I'm excited to see a new Loopsta... It's been a while and I love your writing. This is a great story, and abit cheeky:)

Oh my stars! I don't know if I can forgive you for going into such glorious detail at the beginning only to have that bloomin' claxon going just then! TEASE! O_o

Really lovely little ficlet, thanks so much for sharing :) I love the family banter and seeing John a little less polished and on-the-ball. And I love the immagery of his scars telling his story, really nice touch, and well written.

And I formally request more stories that continue as this one started... ;)

Not sure what John will make of this one... I get the feeling he likes the whole ‘hottest man in space’ thing, but the humiliation of the towel? You know what happened after the chair... I hate to think how he’ll get his revenge for this one!

Great story – nice to see the lighter side of John. (Nice to see some other sides of John too, come to think of it!) Bee

Nice one!

Love the imagery in the beginning grin

"Almost without thinking about it, he let his fingers trace the line down and down..." I bet I know one or two people who would love to finish where he left off... ;-)

This is such a nice birthday present for Teobi. Not only did you give her John (with such lovely imagery), but you gave her John in his birthday suit...fresh from the shower...all wet...flat out on the floor...

*fans self*

*drools* best john story ever.

I love the shower bit. Mmmmm yummy. I would love to read a story about the many scars of John Tracy you mentioned. Idreamfan22

From the summary I thought he'd be on the loo or something. It's really realistic and I've often wondered about it, I mean they can't be at the desk 24/7 right? It was great.

Ooh naked John story. Loops what are you like. I bet you have been dying to write this hee hee. Absolutely brilliant though and loved the attention to detail and your description was perfect. Now to have been on TB5 at the end there. hmm. Excellent honey, on form as always love ya.

that was really good, made me laugh too lol, nice work xx

OMG! Loopsta, I was cracking up at the end of this ficlet! Poor Johnny. Though I totally loved the descriptive bit of him in the shower. The things that were going through my mind at that moment. I think Teobi is getting a pretty good b-day story.

Can hardly wait to read what you come up with next.

AY CARRRUMBA! This is a VERY very VERY welcome distraction from a) watching depressing news of the spreading riots and b) thinking how old I'm gonna be on Friday! You angel. That first paragraph had me drooling. I had to read it three times. Naked John. In the shower. his head tipped back, eyes closed. Striking figure, not 'arf!

The second paragraph- I had to read FOUR times! 'His almost bleached hair was set off even more so by the striking tanned face, brilliant blue eyes standing out over the straight nose and the mouth that was quick to smile.' Yummy!

A tanned and well-defined torso clearly illustrated his level of fitness.- Oh. My. Giddy. Aunt. O.o

Soaping himself down, John let his fingers dance lightly across the exposed skin.- Helllp...I need oxygen...

JT's scars. 'He knew he didn't have as many as Scott, and no one could possibly dream of competing with Gordon, but he had enough to tell his own story.' I should think Gordon definitely wins The Battle Of The Scars! But I love JT's pride in all his war wounds, and also, the way he fingers them lovingly. Wouldn't mind a go of that myself...

Suddenly the dreaded klaxon goes off- and he's worried about his hair! LOL! No time to get that curl exactly right! I bet he winds it round his finger while he blow dries it. :)

Smug Scott- love ittt! So pleased he caught John looking less than perfect. (Not that JT is ever less than perfect!)

He hated not being able to get dry properly, the strange feeling of being in-between the two sensations something he wasn't exactly comfortable with.- OMG, don't you know it! especially when you begin getting dressed and realise your legs are still a bit wet.

The mind *boggles* at this sentence- 'Hopefully then, he would be given the chance to finish what he started when the rescue was called through.'

Well- MY mind boggles!

Bwahahahahaa, loving John's embarrassment. And having to stay there to translate! With his towel slipping off! Go on, towel...drop!

I *love* the bit where he discovers he can, after all, go cross-eyed! And the disarming grin...*sigh* what are you doing to me...!

OMG his towel falls off at last! HOORAYYYYYY! My life is complete. I don't care what happens on my birthday now, this has made my whole week. If the riots spread to my street (which they won't, there are no sports shops here) I shall die happy in the knowledge that I was just given the best birthday present ever. Soapy, wet, naked, flustered and slightly annoyed JT sprawled out on the floor with his towel round his ankles.

FOR THE WIN!

Not to mention, assorted brothers (and father) taking the piss.

I bloody love it! Thank you so much. Amazing. One for the favourites list, methinks, and plenty of delicious imagery to be going on with.

*deep sigh of contentment*

Love and hugs,

Teobi (aka Happiest Girl in the World) xxx

lol great story