"Don't listen to his Sam!" My head shot back around and I stared down at where the voice had come from. Daniel had said that and his voice was music to my ears. Could that mean? No. He was simply not wanting me to get hurt. "Silence!" the Gou'ald raised his hand as if to hit Daniel but then stopped "I will give you one minute". Oh god. That wasn't enough time. One minute, Daniel and my life, all in the same barrel being spun continiuosly around in circles. Daniel was looking around now, his face blank but from where i lay, his eyes were defiant, stubborn.
"Oh Daniel..." I didn't realise i'd said that until Jack gave me a reassuring look, or as close to one either of us could muster. "I won't let that bastard shoot him" Jack said gruffly, a frown on his features "Over my dead gou'ald free body". There was just something in his voice that i beleived. But it wasn't up to the Colonel on whether or not Daniel would be okay. It was up to me. Me only. Me, Myself and I. Bugger. My minute was almost up and i hadn't gotten anywhere. Only around in circles again.
Daniel, Daniel and Daniel. His smile, his fantastic eyes, beutiful smooth skin, lean but muscular form which could make any woman pass out and his hair... even with the new hair cut that gave you a better veiw of his eyes, it still made him look gorgious... Dear god, what am i thinking about? He's about to be gunned down and i was thinking of his muscular chest? 'Ahh! Snap out of it!' i mentally slapped myself and glanced back around at my options. Turn myself in, shoot everyone and risk hitting Daniel or any other of the team down there, or sit her, doing nothing and save myself and Jack while Daniel was killed. The last wasn't an option. Maybe not even the second and the first...well, maybe that was the only way...
"The reenforcements should come through any minute sir, we could blow the C-4" i suggested, hoping there was another way. If i went down there, that 'guy' would still shoot Daniel, Makepeace and me. He just wanted us all gone. Jack shook his head "To risky, he'll start shooting any minute, we've gotta buy some time" And he was right. That guy would any minute now. A minute. Why not five? "He still thinks i'm a Gou'ald right?" So it was Jack that came up with the plan, not me, not the head over heels in love 'gal who's soul mate was about to be killed. Me? I was frozen on the spot with orders to blow the C-4 the second reenforcements came through.
Jack was up in a second and walking towards the 'gate and the men down there. All i could do was wait and hope and be jealous. I hadn't done anything to help Daniel, just sat here like a stuffed chicken. And the look on Daniel's face when he heard Jack talk Gou'ald, that will haunt me until the day i die. He looked so...so...disappointed, lost and very, very sad. And i couldn't do a thing to help him, any of them.
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Everything was okay now, way better than before. Or at least most things were right. Makepeace and his team were alive, Teal'c and the General were very proud of themselves and were raving no stop or at least the hyped up General, Teal'c was just standing there, smiling in his own way. The Colonel was okay as far as I could see but I guessed there'd be a few sleepless nights were he and Daniel would drink and watch sports. And Daniel. He was alive but not because of me. Because of jack and his quick thinking. "Crap" I felt like beating myself over the head. All the time I'd been beating myself up and everyone was chatting away infront of the Stargate and I was still standing in the middle of the clearing. A small smile crept to my face as Jack scruffled Daniel's hair affectionately. With a sigh, I slowly wondered over to stand beside Daniel and Jack, watching them catch up.
"So the Gou'alds... um gone?" Daniel asked softly. Jack glanced at him and gave him a reassuring smile "Yeah Danny the snails gone to the French now". Daniel's relieved sigh was very audible and Jack wrapped an arm around his shoulder, giving him a quick hug. "Good to have you alive with us Daniel, for once" "Good to have you talking on your own Jack, although, a break would have been nice" I listened as they continued their light banter for another minute until I noticed Daniel absent mindedly run a hand through his hair, like he used to. When he realised what he was doing, he instantly stopped and looked to the ground.
I figured this was a good time to cut in, make sure he didn't get depressed about it "So Daniel, you gonna start taking orders now you've got the military hair style?". He grimaced at that remark which won a chuckle from the Colonel. "I don't' that's ever gonna happen Carter" he smiled at his friend "How's your leg kid?". I glanced down at Daniel's leg. Damn, I'd forgotten about that. It didn't look to great, blood had soaked through the pant leg to show on the outside. "Daniel, we'd better get you back home, same with you sir".
