Fill In Daniel and Vala - Just for fun
You Say Goodbye, I say Hello
Spacegypsy1
From 2008 FFN, Lessons Never Learned Series. A bit angsty in the beginning - what a perfect arena to knock some sense into Daniel!
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“I’ve been thinking.”
Dull eyes opened. “Really? You…” he coughed, “…thinking?”
“Ha-ha, very funny, Daniel.” Vala shined her light towards his face and saw his struggle to grin.
“So…what…thinking?” His head went back against the hunk of metal that had once been part of some building.
“Samantha and Muscles will be back any minute. Remember? They went to the Stargate for help?”
He mumbled something, fighting to stay focused.
“You shouldn’t sleep.” Vala wiped the blood that continued to ooze from his head. For a second her eyes, fat with tears, lifted to Cameron, who worked to staunch the flow of blood from Daniel’s chest. Her gaze came back to the face she loved. “Stay awake, Daniel. I need you. Stay awake. They’ll be here soon. I promise.”
“’kay.” His eyes fluttered closed.
“Daniel? Daniel!? Wake up, darling. Daniel!?”
Mitchell taped the chest wound as best he could. “Jackson! God damn it, man!”
Vala’s fingers went to the pulse point of his throat. “It’s weak. It’s so weak, Cameron.”
“Jackson, buddy, stay with us.”
“Darling, please. Open your lovely baby blues for me.”
Coughing, Daniel fought hard to open his eyes. He coughed again. A lopsided smile graced his pale lips as his fevered gaze lifted to Vala. Just barely above a hoarse whisper he spoke. “Kiss me good-bye.”
Mitchell’s breath seemed to stop. He sat back on his heels and turned away, staring off towards the Stargate.
With a tortured gasp she told him, “No. Daniel, no.”
Voice strained and filled with pain, Daniel managed to speak again. “Kiss me. Don’t let me die without a kiss. It’s been so long. Love you…”
Tears ran unheeded down her cheeks as she leaned, as if in slow motion, placing trembling lips, cold with fear, against his slack mouth.
“I love you,” she whispered. Vala tucked her head in the crook of his neck and wept.
When she felt the hand on her shoulder, she tried to shake it off.
“Vala? Vala?”
At Sam’s urgent voice, her head jerked up. Sam pulled her away from Daniel’s limp body as the med team rushed forward.
“He’s dying. Sam, Daniel is…”
“No! They’ll get him back in time. They will.” Sam held Vala aside as they carried him out.
xxxxxx
Still in civvies after four weeks, Daniel wandered into Sam’s lab.
“Hey, you’re looking good.” She smiled. It was the truth, even if he still looked a bit gaunt and was a few weeks away from returning to active duty.
“Tell me something.” He propped his six on her desk.
“Sure.”
“What did I do?”
“What do you mean?”
“Vala. She’s …somehow…she seems …different.”
“I’m not sure I understand.”
“Yes you do.” Although he frowned, it held a bit of brotherly love.
“Alright. Have a seat.” She indicated a chair and he took it, relaxing into it easily.
“So?”
“So, you asked for a kiss goodbye. AND, you said the L word. Which, by the way, she thinks you were only saying because you were delirious, but…it’s a big one. She’s in love with you. She nearly lost you; she’s pulling back…sound familiar? She doesn’t … where are you going?”
Daniel stood and walked towards the door. “I heard all I needed to hear.”
“Daniel. Please wait.”
“Sam,” he said from the doorway. “I’ve got to go talk to her. I thought I’d dreamed that while I was…well you know, it was rough. But I remember her there by the bed all that time, afterward. And when I did finally come around, she skittered off and has barely said one word to me. I know how to fix this.”
Surprised, Sam asked, “You do? How?”
Hands in jeans pockets, he grinned. “I need to apologize...”
“No. Wait. Give it some….”
“Apologize for waiting so damned long. For waiting until I thought I was going to die, thinking I was never going to see her again, before I realized how strongly I feel.”
With a big grin, Sam rushed to him, hugged him, kissing his cheek. “Good. I love you too, but…”
“Yeah. Me too.” He hugged her close, “Sam. Let me go, before I chicken out.”
“Right, go.”
xxxxxx
He found her sitting alone at a table in the otherwise crowded mess hall. “Hey.”
