Chapter 17: Completed Connections, part 2
Title: Being Found
Author: Milena D.
Rating: T for now
Genre: Romance/Action/Adventure, etc. Daniel/Vala all the way ;)
SPOILERS: Up to Prometheus Unbound which is the 12th episode of Season 8, I believe. And although I’m not using any parts of Seasons 9 or 10 yet, I am taking the creative liberty of bringing the team together to include Daniel, Teal’c, Sam, Cameron, Dr. Lam and General Landry. Jack will be making an appearance too! ^_~
Summary: What if Daniel and Vala had been reunited soon after Prometheus Unbound, before any of Season 9?
Author’s Note #1: Huge thanks to Erin and Cat for betaing my very first NC-17 scene! Would have been wayyyy to stressed to post without your inputs! Thanks again!
Author’s Note #2: WARNING, this chapter contains NC-17 material that some younger readers may find offensive.
Author’s Note #3: Enjoy =D
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17.1
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Chapter 17: Completed Connections, part 2
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“So tell me exactly how a rendez-vous with your lawyer has turned into mission across the galaxy to find some necklace under the threat of ‘death by separation’?” General Landry asked without really wanting to know.
“Well Cameron’s the one who brought the insane little toad right to us!” Vala protested, pointing a finger to the Lt. across the table who was glaring at her.
“He said he had advanced technology to show us.” he defended himself.
“And you believed him??” Vala retorted incredulously.
“Alright, settle down.” Gen. Landry ordered them. “Where’s the necklace?”
“I know where I traded it,” the table groaned “but I’ve no idea where it actually is at this moment. I might have embellished its worth to the merchant I traded it to, he believed me and most likely conned the next person into believing it as well.” Vala explained.
“I might be able to find a way release the bracelets without Arlos.” Sam offered tentatively, earning a relieved smile from both Vala and Daniel.
“I like that idea, Colonel.” Gen. Landry agreed “As of tomorrow morning it will be your top priority.”
“Yes, sir.”
“You’re dismissed.” he told the table before changing his mind “Dr. Jackson, Vala, if you could wait a moment.”
Vala winced facing away from the General before slowly sinking back into her chair. Daniel mimicked her as his friends left them.
“How far does this…connection…reach?” he asked them.
Daniel and Vala looked at each other.
“Well, we were fine while we changed in different locker rooms and that was about 100 feet or more I think.” Daniel approximated.
“Good, so Vala having her own room is still a plausible story?” he asked point-blank, catching Daniel completely off-guard but Vala was glad to finally be a part of this conversation.
“Oh absolutely, General, and don’t you worry, I’ve already unpacked several things in that room and mussed up the bed spread so the room appears quite lived-in.” she assured with a bright smile while Daniel’s face got noticeably pinker. The General didn’t seem particularly unaffected either, Vala found them both adorable.
“That’s great.” he replied evenly. “That’ll be all then, you’re dismissed.”
The General then got up and quickly retreated to his office, closing the door behind him.
“Well then,” Vala grinned, the happenings on Adora seemingly forgotten “shall we go to bed, darling?”
Daniel had not so easily forgotten the fact that she’d basically written and signed a proof of intent to depart, that she wasn’t planning on spending much time on Earth, with him. He needed time to deal with that.
“You know, I have just one more document to go over.” he said and felt bad when her face fell “I promise I’ll make it quick.”
Vala nodded reluctantly before offering him a small smile.
“Okay, I’ll see you after then.” she agreed, pulling herself closer to him on her chair and reaching for his lips. After a cursory glance to the window of the General’s office to make sure he was out of sight, Daniel gave in and plundered her mouth, feeling like he hadn’t touched her in hours. Her supple lips begged him to reconsider his fake excuse but they were also a reminder of what was suppose to come tonight and he didn’t want to enter that with such mixed emotions.
“I’ll see you soon.” he murmured after breaking the kiss. Vala watched him leave the briefing room with a heavy heart.
