SGA-fic: Lux (G)
Dec. 13th, 2007 06:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zinnithTitle: Lux
Author: Zinnith
Rating: G
Category: John/Rodney slash, AU
Wordcount: 411
Warning: Futurefic
Disclaimer: Nope, not mine.
Notes: Entangled Particles-verse. If you want to know how Rodney found out he'd won the Nobel in Literature, you can check here.
Thank you
the_cephalopod for wrestling this into shape!Summary: “John, there’s a bunch of singing girls in our room and I think one of them’s on fire.”
John was having a very nice dream. Rodney was wearing a tux, and there was champange and a kiss in front of hundeds of flashing cameras. Someone was singing and Rodney was poking his head.
“John. John, wake up.”
Oh. That part wasn’t a dream then. John tried to burrow back underneath the covers where it was warm and comfy. His leg really didn’t like the climate in Stockholm and he wasn’t looking forward to getting out of bed at all.
“G’ away, Rodney, ’m sleeping,” he mumbled and turned his face into the pillow again.
The poking didn’t stop, however, and then Rodney hissed, “John, there’s a bunch of singing girls in our room and I think one of them’s on fire.”
Okay, that didn’t sound right. John peered out over the top of the covers. Apparently the singing hadn’t been part of his dream either. A group of young women clad in long white gowns were standing beside their bed. They all had red ribbons tied around their waists and green wreaths in their hair. The room was bathed in a warm yellow glow and... yes, Rodney was right; one of the women was on fire. Or rather, her hair was on fire - she was wearing a crown of white candles in her long black hair.
“This is weird,” John said, blinking in the light.
The singing was kinda nice though, even though he couldn’t understand a word.
“I know this song,” Rodney said, humming along. “Tu sei l’impero. Di armonia. Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia... Caruso recorded it! But they’re not singing in Italian...”
The woman with the candles in her hair was smiling, as were the rest of them. Rodney was waving his fingers unconciously, as if he was conducting the choir and John couldn’t hold back a smile. This feeling of wonder, of being with Rodney never really went away, not even after forty years and counting.
The scent of cloves and gingerbread and coffee was spreading through the room. John shifted a little, attempting to ease his aching joints. “You should win a Nobel more often,” he said and snuggled up to Rodney to enjoy the show.
Rodney snorted and rolled his eyes. Then his arm sneaked around John’s shoulders and a kiss was pressed against his temple. John sighed contentedly, leaned further into Rodney’s embrace, and let the women’s clear voices chase away the cold darkness of the Swedish morning.
- fin -
Additional notes: If you've never seen a Lucia procession, you've missed something. Watch one here! I have no idea who those people are, but they're pretty and they can sing...
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Date: 2007-12-13 06:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-12-13 06:25 pm (UTC)Lovely!
cep xxx
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Date: 2007-12-13 06:32 pm (UTC)I love happy future!fics. And I love the 'Entangled Particles-verse'. Put 'em together and what do you get? Me in a puddle of goo. Thanks! :)
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Date: 2007-12-13 06:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-12-13 07:12 pm (UTC)Which song are they singing by the way? I don't recognize the Italian words.
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Date: 2007-12-13 07:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-12-13 07:13 pm (UTC)Jag blir lika förvånad varenda gång jag hittar andra svenskar på LJ! Och det är en av mina favoriter också, efter julafton, förstås.
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Date: 2007-12-13 07:18 pm (UTC)It's a bit improbable though, nobel prize winners are always informed of the Lucia tradition since one unfortunate year where a black nobel prize winner misstook them for KKK members. I blame the pointy hats and white clothes.
At least that's what I've heard :giggles:
Great job anyways ^^
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Date: 2007-12-13 07:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-12-13 07:48 pm (UTC)Also, sorry Zinnith for hijacking your LJ and being rude to the English speaking people here!
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Date: 2007-12-13 07:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-12-13 08:07 pm (UTC)Having checked out the youtube link, though, I have to say that while the singing is indeed pretty, I'd never wear burning wax on my head.
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Date: 2007-12-13 08:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-12-13 08:23 pm (UTC)Seriously, though, I couldn't help notice that all the other girls where ever-so-slightly moving their heads while singing, except for one. Kudos to everyone who has the guts to put burning candles on their head. *g*
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