“Hello. Feeling good today?”
“Very.” He didn’t sit, just smiled down at her.
“So. That’s good.” Propping her elbow on the table, Vala dropped her chin to the top of one hand and fiddled with her plate of fruit. She shoved the peach slices around, arranged the strawberries in order of size and picked up a kiwi slice, flopping it to and fro.
“Take a walk with me?”
“Oh, I don’t know, Daniel, I’m very tired. And hungry.” She stuffed the kiwi in her mouth and followed up with a whole strawberry just to be sure there was no room in there for talking.
“Please.”
Vala chewed slowly, staring at the hand that had appeared in front of her in invitation. It took her a minute to figure out what to do. She spit the strawberry top into his hand. “Thanks.”
He burst out laughing, and the sound squeezed her heart until she couldn’t even think, much less speak.
Dumping the debris from his hand, Daniel reached and pulled hers right out from under her chin, dragging her up and pulling her behind him.
“Well. I suppose I COULD take a walk.” He’d certainly gotten his strength back, she thought as he tugged her along.
He didn’t say another word as he walked beside her, his fingers entwined with hers.
“Where are we going?” The silence was driving her wonko.
“Out for a drive.”
“You can drive?”
“Yep. I can do anything physical I want to.”
“Really?”
“Oh, yeah.”
“Where are we driving to?”
“I have no idea. We’ll know when we get there.”
“What direction are we taking?”
“What direction do you want to take?”
Vala pulled her lips between her teeth and thought long and hard about that one. “A new direction.”
“Forward?” He stopped in front of the elevator doors, eyes straight ahead.
She ducked her head and looked away before turning back with determination. “Yes.”
“You’re sure?” This time he turned to look at her face.
“You’re not?” She bit her lip in worry, brows scrunched.
“I am.” He squeezed her hand.
“Me too.” She grinned, delighted.
Daniel combed his fingers through her hair, cupping her neck and bringing her face close. His mouth sealed with hers, and she moaned.
The elevator doors slid open, and someone got out. “Well this is different.”
Daniel rushed Vala into the elevator. “Hi, Jack.” He punched the up button. “Bye, Jack.”
~END
Spacegypsy1
From 2008 FFN, Lessons Never Learned Series. A bit angsty in the beginning - what a perfect arena to knock some sense into Daniel!
xxxxxx
“I’ve been thinking.”
Dull eyes opened. “Really? You…” he coughed, “…thinking?”
“Ha-ha, very funny, Daniel.” Vala shined her light towards his face and saw his struggle to grin.
“So…what…thinking?” His head went back against the hunk of metal that had once been part of some building.
“Samantha and Muscles will be back any minute. Remember? They went to the Stargate for help?”
He mumbled something, fighting to stay focused.
“You shouldn’t sleep.” Vala wiped the blood that continued to ooze from his head. For a second her eyes, fat with tears, lifted to Cameron, who worked to staunch the flow of blood from Daniel’s chest. Her gaze came back to the face she loved. “Stay awake, Daniel. I need you. Stay awake. They’ll be here soon. I promise.”
“’kay.” His eyes fluttered closed.
“Daniel? Daniel!? Wake up, darling. Daniel!?”
Mitchell taped the chest wound as best he could. “Jackson! God damn it, man!”
Vala’s fingers went to the pulse point of his throat. “It’s weak. It’s so weak, Cameron.”
“Jackson, buddy, stay with us.”
“Darling, please. Open your lovely baby blues for me.”
Coughing, Daniel fought hard to open his eyes. He coughed again. A lopsided smile graced his pale lips as his fevered gaze lifted to Vala. Just barely above a hoarse whisper he spoke. “Kiss me good-bye.”
Mitchell’s breath seemed to stop. He sat back on his heels and turned away, staring off towards the Stargate.
With a tortured gasp she told him, “No. Daniel, no.”
Voice strained and filled with pain, Daniel managed to speak again. “Kiss me. Don’t let me die without a kiss. It’s been so long. Love you…”
Tears ran unheeded down her cheeks as she leaned, as if in slow motion, placing trembling lips, cold with fear, against his slack mouth.
“I love you,” she whispered. Vala tucked her head in the crook of his neck and wept.
When she felt the hand on her shoulder, she tried to shake it off.
