Bijou
By: hariboo_smirks
CATEGORY: General, Romance, Vignette
WARNINGS: None
AUTHOR’S WEBSITE:
http://hariboo-smirks.livejournal.com/
Hot
Vala bounded into Daniel’s room in a huff. She could not believe him, he had promised. They were supposed to be spending their rightly deserved time off together, just the two of them- no work allowed.
But there he was packing a duffle bag, because apparently they were going back to P3X-477.
She could not believe him. And told him so.
“Uh… What?” Sure he looked ridiculously hot when he got all confused like he currently was, but it was not going to help him this time. Nope.
“You promised. You said that it just going to be the two of us this week, no work allowed. I don’t know but going to P3X-477 sounds suspiciously like work; which we were not supposed to do.”
“Well…?”
Daniel just smiled at the ex thief, she was too cute when she got all pouty like that.
Pulling her closer to sit on his lap, “Vala… ” His voice got to that tone where it was slightly exasperated, but now it also held a tenderness that was reserved only for her, “do you remember P3X-477?”
“Of course I do, it was the planet with the structural
design reminiscent of feudal
“Really?” Her smile could have blinded the sun.
“Really. Just
you, me, and
Reluctantly separating Daniel cupped her kiss and gave Vala a small sweet kiss.
“So aren’t you going to go pack?”
“Why would I need to darling? All that I plan to use is right here.” A smile deliciously wicked flashed across her face before she moved in to kiss him again.
Yep, to Daniel life was good. Very good.
Casualties
Sometimes there were causalities in war. And sometimes these casualties were beloved. That’s how Vala felt in regard to her now ruined leather pants. They had been her favorites. She felt their loss immensely.
She didn’t even leave her room for dinner; she was in mourning.
Daniel had of course noticed and went to look for her.
“Vala?”
“Yes, darling?”
“Can I come in?’
“Of course, is something wrong?”
“That’s actually what I came can to ask; you didn’t come to dinner.”
“Oh, I didn’t notice it was so late.”
“Exactly. And it’s Macaroni and Cheese Day- you love macaroni and cheese. So tell me, what’s up?”
“It’s stupid…” She was fidgeting; Daniel smiled.
“Indulge me.”
“My pants got ruined... My favorite pair too.” Daniel couldn’t help but smile wider at that. It was stupid but completely adorable on her. Plus she looked really upset about the pants too, he could tell by the way her shoulders hunch and she fingered the leather.
“Oh. I’m sorry?” What could he say?
“You should be. These were the ones that hugged my arse just right, no longer will you be getting that privileged.”
Daniel’s smiled disappeared.
One week later
Daniel was sitting in his office when Vala showed up at the door.
“Daniel?” She dragged his name out like she knew something. Something he didn’t, this usually meant trouble for him.
“Yeah?” Looking up Daniel had to make a conscious effort to let his jaw drop. Yep, trouble with a capital T, because Vala was wearing quite the possibly shortest and tightest leather skirt known to man- to the galaxy.
“Do you know anything about this?” She sounded amused.
“Huh?” Because for all for his smarts and linguist abilities he could not fathom a sentence right now.
“About this…” She waved a pair of what appeared to be leather pants at him.
“Pants?” Damn it- where were sentences when he needed them.
“Leather pants more specifically, very nice ones I might add. That I found in my room today.” Vala just looked absolutely giddy.
“Um.. How should I know? Maybe someone heard you moping about you’re old ones.” Good sentences where back.
“Right of course, that must be it.” Why the hell did she have to smile like that, all knowing like…
“Umm…anyway it…looks that you got yourself…some new…umm…leather there, so why does it really matter?”
“Oh! It’s not new. It used to be my old pants, I couldn’t just let them go- memories Daniel. Even if I did miscalculate a bit and it’s a bit smaller than I planned. But looks fine doesn’t it?” She twirled for him and he had to stop himself from reaching out. Yeah it looked fine. Very fine. Snapping out of his musings Vala continued.
“And to answer your other question- it doesn’t matter. I’d just like to know where these fabulous new pants came from. They’re perfect, even better than my old ones, make my arse look even better.”
With that Vala sauntered out of his office, only to half way down the hall call back at him.
“Thank you Darling! I love them!”
Inside his office Daniel smiled, she damn well better; he had spent an inordinate amount of time and a very embarrassing call to Jack to find her the perfect pair- after all he was one that was required to look at her in them.
World
Vala sighed as Daniel’s hands smoothed up her back. Soft, slow, sensual and unbelievably tender. It made her want to cry. It made her want to kiss him.
He kissed her neck as his hands moved across her body and he moved with her. God did she love this man.
And as her hands found his- one resting on her stomach, grounding her; the other lower, caressing her - she intertwined their fingers. They were as one.
She could feel his heart beat against her back, and hers matched it beat for beat. Turning her head so she could kiss him, she felt him move his fingers- their fingers and gasped into his mouth. Their kiss was supple and long lasting- they didn’t need to breathe air, they breathed each other.
They moved together and Vala felt her head fall back against his shoulder. The world splintered.
When she came back to herself Daniel was dropping soft kisses to her neck, his hands- his beautiful hands, rubbing soft circles on her stomach.
Her now budding stomach, heavy with child- their child. Her hands moved to cover his over the now prominent bump.
This was her world.
Saffron
Out of all the things that Daniel wished Jack had never introduced to Vala, this defiantly topped the list.
It was bad enough that
And her and Sam’s weekly girls night out, which usually involving massive quantities of alcohol at some bar or club in town didn't bug him that much either, because she usually came back slightly tipsy and very cuddly which always ended very nicely, for them both.
Hell, even hers and Teal'c’s Star Wars obsession didn't annoy him this much, though that mostly due that he kinda liked the movies too, and Vala dressing up as Leia that night had been... enjoyable... very enjoyable. Vala sure was flexible.
Daniel let himself get lost in the memory. He made a mental note to bring up the costume again.
But this, this was just... too much… sometimes he really hated Jack.
Because if he had to hear the opening song for the Simpson's one more time, he’d... Well… he wasn't sure what he'd do but he knew one thing-- Jack wouldn't like it.
Vala clicked on the next episode of the box set that Jack had given her. A box set! Of all the current seasons! As she snuggled further into him, resting her head on his chest as he absentmindedly played with her hair, Daniel wondered how Sam felt about dinner with McKay-- they were much friendlier now after her stint in Atlantis, and Jack really didn’t like that.
Smiling at the thought Daniel dropped a kiss on Vala head; he already had the perfect partner in crime, he just need to convince her. Not that it would all the hard Vala loved a good scam.
Daniel could practically hear Montgomery Burn’s serpentine voice going
“Exxxcellant…”.
A/N: Saffron- a bright orange, yellow color. Also any Firefly fans know the other meaning… grins
Blaze and Flow
Vala used to love fire. She used to have dozens of candles scattered all over her room as a teenager and after her time as Quetesh she would buy little incense sticks that smelled like cinnamon because Quetesh had hated the spice.
Fire had been everything that she had hoped to embody.
Powerful. Beautiful. Warm. Deadly. Seductive. Bright.
Yes, Vala used to love fire.
She hates it now. Ever since Ver Eger she can’t stand to even look at it for too long; every time she does she can feel the flames on her arms, licking and biting their way up her legs like a monster that will never stop. She still has nightmares about that day.
