Kisses Chapters

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Trigger

"Daniel?"

"Vala."

"Can I have a kiss?"

"What?"

"A kiss. You know...when you put your beautiful full lips to mine and pull every rational thought from my head. When you take my breath away. Can I have one now?"

"Vala, we're in the middle of a doing surveillance, trying to be covert. I don't think kissing is appropriate at the moment."

"Well, neither is making out in the briefing room right before a briefing, but that never stops us."

"Vala...just no. Stay focused on the mission."

"But I'm nervous."

"No you're not."

"Am too."

"You don't get nervous."

"Yes I do. Happens a lot more than people think. I get nervous when you are about to walk into a hostile situation. A kiss would comfort my nerves right now."

"I'm sorry, Vala. It just doesn't feel appropriate."

"Oh, right then. Not appropriate. Okay. Sorry I even asked. Wouldn't want to ruin the mission. How selfish of me to ask the man I love for a kiss to help ca-"

Vala felt herself being pushed back hard against the doors of the truck, wrists pinned above her head with strong, unyielding hands. Lips crashed against hers in a dominating, searing kiss of surppressed passion and need.

She thought it would never end when Daniel tore his lips away from hers. Her chest heaved quickly against him, and Vala realised she was the only one of them left breathless. One of Daniel's hands came to rest on her chest, his fingers playing dangerously close to the cut she'd made in her shirt.

"Vala." Daniel's eyes were on his hand ghosting just above her cleavage. His tone was determined and serious. It held a commanding edge that channeled a certain General they knew.

"Yes, Daniel." Vala's voice faltered. She swallowed at the sheer power Daniel held over her.

His blue eyes flicked up to hers. They were dark with dominance and lust, but there was an edge there that made Vala's heart melt. An edge that meant Daniel was whole-heartedly serious about what he was about to say.

"Stop distracting me." Daniel ordered, his lips close to hers. The heat radiating off him was overwhelming, and Vala found she could only nod. His eyes searched hers for a moment, and then he pushed off of her, releasing her arms. He moved back to his seat before the equipment, focus once more on the task at hand.

Vala stood motionless, watching Daniel. She had always known there was an untamable darkness to him, but seeing it come through always managed to throw her off balance. It both intrigued and scared her, and always came at the most unsuspecting moments. She never knew what would trigger it in him.

A smile played across her still burning lips. She pushed off the doors, and moved to take her seat next to him. As she passed, Vala ran her hand along his shoulders.

"Thanks for the kiss." She whispered in his ear lustily. She gasped as his hand squeezed her thigh aggressively. His eyes turned to hers, and the dark look was there again.

"Quit it." He growled.

Vala smiled and gave a minute nod.

She might not know the trigger, but she would have a hell of a time trying to find it.



Elemental

Sometimes she felt like they were fire and water. Two completely different entities incapable of being together in any sort of comfortable way. They were such a contrast to one another, and at times there wasn't the slightest hint that they could fit together at all.

Her persistence would lick at him like flames. Attitude scorched and stubbornness burned. She was heat embodied. The fires of the universe converged inside, and the only way to ease the pressure was to lash out, hot and untamable.

His indifference crashed against her like waves. Superiority flooded and intellect drowned. He was as cold as the dark depths of the blackest sea. Water poured in from every possible angle - he could only find release by breaking free of inadequate shores, never solid and always suffocating.

She yelled through the heat only she could feel.

He bit back, his words icy and slick.

She screamed fire, her words burning holes within his frozen soul.

He snapped like a sudden thunderstorm, words like 'host' and 'harlot' falling around her like raindrops.

She withdrew a moment from the sting, then the blazing inferno took hold once more. Something ancient that had never known the wrath of the flames for centuries crashed to the floor in her eruption, followed by the volcanic flow of loaded words. Wife, Coward, and a name he held so dear are amongst them.

The surge broke free of its boundaries as he flew within inches of her face. Things poured from his cold lips that could never be returned to the way they had been. It seemed to last forever, but as quick as it had started, the sudden rush settled. The fight was gone, the powerful fury still bubbling beneath the surface.

