#but in my defence that mall is huge it spans like 3 city blocks

[sga-owns-my-soul]

As a fellow Canadian who's been there, Rodney taking the team to WEM sounds absolutely hilarious

oh my GOD you have no idea how excited i am for this fic 😂😂 i grew up in edmonton (where west edmonton mall is located) and i have put WAY too much thought into this 😅 it's gonna be entirely self indulgent fluff (ft jeannie because i love her and how could i not) and i am already in love with it and it's not even half done

here's a few scenes i really like just cause:

“Mer, are you sure you’re not going to get us lost again?” Jeannie teased, laughing at the way her brother rolled his eyes and huffed in annoyance.

“I was 8 years old! Are you ever going to let that go?” Rodney rolled his eyes again as his sister and team laughed at him.

“C’mon buddy, relax. We’re back on Earth, in Canada, at some random mall in a random ass city. Let’s just enjoy ourselves.” John tried to appease, and laughed at the glare both siblings suddenly gave him.

“I’ll have you know, Sheppard, that this is not just some ‘random mall’, this is the largest mall in Canada and the third largest mall in the world. It also has a themed hotel, as well as over a dozen different attractions, including a water park and amusement park!” John just laughed again.

“Well then let’s get started, we only have a few days here before we have to go back so we might as well make the most of our time. What’s first on the list?”

“I’m only here for today, and I really want to see turtles, so today we are starting with the sea life caverns! Let’s go!” Jeannie linked her arms with Teyla and Ronon- an amusing sight- and started eagerly dragging them towards their destination, grinning widely when they both followed willingly. John and Rodney followed behind, happy to be able to hold hands here, far away from the watchful eyes of the US military. Jeannie was surprised the day her brother announced his relationship with the Colonel, but after spending more time around the two of them she understood it completely. No one else, not even Jeannie, had ever understood Meredith Rodney McKay completely like John Sheppard did.

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The sea lion show was fascinating, and Teyla and Ronon marveled at the sheer magnificence of the creature. They watched in awe as the sea lion dove into the water, gliding effortlessly through the water and jumping up to perform various tricks. Ronon jumped out of his seat in excitement, almost knocking over Rodney (although John caught him, of course), when the mammal climbed the tower and leapt off, hitting the giant red hanging ball and diving perfectly into the water. Jeannie even surprised all of them with a special act in the show that had all 4 of them tossing fish to the sea lions and they even let Ronon pick one up, which had everyone in the audience cheering wildly. They left the show with pictures of their experience and aching bellies from laughing so hard. They were still giggling about it by the time they found their way to Bourbon Street, the wing of the mall full of restaurants.