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Soon turned into an hour when he’d actually found a document he’d set aside and that hour had turned into several as he found his cross-referencing material from his research on the Ancients. It was eleven at night when Daniel had realized there was somewhere else he was supposed to be but his work had provided such an efficient distraction from his troubles that he hadn’t taken the time to sort them out.
With a tired sigh and a painful stretch, Daniel resigned himself to indecision and left his office for the night. It wasn’t until halfway back to his room that Daniel was hit with the realization that he’d never pointed out his room to Vala. She’d no doubt returned to her own room for the night but he didn’t know which of the identical doors in the hallway would be hers either. The thought of spending the night without her sent both a pang of sadness into his chest and a wave of relief over his body. It was probably for the best.
Shooting a last glance down the hallway of doors, he used his keycard to unlock his door and let himself in, flipping on the light switch as he did. He shut the door behind him, staying put with his hand on the knob as he considered day. When he finally turned to his bed, the sight that greeted him suddenly revitalized him.
“Hello.” Vala greeted him sweetly from her position between his sheets.
“What are you doing here?” he asked softly, smothering a grin.
“Isn’t this my room?” she asked with innocent surprise.
“No.” he replied, finally stepping away from the door and kicking off his boots “Your room is somewhere down the hall.”
“Ah yes,” she said, faking a contrite expression and looking around the room as if taking in the details for the first time “they do all look alike, don’t they?”
“Hmm.” he hummed as he shrugged off his blue BDU jacket and placed it on the chair next to the dresser.
“Anyhow, since I’m here, shall we make the best of it?” she asked saucily as she threw back the heavy comforter to reveal her scantily clad body. He’d seen her in far less but somehow the red, string tank top and small matching panties were the most enticing things he’d ever laid eyes on. For extra measure, Vala threw her arms back and laced her fingers behind her head, enhancing every curve she wanted him to look at. And he was certainly looking.
He’d come to no conclusions in the hours he’d been away but clarity struck him for a moment. Come what may, Vala was here in his room, in his bed and she wasn’t going anywhere, not tonight anyway.
“Yes,” he replied warmly “we shall.”
Vala was surprised at his easy acquiescence. She’d been hoping for it and had every reason to expect it earlier that day but Daniel had seemed preoccupied since they’d left Adora. Her gorgeous archeologist seemed at ease though now, especially as he was currently removing every stitch of clothing on his body, and what a beautiful body it was. Her blood was heating up at every inch of skin revealed. He stripped himself to his boxers under her appreciating gaze before joining her on the bed.
He sat on the edge beside her and leaned down to capture her lips but the moment before they touched, Vala suddenly realized what was bothering him.
“Wait!” she said, placing her hands on his cheeks and holding him a few inches away from her face. His brow furrowed in confusion as he waited for her to continue. “You know I never slept with Arlos, don’t you?”
His grimace told her he didn’t and she shuddered at the thought of him believing Arlos’s stories. She pushed Daniel back enough to sit up properly on the bed.
“Look, I played the part of a sweetheart during the day, got him completely liquored up at night and spent the mornings after recounting a fabricated story of the times we’d had. Nothing ever actually happened.” she assured him.
Daniel grinned past the repulsive idea of the old man ever touching Vala but took her words to heart.
“I can’t say I’m not glad to hear that,” he told her honestly before holding her eyes heatedly “but I’d kind of rather not talk about him at the moment.”
“Oh?” she asked coquettishly “What would you like to talk about then, Dr. Jackson?”
“I don’t know about you but I have better plans for my mouth than talking.” he retorted without missing a beat. He reveled in her slightly surprised but excited expression before swooping down and covering her lips with his before she had a chance to say anything else. He swallowed both the squeak she let out when he pulled her fully beneath him on the bed and the shiver she gave when his hand ghosted up her side to brush the side of her breast.
Vala’s hands made themselves just as busy gliding over the taut muscles of his back and sculpted chest. Daniel kissed her with a passion to which she’d only recently become accustomed, his tongue dueling with hers and searching out every warm secret her mouth had to offer. She was so consumed by the feel of him that the sudden departure of his lips caused her to groan with loss. Her period of mourning was short however because those same magical lips reappeared on her pulse point on her neck and she arched into him softly as a breathy sigh escaped her.
