Compromise

by Raisintorte

"Oh come on, Rodney, it will be fun!" Laura tried to emphasize her words by giving Rodney her best pleading look.

Rodney glared back at her and crossed his arms. "No. Your idea of fun and my idea of fun? Are two totally different things."

"Oh right. You like to play poker, I like to play poker, we both watch hockey, and you like to have sex with me. I think we have very similar ideas of fun." Laura wiggled her eyebrows at him.

"No, Laura!" Rodney harrumphed across the room.

"I bet Dr. Jackson would let me have a puppy." Before Dr. Jackson had known Laura and Rodney had a relationship of sorts, he had hit on her. Rodney hadn't thought it was funny at the time, but now they joked around about it. Neither of them were really the jealous type.

"I'm sure he would. So why don't you go live with Dr. Jackson?"

"I don't think Vala would appreciate that, and I'm not really into threesomes." Laura giggled at the look on Rodney's face when she said threesome.

"If you want a puppy, you can have one."

"But, Rodney," Laura threw her hand against her forehead in what she hoped was a dramatic gesture and used her best helpless maiden voice, "I don't want to raise this puppy on my own. What will people say?"

"I still can't believe Elizabeth consented to allowing expedition members to have pets." Rodney flopped down on the couch, and from his tone and posture Laura could tell he was about to give in.

"She thought it would raise morale. And it would, raise mine that is, if you would please let me have one." Laura sat down on the couch next to Rodney and curled up next to him. She gave him her best puppy dog look.

"Fine! But you have to do everything, and I get to name him. I was thinking . . . John."

"We can talk about names later." Laura snuggled into Rodney and wrapped her arms around him, she would work on the name later, she had better ideas about what to do with now.