When she first started to join Teal’s in his kelnorim thing-- something she started to do after the affair with Athena, she had tended to sit as far away form the candles as possible. When her friend noticed how tense she got whenever she got to close to one candle he started to light less and positioned them closer to him, farther from her. She’s very grateful for his consideration.
She doesn’t buy incense anymore either. Sam had bought her some vanilla scented ones a while back, but Vala had never even opened them. Thankfully Sam hadn’t taken offense.
Now Vala hates fire; it’s deadly, greedy, uncompromising, it takes, it burns, it scars, it destroys. It kills.
Vala prefers water now, like the ocean, rivers, lakes, streams and waterfalls that are part of this planet she now calls home.
She loves water now. Water stops Fire.
Soft, gentle, rough, deep, vast, mysterious, beautiful, tumultuous, soothing, and blue.
Vala loves water, especially the ocean, for many reasons but mostly because Daniel’s eyes swirl like it.
Glory
When the war finishes Vala can’t feel the satisfaction that everybody else does. Daniel understands this; out of everybody in this crusade she has lost the most.
A daughter. A husband. A try at a family that she never knew she wanted to have.
Sometimes Daniel wonders what it would have been like for her if Adria hadn’t been the will of the Ori, if she had just been Vala and Tomin’s daughter- would Vala had stayed in the Ori galaxy with her family? A family that didn’t include him. Would she have forgotten him? A distant memory of her wilder years.
He knows she wouldn’t have. She would have been miserable in the Ori galaxy. He knows this, but sometimes his brain runs away from him and he’s left with these thoughts.
And now the war is over. Her husband is dead and Adria is gone and for now at least; she has lost the family she never even wanted.
She was never naïve, but the war forced her to grow up and even though she still hides behind her flirty ways and goofy mannerisms Daniel can see the pain in her eyes.
When the war ends they all get medals and commendations from the president. They get long and well-deserved time off. They scatter- Teal’c goes to see his son and Ishta, Mitchell goes to back home to see his girlfriend and parents, Sam goes to D.C. (Daniel’s glad his friends are finally getting a chance at happiness).
Vala doesn’t really have anywhere else to go, making Daniel all the more aware of how much she lost and how little she really has. As he heads to her room he doesn’t let himself think about what he’s doing, because then he’ll stop. In her room he starts to pack some of her favorite things as she looks at him in confusion.
He looks at her and gives her a smile “Come on, you’re coming home with me.”
The war was won but for Vala there was no glory to be had- none, except for what Daniel offers her.
Plural
Before Daniel used to think in the singular. I need to do this… I need to do that… I have…I read… I looked... He only needed to think worry about himself.
Before Vala used to think in the singular. I need… I want… I like… I “borrowed”…I took… I will… I could… She only needed to look out for herself.
Now Daniel and Vala think in the plural. We have… We should… We need… We travel… We bought… We thought… We love…
Sometimes they even think in the plural possessive. Our home… Our bed… Our love… Our family… Our daughter… Our son…
Now Daniel and Vala think in the plural (sometimes possessive plural) and they don’t miss the singular at all.
A/N: I just can't seem to stop myself- and they come to me in the weirdest way. This one was a result of me reading BkWrm1 great fic "With this Kiss" and Jack wolf-whistling
And Bob
Getting stranded off world was not something new. By now Daniel was sure he was at least in the mid-thirties.
They had been walking in silence for at least five miles, which meant only a couple more to the gate. It wasn’t that he and Jack had nothing to talk about it was more that they were full of cut and bruises, plus more than a little dehydrated. The cave-in had been unexpected and oh so cliché. Seriously, it was like the universe was running out of things to do to them.
Jack had told the team to go back to the gate, tell Landry of the situation, and to get back ASAP with the equipment to dig them out; in the mean time he and Daniel would look for another way out. They had. And so had Daniel and Jack, unfortunately it had been extremely tough terrain and uphill for the most part. Fun.
They were exhausted, dehydrated and cursing the universe. Just another day at the SGC.
It had been a bad day to begin with and it wasn’t looking up.
“So wha’d ya do?”
Daniel looked at his friend in confusion. ”Huh?”
“You and Vala. Wha’d ya do?” Yep, his day was not looking up at all.
“What makes you think I did anything?”
“Well, because something tells me that if you two weren’t fighting, she’d be the one here with you. Anyway, you guys seemed tense.”
Daniel knew that Jack was right, earlier when they had split up and Vala volunteered to go off with Sam; everybody had just looked on in shock.
Daniel sighed. “I didn’t do anything.”
“Riiight… then why is she mad at you?”
“What makes you think she’s mad at me?”
“I’m not blind.”
Daniel snorted. “Sam told you. That’s cheating, by the way.”
“Sa-Carter didn’t let me anything. She didn’t have to.”
“Right.”
“Fine… whatever. It’s not like couldn’t have figured it out on my own, Vala was being pretty obvious.”
“Tell me about it.”
“Ha! So you did have a fight! What about?”
“Nothing.”
“Daniel.”
“Fine, apparently I forgot our anniversary.”
Jack looked over at his friend, the shock evident, and then he did the math.
“Wait. What anniversary?”
“See! That’s exactly what I said.”
“You said that!”
“Well, yeah.”
“Daniel, Daniel… so smart, yet so very stupid…”
“What!?”
“You don’t admit you forgot your anniversary. You make up an excuse, say you have a surprise and then buy out a flower store. Or chocolate store…whatever she likes better.”
“But I don’t even know what anniversary she was talking about?”
“Yeah, that’s a little weird.”
“A little?”
“She’s your girl.”
“Come on help me out Jack. Sam must have said something.”
“Nope. Carter didn’t say a thing. But let’s see… How long have you two..?” Jack left the rest of the question open, only waggling his eyebrows to signify what he meant.
Daniel rolled his eyes. “Mature,” Jack just shrugged. “And to answer your ‘question’- about three and a half months. Is there even an anniversary for that?’
“No that I know of. You sure she said anniversary, not birthday or something.”
“Nope. Trust me, she said anniversary.”
“Hmmm…. Curious-er and curious-er.”
“Yep.”
It was then that Daniel noticed they were almost at the
gate. Only a couple hundred feet- finally!
As they reached the area where the gate was Daniel heard somebody yell.
“There they are!”
Daniel and Jack saw the team heading for them, Vala leading them. He only had a second before she launched herself into his arms, wrapping her legs around his waist. He managed to hold their combine weight for a second, before he fell back with Vala landing on top of him in a very familiar way. Her hair was loose today and fell around her face like a waterfall.
He now knew what she had been talking about before.
Daniel smiled.
Reaching up he gave her a soft kiss. “Prometheus.” Vala smiled and returned his kiss.
“Great, you made up. Let’s go.”
A/N: The title comes from an old Nickelodeon clay cartoon called “Prometheus and Bob”- yea…it’s obvious I couldn’t think of anything better g
Bernese (originally written for nicole9514)
When Vala moves in with Daniel everybody gets her house warming gifts. Mitchell gets her a chia pet collection that has Daniel rolling his eyes, Teal'c buys her wind chimes and several of her favorite DVD's, Sam buys her those fruity smelling bath sets complete with oil and bath beads, she also gives her a bag from Victoria's Secret to christen Vala's first night, which has Daniel blushing purple.
