CHAPTER 7
He finally juggles the key in the lock and pushes the door open. Vala has the baby in the carrier and she finds the couch and sets her on the floor next to it while she gets everything ready for feeding. She hears the door clank shut and opens her shirt and bra before lifting Adria out of her carrier.
"Time for lunch, then a nap so daddy and I can have some time to ourselves."
Cam smiles as he hears her call him "daddy" even jokingly. He knows it means something to her, too.
He puts the bags in his bedroom and then walks out to crouch down behind the couch and see how things are progressing. It's always beautiful, watching her nurse, and he could happily sit here looking on for hours.
"Poor dear is starving. You'd think you never feed the munchkin." He kisses Vala's ear and starts massaging her shoulders as he stands up. She rolls her head out of the way so he can really dig into the muscles there.
"You have magic fingers." She moans the words out.
"Oh, Love, you have no idea." He swallows hard. The endearment just slipped free and he hopes she doesn't notice. He keeps moving his hands to cover for himself.
He did love her. Was in love with her. He knows it's true, but it's not something he wants her to know, not yet.
"I bet Mama's hungry too, isn't she?" Cam leans over and kisses the top of her head. "I'll go fix us something while you get her situated."
"You're too good to me," Vala says, leaning back against the sofa while Adria eats. "But feel free to continue at your leisure."
Cam laughs from the kitchen. "Will do."
He doesn't have much in the way of groceries at his place, but he had stopped off earlier and gotten sandwich meat and bread, so he grills them up a couple of melts quickly. By the time he walks back in to her with two sandwiches on a plate, and a bag of chips, she's already got Adria fed and burped, and is putting her down in the little portable crib.
"So how is she sleeping now?" He asks, realizing that he hadn't woken up the night before. "I didn't hear her last night."
"She'll go down for about five hours at a time. She cried, you just didn't hear it."
"Sleeping like the dead, huh?" Cam laughs, and then realizes Vala isn't laughing.
"I should have been there," she says, quietly. "I could have helped. Daniel can't use the hand device like I can."
Cam shakes his head. "It wouldn't have done any good, I bet. No way you could have gotten to everyone there."
"I don't care about everyone," she says. "Just you."
He isn't sure if he should smile at that or not. It's a touching sentiment, but exactly the reason why the SGC is hesitant to trust Vala. She puts her own interests above the safety of the world, and with good reason; this isn't her world. She owes them nothing. Vala protects what is her own and nothing more.
Cam realizes that in a strange way this is her declaring him as hers. That part definitely makes him smile. "I'm back. I'm here. No permanent damage done. You need to check for yourself?"
Vala finishes off her sandwich, and delicately wipes away crumbs with her napkin. "Be careful what sort of invitations you're offering out there, Colonel. I just might."
"And I just might let you." Cam meets her grin with one of his own.
"Might?" She's interested in exploring this possibility.
Words are lost on Cam. Instead he pulls her into his arms. His lips meet hers. It feels like it's been forever since they've kissed. It's barely been an hour and his mouth is starving for hers.
"Will." There has been enough waiting, enough teasing and after the encounter in the park and her lack of denial over Adria's parentage. They are ready. She's ready and oh, God, he wants her. He puts his hands on her hips and draws her closer to him. Her hands have flattened against his cheeks and he's pushing her backwards now.
"It only took me three months to get you in bed." Vala teases him as she starts kissing his jaw and neck.
"We aren't in bed yet..." Cam lets his hands slide under her shirt and lifts it upwards, pushing it over her head. Her bra quickly follows. He wants her naked. Now. He's afraid this is going to be over too quickly, but with all the waiting he wants to play without clothing in the way.
"Close enough," Vala says, crawling into his lap. He kisses her collarbone, down her chest. He avoids her nipples because he knows what will happen when he gets his mouth on those and he doesn't think right now she really needs it, not with Adria having just eaten. He keeps going down as far as he can, and she sits up straighter to accommodate him.
He wraps his arms around her and stands quickly in one fluid motion. She laughs and her arms tighten around his neck as he carries her into the bedroom. He drops down onto the bed first, controlling their fall. She ends up on top of him, smiling down.
"Now this is more like it..." He rolls them over, leaning away to yank his own shirt off. Taking her hand, he presses it to the spot where his heart is pounding just beneath. "See? Alive."