He brushed past her, not waiting for the aftermath of the damage he'd caused.

And the doused flames broke free of the murky depths. She screamed once more over the roar within to his quickly retreating form, unphased by the look he shot her as the elevator doors closed before him.

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Vala walked the lonely corridors back to their quarters slowly. Arms wrapped tight around her slightly trembling form, she stared on ahead as the heat within finally fell away.

The fire was gone - leaving her once more as ashes in its wake.

This fight had been bad, and now she hadn't seen Daniel for what was going on four hours. They had both said things - horrible things - and Vala felt that this time they wouldn't be able to put the burned and water-logged pieces back together again.

Through the clash of them, that connection might have finally eroded away. Vala swallowed. Maybe he wasn't coming back - not as her Daniel. And if he did, maybe she wouldn't be there, as his Vala or otherwise.

She reached the door to their room, and opened it slowly. Walking in, she found she didn't have the strength to go much farther. Vala closed the door, and slowly slid down the wall beside it. A shiver passed through her body and she sighed.

The fire always left her cold.

Eyes the color of a gloomy, rain-threatened day scanned the space before her. Where would she even begin to pull back from what was 'theirs' and make it 'hers'? The room that had once been Daniel's alone was now mixed and matched with both his things and her stuff.

Bed sheets they had bought together, made their own that first night they had gotten them. They held the memory of her tears and his, the laughs they shared together in the comfort of each other, the love that had strengthened through so many obstacles. They didn't even have a side distinct to themselves. They shared the bed. Whatever side felt just right for him one evening didn't suit her the next, and they'd use the other. Their pillows were constantly swapping from one side to the other.

His shirts that she always ended up wearing.

Her little stuffed animal that he always cuddled close when she wasn't able to be with him. He said it smelled like her.

She read his books and he enjoyed her magazines.

Vala's eyes landed on her brush and the box that held her hair accessories. The little barrettes and clips she adored, which had Daniel constantly getting her more. She remembered the night when Daniel had let Vala do his hair. They had both been overly exhausted, which always leads to extreme silliness between them. In a crazy fit of giggles, Vala had given Daniel the hair do of the century. It was another tender moment that was held within these walls.

Vala sighed, fighting the tears that threatened to fall. Even 'her' moments and memories had become 'theirs.' Daniel was always in her thoughts, his name constantly falling from her lips when he wasn't around. The memories she held dear were the ones with them together.

She couldn't understand how something so beautifully unstoppable could fall apart at the seams because of their own faults, their own insecurities and weaknesses.

Ironic how when anyone fought against their love, they came together and fought back. But when it came down to them being on different sides with one another, their love was more fragile than a withering rose. The fire would burn the rose, then the water would sweep away the ashes.

When they fought, it was a game of chance - their love being the stakes.

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Vala sat there for a long time, not knowing how quickly, or slowly, time was passing her by. When the greatest thing she had in the world hung in the balance by a thread, time seemed less than important.

The quiet click of the door opening brought her back to reality. She glanced at the clock on the end table nearest to her. Eight hours since she'd sat down, twelve since Daniel had stormed off. This fight was breaking all sorts of personal records.

"Vala?" His voice was quiet, controlled. It was relieving to know he was coming back as her Daniel, and not as the cold man with the heart of a black ocean that had left her earlier. Still Vala didn't answer for a reason she couldn't understand. She heard the door open a little more, and his shadow fell across her resting place.

She stared straight ahead at their bed as he quietly slid down the wall beside her. His shoulder touched hers. She felt his eyes upon her, and still refused to be the one to give in.

Even after everything that had happened, the fire wouldn't relinquish its hold on her. She wouldn't let him win.

Daniel looked at her for a long moment. She was still angry...He wasn't. He leaned his lips down to place a surrendering kiss on her shoulder, then laid his head down. "I was terrified you'd be gone." He whispered, relieved and yet terrified that Vala still might leave.

Vala sighed. The fire within receded immediately at the tone of Daniel's voice. "I was terrified you wouldn't come back." She finally whispered, reaching down to grasp his hand tightly, reassuringly.

"Guess we were both wrong." Daniel sighed.