But Jack... Jack...Daniel has to start a new rule that Jack can't buy Vala anymore presents, because he tends to get her things that tend to give Daniel the "squinty face" as she puts it. And this latest present definitely makes it on the "squinty face" list. That is because Jack gets Vala a dog, a cute tiny squirmy Bernese puppy, and of course Vala lights up and calls him Daniel Jr. -- they are soo changing the name.
As Jack, Vala, Teal'c and
"Yep."
Puzzle
Outside Jack’s cabin Daniel watches as Jack and Mitchell argue
over the best way to barbeque, Jack like more beer in the steaks while
Red
Vala likes living with Sam. They go shopping on weekends when they’re not off world; Sam is surprisingly fashion conscious. She encourages Vala to buy impractical but fantastically sexy shoes and new leather boots that makes Daniel stammer when she wears them with the red leather skirt that Sam also convinced her to get with a wicked grin, because apparently Daniel likes red. Vala stores that information for future reference. Sam takes Vala to get pedicures, where they gossip about the boys, Sam is a fountain of information and she readily shares it with Vala, especially little tidbits about their favorite resident archeologist.
They go out to bars and dance and get drunk before stumbling home giggling about the men that hit on them, they also giggle about the fact that they can kick most of those men’s asses even as drunk as they are. Sam teaches Vala how to play pool and they go home from bars with absurd amounts of money. They watch movies; Sam introduces her to the world of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and they quotes the lines to each other as they do the others nails. Sam: pale blue, Vala: deep red. They like the fact that they can be as girly as they want to be or not to be around each other. They’re both women that grew up in a man’s world and sometimes they just need to reminds themselves it okay to be girls.
Sam teaches Vala to drive, much to Daniel’s chagrin, Vala picks it up like that. It’s not even funny and all she talks about now is getting a Corvette that she’s going to paint bright red with pink flames. Sam just tells her that she should just go for the Porsche; Daniel glares.
After three months of seeing red, Daniel has had it. He loves Sam, he really does, she’s one his best friends, she’s his sister, but it’s not fair- she’s hogging Vala. So he does the only think he can think of, he proposes. They’re on his couch and he kinda just blurts it out but Vala doesn’t seem to mind as she kisses him until they’re both breathless. When they break apart due to the need for air Daniel suggests that they take it to the bedroom, Vala agrees but not before, “ I’ll meet you there darling I just have to call Sam.” Daniel sighs but let’s her call their friend, it’s only fair-- it’s not like they’re going to be leaving the apartment for the next couple of days, he even bought new red sheets.
One
Vala collapses on Daniel, she is sweaty, sated and deliciously sore, moving slightly to kiss his pulse point she shivers when he skims his hand over her back leaving it to rest on the small of her back; they’re still one.
Sex
Daniel knows that everybody that looks at Vala thinks sex. He knows that all they think, that he thinks that too. They’re wrong, though. Because when Daniel looks at Vala all he thinks is love.
Love
When Daniel and Vala fight, they really fight. They never hold back and sometimes the rest of the team is left to wonder how they can go back to being together after some of the things they say. They can spend days avoiding each other and missions that happen during a fight always go wrong.
They’re both passionate and stubborn people and it’s that that makes the fights so bad, because they’re both ready to argue their side of the disagreement until they’re blue in the face. They’re not afraid to call the other out; they’re not afraid to yell, kick, punch and insult each other.
But they always make up.
They fight. They make-up. They’re in love. It doesn’t matter if nobody else gets it, they do.
Alone
In his nightmares he never saves her. She dies on Ver
In her nightmare she never saves him. He dies chained to her. He dies in that first battle with the Ori, never ringing aboard and finding her. He dies on the Ori ship; she was to slow to stop Tomin’s blast. He dies on a planet while she trying to stay in his life. Adria kills him; she does not want to compete for her mother’s love. He dies because of an Ancient device that she couldn’t stop him from using. He dies at Adria's hands (again); Merlin gave powers, just not enough. He dies as a Prior; he was lying to them along. He dies. He dies. He dies. She is left alone.
In their nightmares they are never able to save each other and are left alone. They’re glad that in reality that is not so.
Espionage (can be looked as a continuation of Saffron)
Jack recruits Vala for a mission, a top secret -not even Daniel can know mission, she is instantly intrigued. He just tells her to me him at 1930 hours by her room and to wear black. Vala gets even more intrigued.
And that’s how she has ended up hiding in Jack’s car wearing an all black outfit with a ski hat she “borrowed” from Teal’c over her pigtails, and a pair of binoculars spying on Sam’s dinner date with McKay. Jack has his own binoculars plastered to his eyes and keeps on muttering thing like, “McKay!… I can’t believe… What's Sa- I mean, Carter doing out with McKay?!... Are we in alternate universe?!... And where did she get that dress!... I’ve never seen that dress…. Where’d she get…McKay!... Since when are they so chummy…I hope that has lemons …. Yea…. Lemons…”. She bites back a smirk and decides not to tell him that the dress is hers and she let Sam borrow it; she also wishes that she had a recording device- this was priceless.
“Oh, he better be not doing what I think he’s doing..!” At Jack’s tone Vala looked through her binoculars and felt her mouth hang open. Whoa! Daniel was good! McKay looked to be pulling out a small velvet box, and Vala had watched enough ‘chick flicks’ as Mitchell called them to know what was happening. Looking over at Sam’s she saw the woman smile at the man across from her. As Sam reached over to take the box from McKay, Vala felt Jack sprint out of the car.
The minute Jack stepped out Vala grab her cell phone and rang Daniel. He picked up right away. “Darling, it’s me. It went perfectly, I can’t believe you didn’t tell me about the proposal..”
“Wait! Proposal? What proposal?!”
Vala looked out the car window to the restaurant. “Uh oh!”
* * * *
Inside (5 minutes
ago)
“I can’t believe you’re getting married, McKay. Dr. Brown must be saint to put with you.” Sam teased.
“Yeah... HEY!” Rodney shot back before he shrugged, “well she hasn’t said yes yet. You do think she’ll say yes, don’t you? You’ve talked to her, and even though I know you’re not bosom buddies-- or are you?”
“McKay!”
“What! Oh whatever!…Well do you think she’ll say yes or what?”
“Honestly?”
“Of course honestly!”
“Yeah, I do. So are you gonna let me see the ring or what?”
“Huh.. Oh yeah, here.”
Just as she touched the ring box, Sam and Rodney heard: “Sam! What the hell is going on here?!?”
“Sir?”
“Wha…”
A/N: the first one is very different from the rest. I was thinking about Noir films when it came to mind. Call it an experiment, it’s also AU. The rest are my regular D/V loveness.
Noir
The cigarette smoke shines a dusty blue in the light that the sign that hanging over the bar provides. It is late and the only people out at this time are the people whose home and dreams are even darker than the streets.
She has always loved the bar, she remembers back when she was younger and her mother would let sit while she finished her set. She misses her mother’s voice, mysterious and full of tears, husky and soulful. She doesn’t sing like her mother, she doesn’t sing at all, not anymore. He always tells her she has a good voice the few times she has let him hear it, but she shies the compliments away.
Samantha is on stage now. Her voice is sweet and melodic, still there’s an undercurrent of hurt hidden in it too. With her golden hair and blue eyes many of the men call her “Angel”. But she’s an angel with scars. They’re friends, they met through him.
