It was all calming down again, once Rodney got over the entire girlfriend fiasco, and then the dogs were mentioned and that was another five minutes of hysteria, but finally all was calm and under control and David was submitting to all sorts of medical tests with a strange aplomb that looked wrong on Rodney's face.

Then Ronon and Elizabeth walked in and David was down for the count watching Rodney try and explain it all again without sounding like a complete lunatic.

"What's a soap opera?" Ronon eventually asked, because David apparently couldn't help but throw in his own little tidbits now and then.

Elizabeth went red and shook her head. "I'm sure Colonel Sheppard would be thrilled to explain that to you later."

Oh yes, filled to the brim with joy.