Vala knew that was as close as they were going to get to discussing what had happened. It worked for her. They were both wrong. His water cancelled out her fire, and vice versa. No longer on opposite sides of the line, but once again walking it together.

Daniel understood this as well. He moved his head up to place a suggestive kiss on her pulse point.

Vala gasped, and quickly turned to capture his mouth in a desperate kiss. Daniel returned the force in kind, his hands pulling her over to straddle his lap. That task finished, they snaked their way up her hips. Vala tore her mouth away from Daniel's, pulling a strangled 'ah' from his lips. Hers immediately found refuge sucking on his neck, her hands cupping where his neck met his head.

"Twelve hours..." He gasped with pleasure, beginning to pull her shirt up. "...sucks when all you wanna do is..." Vala pulled her mouth away from him to lift her arms up as he tore the shirt off. She looked down at him, both of them panting. Daniel leaned in and kissed her stomach softly. "Kiss and..." He moved up to take her lips passionately, then pushed her up with him so they were both standing. Vala pushed him back against the wall hard. He pulled his lips away with a groan. "Make love."

Vala grinned and yanked his black t-shirt out of his pants, eliciting another lustful groan from him. "Isn't it..." She captured his mouth again, pulling him deeper into the room by his belt. When she couldn't take it anymore, Vala started to unfasten the damned thing.

"Makeup?" She finished as she fiddled with the belt. Finally unclasping it, she pulled it through the loops with impatience, dropping it to the floor.

"Who cares?" Daniel breathed, picking her up and carrying her the rest of the way to the bed.

Sometimes she felt like they were fire and water. Two elements never meant to be put together, for the combined power would crush any love out of both of them. But most of the time she knew they were both neither fire nor water, but something else entirely. Something dark and mystic, yet gentle and heartwarming. They were flame and wave, heat and chill, smoke and mist.

They were a part of each other, coming together...

As one.



Air Tonight

Everyone else looked up as somoene entered the large research room. He didn't. It was like a shift in wave frequency or an electric crack in the atmosphere - something he felt along every nerve in his body. He didn't need to look up. He knew who it was because he could feel her standing there.

The click of her thigh-highs echoed around the suddenly hushed room. If there was one sure fire way to silence an entire room of nasally brainiacs, it was to send a former space vixen traipsing into the mix. Of course she didn't traipse. She swayed...giving those scientists a false hope of having her.

It was too bad she was so totally taken.

She casually stepped up beside him, twisting her fingers in the hair at the nape of his neck. He inhaled deeply at the contact. Like white hot fire that burned so good. She knew it drove him wild, but he knew some of her weaknesses too.

"Busy?" She asked quietly.

He lifted his mouth up from where it rested in his palm. "Little research." He saw her nod out of the corner of his eye. Her hand moved down to rub along his back gently.

"Need anything?" Her beautiful voice got closer as she mimicked his position leaning on the huge workstation. He shook his head minutely and felt her hair tickle his cheek. Her fingers fiddled with the edges of his shirt sleeve. She was being very touchy-feely.

"What do YOU need?" He asked knowingly. Her fingers stopped their motion, and she rested her forehead against his cheek.

"Some money, maybe?" She smiled.

"Don't you just maybe make some of your own?" He asked back patiently. She sighed with mock exasperation and stood back up. He wasn't even surprised when her finger poked his cheek. He fought the small smile that played on his lips. "Back pocket. I only have about a hundred, so please leave me something."

She reached her hand into one of his jean pockets - the one she knew was empty.

"You KNOW it's in the other one." He sighed as her fingers gripped his ass momentarily, then pulled out of that pocket and pushed into the other one. He felt the loss of his wallet immediately. To know that it was in her hands didn't even set off any warning alarms in his head anymore. Before, he had earned for him. Now, he earned for them.

"Awww, that's you and me." She sighed, and he knew she was talking about the picture he kept in there.

"Good to know it hasn't changed since this morning." He answered, then was rocked a bit as she hit her hip against his.

"Sixty, Forty?" She asked hopefully. He shrugged.

"Who gets sixty, and who gets forty?"

She 'hmphed'. "I've taught you too well."