Daniel was drunk on her feel, her sounds, her smell. He kissed his way from her throat to her collarbone before meeting the edge of her tank top. He leaned back slightly and ran his hands underneath the cotton garment, his fingers leaving a trail of goosebumps behind them on their way up. He had almost reached his prize when Vala huffed and sat up, whipping the material off her body and leaning back down with an expectant grin. He smiled back at her.
“Impatient are we?” he asked her hoarsely as he eyed the naked flesh before him. A sharp eyebrow rose over darkened eyes.
“We’ve been waiting for this moment for too long, darling, there’s no need to prolong it. Not this time anyway.” she added roguishly.
Daniel’s hand, with a mind of its own, glided up Vala’s torso and gently cupped her soft breast and causing her breath to catch when he flicked his thumb over her sensitive nipple. He tore his gaze away from his ministrations to grin at the woman beneath him.
“It was only a week.” he said rationally, teasing her with a straight face. He horribly regretted his light-hearted mockery when her hand raced down between them to cup his rapidly hardening member. His head fell to her shoulder as she squeezed gently once more.
“Oh yes,” Vala finally replied “only a week.”
He lifted his head from her shoulder with a challenging look before shimmying down her body, out of range for wandering hands, and bending back down to capture a nipple between his lips eliciting a throaty moan from his space pirate. Those sounds were feeding his long-absent, purely masculine pride and he was happy to keep inducing them.
She was glad to know that Daniel’s long overdue exploration of her body was well worth the wait, but while his hands and lips were roaming her skin, her own hands were left idle as they were only able to reach his formidable shoulders and adorable hair. She wanted more. She moved her legs slowly to cradle him when he shifted and in one move, she used her lower body strength to flip them over, straddling his chest as they settled once more.
“I like you better like this.” she smirked joyfully at him.
Eyeing her, sitting only a dozen or so inches from his face, her beautiful chest covered only minimally by wisps of loose midnight black hair, and her darkened eyes lit with excitement, he had to agree.
“I think I like me better like this too.” he retorted, palming her bare thighs as his hands made their way up to the hem of her panties, plucking at the material. Vala batted his hands away and shuffled back onto his stomach, granting his pouting lips a small peck before turning her attention to the glorious expanse of his chest. She treated him to the same torture that he’d inflicted on her, nipping lightly at his over-sensitized nipples but adding her own touch of pleasurable cruelty: grinding her bottom into his pelvis. The resulting choked groan made her smile.
“Like that, did you?” she asked him deviously.
He didn’t answer but his eyes slid tightly shut and his hands gripped her hips tightly, holding her in place. Vala gave him a moment to recover before pressing her entire supple length to his hard one and sliding her lips over his ever so softly.
“Better now?” she murmured against his mouth. Daniel swallowed thickly but nodded, releasing his iron grip on her hips. She took the opportunity to quickly crawl backward until she was sitting on his thighs. Keeping her eyes locked on his, she grabbed the waistband of his boxers and wasted no time in pulling them down, stepping off the bed to get them off his legs. The sight of his perfect body on the bed waiting, and obviously eager, for her sent a rush of warmth through her every limb. She bit her bottom lip although her rounded cheeks belied her smile. Vala sauntered to the edge of the bed and climbed onto the mattress next to his hips. She leaned over to kiss him while her right hand stayed low and wrapped itself around him causing his hips to jerk up with surprise.
“Oh god, Vala, I-”
Whatever he’d been about to say was cut off as she tightened her grip slightly, stroking him expertly. Daniel’s left hand fisted the sheets under them as his right kept a good pressure on Vala’s back, preventing her from moving her lips away. When her grasp became a feather-light raking of her nails however, his body seized and she was free to escape. It had been quite a few years since a woman had touched him like this and Daniel was quickly getting lost in the sensations and emotions Vala was able to evoke. It wasn’t until he felt her warm breath on his arousal that he once again came into possession of his senses and pulled Vala away.