She blinks away sudden tears, blaming the headiness of the moment. "Very."
He leans down and kisses her again, moving her hand down to feel where his cock is pressing insistently against his pants. He lets her feel that, too. "Very alive."
Her fingers close around him and she nods. "I want that."
"You can have it," he says. "But let me do something for you first."
His lips trail down her flat stomach, and he pushes at her pants until they slip free of hers hips. She realizes what he's doing and a thrill runs through her.
"Such a gentleman. Putting a woman's orgasm before his own." She helps him with her panties, pulling her thighs together and tugging them to her knees. She has no qualms about being completely nude before him. He helps her finish getting naked and she lets her thighs spread before him, baring her sex to him.
"Who said you get to come?" He's kissing the delicate flesh on the inside of her leg. It's as smooth and soft as Adria's skin. His tongue teases along her thigh and instead of heading towards her throbbing folds, he's going to her knee. Now that she's naked he wants to slow down. There is a feast in front of him and he doesn't want to overindulge and miss the dessert that's brought out later.
"I said." She sighs as his hand makes lazy patterns on her leg following the path of his mouth. "I'll do it-"
"No, no you won't." Her scowl almost makes him laugh, but he holds back. "I want to. Don't go jumping the gun. Let me love you." He kisses the inside of her knee before licking the underside. Her reaction is perfection as her head falls back, her hips buck up and a moan escapes her throat. "This is for you. I want to love you."
Vala nods, she's not sure if he sees, but she can't speak. His words have her choked up. No one has ever wanted to love her. Not like this. She'll let him because she can and she knows it's like a gift she's giving him.
Once he can tell it's been settled, he follows her tendons and muscles down to her foot. He spends time exploring her ankle with his lips and tongue while his fingers dig into her sole, massaging away any ache that might be lingering from being on her feet so much.
He garners the same attention on the opposite foot and starts his journey back up. Her calf muscle is hard and the skin is smooth, she's shaved recently, and he kisses the smattering of freckles he discovers on the back of her leg.
This thigh almost seems more sensitive then the other one, her gasps and moans are more frequent and she's twitching when the tip of his tongue slides across her skin. He can smell her now. The scent of her arousal sends a flare of need to his cock. It's distractingly insistent about the need to be within her heat. He ignores it, for now.
When his nose hits the crease where her thigh meets her sex he pulls back. His hands slip under her ass and he uses his thumbs to spread her lips. She's glistening and swollen red with wanting.
There is a flood of moisture released as his head falls closer. Her hips are canting toward him and she's right on edge. He just wants to look at her. Her sex so wet and heated for him. He did this to her and it makes him proud and even more in love with her. Her labia is open and he follows the lines of her folds with his eyes up to her clit. The little nub is practically throbbing for him. He can almost see her heartbeat in the small organ.
"Dammit, Mitchell, just... God, please..." She reaches for his hair and tries to force him down on her. But he won't budge. She's so horny and is afraid and almost hoping that she comes as soon as his lips touch her. Just to bring some relief from this torture.
"Taking my time, baby, looking at you. You're beautiful. So wet and ready. It might be time to taste you." The sweep of his tongue across her slit startles her. She squeaks his name as she draws in a gasping breath. She's heavenly and he dives in for more.
His tongue is licking her everywhere, from opening to just below her clit. He's leaving the little bundle alone for now, she's too on edge and he wants this to last. He loves going down on women. But it's never been this fulfilling for him. With her juices constantly flowing now, he lets his tongue slip inside her. Her sheath is squeezing and grabbing, trying to draw him deeper. His cock jumps at the feeling. It wants that tight heat around it.
He suckles on her labia lightly before moving to her clitoris. It's hard and red and he can see the head exposed. She's turned on and her soft mewing sounds are like candy for his ears. He finally lets her have what she's been wanting.
Very slowly he slips his lips around the bud. Rolling it between his lips, just a little and tickling the end with his tongue. His chin is covered in a flood of moisture as he starts to work in earnest. He sucks and licks moving his mouth in short up and down motions. As if her clit is a tiny cock and he's giving her a blow job. Every swipe of his tongue makes her twitch and he knows that she's right on the edge of climax.