He nodded. "How about we play the fair card, and you take fifty." He made it a statement, not a question. She sighed and he felt the wallet being pushed back into his jeans. Normally she wouldn't have gotten that lucky. But he was only on base for a few hours, so he hadn't bothered with changing.

"Okay, I'm gonna head off." She leaned her hip against the worktable. "You gonna be home soon?"

"Hockey game." He stated, and saw her nod in understanding. "If I'm not home, I'll have to answer to his bitching...and I make it a habit not to have to do that."

"He says the same thing about you." She leaned down, her face even with his. A few moments of silence passed, then as he expected she spoke again.

"Daniel." She stated gently. Finally his smile broke free and he turned his head towards her. He kissed her lovingly, and once more the atmosphere cracked - this time with a heavy, heavy cloud of jealousy hanging in the air. It had him smiling some more and adding a little more to the kiss.

"Buy something I'll like." Daniel said as he placed a final parting kiss to Vala's full lips.

Vala stood up and tapped his nose. "Edible or wearable?"

Daniel stood up, stretching his arms high above his head. He smiled as Vala's eyes wracked his body happily. She rocked on her heels, and he wrapped his arms around her. "Can't it be both?" He asked casually, and didn't miss the choked cough from another part of the room.

He had such a joy making the geeks sweat. When he'd stopped labeling himself as such, he wasn't quite sure. Probably around the same time a certain then colonel had as well. From the looks he could feel the others giving him, Daniel knew they didn't see him that way anymore either. He had switched sides. If the delightfully warm body wrapped in his arms was punishment for going all "warrior" on the academics, then well...he wasn't complaining.

Vala shrugged at his request. "I'll see what I can do."

Daniel breathed in deeply, a naughty smile coming to his lips. "You can do a lot." He murmured as he leaned in to place a second final parting kiss gently to her mouth. Vala agreed against his lips with an 'mmmmhmmm'.

Reluctantly, Daniel let Vala walk out of his grasp. Just as she was about to pass beyond his reach, he latched onto her arm and pulled her back. Their lips connected perfectly for a THIRD final parting kiss.

"Have fun." Daniel stated as he kissed her forehead. He brushed her hair back, letting his fingers brush over her sparkly clip. "Don't get into too much trouble."

Vala smiled and sauntered out of the room. "You know me, darling!" She shouted back down the hall.

Daniel moved to the doorway. "That's exactly my point!" He shouted as he leaned out.

The exciting buzz in the atmosphere fizzled out as she threw a wave over her shoulder. He smiled contentedly as he walked back to his laptop.

He was aware of someone standing next to him a few minutes later.

"Yes, Bill?" He questioned without looking up. A hint of impatience colored his voice playfully. Bill was the one scientist who didn't think of him as a Benedict Arnold to all things academic. He was also the only one with a semi-decent sense of humor.

"I just thought you should know..." Bill let out a little laugh. "That she took all the money you had in your wallet."

Daniel laughed quietly as he nodded. "I know. I have every intention of..." He tapped a few keys. "Having her repay me."

As Bill walked away with a slight chuckle, the thick cloud of envy settled around Daniel.

He grinned - She could always change the feel in the air.



Perfection

A warm, gentle breeze rustled through the trees and sent Vala's hair flying out to the side. For a moment she considered tying it back, but the thought fell away almost instantly. It meant she would have to break the strong, but loving, hold around her body. Nothing in the entire universe could ever have her wanting that to happen.

"Want me to pull it back?" Daniel asked quietly, ever the mind reader.

Vala smiled, but shook her head. As much as she loved it when Daniel would play with her hair, she was just enjoying being in his arms too much. "Don't need too."

Daniel rested his cheek, covered in a thin layer of stubble, against her own. "You don't wanna move." He stated.

Vala shook her head again. "Nope."

"Neither do I." Daniel laughed gently, moving just a little to place a soft kiss to her cheek. "We're so close to perfection." His voice was so soft as he whispered in her ear. Gone were all the worries they carried everyday, the burdens each shouldered for one another and others. This was just them together, amongst the trees, watching the day fizzle out into night. "So close we can almost touch it."

