The Power of Advertising
Early 2013
No spoilers
Warnings: reference to Sam/Jack
Word count: 663
What happens when Vala sees the Super Bowl Calvin Klein ad
"What is the point of this Supper Bowl?"
"Vala! For the 8 billionth time, it's the Super Bowl."
"Don't be ridiculous, Cameron. Look at all this food."
Sam snorted, and Teal'c responded, "Indeed, Colonel Mitchell, there is an impressive amount of nourishment in your kitchen and dining room."
Daniel came in from the living room trying not to laugh, "You should see what he has in there."
"Whatever, Jackson, you explain it to your girl this time."
She winked at Daniel as she sauntered over to kiss him.
"Good Lord, woman, could you give us break?"
"Doubtful," she replied as she moved into the living room pulling Daniel along behind.
Despite all the talk about the commercials in the weeks leading up to this game, Vala was bored. But then it aired. The one that left Vala and Sam speechless and the boys bellyaching. The one with that rather attractive model wearing Calvin Klein. When all the excitement died down Vala left the room on a mission. Sneaking to her purse she extracted her phone. She had no need for the credit card since she knew the numbers on each card held by every member of SG-1 plus Walter.
She stealthily made her way to the bathroom where she shut and locked the door. Twenty minutes later she had purchased Daniel a pair of the Concept boxer briefs and trunks in every color. Just a small Valentine's gift, she thought. She knew Samantha would like for O'Neill to have a pair, so she took the liberty of using Sam's card to order a few for the general. With her work done, she returned to her seat in Daniel's lap.
End of March
She heard footsteps and the sound of him turning the knob as he said, "Hey, sweetheart, you okay in there?"
Before she could respond he saw her leaning against the tub. "Vala! What's wrong? Are you sick?"
"In a manner of speaking, darling."
Daniel reached for a cloth, ran it under cold water, and knelt before her.
"I'm fine, really."
"You are not fine."
She smirked. "That's my line."
"Well it's mine today, and people sitting on the bathroom floor are not fine. They are either drunk, sick, or both. Since it is barely noon, I will go with sick."
"Sit with me here."
He grunted as he eased down beside her on the cold tile floor.
"Darling, do you remember that extraordinary Valentine's we had with all that lovely underwear I gave you?"
His mind wandered back to the four-day weekend, where they never left the house because Vala had to help him try on everything, and more to the point "try off" everything on pretty much every surface in the house. He was particularly fond of the time on his desk when she stripped off the baby blue briefs and used her mouth to drive him to the edge right before she straddled him.
She saw him zone out and smiled as she also thought about some of her favorite activities over that weekend. She poked him and snuggled against his side. "Well, apparently we were a bit careless. Daniel, we are having a baby."
That jolted him from his daydream, "Huh? What? Baby?"
"Yes. Our little Tauri-Alien hybrid will be here in mid November."
He pulled her closer. "When did you find out?"
"I wasn't sure until today. I thought…but I wanted to see Caro first. Because of Adria, she wants to monitor the pregnancy pretty closely. But she said everything is great so far. Are you happy?"
"Of course I am. But are you happy? Do you want this?"
"Yes, silly. More than anything. I love you, Daniel. Can I watch you try on your underwear now?"
He leaned over to kiss her deeply. "I think I will save that for a honeymoon."