Unending Love
By: Maeve Bran
CATEGORY: Missing Scene
SEASON/SPOILERS: Season 10 “Unending”
WARNINGS: None
AUTHOR’S WEBSITE:
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Vala lay contented, sprawled all over Daniel. He had at long
last given in to her. She wasn't feeling victorious, however, or that she had
finally worn him down. No, he had made love to her because he had serious
feelings for her.
The moment the phrase crossed her mind, she flashed back to the conversation
the night before. In the heat of the moment, when Daniel kissed her, she had
dismissed it as not important at the time. But now that they had reassured each
other of their love in the most elemental way possible, Vala replayed it over
and over in her mind. She wondered just where some of that anger and
frustration had come from. She knew she had pushed him beyond the point where
any other man would have broken, but he hadn't. At least not until she went
straight to his belt.
"Daniel, can I ask you a question?" Vala asked softly.
"Every time you ask that I dread the question, but go ahead," Daniel
sighed.
"Did you really mean it?" she inquired.
"Mean what?" Daniel was puzzled for a moment. Then he figured out
what she was probably referring to-- but before he answered, he had to know
which part she was curious about.
"Did you mean any of what you said to me? I mean, ranted at me," she
asked, her voice barely audible in the darkness.
"Parts of it. A lot of it was what I wanted to say to you last year when
you stuck us together. Some of it was a cover for my feelings. Some of it was
sort of a test, to see if you'd just laugh it off or be melodramatic to try to
mess with me. And part was my own insecurities," Daniel answered honestly.
"I really do love you, Vala." He turned on his side and kissed her on
the top of the head while tightening his arm around her.
Vala absorbed what he'd said. "Which was which?"
"I meant it when I said I was proud of you for proving me right by being
trustworthy on a professional level. The comment about the personal level was a
cover. I really haven't had a relationship since my wife, and I am very
apprehensive of being hurt like that again. I was devastated when she was
chosen, but held out hope that we could save her-- and when we didn't it was
like I'd lost her all over again. Then there was my Ascension. Just before I
died, I had been finally starting to think about maybe exploring a relationship
with someone. But then I died and Ascended. When I came back with no memory and
had to remember everything again, it ripped me apart. The first thing I
remembered was Sha're, that I loved her. It wasn't until an hour later that I
remembered she was dead and gone. So, in a way, I lost her three times, and
that pain is almost more than I can bear. I don't want to feel that way-- that
loss-- ever again."
Daniel paused before continuing. "So you'd really better not be messing
with me."
"I'm not messing with you," Vala said before whispering, "I
never have."
"What?" Daniel exclaimed. "What about the time you snuck into my
quarters during that whole bracelet debacle?"
"I told you the truth. Until you asked if I was messing with you. You
asked, and I never answered that I was," Vala pointed out.
"Yes, you did," Daniel insisted.
"Do you remember exactly what I said?" Vala prompted.
"Yes. You said 'Is it working?' Oh," Daniel replied. "You didn't
actually say you were messing with me."
"I wasn't, not till you asked. At that time I wasn't used to actually
sharing my insecurities with anyone. I was actually surprised that I had told
you, so I let you think it one more lie to get in your pants," Vala
admitted. "The only time I have deliberately lied to you was when I stole
the Prometheus."
Daniel pulled her even closer as Vala talked. He ran his hands along her back
and sides for a moment to reassure himself that she was really here and that he
wasn't just going crazy because of all the time on the ship. He kissed her
softly and she returned it.
"I guess that's fair, because I lied to you on the Prometheus too,"
Daniel returned.
"I sort of figured out that you did at least know the command codes."
Vala laughed.
"Oh, that wasn't the lie I was referring to, " Daniel answered.
"Oh?" Vala said, mildly curious. "What was?"
"I did actually look," Daniel said, sheepishly.
Vala scooted back in his arms a little to look up into his eyes. She was partly
horrified and partly amused. "I knew it."
"I had to look, to change your clothes without a lot awkwardness,"
Daniel defended himself.
"Sure, I believe you," Vala teased as she kissed him.
He returned the kiss with such passion that soon they were both breathing
heavily and moaning.
An hour later, Vala managed to get dressed and leave Daniel with a flirty wave.
She walked out the door and nearly into Mitchell. She just smiled and continued
on her way, making a note to tell Daniel about the look on Mitchell's face.
** The End **
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