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[bluflamingo]

Stolen from torakowalski: Give me a character who you know I’m familiar with and I will tell you how he/she came out. (If you want to specify to whom then that is cool too.)

Becuase half my brain is thinking John/Cam kid-fic (for 10pmpacifictime, I finally started your live long n marry fic) and the other half is thinking John and Ronon, situational Wraith hunters (don't ask) and I need something else to think about before I end up writing John/Cam situational Wraith hunters with Ronon the babysitter, or something equally cracked out.

Fandoms: SGA, SG1 (Cam, Vala era), Firefly, Numb3rs.

Comments

[skieswideopen]

I'm trying to think of who you haven't shown John coming out to yet, and it's amazingly difficult. You've covered Cam (though I'd never object to another first time ficlet!), you've covered his team (and Rodney in particular, in detail, a couple of times), you've covered Lorne (very briefly), you've covered SG-1, and you've talked about the kinds of things John wishes he could say to Dave, though not Dave's reply. So I guess I'll leave it open, in case you want to re-imagine one of the previous scenarios. Ronon or Teyla's responses? Dave's response? Another first time with Cam? Some other situation I haven't thought of? Whatever inspires you, really.

John coming out to Cam (because I just can't resist the two of them)

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Ironically, it’s Cam who gets into trouble, where by ‘trouble’ John means a loud argument in the street which culminates in someone shoving Cam into a nearby wall and scraping up the side of his face.

John doesn’t find this out until much later – at the time, all he gets is, “I don’t want to talk about it,” and Cam pushing past him to get to the first aid box in John’s tiny Air Force apartment kitchen.

His hands are shaking.

“Let me do it,” John says, nudging Cam into one of the hard wooden kitchen chairs and digging out the antiseptic wipes. “Close your eyes.”

Cam obeys, leaning slightly into John’s hand when he rests it against the back of Cam’s head, holding him still. His skin is clammy under John’s fingers, and John just wants to wrap his arms around Cam and keep him safe. It’s not the first time he’s thought something like that, in the six months since he got made captain and sent to the same base as Cam, but he’s gotten good at keeping these things hidden.

“Are you all right?” he asks; his voice is giving him away, to his own ears at least, but maybe Cam doesn’t know him well enough to pick up on it.

Cam shakes his head, then says, “I’m fine,” then, “My head hurts.”

“I’ll get some aspirin in a second,” John promises.

Cam nods. “Someone,” he says, then stops. There’s a long pause while John wipes the dozen little scrapes and decides none of them need a Band-Aid. “Saw me,” Cam finishes, like he just paused for breath. “Coming out of a club last week.”

The shaking in his hands intensifies and John can’t not try to comfort him, sliding the hand at the back of his head down until it’s almost round his shoulders, like a one armed hug.

“It’s okay,” he says quietly. “If anyone asks, say you were with me.”

Cam takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly. “Why?” he asks, relaxing a little further against John.

John leans forward until he can rest his forehead against the top of Cam’s head, more obvious than he’ll ever manage to be out loud. “Because you’re not the only one who needs protecting,” he says.

Re: John coming out to Cam (because I just can't resist the two of them)

[skieswideopen]

I knew I could count on you for more John/Cam goodness! I like all of the history hinted at here--the long friendship that leads Cam to seek sanctuary in John's apartment after he's attacked. What I can't figure out from this is whether John already suspected Cam's preferences. (I'm now playing out Cam's reaction to John's revelation in my head and having all sorts of fun with it.)

Re: John coming out to Cam (because I just can't resist the two of them)

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

What I can't figure out from this is whether John already suspected Cam's preferences.

John was... pretty sure, but not that sure. Not sure enough to know if it was okay to say something or not - I imagine them both being very young in this, so the whole not-straight-in-the-Air-Force thing is still new and a bit scary for them.

Re: John coming out to Cam (because I just can't resist the two of them)

[(Anonymous)]

I really enjoyed this story.

You write very well.

Example:
Cam nods. “Someone,” he says, then stops. There’s a long pause while John wipes the dozen little scrapes and decides none of them need a Band-Aid. “Saw me,” Cam finishes, like he just paused for breath. “Coming out of a club last week.”

The shaking in his hands intensifies and John can’t not try to comfort him, sliding the hand at the back of his head down until it’s almost round his shoulders, like a one armed hug.


Instead of just writing that Cam paused in his talking (perhaps using ellipses), you made the reader have to wait for his words.

Re: John coming out to Cam (because I just can't resist the two of them)

[kimian-verse.livejournal.com]

Oops, I wasn't logged in. Thanks for writing!

Re: John coming out to Cam (because I just can't resist the two of them)

[ignemferam]

thank you for point me this way. gotta love the boys!