In The Rain
Disclaimer: I dont own either of these gorgeous creatures sigh> nor do i own this beautiful song sigh>
AN:As i was listening toEnya's new album,i couldnt help but notice how so many ofher songs fit these two oh so well! If you havent heard the songs, do try. they're brilliant!
Summery: A simple storm brings to light some complicated issues
Everytime the rain comes down
I close my eyes and listen
I can hear the lonesome sound
Of the sky as it cries
The storm which had battered Colerado had worn itself out and was now a heavy shower. Having spent a good deal of time in Egypt and various desert regions, Daniel had developed a real fascination for rain He could spend hours watching it.Watching the way it re designed the outside world as it fell.
With his lover sound asleep in their warm bed, he had slipped downstairs to witness natures' wonder. He added a few logs to the dying fire and within a few minutes the room was glowing with orange light.He sat on the window seat and closed his eyes. The sound of the rain was music to his ears.
Listen to the rain
Here it comes again
Hear it in the rain
The song he heard was a familiar one. With the tune of sorrow and loneliness ringing out as the sky shed millions of tears upon the earth, his heart sang with it.
When his parents died, he was left with no one...well no one who understood him. No one understood why at age 10, he could not only speak Egyptian and Arabic but could also read and discipher Egyptian Heiroglyphs. No one understood why by the age of 15, he knew more history than any of his teachers and why he was fluent in another three languages. No one understood why he had multiple PHD's. No one understood why he knew over 28 different languages...some not remotely human. All anyone understood was that he was a geek who didnt get along with the human race very well. Even as an adult, no one understood or accepted his theories. He knew he wasnt well liked because most people didnt understand what he was talking about. He wasnt even really needed at the SGC, they just put up with him.
Daniel sighed and lent his head against the window. No matter how much he loved the rain it always sent him to a place of pain. The tears that streamed down his face went un noticed as his head continued to fill with self-doubt.
Feel the touch of tears that fall
They won't fall forever
In the way the day will flow
All things come, all things go
Daniel was so caught up in heavens song that he didnt notice movement behind him. He started slightly as a pair of arms encircled him but soon relaxed into the familiar touch.
"Jack go back to bed, you'll get cold."
"I did get cold. I tried to pull you closer but you weren't there. And anyway, what about you getting cold?"
"I'm fine.
"One day you'll realise when you say that i know your lying. Plus it's raining, you and rain never equal fine."
"Jack I,"
"Nope. Not this time. Whenever it rains you go into self-hug mode. I figured one day you'd tell me why but you never have. So this time i'm going to sit here, hold you and not let go till you tell me whats wrong. Move over."
Jack pushed Daniel slighly so he could squeeze in behind. Jack lent against the wall and pulled Daniel to him, wrapping the blanket from their bed around his shivering form. Although the men were roughly the same siz, at moments like this, Jack could swear he was holding a small child. They sat quietly, Daniel merely drawing comfort from his lover.
Listen to the rain... the rain
Here it comes again... again
Hear it in the rain... the rain
"You know, i love the rain."
"Could have fooled me." Jack replied without thinking. He felt Daniel begin to close up again and he mentally kicked himself. Jack kissed Daniels shaggy brown hair and tightened his grip on the younger man, "I'm sorry love. You were saying?"
"I love the rain." Daniel repeated after a moment, "It's so beautiful and peaceful, cleansing and refreshing. It's musical...painful...lonely." Daniel whispered the last bit but Jack heard clearly,
"Oh Danny."
"I love the rain jack, but it hurts."
Jack knew all about Daniels past. What he hadnt been able to find out through his many contacts, Daniel had told him throughout the course of their relationship. Jack had never experienced the things Daniel had and so he could never really understand the pain he was in. But Jack did understand what was going through Daniel's head.
"Danny. Daniel listen to me."
Late at night I drift away
I can hear you calling
And my name is in the rain
Leaves on trees whispering
Deep blue seas, mysteries
"I know i've told you a thousand times, and i plan to tell you millions more in the future, Danny i love you. The rain to you is a song about your past, sung by the hundreds of people who couldnt understand why you were so smart and they were so dumb. A song purposly written to slowly kill you. But let me tell you what i hear. I also hear a song about you. A song that speaks of how amazing you are.
"Eversince i met you, do you remember? I came in and said that nothing was to be told to you unless i'd given permission. I looked at you Danny and you flooded me. You were a storm that not only hit me, but destroyed everything i thought i knew about myself and stayed long enough to fill my heart with emotions and feelings i thought were dead.
"Your eyes Danny were..are the colour of the ocean, so blue...but they had been made so sad by things that were beyond your control, and i swore to change it. With everything i had i was going to make you happy.
"Thats why i didnt mind too much leaving you on Abydos, because you were happy, and for me that was enough. When you came back with that look again in your eyes i almost died. But i stayed strong for you. But you're strong Danny, stronger than anyone i know.
"Your so mysterious Danny. You thrive on life and knowledge and things i know nothing about. But unlike the people you knew, i'm not walking away. I plan to find out what makes you tick and if that means a lifetime of study, and i suspect it will, then a lifetime i'll take.
"You said the rain was peaceful, it is, just like you. Beautiful, like you. Cleansing and Refreshing, for a rundown colonel, you sure are. To you it's painful and lonely. To me it's amazing, confident, loving.
"You saturate everyone who is bave enough to get close and you stay with them. The sun will try to dry the rain but the evidence...the memories you leave will never go away. I know you still don't believe how much you are both needed and wanted at the SGC, but oneday you will realise you are the heart of it. Without you the place wouldnt have survived. I wouldnt have survived."
Daniel turned and Kissed jack with everything he had. Jack complied. The two men went back upstairs where they made love till they were exhausted, but happy.
Even when this moment ends
Can't let go this feeling
Everything will come again
In the sound falling down
Of the sky as it cries
Hear my name in the rain
Cuddled together as the sun managed to shine through the clouds, Daniel glanced at his once again sleeping lover and smiled. He knew it would rain again but the next time it did, it would sing the happiest song Daniel had ever heard.
The End
Please R&R, my inbox is crying for attention and it's getting grating on my ears.
I also have at least another 6+ stories for this series..maybe more if Enya releases more albums!