Stay
By: Ilna
CATEGORY: General
SEASON/SPOILERS: Season 10 “Unending”
WARNINGS: None
AUTHOR’S NOTES: Another Unending one-shot a long the same lines as my previously posted “Our Life If” – this one set a little over a year in.
AUTHOR’S WEBSITE:
http://ilnakay.livejournal.com/
As usual, Vala waited until Daniel seemed to have drifted off to sleep before carefully disengaging herself from his arms. She sat beside him in the dark for a moment, looking fondly at his face – a face she had come to know so well and that had come to be so dear to her.
With a contented sigh she placed a light kiss on his forehead before standing. She pulled on her tank that had landed haphazardly on the desk chair and was searching the floor for her pants when she heard his quiet voice behind her.
“Hey.” She picked up her pants before turning to look at him. He
was still lying on the bed, his arms now behind his head as he watched
her. “Don’t you think it’s time you just, stayed?”
Vala paused, unmoving. “Stayed?”
“Yes, stayed. As in, not going back to your room in the middle of the
night.” There was another long pause. Vala held her pants in both
hands in front of her chest, chewing her bottom lip.
“You want me to stay?” she asked finally.
“Well, it has been over a year, Vala.” She shook her head.
“Not what I asked.” After another pause he sat up and held his hand out
to her.
“Come here.” She hesitated before taking his hand and sitting beside him
on the edge of the bed. He dropped her hand and cupped her face in both
hands, turning her toward him and kissing her tenderly. He pulled back to
look at her. “Yes. Yes, I want you to stay.” She exhaled a
breath she hadn’t been aware she was holding, tears shining in her eyes.
She nodded.
“Okay.” He smiled.
“Okay. We’ll move your stuff tomorrow? Or better yet, we’ll both
move. A new room for a new life. How does that sound?” In
response she kissed him and they fell back on the bed once again, all thoughts
of her returning to her room alone extinguished for good.
** The End **
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