She’s waiting for him now. He’s always late. Buried in old books that make his eyes water because of all the dust they gather. With his books he forgets there is a world outside his messy apartment. Forgets that there is a world where she lives, or not lives, depending on the day.
Downing her drink she wonders how long she’ll have to wait tonight. Last time Jack had almost closed before he had shown up.
He doesn’t like the bar, at least at night; during the day he comes by it all the time to sit and eat and talk to Jack or TC. He likes to talk and she loves his voice. He can talk forever and she likes listening to him in bed, his chest vibrates with each word and she knows he’s alive. She knows she’s alive with him.
Just as Sam finishes her song she hears the door open. It’s raining outside and the raindrops shine blue on his skin. He looks otherworldly to her. He walks over to her and places his hand on her cheek- it’s a move they’ve always done, forever, unending; she turns her head and kisses his wrist. She stands and he wraps his arm around her slim waist and kisses her. He tastes like cigarettes, coffee, scotch, and rain. After the kiss she licks her lips to taste him again and lets him take her home. It’s almost sunrise, pre-dawn, and the streets blush blue.
She’ll sleep all day, naked and wrapped in his crisp white sheets. She’ll wake up at sunset. He’ll be sitting at his desk writing his next paper or novella, there’ll be a smudged glass of scotch, shining amber in the sunlight that flitters through the blinds, and mug of cold coffee next to him. She’ll get up and change and then walk back to the bar to once again hear Samantha sing on the stage that she used to play on, but will never sing on. She’ll sit and watch and drink and smoke. She’ll sit and wait for him to take her home.
Time-out
Daniel is vaguely aware that they’re making out in his office with the door unlocked and that anybody could walk in at any minute, but he really doesn’t care because right now Vala is sucking on his bottom lip and her hands are playing with his hair. Shifting her in his lap he runs his tongue over her lips asking for entrance, it is readily given and amazingly enough Vala presses even closer to him. His hands rest on the swell of her hips, his thumbs hooking under her waistband of her pants. Their tongues battle in a slow and sensual encounter and her nails scrap his skull, suppressing a shiver he moves to lean her against the table. His lips skim across her cheek, up her jaw line, making their way to the spot just behind her ear (she shivers), before they reach their destination at her pulse point. Here he sucks, licks and bites; the feel of his teeth scraping and pulling gently against her skin is animalistic, tender and oh so sexy. Vala lets out a tiny groan.
When she pulls away Daniel can’t help the confusion that spreads across his face, since when is Vala the prude one in this relationship.
“Darling, we can’t…” It makes Daniel feel typical male pride that her voice is coming out breathless and aroused, “You have no idea how much I want to, but we can’t.”
“Why not?” And if Daniel’s blood hadn’t been traveling south at the moment, he probably would have come up with the reason they couldn’t much faster, but as of right now it falls to Vala to clue in him.
“The kids for one, they’re due back at the house with
Daniel frowns, for about a second, before he moves back to kiss her. “Mitchell has a key, he can watch them for a little longer.” His voice deep and resolute. Vala smiles, she loves when Daniel gets all determined, especially when it involves her and this.
“You sure?” But she is already letting him push her back to lean her forearms on his desk while he begins pushing her shirt up, his lips cooling the trail his fingers burned.
“Mmmhmm sure.”
A Thousand Words
After Jacek leaves they have to clear out his apartment and make sure nothing “alien” is left behind. Daniel finds a box, it old and wooden and full of cravings that are definitely not human. He opens in his office later and is shocked to find that it’s full of picture. But unlike the pictures of Earth, these pictures play like a mini movie; he’s so stunned by the fact that he doesn’t comprehend what he’s really seeing. When he does, his mouth falls in shock, awe and disbelief.
This is Vala. A much younger Vala, but Vala all the same. He should give them to her, but his curiosity wins out (when has it not?) and looks though them.
A small dark hair girl toddling up to a beautiful woman who picks the child up and kisses her. This is Vala with her mother. Daniel can see the resemblance; they are both beautiful and striking women with sparkling eyes. Little Vala cuddles to her mom and smiles wide and bright. Daniel can fight his own smile.
The second picture is of a slightly older Vala, she must be 5 or 6 and she’s smiling triumphant. She looks to have lost a tooth and has a small bruise but she’s happy holding a big stick, suddenly the picture pans quickly and Daniel see two boys holding their noses and eyes respectively. It’s good to know she always been feisty, not taking crap even at 5.
The third picture is different, it’s looks to be raining and there’s a ten-year-old looking Vala huddled in the corner of what appears to be porch. The picture zooms in on her and she turns, she is surprised and crying. She tries to smile big but can’t succeed. Daniel can imagine Jacek saying, “Smile big for daddy”. The image changes abruptly and all you see now are shadows in the rain- the larger holding the smaller shaking one. Daniel knows that this was when it happened, when she first lost somebody she loved.
The fourth picture appears to be wedding and while Vala is not the main focus of it, Daniel can’t miss her. She’s hiding in the back scowling at the bride and groom, her father and what he guesses to be Adria. The original Adria is not at all like Daniel pictured, she is blonde for one and very beautiful and younger than he expected. When the picture Jacek wraps his free arm around his daughter and new bride, bringing them to the forefront Daniel can she the loathing in Adria’s eyes when Jacek kisses his daughter’s cheek while picture Vala rolls her eyes.
Daniel can’t look at the sixth picture for long. She must be eighteen or so, Vala looks happy and in love. The man holding her with adoration in his eyes is dark and handsome; he kisses her and Vala look back at him with equal love. Daniel puts the picture down; he knows that there won’t be a picture of Vala happy and in love again. Quetesh probably took soon after that picture was taken.
The seventh and last picture of Vala is of Vala now, well of Vala after she was freed from Quetesh. She is in leather, playing cards at a tavern and when she turns to the picture she just rolls her eyes and goes back to the game. She’s cold in the picture not caring to smile anymore, her life was taken from her and Daniel hates the distance in her eyes.
After he looks at the pictures he goes to take them to her.
“Hey I found this with some of the stuff Jacek left behind.” Vala looks at the pictures and tenses a bit before she takes them; she looks through them and stops. Her eyes grow moist and Daniel stops the urge to hug her.
“Here take these.” She hands them all back except one, the one with her mom, and this time Daniel doesn’t stop him himself from touching her cheek. They look at each other and for a second everything is revealed before Daniel blinks and leaves the room.
When he reaches his office he rests his head on the closed door in exhaustion because he just came to the realization he’s been hiding from: He is in love with Vala.
Whipped
“I can’t believe I let you talk me into this.”
“What? Daniel does it...”
“Daniel is whipped.”
“Whipped? He’s hurt?"
“What.. no.. It just means that you…. already know what whipped means.”
“Mitchell mentioned once too. And come on you’re doing good.”
“Why isn’t Daniel doing this again, or Sam for that matter… Damn it, hold still.”
“Sorry, and to answer your question, it’s because they’re off-world and you offered to watch me. I swear its like you all think I’m not capable of staying out of trouble for one day.”
“Are you?”
“Not the point.”
“Right.”
“Almost done? I’m kinda hungry.”
“Yeah, hold on. Just… one… second..”
That’s when they hear the door open; Jack’s and Vala’s heads whip around in perfect unison.
