Title: Total Recall
Author: BlueScorpion
Rating: PG-13
Summary: [SLASH J/D] A strange ruin attracts SG-1 to an alien planet that is seemingly deserted, but not all is as it seems, as Daniel leans first hand on closer inspection.
Disclaimer: They aren't mine. They're someone else's.
A/N: This is slash, so if you don't like that please don't read it. On the other hand, if you do read it please review.
Hot, breathy kisses travelled down his neck and across his shoulders. He arched his neck at the pleasure, before pulling himself back to reality. "Jack?" The older man ignored him, thoroughly engrossed in playfully nipping at Daniel's skin. Daniel bit his own lip, "Jack?"
"Mm?" Jack mumbled in response, before continuing on his path. Daniel looked up at the clock on the wall over Jack's shoulder.
"Jack," Daniel began, "we have a mission in six hours and I really need to go to bed."
Jack raised his head and smiled at him, "You read my mind."
"You know what I mean." He warned. Jack could be so forward sometimes. In a way he was thankful. If it weren't for Jack making the first move he would still be alone. It had taken a lot for Daniel to admit his feelings for Jack. Daniel didn't like to think of himself as being homosexual, rather bisexual - not that he had anything against gays - but he didn't want to think that he had never truly loved Sha're - because he had. No, the problem with Jack was his eagerness. Daniel couldn't quite remember how he had lost his shirt, or how he had managed to be pinned against the door with Jack's mouth exploring his neck.
"Come on, Daniel, you know you want to."
"Jack, I'm tired and I need sleep-" he was silenced by Jack lowering his head and covering Daniel's mouth with his own, Jack's hands running through Daniel's hair and pulling his head closer still. Daniel felt himself moving and before he knew it, he was led on the couch with Jack beneath him him, both of them naked. Jack pulled Daniel down on top of him. Daniel knew he was tired, and that he would pay for this in the morning, but Jack had taken him too far. It was only fair to pay back.
*****
"Ow! Shit! Jack wake up!" Daniel shifted his weight, accidentally causing Jack to land with a thud on the floor. He woke up immediately with a yell at the impact.
"God, Daniel, what the hell was that for?"
Daniel cringed, "Ah, sorry. We got ten minutes to get to the base and you were crushing my leg. Sorry."
Jack laughed into the carpet. "Relax, Daniel. The clock's wrong."
"What?"
"Clocks went back an hour last night," he laughed again as he got up, "I'm surprised you didn't remember!"
Daniel gave him a confused look before he realised. "Oh…yeah."
Jack shrugged, "Got an extra hour out of you didn't it?" he leaned over Daniel and kissed him on the lips before pulling away, "better get some clothes on." He stood up, picked up his clothes and left the room, leaving a bewildered look on Daniel's face.
*****
Daniel walked into the pre-mission briefing with moments to spare; even with the extra hour's "sleep", he still managed to be on the last minute. He unconsciously checked that he was actually wearing clothes and took his place by the screen. Teal'c, sat in silence in his seat, regarded Jack with a questioningly raised eyebrow as he entered the room. Jack gave a shifty smile at the Jaffa and took his own seat.
"Good morning, people," Hammond greeted SG-1 as he entered the room, scanning over a file in his hands. "I trust you all had a good rest last night."
Sam suppressed a grin at her superior's warning glare and looked back to Daniel.
"Doctor Jackson?" Hammond prompted, oblivious to the team's source of amusement. Daniel just about managed to avoid a blush and flicked the screen on. The display showed a large, stone column, covered in alien scripture. "This artefact was discovered by SG-9 in the middle of a deserted area of P4X 429 on a mission last week." Daniel began, "I haven't been able to translate the writing yet, but there's a possibility that this is a device used to fight the Goa'uld." He looked around the table. Hammond was already informed from SG-9's mission report, Jack, for the most part, hadn't been listening, but knew too well why Daniel hadn't translated the writings, even though he was perfectly capable of it: Jack simply hadn't given him any chance. He sat staring a Daniel, the slightest hint of a smile playing at his lips. Sam looked confused and Teal'c just looked… Teal'c-ish.
"How can you tell?" Sam questioned. Daniel flicked up a split-screen image of a section of the Abydos cartouche and the address of the planet. "P4X 429 is a planet listed on the cartouche, so the chances are that the Goa'uld have been there. The strange thing is, there's no evidence of destruction." A picture of the area appeared on the screen. Several makeshift "houses", some of which had collapsed over time, were surrounded by basic cooking and cleaning utensils that looked as though they hadn't been used in years.
"What happened?" Jack asked, finally paying attention. Daniel switched the screen off. "That's what I wanna find out. It seems that no one has been around here for over three hundred years." Hammond stood and Daniel took his seat opposite Jack.
"Thank you Doctor Jackson." Hammond turned to the whole of SG-1. "Colonel O'Neill, I want you to take your team to examine this artefact further and find out if it would be any use to us. Hopefully it will be able to tell us why this whole population has disappeared without a trace. You leave in one hour."
Jack nodded and led his team to prepare for the mission.
"Jack, why do you have to keep doing that?" Daniel asked in an aggravated voice when the others were out of earshot.
"Do what?" Jack asked innocently, with a smirk.
"You know what I'm talking about. Not paying any attention to me when I'm doing a briefing, then—"
"I was paying attention!" Jack argued. He lowered his voice to almost a whisper, "I was just thinking about what I'm gonna do to you when we get back from this mission."
That shut Daniel up. He stood, speechless, for a second before following Jack down the corridor.
*****
Almost one hour later, SG1 stood in the 'gate room, waiting for the go-ahead from Hammond. The 'gate began to spin, encoding and locking chevrons for the planet, and the wormhole engaged. Jack allowed himself a smile, still proud of the fact that he had no idea how that thing worked, but happy in the knowledge that at lease someone in his team knew.
"SG-1, you have a go," Hammond announced over Jack's musings, "good luck."
Jack smirked and followed his team up the ever-familiar ramp to the 'gate. He patted Daniel on the back.
"Brains before beauty."
"Sometimes I don't know why I put up with you," Daniel muttered. Jack smiled and pushed Daniel through the event horizon, before stepping through himself, a smirk covering his features.