"But do we want perfection?" Vala asked, and was rewarded with a kiss to the temple.

"No." He murmured as his cheek came to rest against hers once more. "Then we'd have nothing left to strive for."

Vala settled back against his chest a little more. "So we'll let perfection be."

"We'll let it be." Daniel repeated as another gust of wind blew across them. It smelled of the rain that was looming just on the horizon where the sun was sinking. The dark clouds were a contrast to the golds, pinks, reds, and purples cast by the dying daylight.

Vala felt Daniel's cell phone vibrating against her through his pocket. She sighed. "We're not supposed to be up here, are we?"

Daniel dropped his head down on her shoulder. "Not really."

"Should we go?" Vala asked, never making even the slightest move to get up.

"We can wait a few more minutes." Daniel sighed, not ready to end the moment yet either.

Vala smiled. "What a rebel you've become."

"Love brings changes." Daniel replied, squeezing her gently. She let out a small laugh, and he kissed her neck. His phone started vibrating again, and this time they both sighed.

"I think they need us." Vala said.

Daniel nodded, and moved to push them both to a standing position. "I think so too." He brushed the dead leaves off the back of her pants. Vala took the opportunity to pull her hair into a high ponytail, walking forward a few steps

"Storm's coming." She stated as a gust of suddenly cold air ripped across the clearing. She felt Daniel come up directly behind her. The last remaining minutes of daylight were quickly ebbing away, letting darkness take its rightful place. They watched it together, knowing her words weren't just meant for the rain.

Daniel placed a warm hand to Vala's shoulder. "Come on."

Vala nodded and turned to begin the small trek down the path they'd hiked up a little while earlier. She heard Daniel fall in behind her.

"Wait." He whispered, and his hand came to her shoulder once more. Vala turned to him, and Daniel flushed up against her. His lips met hers in a tender, loving kiss, his hand placed against the back of her neck. As he pulled away, Vala looked into his gentle blue gaze.

"To remember how close to perfection we were." He stated simply, and Vala nodded as she closed her eyes. Daniel's moist lips placed a kiss to her forehead.

"Stillness before chaos." She stated back just as the world around them quieted. She opened her eyes as Daniel brushed back her bangs. The future threatened on the horizon, the past taunted with actions that couldn't be changed, but for a moment it was just them.

"That's our almost perfection." Daniel smiled, and ran his thumb across her cheek. "That's where we'll find each other."

The overwhelming urge to put something into words that didn't need to be became so strong, and she almost let those three words loose from her lips. Vala stopped herself as Daniel's phone vibrated for a third time. This time, he reached in his pocket and pulled the phone out. He flicked it open.

"Daniel Jackson." Two words brought every worry and burden crashing back into his voice. He looked at Vala, and nodded for her to start down the path. She nodded and turned. As he argued with whoever was on the other line, Vala hid those three words deep inside herself. The moment for them was gone.

Daniel's hand came to rest against her lower back as they walked, and she risked a glance his direction. He smiled a moment and gave her a small nod. He knew.

Vala smiled.



Determined

"I'm sorry about this, baby." Daniel murmured close to her ear as the others broke away from them.

Vala nodded. "It's okay." She looked at Daniel through the torrential downpour. He was soaked and muddy, and sporting a variety of injuries. "I know it's our only option."

Daniel nodded, then turned to the side to spit out the blood in his mouth. As he turned back to her, Vala stepped closer. Her fingers gently ghosted over his split lip, and he winced.

She winced back in sympathy. "It's still bleeding."

Daniel flicked his tongue out over it, and nodded. "Yeah, it won't close in this." He indicated to the monsoon pouring around them. He spit again, and sighed. "And the rain keeps washing the blood down my mouth."

Vala nodded in understanding. "I'm sorry." She replied, guilty.

Daniel shook his head minutely. "Don't be - you didn't split it open." He caught the look in her grey eyes, and placed a hand to her cheek. "Nor did you give me the bruising or bang up my knee. So stop blaming yourself."

"But you're hurt because of me." Vala resisted the urge to stamp her foot.

"No, I'm hurt because we went rolling down a muddy incline."

