you.
"Hey guys, I thought you left already."
"I'm heading out now." You commented.
"And I just got a couple more things to do." Cam added.
"Ah, so what are you two up to tonight?" Sam asked as she looked over at you.
"Oh!" Cam started as an excited smile crossed his face. "We're gonna go see the new Star Wars movie!"
"Oh. I thought you two were going on a date?" Sam asked as she looked at you.
You shrugged your shoulder a bit as Cam furrowed his brow. "It is a date. Oh Daniel, hold up!" Cam walked off as Daniel rounded the corner ahead of you guys.
Sam turned to you "Didn't you guys see a movie the last time you were going out too?"
"Yup." You popped the 'p' as you smiled. "Cam isn't exactly a 'romantic' date night guy."
Cam stopped and looked back at you. "I heard that!"
You smiled at him as you and Sam rounded the corner, leaving Cam and Daniel behind. "You were supposed too!"
He opened his mouth in offense as he looked over at Daniel who rose his brow in indifference.
"A movie can be romantic right?" He asked Daniel.
"Which movie?
"Star Wars?" Cam asked, feeling uncertain.
"Huh. Uh, yeah, sure..." Daniel said awkwardly as he began to walk off.
Cam watched Daniel leave before he looked back to where you had left with Sam.
"I can be romantic." Cam muttered to himself before he scratched the back of his head and walked after Daniel.
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You sighed as you slipped on your shoes as you sat on your bed. You had donned a casual outfit before you went to the movies with Cam. Even if you were only going to a movie, for the fifth time this month, you were always excited to spend time with Cam off base.
Hearing a thud behind you, you spun around in surprise.
"Ah!" You jumped off your bed as you spotted a face in your bedroom window, looking in at you. After the moment of shock had faded, you let out a deep breath. "Cam!" You yelled as you went over to your window.
Cam smiled at you breathlessly from your roof ledge as he waved at you. Pulling the window up you shook your head incredulously. "What are you doing! Why are you creeping outside my bedroom window?!”
Cam grunted as he began to pull himself into your room “I thought it would be romantic if I climbed up here.”
“Romantic? Cam, you gave me a heart-attack!”
Standing up with a huff of air he dusted off his clothes. "So not romantic?"
You let out a soft laugh. "God, is this about that comment I made earlier?"
He shrugged a bit. "Maybe."
You shook your head in amusement as you placed your hands on his chest. "It was just a joke Cam."
"Yeah I know, but it did make me realize that I am not exactly as romantic as I thought I was."
"You don't have to do anything romantic for me Cam. I just like spending time with you. Though, if we are on this topic, maybe after tonight, we slow down the movie-going?"
He smirked. "I already had the same thought. Which, is why you should change."
You furrowed your brow before you looked Cam up and down, realizing for the first time he was more dressed up than you.
"Why? Where are we going?"
"It's a surprise." He smiled.
"Uh-oh."
"No, no 'uh-oh' it'll be great, I promise."
"Okay." You said unconvinced. "I'll trust you, I suppose."
Going back to your closet, you began to rifle through for something better to wear. You wondered what Cam had planned so quickly. As well as what he might consider romantic. Maybe just a nice dinner out, that would be good. You hadn't gone out to dinner just the two of you for a while.
You thoughts continued to wander as you sat in Cam's car on your way to wherever it was he was taking you.
When you finally pulled into a large building you did not recognize, you looked over at Cam. He smiled and winked at you before climbing out of the car. As you walked towards the entrance, Cam slid his hand into yours. You met his eyes and smiled, your nerves settling a bit as you made your way inside.
Walking in, you were met by a man who greeted you and started to lead you down a long corridor. As you walked, your thoughts of dinner were confirmed as the smell of food wafted over you.
As you made your way through two doors at the end of the hall, your mouth opened in surprise as a dark blue glow filled your vision.
In front of you was a large open room with various tables, many wit people seated at them. Every wall in the room was a large aquarium filled with a variety of fish and sea creatures.
You let out a small laugh as you looked over at Cam, who was smiling down at you. "Thought you might like it."
"I didn't even know a place like this existed here."
"It hasn't for long. But luckily I know a guy."
You smiled. "You always do."
As you were seated at a table, you looked into the aquarium beside you. Your eyes following small school's of fish, before you noticed s few sea horses. "This is amazing."
"And...romantic?"
You giggled. "Yes, and romantic. Very, actually."
"Yes!" He explained softly, making you chuckle.
"It was very sweet of you to do this Cam. And your not disappointed in missing Star Wars?" You asked softly.
He shook his head. "Nah. I can see it anytime I want. This however, is much more important. Just you and me, spending some time together without distractions. I'm sorry it took a joke to make me see that."
You smiled softly at him and shook your head. "I enjoy any time I spend with you Cam, no matter what we are doing."
Grabbing your hand, he lifted it to his lips, and pressed a soft kiss to your knuckles. "I love you Y/n."
You felt your breath hitch in your throat. That was the first time he said he loved you. You smiled widely at him as you spoke softly back, almost breathlessly. "I love you too Cam."
xx End xx
Yes, that is where I am ending it, as I had no idea where to go with it afterwards My brain just said 'No'. lol I hope you enjoyed it!
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