How Many Ways Can You Say I Love You?

Spacegypsy1

Romance/Daniel and Vala

Bits and pieces of Daniel's and Vala's possible confessions of love. No real story line, just little snippets of their confessions - totally unrelated - that could happen between our archeologist and space pirate! Adding more to this series.

Number Four: Cold

When the car decided to fail with a clunk and a sudden bucking motion Daniel had managed to coast to the thick snow drifts on the side of the two lane highway somewhere in the Rocky Mountains miles from Cheyenne Mountain.

Wind rocked the car and snow so thick you couldn't see two feet in front of you began to pile up around the car. Twenty minutes of phone calls resulted in twenty minutes of no help coming for at least an hour. The Wrecker services all around were tied up and no one at SGC could get out.

Vala turned on the radio. "At least this works."

Daniel turned it off. "We'll run the battery down."

"It's going to get awfully cold and dark."

"Yep. Not much we can do about it."

"I'm already cold."

"Come here." He wrapped an arm around her and pulled her closer.

"I'm still cold."

He opened his jacket and she settled into him with part of the jacket around her shoulder. "Better?"

"I need chocolate. Do you have chocolate?"

"Nope."

"I need something sweet. And maybe a long hot bubble bath."

"I can furnish the sweet, the bath will have to wait." He kissed her sweetly.

"Why did you do that?"

He shrugged. "I just felt like it."

"Why?

"I don't know, Vala. You look particularly adorable?"

"That's not it, Daniel. I always look adorable."

"That you do."

She grinned. "Would you care to do that again?"

"I think I can manage that." He kissed her experimentally.

"Hmmm, not bad."

"Not bad?"

"Not as good as The Prometheus Kiss."

"I don't think that counts. I was knocked senseless and had no idea what I was doing."

"Are you at long last falling in love with me?" She sighed, hopefully.

"Maybe." He responded noncommittally.

"Let's try again. With a mouth like yours you have got to be an extraordinary kisser. I've sampled, I know." Vala closed her eyes and waited but nothing happened. When her eyes opened he was smiling at her. She grinned and shut them again, waiting.

"Open your eyes." The tremor of his voice sent electric shocks all through her. When she did he kissed her properly.

"Oh, Daniel. That was much better than The Prometheus Kiss." She felt a bit dazed.

"You closed your eyes."

"I couldn't help it. Do you love me?"

"I do."

"Really? You're not snow-blind or something like that?"

"Nope."

"You know, Daniel, it's getting hot in this car."

"I know."

"All this shared body heat; the windows are fogging up."

"Yep."

"You're not going to say it are you?"

"What?" He was looking into her eyes a foolish grin on his face.

"You know… the three little words."

"You're cold? You're hot? Where are we? You're bored? " Daniel placed his hands on either side of her head, tangling his fingers with her hair. His thumbs traced circles around her ears.

"Daniel." Her tone was warning.

"I love you?" Eyebrows went up, his grin widened and sparks seemed to flash in his blue eyes.

"Yes. Those." She kissed him with pent up longing held inside since that first kiss so long ago.

"I love you." He said against her lips, kissing her the way he should have so long ago.