“What’s going on here?” Daniel looks both amused and surprised. Sam just has that grin that she know exactly what’s going on.
“Hello darling, Sam. Jack was just doing my feet.”
“What.. No! I wasn’t doing anything…” dropping Vala’s feet from his lap like hot potatoes, he points at the ex-thief, “there was no doing!”
Vala just rolls her eyes and puts a hand on her back for support, taking Jack’s extended one, she pulls her pregnant body up from the couch. “ I don’t know why you’re so flustered Jack, you did a really good job.” Vala peeks around her belly to look her now sparkly purple toes. Making her way to the kitchen she adds cheekily, “Thanks for recommending him, Sam.”
“Sam! You told!?”
Entertainment
Daniel knows Vala well enough to know that as much as she likes to spend time with him, five hours in a dusty temple room on P3X-860 is not on her list of fun things to do, even when she’s completely healthy. Anyway, it’s not a SG-1 mission, he’s just consulting with SG-5, so he leaves through the gate knowing she’ll probably just spend her time watching movies with Teal’c. Not that he’s worried about her or anything, just because she got shot last week and he felt his heart clench, and even though it was nothing serious he can still she her clutching her thigh. But he’s not worried, at all.
When he gets back he is shocked to find the back up lights on. He doesn’t even think as he rushes past Sam and Gen. Landry telling him that it was nothing serious, he thinks he hears Fleger’s name mention. He heads to wear he last saw Vala, Teal’c room.
Pulling the door open of his friend’s room he is again shocked at what he finds.
Vala is sitting on the bed with her legs stretched out watching as Mitchell and Teal’c fight each other with plastic swords.
“Hello, my name is Teal’c of Chulak, you killed my father, prepare to die.” Teal’c deep voice resonates with certain weightiness that Indigo Montoya’s lacked as he moves to strike (kill?) Mitchell. Daniel is thoroughly confused.
“Uhh… guys? What are you doing?” At his voice Vala turns still giggling at the spectacle that Mitchell and Teal’c have put on for her, Teal’c just lowers his weapon, while Mitchell jumps.
“
Daniel ignores him and rolls his eyes; he heads to were Vala sits on the bed. In the weirs emergency lighting she look surreal, “So I take it you’ve been enjoying yourself?’ He’s glad she’s okay; she has hated being stuck on the base while her leg heals.
She smiles and then sighs melodramatically, putting on a show, “Just barely darling, after the lights went all wonky the movie got stopped and it was just getting to the good parts too…”
Daniel smiles, before he furrows he brow and turns to Teal’c. “Ah! So… Teal’c must have missed you in the original, but it has been a while since I’ve seen it.”
Teal’c spares him a look.
“Well we sorta added a few ‘Gate
twist here and there.”
“Yes, makes it much more relatable darling.” Vala shifts over to make room for him.
“I see, so you also decide to act it out?” Daniel doesn’t even notice that he sits next to Vala until she leans slightly into his side, he jut shifts to make her more comfortable.
Mitchell shrugs.
“It is much more entertaining this way Daniel Jackson.”
“Uh huh. Okay then…” he moves to settle more comfortably on the bed and looks over at Mitchell and Teal’c, “well don’t let me interrupt, carry on..” He motions for them to continue. “ Personally I can’t wait to see when Buttercup and Westley kiss.”
Vala giggles into his shoulder.
Mitchell stutters.
Teal’c merely raises an eyebrow.
In This Together
“You look nice. Going out?” Jack says as he steps into the elevator at the SGC to see the bases’ resident intergalactic vixen dressed to the nines.
“Thank you, darling, yes I am actually. I finally managed to convince Daniel to take me out again.” Vala looks downright giddy; she was definitely excited about her time with Daniel that didn’t involve mortal peril. Jack couldn’t really blame her.
“Lucky.”
“Oh, I plan to be.”
At that Jack represses a snort and a laugh. He might have not been that receptive to Vala at first, but he has to admit he’d grown to like the little scamp. She was good for Daniel, even if the stubborn archeologist did try to deny it- constantly.
“Does he know that?”
Vala lets out a wide and wicked grin. “Not yet.”
Jack shakes his head at the woman. “So, do you know where you’re goi--” but the elevator coming to an abrupt stop interrupts Jack. It jostles him and Vala, who grabs his arm in alarm. The lights then flicker for a second but they stay on, unfortunately they were no longer moving.
“Jack?..” Vala sounds worried.
There were no alarms sounding and the emergency lights hadn’t gone on. Nothing seemed to be wrong except that they were stuck.
“I don’t think anything’s wrong, we just look to be stuck.”
“I’m sorry Jack, but I don’t think it’s right to be stuck here, no offense darling.”
“None taken. Let me just call to see what’s going on.”
10 minutes in
It was a system malfunction. A simple system malfunction, that just had all the elevators jammed. Sam was trying to fix it but apparently there were complication. Jack sighs. There were always complications.
Looking over at his partner in elevator hell, Jack sighs again; Vala looks even more bored and miserable than he does. She had really been looking over to her non-date with Daniel, and now she was stuck in an elevator, with him. Probably not her ideal second non-date.
“They’ll get us out soon. Carter’s genius, she’ll figure it out. She can fix anything.”
Vala smiled. “ I know.”
1 hour in
“I promise, I’ll give it back” Jack hears Vala mutter.
He glances at the woman across from him. They were now sitting at opposite ends of the elevator; Carter was still working on whatever it was that went wrong.
“Give what back?”
“Huh? Wha..”
“ You just said you’d give it back, give what back?”
Vala blushes and Jack sits straighter, interesting. “Oh, I.. I was just talking to myself, nothing to worry about… How much longer do you think?”
“Uh uh uh..” Jack shakes his finger at the ex-thief, “Nice try, but no changing the subject, now spill.”
“Why?”
“It’s called bonding Vala,” she just raises her eyebrow ala Teal’c, he rolls his eyes and adds, “Fine you’ve peeked my curiosity and anyway what else is there to do?”
“Well for one I couldn’t answer you’re question and leave you in suspense.”
“Ah! Yes, you could but you won’t.”
“Really? And why is that?”
“Cause you’re bored and so am I.” He gives the alien woman what he hopes is a charming smile.
Vala smiles back. “So I am. Wouldn’t you rather guess, it much for fun that way.”
“Is it animal?”
“What? No… why do you ask?”
“It’s a game Vala, Twenty questions? They haven’t taught it to you?” At Vala’s shake of the head, Jack rolls his eyes, “ I swear it’s like they never listened, wanna learn?” Jack just watched as Vala nodded enthusiastically.
“Oh! Yes, I love learning new games, Teal’c taught me ‘I Spy’ and ‘Truth or Dare’, as well as several of his video games, I’m quite good at Mario Kart I’ll have you know.” Seriously, sometimes Jack really wonders who the aliens on the base were.
“Okay the game is pretty simple…”
1 hour 30 minutes in
“Is it an elevator?”
“Oh, you’re good.”
“It’s a skill. Honed by many years of practice and situations just like this.”
“I see. My turn. You ready?”
“Ask away.”
“Is it animal?”
“No”
“Is it vegetable?”
“No”
“Is it bigger than a bread box?”
“Yes.”
“Is it an elevator?”
“You picked it up fast.”
“Thank you, I am quite clever.”