“Vala? Vala?”
At Sam’s urgent voice, her head jerked up. Sam pulled her away from Daniel’s limp body as the med team rushed forward.
“He’s dying. Sam, Daniel is…”
“No! They’ll get him back in time. They will.” Sam held Vala aside as they carried him out.
xxxxxx
Still in civvies after four weeks, Daniel wandered into Sam’s lab.
“Hey, you’re looking good.” She smiled. It was the truth, even if he still looked a bit gaunt and was a few weeks away from returning to active duty.
“Tell me something.” He propped his six on her desk.
“Sure.”
“What did I do?”
“What do you mean?”
“Vala. She’s …somehow…she seems …different.”
“I’m not sure I understand.”
“Yes you do.” Although he frowned, it held a bit of brotherly love.
“Alright. Have a seat.” She indicated a chair and he took it, relaxing into it easily.
“So?”
“So, you asked for a kiss goodbye. AND, you said the L word. Which, by the way, she thinks you were only saying because you were delirious, but…it’s a big one. She’s in love with you. She nearly lost you; she’s pulling back…sound familiar? She doesn’t … where are you going?”
Daniel stood and walked towards the door. “I heard all I needed to hear.”
“Daniel. Please wait.”
“Sam,” he said from the doorway. “I’ve got to go talk to her. I thought I’d dreamed that while I was…well you know, it was rough. But I remember her there by the bed all that time, afterward. And when I did finally come around, she skittered off and has barely said one word to me. I know how to fix this.”
Surprised, Sam asked, “You do? How?”
Hands in jeans pockets, he grinned. “I need to apologize...”
“No. Wait. Give it some….”
“Apologize for waiting so damned long. For waiting until I thought I was going to die, thinking I was never going to see her again, before I realized how strongly I feel.”
With a big grin, Sam rushed to him, hugged him, kissing his cheek. “Good. I love you too, but…”
“Yeah. Me too.” He hugged her close, “Sam. Let me go, before I chicken out.”
“Right, go.”
xxxxxx
He found her sitting alone at a table in the otherwise crowded mess hall. “Hey.”
“Hello. Feeling good today?”
“Very.” He didn’t sit, just smiled down at her.
“So. That’s good.” Propping her elbow on the table, Vala dropped her chin to the top of one hand and fiddled with her plate of fruit. She shoved the peach slices around, arranged the strawberries in order of size and picked up a kiwi slice, flopping it to and fro.
“Take a walk with me?”
“Oh, I don’t know, Daniel, I’m very tired. And hungry.” She stuffed the kiwi in her mouth and followed up with a whole strawberry just to be sure there was no room in there for talking.
“Please.”
Vala chewed slowly, staring at the hand that had appeared in front of her in invitation. It took her a minute to figure out what to do. She spit the strawberry top into his hand. “Thanks.”
He burst out laughing, and the sound squeezed her heart until she couldn’t even think, much less speak.
Dumping the debris from his hand, Daniel reached and pulled hers right out from under her chin, dragging her up and pulling her behind him.
“Well. I suppose I COULD take a walk.” He’d certainly gotten his strength back, she thought as he tugged her along.
He didn’t say another word as he walked beside her, his fingers entwined with hers.
“Where are we going?” The silence was driving her wonko.
“Out for a drive.”
“You can drive?”
“Yep. I can do anything physical I want to.”
“Really?”
“Oh, yeah.”
“Where are we driving to?”
“I have no idea. We’ll know when we get there.”
“What direction are we taking?”
“What direction do you want to take?”
Vala pulled her lips between her teeth and thought long and hard about that one. “A new direction.”
“Forward?” He stopped in front of the elevator doors, eyes straight ahead.
She ducked her head and looked away before turning back with determination. “Yes.”
“You’re sure?” This time he turned to look at her face.
“You’re not?” She bit her lip in worry, brows scrunched.
“I am.” He squeezed her hand.
“Me too.” She grinned, delighted.
Daniel combed his fingers through her hair, cupping her neck and bringing her face close. His mouth sealed with hers, and she moaned.
The elevator doors slid open, and someone got out. “Well this is different.”
Daniel rushed Vala into the elevator. “Hi, Jack.” He punched the up button. “Bye, Jack.”
~END