She looked at him in askance but he didn’t say anything just yet. Daniel beckoned her to him and she happily obliged, ignorant of his intentions. The moment she was within reach, Daniel’s arm shot out and encircled her torso, flipping her onto her back and following right after.
Their faces once more aligned, Daniel couldn’t resist kissing her deeply before answering her silent question.
“If you’d done that, the night would have been over far too quickly.” he told her butting his nose against hers and thoroughly enjoying the smile that blossomed over her face.
“Well, we wouldn’t want that.” she replied, bringing his mouth back to hers. Daniel broke the kiss again.
“You’re wearing entirely too much clothing.” he said.
Vala raised an eyebrow and looked down. Daniel was completely and very satisfyingly nude and she had nothing but her small red panties to offer her any sense of modesty.
“You’re right.” she said with quirked lips “Shall I take care of that or will you?”
Instead of answering, Daniel simply put himself to work kissing every available inch of skin from her mouth to her neck, to her collarbone, to her breasts where he spent a considerable length of time before continuing down to her flat stomach, her navel and finally, the skin just above the waistband of her tiny panties. Copying her earlier actions, Daniel held her gaze as he looped his thumbs through either side of her panties and pulled them down her long legs. Then, opposing her earlier actions in a move that frustrated her to no end, Daniel pressed loving kisses from her ankles all the way to the sensitive skin on the inside of her thighs.
His fingers skimmed the heated flesh before him and he delighted in the shiver that passed through her body. When his warm breath touched her skin, Vala had no qualms with letting him continue like he had and he seemed as enthusiastic as she had been before she’d been so rudely interrupted. As his tongue made a playground of her body, Vala’s breathing became staggered, her pulse pounded steadily in her ears and her hands reached for something to grab onto. Her right hand tightly grasped the comforter she’d thrown aside earlier and, realizing her plight, Daniel reached up and laced his fingers with her. The sudden, intimate gesture threw Vala out of the haze of lust and made her heart lurch with emotion for this man. She tried to stamp the swell of feeling down but was wholly unsuccessful. The Kor-Mak bracelets must be responsible for this; her throat felt tight and her hand instinctively tightened around his, calling his attention to her.
“Vala?” he asked with concern, leaving his newfound nirvana to go to her side. “What’s wrong?” He cupped her cheek and made her face him. Their blue eyes connected, darkened with primal instincts, and Vala’s tremulous smile slowly grew in strength and radiance.
“Absolutely nothing, darling.” she said softly and surely, realizing that the bracelets had nothing to do with these sensations, Daniel was singularly responsible for creating them. It had been ages since she’d felt as alive and cherished as she did now, it had just caught her off-guard for a moment.
“You sure?” he whispered mere inches from her face.
“Well,” Vala grinned “nothing except for the fact that you’ve stopped doing those wonderful things.”
Daniel smiled brilliantly at her. “I’m so sorry, sweetheart,” he said with amusement “I’ll get right back to it.”
Before he could move however, Vala pulled him firmly to her with heated eyes.
“Next time.” she said simply “I want you, now.”
Despite his enjoyment of his earlier activities, Daniel was only too happy to comply. He needed to feel her around him, he needed to move with her, he needed - a condom. With an internalized sigh and a quick kiss to Vala’s lips, Daniel pushed himself away and off the bed.
“Hey!” Vala called after him, completely baffled “Where are you going?”
Daniel held up the blue plastic squares he’d retrieved from his pants and wasted no time in getting one out and on while Vala frowned. She’d understood their purpose but not their use until now.
“There must be another way.” she whined as Daniel rejoined her.
“There is, but I don’t think now is the best time to discuss the other options. Besides, it’s something you’ll have to talk about with Dr. Lam.”
Vala made a note to visit the good doctor first thing in the morning, there was no way some piece of plastic was going to stand between her and the full enjoyment of her Daniel. All thoughts of Carolyn and contraceptives fled the instant Daniel moved back into her arms, her legs separating instinctively to cradle him. Daniel pressed her firmly into his mattress with his deep kisses and she tugged him to her as if there was any space left between them to eliminate. His fingers glided down her torso and she arched into him before thrusting her pelvis up, making him hiss with a mixture of pain and pleasure.