2 hours 15 minutes in
“How long did Sam say?”
“She not quite sure, whatever got messed up made a pretty big mess of several systems.”
“Always fun to hear.”
Vala settles herself more comfortably against the wall. “I guess it’s just not meant to be.” She sounds so dejected and Jack knows exactly what she was talking about.
“Hey, look how ‘bout when we get out of here, and Daniel if decides to bury himself in some translation, I’ll take you for burgers.”
“Really!?” Vala turns to him smiling bright and wide. It’s moments like this that Jack wonders why Daniel resists the woman; sometimes his friend is an idiot.
“Really. We might even give old Danny boy some gray hairs if we play our cards right. Paybacks a bitch.” Vala lets a clear laugh out and Jack joins her.
“I always knew I’d like you, darling. This burger place you plan to take me too, does it have shakes? I really like the strawberry ones from Burger King.” She sounds like a little kid, waiting for a treat. Jack thinks that’s good for Daniel- to have someone in his life that allows for excitement, even for the little things like shakes. He’s seen them together. They balance and compliment each other; they seem to ground each other while at the same time bring each other to life. They spark whenever they’re together. They push each other to be better, to want to be better, and support each other in their gentle way. Jack has seen how protective the woman in front of his best friends, and he’s seen how his friend looked at her too. The kid was just being stubborn.
“Even better than the Burger King ones.” Jack returns her smile.
2 hours 45 minutes in
“I’m hungry.”
“Yea, me too.”
3 hours 30 minutes in
“You know, I’m thinking about taking back the whole ‘Carter can fix anything’ thing. I probably jinxed the whole thing.”
“Jinxed? What does that mean?”
“Murphy’s Law.”
“Oh.”
“You know Murphy’s Law but you don’t know ‘jinxed’, it’s obvious who you spend most of your time with.”
“Oh, darling, no need to be jealous, Sam talks about you all the time.” Vala winks at him and he feels himself blush, just a little though, Vala just smirks.
“Be careful, I might take back my offer to buy you dinner.”
“Mean. And don’t talk about food.”
Jack nods, he was hungry too.
4 hours in
Vala yawns.
“Tired?”
“Mmmhmmm.”
“Come on.” Jack pats the spot next to him; Vala looks at him like he was crazy. But he can also see the wariness in her eyes.
Jack rolls his eyes. “The floors uncomfortable, and shouldn’t I be the one worrying about my virtue.” He all of a sudden understands Vala better. She’s tough and will kick ass, but letting herself being dependant on some else is hard for her. She reminds him of Daniel in that way. They want to be loved; they just afraid to let people in, they’ve burned too much.
She gets over her issues and makes her way over to him. Sitting next to him she leans against his shoulder.
“So know any bed time stories?”
Jack laughs.
4 hours 15 minutes in
“Still wanna know?” Vala’s voice is tinged with early stages of sleep. Jack looks down at the head on his shoulder, confused.
“What?”
“Earlier, when you asked what I was going to give back. Still wanna know?” He remembers, and remembers that she never did answer. She was good.
“Sure.”
“It was Daniel’s university sweater. I “borrowed” it months ago.”
“Bargaining?”
“Yea…” And Vala falls asleep.
5 hours in
The doors finally open and Jack sees Carter, Teal’c, Mitchell and Daniel all look at him, the surprise in their faces is evident, but then they probably weren’t excepting to see him leaning against the wall of the elevator, with a sleeping Vala curled on the floor next to him using his jacket as a blanket
Sam recovers first. “Sorry it took so long, sir. The problem turned out to be more complicated than we first thought.”
“It always is. It’s alright Carter.” He nudges Vala only to have his hand slapped away, he laughs softly and notices the darkening in Daniel’s eyes. Huh. Interesting. He nudges her again. Slap. “Vala, we’re free.”
That gets her attention. “Huh?...oh..” She looks like a little kid waking up from a nap. He moves to stand and extends his hand to her. She takes it and pulls herself up. The minute she’s up she looks around and becomes aware of her surroundings, she smiles at Carter and gives her a big hug. “Oh, thank you Sam!” Carter looks less surprised than he expected at Vala’s reaction.
“Had fun?”
Vala yawns and smiles. “He’s not so bad.” Carter laughs. Vala yawns again.
“Okay well as fun as this is I think someone’s tired.” Jack puts on his best “Dad” voice, Vala nods.
She turns to Daniel. “Walk me to my room?” She sounds sleepy and sweet. Jack can see the softening in his friend’s blue eyes.
Daniel nods and when Vala moves to lean against him, she’s already half asleep, he just puts his arm around her. They’re half way down the hall when Jack thinks to call out, “Hey, Vala, remember I owe you burger and a shake!”
Vala turns towards him and smiles sleepily, “ Wouldn’t miss it darling.” As her and Daniel head back to her quarters together, Jack sees Daniel’s arm tighten around his friend.
Jack smiles.
Fruitcake
They were in Sam’s lab when she asked.
“Sam, what’s a fruitcake?” Sam just looked at her friend in confusion, but answered the question.
“It’s a cake, it’s made with dried and sometimes candied fruits, spices or nuts, usually soaked in brandy or rum. They’re traditionally served at Christmas. Why? Why do you ask?” Sam asked, she was used to Vala’s random questions about Earth, but still some of them were really odd.
“Oh, nothing. Something Daniel said to me once.” Sam nodded and both women got back to work.
Few months later
Daniel was laying in bed when Vala left their bathroom wearing nothing but a bright red bow on her hair and a green pair of those boy-short she had, that looked to have some sort of cake; not that he’d really know. He wasn’t exactly focusing on the clothed areas of her body.
“Vala? What..”
Vala said nothing as she moved to the bed and straddled his thighs, leaning down she presented him with an incredibly sensual kiss, dragging his bottom lip with her teeth as she pulled away. Okay, if he hadn’t been turned on before he sure was now.
Her voice was deep and husky. “Well darling, Sam told me how you felt about this Christmas of yours, and while I don’t particularly understand it and what decorated trees have to do with a child being born in a stable, I thought you might enjoy unwrapping this fruitcake.” She winked and gave him a deliciously wicked smile.
“Oh, I think I will.” Daniel smirked back as he reached for her.
With that Vala moved to cover his lips in another luscious kiss as she pressed her half naked body to his. Moving his hands up her thighs, Daniel snuck his thumb under her tiny shorts, caressing the skin there.
He really did love fruitcakes.
Friends (And Co-workers)
It didn’t surprise Daniel that Jack and Vala
got along. After all, their favorite hobby was finding ways new ways to make
him blush or stammer. So when Jack had to stay in
All was normal until the cabin fever set in. A bored Jack was bad, a bored Vala was trouble, a bored Jack and Vala in the same space was disastrous.
The water balloon war was stopped due to Siler having to
wear a patch of the rest of the week, Jack teaching Vala
to ride a bike with Teal’c’s old one was stopped
after they crashed into Dr. Lee and the man had to limp for the next two day.
Then the prank war started which Landry ended after the glitter bomb in the
conference room (Vala) and the red dye in the showers
(Jack). After that they had both been scolded and Jack was practically kicked
out the mountain for the rest of the day; it was barely
After that the ‘Jack and Vala
Show’ (thank you,
And now there she was, dressed in a very beautiful and glittery backless slate top and her leather pants. Daniel had to focus on his jaw, and picking it up off the floor. Where was she going and when did she buy that?