One of his hands leaves cupping her ass and he plunges his middle finger into her tight sheath. The contractions begin around the digit immediately and her hands are pulling his hair. She's coming and he did that. He got her off.
His mouth brings her down slowly as his hand makes easy strokes inside her. She's breathing hard and erratically and he knows she came hard.
Vala feels like someone has just unleashed a torrent of sensation that's been tightly bound up for months. She's still trembling, still wanting despite the satisfaction thrumming through her, but it's such an amazing thing to experience. She reaches for him greedily, wanting him up - wanting kisses, wanting touches, wanting his cock.
Cam's fine with not waiting, too. He gets his pants off and groans when the first thing she does is touch him the way she'd tried to before, fingers wrapping around his shaft and stroking. It's too soft, too gentle - he needs more. He reaches for a condom and slides it on. They've got one baby to deal with right now - he has no intention of risking a second.
She doesn't seem to mind overly much right now, anyway. She's sighing, running her hands over his back, sliding her leg against his. "I want you," she moans right in his ear. "I want you inside me."
"I want to be there." He just rests his weight against her for a minute. Feeling her silky skin beneath him, covering her with his body, it's so erotic. His cock slips between her folds and he thrusts, just short and abrupt, and catches the side of her clit. The tiny nub is still looking for more attention and she hisses in his ear. "But not quite yet. You feel really good like this."
Her hands languidly dance along his back as he turns his head to kiss her. She can taste herself on his lips. Vala laps at him gathering more of her essence from the hot cavern of his mouth. His flavor is there too and when it meshes with hers, a heady, musky, sweet and salty taste invades her senses. It's delicious.
His hips press harder against her, stroking her folds with his cock. The soft mewing sounds she was making were captured in his mouth. Soon they both needed more oxygen, so he kisses down her neck. He rubs his chest against her which causes her hard, pointed nipples to tease through the soft hair there.
"Thats..." The s sound is drawn out. "Wow, I'm not sure if it's too much or just right." Her breasts are a strange area for her now. She's glad she just fed Adria because if she hadn't she knows there would be a mess of milk between them. As it was she could feel some of it expressing.
Cam wants to play with her nipples. Despite them being the food for her daughter, they are a fascination for him. He arches his back so he can get his mouth on her breasts without moving his cock from her sex. He stares at the hard points for a moment. They are a dark brown color and he can see the fluid leaking from them. He's tasted her before, but not like this. It excites him even more and he lowers his head and kisses her lightly around her breast, slowly spiraling towards her nipple.
Vala's hand grabs his hair and she can't decide if she wants to push him away or pull him closer. The sensations are so extreme. She decides that just having part of him tight against her palm is enough because she doesn't use pressure either way.
Cam's nose bumps her nipple and that's when he decides enough is enough. His mouth closes over it and he starts to suckle. He's seen Adria do it enough to know that he's not the same. His teeth scrape as lightly as possible and she's calling his name over and over. The hot rush of sweet milk floods his mouth and he just swallows. His tongue laps at the tip and diverts the flow to the roof of his mouth. He can feel the nipple swell more against his tongue. Her body must have decided it enjoys his attention. He feels a flood of warm wetness against his balls as she prepares for another orgasm. She's liquid silk and maybe it's time he gives her what she wants, what they both want.
Him to be buried inside her heat.
It's never felt like this before and Vala can hardly stand it. The orgasm almost takes her by surprise, washing over her. She wants him so badly and she can't quite stop herself, hitching a leg over his thigh and bringing him home.
Cam isn't expecting it either - he isn't expecting to just slip right into her, for her body to find just that right angle to take him in. He thrusts and finds his way home and he sucks hard. That's enough for Vala. With him buried deep inside of her, she starts to come.
Cam has to stop suckling and just press his mouth to her shoulder to get himself under control as he feels the spasms, the rhythmic clenching as her body tries to milk him like his mouth had been doing to her breasts.
"More," she demands, still gasping. "Move, please."
He lifts himself up on one arm and looks down at them, at where they're joined. It's such an erotic sight and he gives in to her orders then, starting to slide in and out of her eager body.
He goes back to kissing her, letting her taste the faint flavor of the milk on his tongue. He already knows how she likes to kiss. He feels like he already knows a lot about her, actually. It doesn't take away from the newness at all, just adds a level of complexity that he's missed in sex. It's about more than bodies right now.
