RP: The Colonel and The Mechanic -- For strawberry_luve

[shepcrew]

((au that takes place in the LC. This has no bearing on either Shep's or Kaylee's canon. Unless we change our minds, of course.))


A Kaylee was sitting at the bar with her hair up in short pigtails. A pink foral dress and simple white shoes were her attire as she causal sipped on a strawberry shake as her eyes scan the new place she just discovered.

He's in full gear, having just entered what he thought was the inn on the planet they were on, sunglasses in place, P-90 at his side. He left his jacket behind in the jumper, deeming the planet too warm for his liking, opting for just his t-shirt and his tac-vest. He scans the room, looking over the rim of the glasses. "Well, this place is unassuming from the outside. I though you said these folks were farmers, McKay?" As he says the name he turns to look at the man and freezes as he notices that he is very much alone. ...Weird. "McKay?"

Kaylee tilts her head as she observes the man that just walked in. He didn't look Alliance......hmm.......he looked cute......men with sunglasses are sexy. She giggles to herself.

"Dammit, McKay, this isn't funny." He's looking around, clearly getting agitated. He opens the door and sticks his head out, but obviously turns up nothing. He lets the door close. "Huh." He turns back to the room-at-large. The glasses come off and get tucked into a pocket and he starts to slowly walk through the place.

Kaylee watches him with a small smile as he walks slowly into the cafe. He was even more good looking without the glasses. Well only one thing to do! She hops off the stool and fixes her dress before she walks over to him. "Hey. Ya look lost." she states kindly when she was close enough to him

He stops as the woman approaches him. He notes with mild amusement that she's fairly attractive. Why me? "You could say that. I'm just hoping my friends aren't playing a practical joke on me." He looks around, then leans in a little closer. "They are playing a joke on me, right? Ronon put you up to this? Or Teyla! She snuck in when I wasn't looking and set this all up, right?"

She shakes her head. "Would be hard fer 'em t'do that cause I've never met 'em before." She sticks out her hand. "I'm Kaylee."

"Darn. I was hoping to get the drop on them for once." He takes her hand in his free one and shakes it. "John."

Her smile is bright as she shakes his hand. "Pleasure t'meet ya, John an' maybe ya can if they haven' been t'th' Lunatic Cafe b'fore."

He raises a brow at that. "The Lunatic Cafe? Didn't think an agricultural planet would have a place called 'the lunatic cafe'. Then again, this galaxy has had some fairly nutty things in it."

Kaylee has to giggle at that and her hand comes up to cover it. "Nah silly!" she says playfully nudging him in the shoulder with her hand that was covering her mouth. "We're inna nexus! A different 'verse than ya planet or whatever."

He smiles as she nudges him, and he indulges her by rocking a little, as if she could budge him. "Okay, now I know McKay had something to do with this. Only he would be qualified in nexus...stuff." Off-handed wave.

She pouts a bit. "Who's McKay?" she asks tilting her head.

"He's my scientist buddy and a member of my team."

"Oh." she says with a slight nod. "Well, if I meet 'im I'll tell 'im it was very mean of 'im t'play this joke on ya." she says smiling so the joke would be present

He smiles at that, and even manages a chuckle. "Okay, so no joke being played on the old Lieutenant-Colonel. Gotcha."

She shakes her head again. "Nope." she says rocking a bit on her heels. "So, ya in th'......" she says to think a moment as she tries to think of what it would be called in his verse or wherever he was from.

Grin. "Air Force. It's a division of the military where I come from."

"Ah!" she says snapping her fingers. "I knew it! Th'stuff ya wearin' gives it away." she grins. "Cap would think it fancy though."

"If he thinks my combat gear is fancy, then he'd best not see my dress blues." He smiles wryly.

Head tilt. "Ya gotta wear a blue dress?"

He does that adorable amused snort of his, eyes dropping to the floor for an instant. "No, that's what they call the uniform we use for formal things, like award ceremonies and funerals and diplomatic events."

Kaylee smiles brightly. He had a very cute laugh. "Oh." she says simply. "Than....I'm guessin' ya were fightin'?" she motions to his gear.

He looks down at the kit and shakes his head. "No, it's just standard gear for missions. We were just scouting the planet I came from for resources and intelligent life. Found both, and we were about to meet them, but I ended up here instead."