“Hullo darling, where you off too?” She was smiling and perfectly normal.
“Office.” Damn, he needed verbs, but that top and exposed skin was making it harder than normal (pun intended). He cleared his throat, “To my office, to finish these translations. And you? You look like you’re heading out?”
She bounced and smiled wide. “Yep, Jack’s taking me to O’Malley’s”
Daniel didn’t know what that sudden feeling in his stomach was, but he didn’t like it.
“Oh, really? That’s nice of him.”
“I know, honestly Daniel, I don’t know why you complained so much about him, he’s fun.”
“You would think that.” He rolled his eyes.
Vala just gave him a bright grin, kissed his cheek and headed of to meet Jack. Daniel had a stray thought that she better not be giving Jack any kisses. Suddenly impatient, he stalked to his office.
Unfortunately he bypassed it and went straight for Sam’s lab.
“Do you know what Jack’s doing tonight?”
Sam looked at him confused but answered, “He’s taking Vala to O’Malley’s. He and
“Why!? Why? You’re not bugged by this?’
“By what?”
“This. The ‘Jack and Vala
Show’ like
“No, not really. They are similar people and like to have fun. Relax, Daniel, it’s not like they’re causing too much trouble, they’re just two friends going out to…dinner.” Sam trailed off.
Daniel didn’t like the grin on his friend’s face. “What?!”
Sam smiled big. “You’re jealous!”
“What! I am not! I’m not jealous. I …it’s just why do they have to be so ‘Jack and Vala’...” at Sam’s look he huffed. “I am not jealous.” And with that he left his crazy friend’s lab, not noticing how she picked up the phone on his way out.
He wasn’t jealous. He wasn’t.
Yes you are, said the voice in his head.
Am not.
Are
too.
Am not.
Too.
“Daniel.”
“Not.”
“What?” Jack gave his friend a look.
“Wha… Oh, umm.. Nothing just talking to myself.”
“Okay.”
“What’s up?’
“Wanna join me and Vala for dinner? I’m taking her to O’Malley’s.”
“Oh, sure. Let me change.”
“We’ll meet you topside.”
“Okay.” With that Daniel left Jack and headed to change, suddenly glad. He wasn’t jealous, he wasn’t but now he could just make sure that nothing happened, not that he was scared of something happening. Nope, not jealous at all.
He never saw Jack’s grin.
A/N: this is higher rating than previous entries. Light R?
Reassurances
When they get to the room she knows it's coming, but is still surprises when he cups her face and kisses her like he wants he wants to completely consume her. His kisses are desperately wild and she can do nothing but ride it out. When they finally separate they are both breathless, chests panting, eye dark with lust, want and need. It scares her as much as it excites her- his need for her and hers for his. They’ve both had past loves and lovers, but what they find with each other is as beautiful and loving as it is dark. No, not dark, that makes it sound dirty and evil, their love is anything but. It’s deep and powerful, full of light and hope but tinged with tragedy. It makes them stronger. They are survivors. They have been broken and have put themselves back together, finding the last pieces in each other.
That's why Vala doesn't mind the ferocity of the moment, the desperate affirmation that, yes, she is alive. As her back slams into the wall she feels the sting in her healing bruises and winces, but she doesn't mind, she is lost in him and alive. Equally desperate, she pulls on his belt and pants; there is barely any space between them. His pants fall and she begins to work on hers, his hands are too busy running over her body, gentle then rough, he knows where she can stand some extra pressure in light of her wounds. When her pants fall, they stumble a bit trying to toe of their boots. It gets to be too hard and he stops to crouch down and remove their shoes. When he is done he looks up at her as she leans breathless against the wall.
He looks a man worshiping a goddess— she doesn't want that and pulls him to her.
Now it’s her lips that slant desperately over his. They kiss and touch every bit of exposed skin, but they need more. She practically rips his shirt of his body. His body that, like hers, is covered in dark flowers blooming under his skin. They don't take her own shirt off, not wanting to disturb her bandaged ribs too much (Carolyn had said to be careful).
It’s then that they pause. Breathe. She cups his cheek letting her thumb run across his bottom lip. He gently takes it with his mouth and kisses it. She feels his teeth and tongue scrap and stroke it. She gasps at the sensation. They look at each other, in love, relief, lust, passion, want and need. They’ve never been able to do things in their lives halfway, so this won't be either. Vala nods and Daniel kisses her, it's soft and tender unlike the previous ones. He lifts her, hands cupping her thighs and ass, and she wonders about the strain on his bruised arms for a second before he drives in to her. It’s deep, hard and fast. She can't control the strangled whimpers that come out of her mouth.
Fuck, fuck, fuck. Harder, harder. Faster. More. Love you. Please. Love you. Look at me. I love you. I love you.
She not even really aware of who is saying what, but she doesn't care. He’s alive and inside her. She’s alive and around him. Their bodies move in tune with each other. They push and thrust and kiss and lick and bite. They need to feel everything that the other can give. His name barely leaves her lips before she shatters. She’s not even aware if he came before, with or after her.
They sink to the floor and he rests her on top f him, mindful of her ribs. This was desperate, hard and fast, not their usual, but no too unusual for them either. He skims her bandages. She’s sore but nothing too bad, quite the opposite actually.
“Sorry, I didn't mean...'”
Moving to kiss him she shakes her head, “It's okay darling, I needed it too.”
“Bed?"
“Can you move?”
He chuckles, “No.”
“Later then.” She lets herself rest on him.
When he moves them to the bed a few minutes later, he gently removes her shirt and curls up carefully behind her. She's alive.
Nothing/Everything
She never thought she’d have to go through this again.
The darkness, the pain, the detachment, the hurt that surrounds her, hurt that she causes.
She is a queen again, a goddess. A demon.
But she is stronger now, no longer a scared girl. She fights the invader in her body, but she not strong enough. She pushes and pulls and yells in her head. She wants to tell them to leave. Tell him to fight and just kill her. She rather be dead than this thing again.
But…
Nothing of the host
remains.
And she is back in the darkness. Glass cages in her mind.
She senses little things, all her senses are dulled, muddy, but she knows the hands that touch her are not his.
That isn’t right. It’s only supposed to be him.
He needs to fight.
She sees a friend. But he is no longer a friend. He mains and kills all to her command. She is his queen.
Fight!
She needs to fight.
They need to fight.
Daniel.
But….
Nothing of the host
remains.
How can she feel so bruised and hurt and have her body look fine.
Why does she hurt?
There is a story Teal’c gave to her about girls, mirrors, rabbits, holes and ticking clocks.
She wants to shatter the mirror that only lets her look out. She wants to leave the rabbit hole.
Daniel!
Fight!
Vala?!
He hears her voice and she feels relief.
Nothing of the host remains!
Didn’t Sam say the mind was a complex thing?
She is a demon queen.
She’ll fight.
Because…
Everything of the host remains and she’s planning to go back.
Her Daniel is waiting.
A/N: garnered from Kale’s idea that what if the Quetesh in the movie will be our Vala.