It's hard to move and stay sane. Cam's nipping and sucking at her lips and he feels like he's reached a new level of pleasure. She demands that he plunge in and out of her, so he does it. It's not easy to hold himself in check. His balls are tight against his body. He's barely holding onto the modicum of control.
Her lips are too much for him and he goes back to her collarbone, nipping and licking, sucking and biting. He's going to leave marks, but that knowledge only sends him deeper into the abyss of sensation. Even with the latex surrounding his cock, she's wet and hot. The slick sounds of him moving in and out of her body send tingles down his spine. There is too much stimulus and he can't tune any of it out. His body is a rush of awareness. Every little touch, every scent, every flavor is making him tumble towards the point past his ability to control his body.
Vala loves him inside her. He's stretching her marvelously and every thrust pushes on the perfect point inside her. The ridge of his cock drags over that special spot and makes her shudder. The motion is practically frictionless because she's so very, very wet. She clenches her muscles around him to garner a bigger feeling. She hears a him suck in a deep breath so she does it again. She cants her hips upwards and climbs her legs further up his ribs. The change in angle suits them both and his tempo increases.
"Vala," Cam says, out of breath. He can feel sweat dripping down his face. Every cell in his body feels like it's gearing up for this. "Soon..."
"Yes," she gasps, clinging to him, letting him do all of the work right now. His hands grasp her legs to hold them just in the right spot and he leans away from her a little, powering up for the end.
He cries out loudly as he starts to come inside of her, shuddering at the intensity of it. He watches her bring herself off again, surprised that she can manage one more - but this is Vala, she doesn't do anything on a small scale.
He stays there for long moments and then slowly lowers himself onto her as he starts to soften, his eyes shutting as euphoria washes over him. She doesn't seem to mind the weight of him, so he rolls just enough to the side so he won't crush her, but still keeps her under him.
Sleep is tempting in those moments just after. He can feel her breathing even out, and he lets his eyes shut. He doesn't really go anywhere, just lets the moment drift by him, feeling her around him still, letting himself ease back into normalcy.
Until the baby starts to cry.
Vala actually laughs, rolling over onto her back. "Well, I suppose it was polite of her to wait until we were finished, at least."
"Yeah," Cam says, joining in her laugh. "Very polite."
He holds the condom as he pulls free of her. Both of them groan at the loss of the connection. It's almost unreal, the fact they've made love, unbelievable, but it was worth all the waiting. He tosses the used latex into the garbage and follows her out. He sees that she's changing Adria.
"Don't dress her." When she gives him a quizzical look, he simply smiles and heads into the bathroom.
She cleans the baby's bottom up but leaves the diaper off and pulls the onesie she was napping in over her head. The sound of the bathtub spigot opening makes her grin.
"Bath time with mommy and daddy." She starts at her own slip, glad that the sound of rushing water covered her words. "Lets go get clean."
Cam's just adjusted the temperature so it's not very hot so Adria's skin doesn't burn. He hops in and starts to quickly soap himself up and rinse off.
Vala pokes her head behind the curtain and sees him letting the water run over his head and the rivulets of suds washing down the drain.
He pushes the excess water out of his eyes and holds his hands out to take the baby. She's happy to hand her over and then jumps in as well.
"Hi." He props the baby on his hip and then reaches out to stop her as she scoots passed him to get wet. His head dips down and kisses her. "NIce of you two to join me."
"It's nice to have someone to wash your back for you." She grins and dips her head back to drench her hair.
"Your momma probably misses the slaves she used to have."
"Oh the things a young, nubile man servant could do for me." She plays along. "I'll just have to make due with you now, though."
"I'll try to provide for your every whim." Cam reaches for her, the water droplets are enticing him to places he just discovered. His finger follows behind one, tracing the path down her neck and between her breasts. It trickles along her abs, swirls around her belly button and gets lost in her curls as it reaches her sex. His pointer slips between her lower lips and touches her clit. "Hopefully I can live up to your expectations."
"You're doing wonderfully so far." Her legs slip apart and give him some room to work. "It's good she's so young or you might scar her."
Adria was too busy playing with Cam's ear to even notice what was happening with her mother. "She's occupied, baby."