For the first time Daniel looked at me. I thought that maybe, just maybe, his eyes would be filled with hate at me, accusing me of leaving him down there at the hand of that...that Gou'ald. But there wasn't anything like that. He smiled, a smile that reached his eyes. I couldn't help but smile back. We'd survived, we'd survived Hathor once again and this time she was gone for good. "Okay kids, lets go" Jack turned and motioned for Makepeace to dial up home. He turned back and gave a quick smile to Daniel and then one to me and then walked over to the Colonel. What the hell was that smile?! It was like he was suggesting...
I turned back to Daniel and said the only thing I could come up with "Don't worry, that hair style suits you" I felt a blush rise as he smiled. "Ya think?" I nodded, still looking at the ground "Yeah, brings out your eyes" WHAT?! Why did I say that? Am I stupid? "Oh," there was a short pause as my reply "Thanks". Well, I hadn't been expecting that. I glanced back at him and smiled. He was just so... so easy going. "You'd better let only Janet look at that leg of yours, those nurses are going to be even harder to fend off."
He turned back around to look at me, his eyebrows going to heights that even teal'c couldn't reach "What?!" Oh uh, cat's out of the bag and running towards the highway... I was about to splutter out a stupid answer when someone, I think it was the Colonel, bumped (pushed) me in the back, sending me flying into Daneil's arms. Man, he had good reflexes for someone who tripped on pebbles. And wow, his arms, they were so strong and inviting and... whoa! What was I thinking?! I looked up suddenly and saw him staring down at me, ecually surprised by me being suddenly thrown into his arms. "Sorry" I mumbled. My eyes were fixed on his. His crystal blue stared back into mine, sending me messages and his slight 3o'clock shadow along his jaw line and the way his lips were... whoa!!
Daniel stared back at me "That's okay" he muttered back, a small smile appearing at the edges of his mouth, creasing the soft skin were his little dimple showed when he smiled like that. It's now or never... I groaned inwardly and grabbed Daniel's T-Shirt, pulling him down to my height and planting a kiss on his lips. Oh my... I didn't expect to have his soft lips suddenly reply to my kiss and him to engulf me with his arms, wrapping them around my back and pulling me into to the kiss. We were both so involved that I finally recongnise the sound of wolf whistles and shouts of encouragement most aimed at Daniel. A few voices came drifting to my ears... "Why Daniel, you dog" : that was the Colonel.
"Ha! You go Danny!" : that was probably Makepeace and his men. "I believe this sort of thing should be done in private" Braytak. Just as Daniel was pulling back, I wrapped my arm back around his neck, yanking his head back down as I kissed him even more passionately, loving the feel of his hands running up and down my back and his tongue searching and exploring my mouth. More whistles arose. A few more odd comments and then one drifted above the rest that almost made me start laughing. "Told you that boy took after me!" It was Daniel that did start laughing and he pulled back from the kiss and turning the the General, still wrapping me in his arms and holding me against his chest.
"You're just jealous" he commented to the grinning Colonel and General. I started laughing then, slapping Daniel playfully on the chest and then burying it into his jacket. I felt a great weight lift from me and relief flood my body. Everyone was alive, Daneil was alive, I was alive, Daniel hadn't started running when I'd kissed him and the Colonel and general actually seemed happy. Wow, whatta day. Makepeace was now dialling home and the chevrons slowly lit up. Turning back to Daniel, my soul, I smiled "Hey".
He smiled back, planting a quick kiss on my lips "Hey, that was a nice way to end a day" he then chuckled when I grinned evilly. "I know an even better way..." But that'd have to wait for later, when the Colonel, General, Braytak, Teal'c, Makepeace, his men and a few Jaffa weren't watching. Everyone had now gone through the 'gate except for Daniel and I and before we stepped through, leaving a war zone behind. I pulled myself from his arms and turned to face him. "Is this just a thing or a 'thing'? if you get what I mean" I asked softly, hoping for the latter, not the former. Daniel smiled back, a very reassuring smile that made me shiver slightly, man I loved him. "If you'll let it be, it is a 'thing thing', I want it to be".
"Really?" I asked hopefully, praying that the dream of him and I, spending the rest of our lives together would no longer be a dream. "Really" His reply was all I needed as I look his hand and dragged him through the 'gate. No more guilt. No more wonder. Only hope and the thought that he'd be there whenever I woke up from my next nightmare. Whether it be a dream or real life.