Needing no further encouragement, Daniel moved into position and slowly pressed against her causing them both to gasp. He entered her in miniscule increments until she ran out of patience and locked her legs around his hips and pulled him in forcibly. The sudden fullness took the air out of her lungs and they both froze as they let their bodies accommodate the new position.
Locking eyes with her once more, Daniel pulled them out of their temporary stasis with a soft rocking that Vala enthusiastically turned into steady thrusting. Gasps, moans and the beat of slick skin against slick skin filled the room and the rest of the world faded away without a fight. Against her will, Vala’s eyes closed as she went into sensory overload but Daniel’s soft call opened them again without a problem. As the tempo mounted and their hearts raced more wildly, Daniel’s hand reached for hers and held them on either side of her head. The gesture wasn’t an alien one but the manner of it was. Her hands had been trapped there before but this had nothing to do with dominance. Other than their positions, this act reflected nothing she’d ever known; he was just holding her hands, their fingers laced together, his tightening in parallel with his thrusts and hers doing the same in time with hers.
Kissing was no longer possible as their need for oxygen reached critical levels but their faces never really parted; their noses bumped, their foreheads met, their cheeks brushed each other and their breaths mingled in the same space. Just as their combined heat began to grow unbearable, Vala felt sweet lightning course through her body with an intensity she’d rarely experienced. Daniel, with a single extra thrust, joined her in their surrender to ecstasy, holding his position deep inside her as their nerve ending fired wildly.
When they finally came down from their insurmountable high, Daniel rested his weight on his elbows on either side of her torso but was very reluctant to move his body off of hers. On the other hand, if the strong fingers stroking his back were any indication, Vala wasn’t itching for him to leave her either. She wasn’t looking at him though, her eyes were closed.
“Hey.” he called just above a whisper.
Vala opened her eyes and revealed the half-misty, half-euphoric haze covering them.
“Well, when I’m right, I’m right.” she laughed softly.
“Right about what?” he asked, raking his fuzzy mind for an answer to his own question.
“Right about it meaning something again, with you.” she whispered with hints of self-consciousness. Daniel’s mind was thrown back into the memory of the first night he’d slept with her when she’d revealed that kisses were actually meaningful with him and that this intimacy might be as well. Overcome with tenderness, Daniel brushed his thumb over her cheek and kissed her languidly.
After another moment of basking in the soft afterglow of their passion, Daniel finally pulled away to dispose of his protection before quickly returning to her side and pulling the heavy comforter over them. With a hand on his chest, Vala gently rolled him onto his back and covered most of his body with her own, resting her head on his shoulder and throwing her arm and leg over him possessively. Daniel pressed a loving kiss to the crown of her head and wrapped her in his arms under the blankets, leisurely stroking her arm and side.
“I’m glad you were right.” he murmured, bringing Vala out of her light dozing. She was reluctant to move at all from her comfortable position but she needed to answer that.
“I am too.” she whispered sincerely against his chest, moving her head sideways to press a sweet kiss to the skin beneath her cheek. His fingers left her back to stroke her hair and Vala was powerless to resist the call of sleep.
As Daniel lay there, holding the woman who’d come to mean so much to him in such a small time, he wondered how his mind and heart could have been so burdened with the thought of her leaving. Aside from today, she’d never made any indications of wanting to leave Earth. Watching her back rise and fall with even breaths against him, Daniel couldn’t envision anything taken her away from hi - no, it couldn’t be.
There, on the corner of his desk, was Vala’s bird, her symbol for escape, the only treasure she hadn’t returned to Jeim, mocking him from across the room. It was facing them and taunting him with the threat of her departure. Distressed but defiant, Daniel pulled Vala deeper into his arms and turned them slightly until the bird was no longer in his line of sight. Inhaling their combined scent, Daniel closed his eyes and vowed he’d do everything in his power to turn that bird into nothing but an icon of a feathered animal.
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I hope you enjoyed my first NC-17 scene! Any feedback on it would be greatly appreciated since I plan to include another such scene in the future! Thanks so much for reading!
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