Adria squirms and turns her face toward the spray, ending up with water in her face. She stares at Cam for a few seconds as if she's shocked by it, and then bursts into tears.
"Oh, come on, honey, it's just water," Cam tries to console her, to no avail. Vala leans back against the wall of the shower and laughs at him. "I think really she just didn't enjoy not being the center of attention here."
"Well, I don't know who she gets that from," Vala says, smirking.
Cam steps out of the shower, grabbing a towel and drying himself and Adria both off. "Okay, maybe we need to try that one again without the little squirt."
Adria's back to feeling chipper about everything now that she's out of the water. She bounces in Cam's arms, but he's distracted watching Vala as she starts to soap up her hair. It's better than the best television show; live entertainment in 3D and technicolor, real enough to reach out and touch.
She realizes he's staring and looks at him. "What? Have I missed a spot?"
He shakes his head and swallows, trying not to look as much like a teenage boy as he feels right now, having gotten caught checking out the hottest girl in class.
She tilts her head at him, eyes narrowing. "There's something..."
"You're just... you look good," he admits. "Amazing."
Her face lights up in a smile that makes the embarrassment of saying that entirely worth it.
"Want to just hang out here?" He tickles Adria's nose with the fuzzy end of the towel, and she giggles. "I can take you back to the base if you want..."
"I'm sorry. The water is quite loud." Vala's done rinsing and she reaches for a towel, which he hands her. "Did you really just ask if you should return me to the SGC?"
"I..." He buries his face in Adria's tuft of hair. "Yeah."
"Now I just feel like a, what's that term, oh yes. Booty call."
Cam's aghast that she would ever feel that way. "I... Vala, honey, that's not what-"
Her hand cups his chin and pulls it up to look at her. She's got a giant grin on her face. "Just teasing you. It's nice of you to ask." She kisses his lips and wraps the towel around her hair. "What are we going to do?"
"First, put on clothes." Cam eyes her ass as she retreats into their room. Their room. He just thought that and it surprised him but it felt right. "Then I was thinking we could cuddle on the couch and watch a movie."
He leaves the bathroom and digs out a diaper for Adria and some Pajama's. It's only late afternoon but he knows he's still not recovered from the mission. After he gets Adria dressed, he sets her on her belly in the bed. He gives her a toy and heads back to get some pants on.
"I like when clothing is more... optional..." Vala has one of his dress shirts on, but it's not buttoned yet as she turns around. She looks down at the shirt and lets it slide down her arms.
He reaches out and pulls her into his arms. "I think it's better if we have clothes on. For Adria's future therapy bills." Her flesh feels so good against him and she reaches between them to palm his cock. He groans into her hair but his body is still out of the count. "You're insatiable."
"I've just been waiting forever." She kisses under his chin before walking over and pulling a sleeping shirt out of her duffle. "Are pants required?"
"As long as that shirt is long enough." He watches as she slips it on and then models it, spinning for him. She starts to leave and he catches her bicep and pulls her shoulder to shoulder with him. "Panties, too." Her pout makes him kiss it away before he spins her back around to put underwear on.
Cam grabs his favorite pair of sweats and tugs them on.
"How come I'm required to wear underwear and you aren't?"
"I can't be trusted if you're right there..."
"I trust you." She tiptoes up and rubs her nose against his.
"I don't trust me. Not after this afternoon. I want you too much." Cam kisses her lips quickly and tosses an arm around her shoulders bringing her out to the living room. "What movie?"
She pulls Adria out of the crib, she doesn't want to leave her stuffed toy so she grabs it and drags it out with her stuffing it into her mouth and sucking on it. "Something funny. Sweet and lots of action!"
"You don't ask for much do you?" He peruses the titles on the DVD's lining his shelf. "How about two of the three?" She shrugs and he pulls out Demolition Man. "I guess there is a little sweet in here as well."
He pops it in and hits play, then sits on the end of the couch and puts one leg against the back. He reaches for her and pulls her into the crook of his thighs.
She pulls the blanket off the back of the couch and leans back, her head on his shoulder. Adria sits in her lap and happily plays with her toy.
"This is much better than the base."
"Yes, it is." He kisses her temple and they settle in for the evening. Content and sated and feeing like a real family. It's a feeling he doesn't want to ever lose. He'll protect this with everything he has.