Vala nodded. "Yeah, because you pulled me away from that tree that was zapped by lightning." She wanted to give him a swift kick for being all heroic -meaning getting himself injured. "Why did you feel the need to break my fall? I can handle getting a few injuries."

Daniel stroked his thumb across her lips. "Well, I can't." His blue eyes flicked up to hers. "And it's a good thing you didn't get hurt because we need you up front."

"Like it really matters?" Vala huffed. "You, with a busted knee and a bruise the size of Abydos along your back, will be right behind me."

"That's because..." Daniel took a limping step closer to her, wincing a little. "Sam, Cam, and any of the other commanding officers here, on this planet now, wouldn't even dream of trying to keep me away from you..." He closed his eyes as Vala fingered the harsh bruise above his left eye. "Not when you need me." He opened his eyes, and gave a small frown. "And I refuse to give anyone else permission to put their hands on you, should you slip and fall."

Vala smiled at his possessiveness. "You are too stubborn for your own good."

Daniel nodded. "I know."

Mitchell came to stand next to them. "People are starting to drift off..." He said sympathetically. "We need to get this show on the road."

"Okay." The pair answered in unison.

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Vala took a deep breath as she stood at the edge of the churning water. It had already risen a few inches since she'd been standing there. A few more minutes, and the water would begin to spill over the muddied ledge she was perched on.

Not that it really mattered, seeing as they were all about to jump into the rushing mess. A mess that had been the path to the stargate only a few hours before. Wading through miles of water was something she was looking forward to about as much as leading their large group of people through said water.

She felt a hand on her shoulder, and she turned back to meet Daniel's exhausted face. There was a long line of people behind him, a series of ropes tying them together. Daniel was holding the end of one out to her. Vala took it, and he stepped up so he could help her tie it firmly around her waist.

"You ready?" He whispered against her ear as he pulled the rope as snug as he could in the pouring rain. His hands were bloody and swollen from doing it countless times back down the line, but he ignored the pain. He had to make sure she was as safe as possible - Vala was the most important person in the group, and he didn't care how biased the thought was.

Vala nodded, and pulled out of his grasp as he finished. She heard Mitchell holler for her to go ahead from somewhere behind her. She swallowed to calm her nerves, and moved to take the first step into the water, already lapping at her boots.

Daniel grasped onto her wrist just as she was about to dip into the murky, rushing muck. Vala turned back to him, and he pulled her close.

"You be careful, you hear me?" He whispered, his eyes glistening through the rain.

"And you watch my back." She breathed. Daniel nodded, and pressed his mouth to hers in a desperate kiss. Vala tasted the blood from his lip, and it seemed to trigger something in her mind. She pulled away, and he released her without a word.

Without anymore hesitation, Vala dropped into the muddy water. She gasped at the sudden change in temperature, and bit down on a few choice curses. She felt a tug on the rope as Daniel jumped in right behind her. He didn't refrain from yelling out.

"Holy shit!" He gasped, and she grunted in response. The tightening on the rope lessened as Daniel came to stand almost directly behind her. His hand came to her hip as the water lapped at her sides. They moved in unison, leading the group through the raging muck.

The moving was slow going, and soon fatigue began to set in. Vala continued to trudge on, not noticing the hand on her hip falling away. She didn't realize how ahead of Daniel she was until he gasped out in a strangled yelp of pain, and she was jerked back hard on the rope.

Vala whipped around just as Daniel broke free of the surface. She moved to wade back to him, but he held up an unsteady hand.

"No!" He growled through his fatigue. "Don't stop...keep going."

Her heart jumped at his shaky voice. "Daniel!"

"Vala, Go!" Daniel barked, then softened his voice. "Get us home, please."

Vala bit down on the overwhelming need to rush to his aid. Turning back around, she started moving once again.

With more effort than he felt he had, Daniel pushed forward with a series of groans and curses until he was directly behind Vala once more. His trembling hand came to rest against her hip again. This time, Vala's hand came to grip hard on his own.

She wasn't gonna let go, and Daniel was determined not to disappoint her.


Once again, follow up to 'Determined' is coming in the next post in like...two minutes. Lol.