Couple’s Counseling
By: Bone
CATEGORY: Angst
WARNINGS: None
AUTHOR’S WEBSITE:
http://sly-bone.livejournal.com/
“So this is where you’ve been hiding,” Cameron’s gravely
voice cut through the silence, startling Daniel enough that he dropped the book
that he’d been pretending to read. It fell to the floor with a thud, the pages
folding and smudging together under its own weight.
Bending, Daniel rescued one of his favorite novels, even if he hadn’t been able
to concentrate on it since he’d snuck into the infirmary to watch over Cameron
while he was sleeping. Daniel tried to buy himself some time to think of a
convenient excuse to be anywhere but here, “I’d like to think of it more as a
strategic retreat.”
“Yeah? Well I thought we were friends.”
The soft words cut through the space between them and straight through Daniel’s
heart. He never expected to feel this kind of pain again. “We are,” he said,
placing the book down carefully and turning to face Cameron for the first time
in over two weeks, he was pale and thinner then he was before, with dark
circles blazed beneath his eyes.
“Then tell me what’s going on! First, there was that thing with you and
Sheppard! I’d almost swear you were pulling his pigtails except for McKay,”
Cameron yelled in full speed rant mode, gesturing and probably itching to pace
if it hadn’t been for the cane he still had to use to hobble up and down the
Atlantis hallways. “Then you don’t come see me in the infirmary and avoid
everyone else, hiding down here. What is up with you?”
“What do pigtails have to do with anything?” Daniel asked trying for the tactic
that never failed to derail Jack whenever he’d been yelling at Daniel. They
always remember the time he’d spent away from the
“You know, flirting, but mean,” Cameron tried to explain, but at Daniel’s blank
stare continued, gesturing and talking much more loudly then necessary as if
sheer volume would make Daniel understand. “Like when I was in the second grade
and I kept punching little Sally Mae in the shoulder until she cried because I
liked her.”
“You obviously had a disturbing childhood,” Daniel replied turning back to
stare out the window, but really only seeing his and Cameron’s overlapping
reflections in the not-glass. “And you don’t need to worry about me getting
between you and Sheppard’s ‘happily ever after’.”
“‘Me and Sheppard’?” Cameron repeated, confusion easily expressed in his tone
and expression. “What are you talking about?”
Daniel hooked his arms around himself. He had hoped that this conversation
could have been a quick and easy one, but nothing was ever quick and easy for a
former member of SG-1. “Really, I’m sorry I acted so badly,” Daniel said
feeling the blush blooming through his face. “I’d still like to be friends if
you’re not both still mad at me.”
“What the hell?” Cameron yelled, jerking his cane as he walked over to where
Daniel was seeking refuge in the wall just so he could drop the cane and grab
Daniel by both arms, shaking him. “Why do you think I got assigned out here?
For you! I’m on Sheppard’s team so I can learn how to lead one and you would be
on it!”
“You want me on your team?” Daniel asked, his voice was soft, and vulnerable,
brain shutting down for once and the thousand and one thoughts that normally
zoomed around stopping dead in their tracks.
“Well duh.”
Cameron’s smirk reassured him that the world hadn’t completely been turned
upside down, but he still had to ask, “Why?”
“I’m beginning to wonder that myself,” Cameron rolled his eyes losing patience
that hadn’t been his strong suit to begin with. “Because you’re a genius!
Because you’re smart, and funny, and saved the world a lot. I thought I could
learn from you and we’d be friends and hang out together until people started
to gossip about us!”
“Gossip?” Daniel asked, not having to pretend not to understand what was going
on this time. He didn’t know how Cameron always made him feel so very much
older then he was when he knew they were just about the same age.
“You know what? Just forget it! Obviously I want things that you don’t want,”
Cameron said turning to storm off without bothering to pick up his cane. Anger,
frustration, and perhaps sadness written on his face, easy and open for Daniel
to decipher, now that, he understood.
“Cameron, wait!” Daniel finally got his feet unglued from the floor and quickly
overtook Cameron’s limping. He put one hand on the other man’s arm and the
other on the small of Cameron’s back. Heat, transferred between the two of them
and Cameron stopped instantly. “I want you,” he said simply.
Turning, Cameron brought his own hands up, underneath Daniel’s arms until he
cupped Daniel’s shoulder blades and pulled them together. Daniel licked his
lips and after a slight hesitation put his hands on Cameron’s waist and tried
to remember how to breathe. Just because he’d spent so long imagining sweeping
Cameron away from Sheppard didn’t mean he was ready to do it.
Cameron’s eyes dropped to Daniel’s mouth and he moved closer until when he
licked his lips he licked Daniel’s as well. Sighing and closing his eyes,
Daniel moved inclined his head and brought their lips together for the first
time. It had been a long time since Daniel had kissed anyone except in
friendship, but kissing Cameron was like finding his way home.
As soon as they broke apart, Cameron brought his hands up to cup Daniel’s face
and leaned their foreheads together. “And you’ll be on my team?” he asked, his
breath puffing against Daniel’s lips.
“Yeah, but what about Sheppard?”
“What about him? He won’t miss me on his team. I was just a fifth wheel anyway.
Superfluous.” Cameron said kissing along Daniel’s jaw line, nipping and licking
until Daniel squirmed underneath him
Daniel shook his head, dislodging Cameron from his earlobe, “No, I meant
personally.”
“Personally?” That brought Cameron’s face up to meet Daniel’s gaze.
“Weren’t the two of you together?” Daniel scrunched his face up, not
understanding why Cameron had decided to play so obtuse. Of course, Daniel
wasn’t thinking that clearly either, something about being able to smell
Cameron so easily was making it hard to focus.
“Are you kidding? Me and Sheppard? McKay would have me murdered in the most
painful and embarrassing way known in either galaxy,” Cameron answered, giving
him a sly grin, “Besides, he not my type.”
“McKay?”
“Has been in a relationship with Sheppard for nearly the whole last year,”
Cameron said distinctly enunciating every word as though trying to get through
to a kindergartener. “Don’t you listen to the Atlantis grape vine? There’s a
pool going for when McKay is going to drag him to the altar.”
“McKay?” Daniel repeated, flashing back to all the conversations that they had
shared about Cameron and Sheppard.
“You know,” Cameron drawled, tugging on Daniel’s chin until he lifted it enough
to share a kiss. “I’m starting to think we might need a couple’s counselor if
you keep saying other guys’ names while you’re with me.”
Daniel blinked owlishly and then threw his arms around Cameron’s shoulders,
drawing him in while being careful of the other man’s injuries. This kiss was
fast and messy, leaving them both panting by the time they broke apart.
“I’m going to kill him!” Daniel promised before a laughing Cameron pulled him
back into another kiss.
** The End **
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