Her face falls a bit as she realizes that she might have been keeping him from something very important. "Oh, well, if ya gotta get back all you gotta do is walk back through th'door an' think of th'place ya wanna be. I....I didn' mean t'keep you or anythin'...." she trails off a bit

"Nah, it's okay," he replies, quick to reassure her. "I am in the exploring-new-places business, and this would count, I'd think. Besides, if I didn't come back with any sort of Intel, McKay would kill me."

Her smile is back. "Well, I c'n show ya about if ya want. I've been 'ere a couple a times."

"That would be great," he says. And he means it. having a guide is inifintely easier. And having an attractive guide was a bonus

She takes his arm. "Okay than." she says simply and starts to pull him around the cafe. Introducing him to the people that she has met in the past and also to the bartender. They only stay a few minutes with each person since Kaylee had a lot of show John. She went to the arcade and showed the video games, yet he didn't have time to drool since she was pulling him again to the stage and thans showing the stairs to the rooms. "I've never been up there." she says as they stand at the base of the stairs. "Would be kinda silly t'go up there by yourself."

He takes it all in, making a mental note to swing by the arcade later on to get his hands on some of those games. When they finally make it to the bottom of the stairs, he lifts his shoulders in a shrug. "Not if you were tired and needed a place to stay."

Kaylee nods. "True." she says simply. "So, ya thirsty?" she asks absently hugging his arm a bit

He's bemused at the arm hugging, but says nothing. "I could use a drink, sure."

Bright smile and she tugs him to a booth and than finally lets him go as she slides into one side. "Th'waitress should be wit'us soon."

He takes the other side so he can look at her. He's comfortable enough to unstrap the P-90, but not so comfortable that it doesn't get put far away. In fact, it gets put right next to him on the seat within easy reach.

She watches him and his gun with a little bit of wonder. "Cap said I should learn." she says pointing to his gun. "It's just.....I'm not t'sure if I c'n you know....if th'time ever came."

He offers her a comforting smile. "It's okay. Knowing how to use one and actually using it to...you know...are two different things. Sometimes missing someone is better than hurting them. Good distraction technique if you can get good enough."

Comments

[shepcrew.livejournal.com]

"It does. A fairly good one, at that, if I do say so myself," he says. "And I do say so myself."


[Really going now, before I'm late ;p]

[strawberry-luve.livejournal.com]

Kaylee giggles. "I'm better at fixin' ships than flyin' 'em." she confesses. "If I don' say so myself." She gives her flirty, sweet smile.

[Hehehe *hugs* Have fun! Love yous!]

[shepcrew.livejournal.com]

"Oh, good. So I can talk about planes and your eyes won't gloss over in boredom," he says happily.

[strawberry-luve.livejournal.com]

"Exactly quite th'opposite." she says simply. "I love ships an' who knows? Maybe I'll make your eyes glass over from talkin' about their workin's and stuff. I know it makes Cap's eyes do that." She pauses. "Wait....no...he tells me t'shut up before e's eyes glass over, but anyways...yeah I love ships."

[shepcrew.livejournal.com]

"I love'em too, and I can and will fly just about anything you can imagine, but my current pride and joy is my Puddle Jumper." He's beaming now, the way Kaylee would if you got her talking about Serenity.


[*headdesk* I forgot how much he loves the Jumpers....]

[strawberry-luve.livejournal.com]

Kaylee gives an soft, amused smile as she tilts her head to the side a bit. "Puddle Jumper? Is that th'name of ya ship?" she asks with great interest.

[hehehe. I remember the glitter in his eye when he named them :P Poor Ford. He can't name shit. GET ON AIM!]

[shepcrew.livejournal.com]

"Well, not really. It's just what we call the ships we have. Kind of like the type or class of ship, rather than the name of the individual craft."


[:p Wuz playin Tomb Raider. I'm on now for another hour or so. Might try to get a handful more words down to up my NaNo word count.]

[strawberry-luve.livejournal.com]

"Oh. I see." she says nodding. "It's like if we just called Serenity Firefly insteada Serenity cause she's a Firefly class ship."

