Hi guys, sorry it's taken me so long to update. Hope you enjoy this little one. It's quite short and I wrote it quickly so sorry for any mistakes. Hope you all like it!
And Darling...
Vala stirred as he opened the door, a stream of light gently illuminating the room for a moment as he slipped through, closing the door and trapping the light behind him. Daniel crept over to the wooden cot at the end of the bed, smoothing the jet black tufts of hair on his sleeping daughter's head.
He quickly undressed, pulling on a pair of frayed, worn pyjama pants before pulling back the covers and sliding in next to Vala. She always stayed on base when he was off world, and this was the third mission he'd been on since Olivia had been born two months ago.
'Daniel?' Vala whispered sleepily, rolling over to face him.
'It's just me. Go back to sleep.' He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close.
'You're back early. Miss me did you?' She yawned and settled in next to him, her head on his chest.
'Nope, the mission was a bust. Nothing of any cultural or historical value whatsoever. Only treasure and jewels as far as we could tell.'
'What? Treasure?' She lifted her head to stare at him.
'Just kidding. We got the device Sam wanted quicker that we thought so we came back early.'
'You should never joke about treasure, Darling.' Vala poked him playfully in the cheek and lay back down.
'How was Livvie tonight?'
'She missed you. It took me ages to get her to sleep.' She yawned again, 'And speaking of sleep, it's-' She looked over at the alarm clock on the bedside table, ' 0352 and as wonderful as it is for you to get an early mark, I'm quite tired. I never sleep well when you're off world without me.'
'Lucky I'm back early then.'
They settled back into the darkness, Daniel absentmindedly tracing patterns on Vala's back. It was only when he could hear Olivia's small breaths and feel Vala's chest steadily rising and falling under his fingers that he too fell asleep.
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