Time Stands Still
It’s funny how even after all these years he can still sense her. And not because of the Buzz, even though it helps. No, he can sense her because he feels every cell in his body come alive. Sam would say it’s just chemical reactions produced by endorphins in his brain, he knows it’s because she is part of him. She’s embedded in every aspect of his being, she always has been. Turning to where she has entered the ballroom he stunned at how beautiful she looks. Black gown, simple and sexy, with a flower in her hair, it’s nice to know she still like Gardenias. He wants to leave this ridiculous conversation about stocks and investments and go to her. He holds back, he can wait a little longer and while he’ll never admit he’s scared to go.
Across the room he can see Sam turn and notice her. He
watches as the blonde freezes for a moment, before a happy smile graces her
face. He’s not the only one that missed her. He sees as Sam excuses herself
form the French Ambassador and heads over to
“Hello gentlemen,” always the perfect hostess, Sam greets the boring men talking to him, “I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind me stealing my brother away for a minute, I seem to be having a wine emergency.” Her voice silky and smooth with a touch of ‘I’m just a poor woman who can’t do anything..’. She’s good, but then again she’s had centuries to perfect these skills. All the men just nod and smile, letting Daniel go with her.
They’re not even five feet away when she asks, “Did you see her?” He hasn’t heard Sam this excited since her internship with Albert and his special theory of relativity.
“Of course I saw her.” He sips his wine.
“And? What the hell are you doing here?”
“Drinking.”
“Daniel..”
“She doesn’t' t know me, Sam. She doesn’t know any of us.”
“She use to. She could have still, you chose..”
“That was a long time ago and like I said then I wasn’t going to kill her, or get her ‘accidentally’murdered. She deserved a normal life.”
“Daniel you do know that she is still—“
“I know.”
“What are you gonna do?”
“I don’t know.”
“You still love her.”
“You’re not telling me anything new.”
“I’m just… Are you even going to talk to her? I think
Finishing his wine he offers his arm to Sam and heads over
to where
“Vala Mal Doran, I’d like to
introduce you to my wife, Samantha Mitchell,” “Carter-Mitchell,” interjects Sam
and
Daniel moves to take her hand, and blue eyes meet slivery grey. For a moment he feels time stop, it’s good to know she still has that effect too.
“Pleasure to meet you.”
Bubbly
Daniel knew that Vala could handle her alcohol, for some one like her who had spent the majority of her life making deals in shady bars with shadier people it was practically required of her. Mitchell always said it was a shame she wasn’t from Earth because she would have loved college. It took Daniel a minute to remember that not everybody had been locked in dusty basements cataloguing relics during those four years.
Vala can polish of a bottle of tequila or whiskey and the only effect is a slight deepening in her accent and extra sway to her hips- nothing that Daniel can complain about. She definitely wasn’t the lightweight in their relationship, that still fell to him and she loved to tease him about it. Taking a sip from his champagne he had to smirk, not all the teasing was bad.
Tonight was different though, because looking over to the
other side room where Vala was giggling madly with
Sam and Teal’c, she looked to have more than a little of her weight leaning on
the
Vala was plastered.
Neither Teal’c nor Sam seemed to mind, mostly because the former probably found it amusing and the latter wasn’t exactly sober either. Daniel smiled. She looked cute. He shook his head. God, he was a goner, but he had already known that.
“Your girlfriend is wasted.” Turning to Jack, Daniel nodded.
“I know.”
“Man, how many glasses has she had? I don’t think I’ve ever
seen her this drunk.”
“I don’t think she has been this drunk in a long time, and I think she’s had about four glasses.”
“Four!? Seriously,
four? What a lightweight.”
Daniel rolled his eyes and glanced at
“I think I’m gonna take her upstairs before she drops.” With a nod he left his two friends and headed across the room. When he got there Vala practically launched herself at him, sloppily kisssing his cheek, if it wasn’t for his quick reflexes and Teal’c’s steadying hand Daniel was pretty sure she would have had a not so graceful fall. Over her shoulder he gave Teal’c a nod of thanks.
“Hullo, darhling.” Her accent came in heavily and she wrapped her arms around his neck kissing him again, this time managing to land closer to his lips, still no less sloppy. Her lips made a smacking sound against his skin. She really was adorable.
He kissed her, soft and sweet (he didn’t miss). “Hey. Having fun?”
“I am, darhing, who knew that this stuffy old party would be this much fun!” She giggled. Her grin was wide and bright with just a touch of silly.
Daniel chuckled. Oh yeah, she was drunk, because the party sucked.
“Lets dance darhling, we’ve barely danced all night…Whoa!” She began pulling him to the dance floor when she stumbled a bit, securing his arm around her; he pulled her tightly to him.
“You okay?” looking at her he saw her eyes were hazy with effects of alcohol, but other than that she seemed to be okay.
She leaned in a whispered into his ear in a way that he didn’t think she meant to be enticing, still he shivered at her voice, “Darhling, I think I’m drunk. Very drunk.” At her revelation Daniel couldn’t help the bubble of laughter that escaped his lips. “Yeah, I got that.” She giggled again and kissed his neck, licking his pulse point. Damn, that felt good. He tightened his arms around her. They were definitely going upstairs.
“I haven’t felt this drunk in ages. What do you call what I’ve been drinking? ” She swooned melodramatically in his arms and he smiled, if she could still put on a show she wasn’t as bad as he thought. Then her eyes closed sleepily, blinking a couple of times before focusing on him again.
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“Best idea you’ve had all night, my Daniel.”
As they left he nodded and waved good night to his friends who had been looking at them with amusement. They always did seem to put on a show.
By the time they got to the hotel room, Daniel was glad that they were staying in the same hotel that the party had been, Vala, in between her kisses and giggles, was practically dead weight in his arms. As soon as they entered the room she made her way to the bed a flopped right on to it, groaning.
Making his way next to her, he again brushed the hair from her face. “Vala, you okay?” he asked, his voice soft.
“Hm… I don’t think we’ll be having sex tonight, darhling…” She already sounded half-asleep. Daniel chuckled at her statement; yeah… he had picked up on that too.
“What make you think I brought you up here for sex?” Vala summoned the strength to open her eyes and raised an eyebrow. Again Daniel chuckled and leaned into give a quick kiss, “Well, I won’t deny that the thought crossed my mind, but when you drifted of in the middle of the make-out session you started in the elevator I put and two and two together.” Vala smiled sleepily and closed her eyes.
“Hey, wait,” He moved to the mini-fridge and grabbed some water, “drink some water first, it will help with the hangover in the morning.” Vala groaned as she sat up but took the drink, downing the bottle and falling back to the bed.
Daniel rolled his eyes and went to have a quick shower before bed. By the time he got out she was fast asleep curled on the bed. He changed into a pair of boxers and pajama pants; he then went to remove Vala’s dress and shoes, before slipping on her favorite of his shirts to sleep in, his black one with the hole on the sleeve. Lying in bed next to her he wasn’t surprised when she draped herself over him, almost literally sleeping on top of him. They always slept close to each other, even when they fought they would always touch in sleep (an arm or leg over a waist or thigh), but when she was tipsy or drunk she liked to sleep on him instead of the bed. She had some of the cutest quirks. She let out a soft snore- really, the cutest. He kissed her temple wrapping an arm around her and he let his hand rub soft circles on her back as he followed her into sleep.
Who would have thought a little bubbly would have this effect?
Bubbly: Bubbles
Daniel woke up to the feeling of an elbow digging into his ribs and a knee pushing down on his thigh. Groaning, he opened his eye