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Tom has gained weight. He looks at himself in the mirror and notices that he can no longer count his ribs with ease. He also notices his stomach area is now even with his rib cage. How did that happen? When did it happen? Sheppard notices Tom checking himself out in the mirror. He watches as Tom pokes at his stomach and chest.
”Tom? Are you ok?”
Tom looks at Sheppard “Yea”
”You look worried”
”Not worried. Just confused.”
”About what?”
Tom looks at the mirror. “When my ribs went away.”
”You’ve gained weight Tom. You look healthier.”
”How?”
”People are not supposed to be as skinny as you were Tom. You weren’t getting enough food. But now you are and you look healthy.”
”Oh. So ribs is a bad thing?”
”Seeing your ribs is not a good thing.”
”Ok.”
”There’s nothing to worry about Tom.”
Tom looks at the mirror.
”Tom how do you feel?”
”What do you mean?”
”How do you feel? Are you tired all the time? Do you feel the need to take a nap?”
Tom thinks about it. “Not tired.”
”Do you remember how you used to feel? Remember that you wanted to sleep all the time?”
”Yea?...”
”You don’t feel that way anymore because you gained weight. You are healthy and you have more energy to get through the day.”
”Oh.”
”Tom come watch this with me.”
”What is it?”
”Football”
”Whats Football?”
”Come watch and find out.”
Tom goes to the bed and climbs up to join Sheppard. Sheppard smiles and keeps an eye on Tom as he watches. Tom is confused but also curious. Why does Sheppard like this? Are they trying to kill each other? What is happening? A couple hours later when the football match is over Tom still doesn’t understand football. But it makes him happy to see Sheppard happy.
Since Atlantis discovered Tom can become human it took a while for people to accept it but once people saw how adorable Toms human form is they didn’t give it a second thought. Tom started to walk around Atlantis in his human form more often. Human Tom made communication easier. As a result Tom made friends with a lot of the people in Atlantis. He talks to all the scientists and soldiers when he gets the chance. Tom tends to walk around half naked only wearing a pair of shorts. Nobody seems to mind.
Since Tom has made friends with so many people he has learned a lot of different languages. Tom is smart. Very smart. He picks up a new language in a matter of days. Tom loves learning and he’s always watching others work. One of his favorite people to learn from is Zelenka. Radek isn’t as mean as Rodney tends to be and he has more patience with Tom. Tom had learned Czech and has regular conversations with Radek in Czech. That seems to annoy Rodney even more when they are around him speaking Czech. Radek loves it because Tom is so fluent it reminds him of home. Sheppard finds it funny when Tom annoys Rodney. Tom seems to get in his way quite often. Ronon and Teyla seem to find it amusing as well since Tom sharks back at Rodney. Tom seems to make a game of it. Rodney is the only one who doesn’t find Toms shenanigans amusing.