[Annnnnd you came on RIGHT when I left for school. Figures lol *hugs* love you]

[shepcrew.livejournal.com]

"Precisely," he says happily. He's not used to people outside of the Air Force understanding him, let alone girls outside the Air Force understanding him.

[strawberry-luve.livejournal.com]

Her smile is bright. "Are they nice ships?" she asks tilting her head. "Serenity's wonderful...well, if an' when Cap buys th'parts I need."

[shepcrew.livejournal.com]

"They are awesome ships. They're fun to fly." Beat. "When McKay doesn't bitch about the nicks and scratches I keep adding to them, that is."

[strawberry-luve.livejournal.com]

Kaylee giggles. "Serenity's all scuffed up but she's still pretty. What kinda power does a Puddle Jump'r got? Serenity runs on regular gas yet I've been able t'find this special oil on Yuma 6 that makes th'engine run pretty an' 'e get twice as long out of it. It's amazin'."

[shepcrew.livejournal.com]

"Scuffed up but pretty means she's well loved," he says matter-of-factly. "And I have no idea. That's McKay's area of expertise. I just fly the thing, and she tells me when she needs a tune-up."

[strawberry-luve.livejournal.com]

Kaylee smiles. "Serenity's well loved. She's home."

Than a giggle. "It seems I got lots t'talk t'McKay about if I ever meet 'im."

[shepcrew.livejournal.com]

The smile he gives her is a kindly one, and maybe has a hint of protectiveness towards her in it. "Actually, I'd advise against talking to McKay about anything technical. He'd make you cry and then I'd have to shoot him."

[strawberry-luve.livejournal.com]

Kaylee's face falls into one of concern. "Why would 'e make me cry? I'd think if 'e's your friend 'e'd be as nice as you."

[shepcrew.livejournal.com]

Sheppard manages not to laugh at that naive statement. We give him a cookie for that.

Instead, he affects a reassuring look and replies, "He is my friend. But he's also a high-strung scientist who thinks he's God's gift to the galaxy. He has a tendency to look down upon people who aren't as smart as he is, and his sarcasm generator has no off-switch. I've seen him piss off plenty of people because he can't keep his mouth shut, sometimes." He reaches out to take Kaylee's hand in his and give it a reassuring pat. "I only get along with him because I can be a hard-ass Lt. Colonel when I need to be, and I carry a bug gun." He pats his P-90 affectionately with his free hand.

[strawberry-luve.livejournal.com]

Small smile and she looks at their clasped hands and blushes softly before looking up at him, "Oh, I see." she says softly. "Than...umm...I either need t'meet 'im wit'ya standin' next t'me or get myself a big gun." she smiles.

[shepcrew.livejournal.com]

"Possibly both!" He says amiably. "But yes. Feel free to kick his ass if you ever do meet him and he steps out of line."

[strawberry-luve.livejournal.com]

Kaylee giggles. "I'll try. Course, Cap says I'm lover not a fighter."

[shepcrew.livejournal.com]

"Bet'cha Rodney makes you have a change of heart, if not a change of spirit." Sage nod.

We think this is a nice place for the milkshake to arrive, which has Sheppard leaning back and letting go of Kaylee's hand to make room for it between them.


[Because I'm not sure if it's arrived yet and really, I'm too lazy to double check.]

[strawberry-luve.livejournal.com]

Small smile. "Well, we'll just have t'see." she says leaning back herself as the milkshake is sat down. She thanks the waitress who nods and walks off and Kaylee turns to look back at John. We wouldn't be surprised if that blush comes back when she looks at him. Really he was....oh what was the word? She looks down and blushes at her thinking. Hell, she just met him! But.....when did that ever matter? She looks up again and grabs a straw to unwrap it. "I hope ya like it. I know I do."

[shepcrew.livejournal.com]

He grabs the other straw to unwrap it and drops it into the glass. "I'm sure I will," he assures her. Even if the enjoyment is mainly from sharing it with her.

[strawberry-luve.livejournal.com]

She drops her straw in the glass as well and takes a sip. Her rolls roll back. "Oh my." she says smiling. "They just keep gettin' better."

[shepcrew.livejournal.com]

He watches her take the first sip, smiling to himself over her reaction and maybe thinking naughty thoughts involving strawberries. Then he leans in and takes a sip, too.

"Wow, that' is pretty good," he says.