For the Good of SG-1

Author's Note: Same as all the others, SG1 belongs to the show and everyone else belongs to me, please don't use them just enjoy. ;)

Chapter One: True Struggle

The first days after returning to the Valley of the Vannas moved quickly for Daniel and Jack. Akina and Greer came over the morning after their return and Johnny quickly hugged his friend and refused to let go. Daniel planned out a workweek that mostly consisted of three classes for now as well as a few private lessons then they spent the afternoon hanging out with Adrian and his children. It wasn't until the early morning of the third day they were home that everything started coming down around them.

Early morning light streamed into the bedroom when a scream emitted from somewhere above their heads and Daniel rushed from the bedroom before even thinking about who was screaming. He rushed upstairs and knew that Jack was hot on his heels. Daniel found himself in Johnny's room and scooping their youngest son into his arms as the little boy continued to scream. Daniel winced at the sound but did not stop himself from tucking Johnny's head into his neck and immediately started murmuring words and shushing him gently. He felt Jack close in next to him and press a hand into the back of Johnny's neck before he left the room to check on the other children.

"Its gonna be okay JJ, we're home now and you're going to be okay."

He kept waiting for the emotional transference that they had been using since he was a baby to let them know what was going on inside Johnny but it didn't come. Daniel took another deep breath and just kept talking and rocking. He couldn't undo whatever was going on inside his son but Daniel could be here as the screams slowed to whimpers and settled into silence. Daniel just kept rocking even as the silence reigned once more in the house.

"Do you want to go back to bed?" Daniel asked, rubbing his fingers through Johnny's semi long blonde hair. He could feel Johnny's heart rate under his thumb as it calmed and steadied into a normal rhythm.

Johnny didn't nod or shake his head; nothing to tell Daniel what was going on inside the little boy.

"Do you want me to lay down with you?" Daniel whispered.

He got nothing in return; Daniel was really starting to worry about the radio silence. It was weird after constantly being filled with constant feelings from the mute little boy. So instead of continuing to guess Daniel picked up Johnny and walked out of the bedroom and downstairs to his bedroom. Johnny didn't fight it so Daniel figured it was fine with the child. He walked into his bedroom and climbed into bed awkwardly and laid Johnny down next to him. Daniel slipped his arm under Johnny's neck and the little boy tucked himself into Daniel's chest. He felt when Jack climbed into the other side of the bed and the retired General pressed close to Johnny and kissed the little boy gently. Daniel caught Jack's gaze and he gave a tremulous smile and Jack returned it gently.

"Are the others okay?" Daniel whispered over Johnny's head.

Jack nodded, "Yeah, just worried about Johnny."

"Me too," Daniel returned quietly.

With that Daniel closed his eyes and tried to go back to sleep. There was nothing more he could do until Johnny told them somehow what he might need. He found he couldn't sleep so he just continued to rub his fingers through Johnny's hair and lay in bed. He knew Jack wasn't sleeping either but there was no way Daniel was going to talk about anything while Johnny was in bed with them. Not until he figured out what they were going to do to help their youngest get through everything that happened in the past.

Daniel had a feeling they were going to have to force the issue with Zale and Zada, as they were the only ones who were around Johnny during the kidnapping. Part of him was glad that Janet and Claire had very little interaction with the kidnappers, that they'd been asleep for most of the event but Zale, Zada and especially Johnny already had so much to deal with that this was just one more thing. How would they be able to deal with whatever happened to them?

Daniel started when Jack's hand reached over and touched the side of his face gently. Jack's callused fingers rubbed along Daniel's throat and around to the nape of his neck over Johnny's sleeping head and Daniel smiled again.

Jack sat up and leaned over their flighty child and pressed his lips to Daniel's in a gentle closed-mouth caress. Then he moved back a millimeter to speak into Daniel's lips, "Together remember?"

Daniel frowned though he knew exactly what his husband was saying, sometimes he liked to hear it out loud.

"That's what we do right?" he asked with another gentle kiss.

"Together like everything else then," Daniel whispered back.

"Always together."

Didn't ever seem to matter what they were going through as a couple or as a family, as long as Jack said that word, that phrase to him then Daniel felt like he could handle anything. It was actually amazing all they had accomplished together in the last ten years, including making the five most beautiful children in the world and doing everything in their power to be sure they knew that Jack and Daniel loved them despite the magical strangeness.

Coming back here, no matter what they would have to deal with would always be the right thing because they were together and their children were in a world that made sense to them.

With Jack's reassurances echoing in his mind, Daniel took a couple deep breaths and settled down to actually sleep, glad to finally let go of everything, the things that he couldn't control He would be there for his children but he couldn't stop life from happening. They did the right thing coming back but Daniel also understood finally that no matter what how they reacted, Daniel would deal.

With that self-assurance packed on top of Jack's words Daniel slept.