Author's note: Some Daniel whumping but not bad since he fights back, Go Danny! Please review!

Chapter Ten: Half and Half

Daniel shifted from one foot to the other, straightening the glasses he recently had to start wearing again. His vision was still so much better than when they left but it had faded to the point of needing help so they were once again perched on his nose. Jack jiggled his hand, "You look fabulous Danny."

Daniel smiled shyly and looked down and checked the kid's clothes and fussed over his and the door opened. He got a nice look at the parents of his Colonel. They were both attractive but older as Daniel imagined, greying hair but bright eyes that were very serious. Daniel wondered what was going through their heads right now, Jack told him that his dad wanted them here and Lauren was having problems with their relationship and the children. When Jack came back and talked to Daniel the day before, Daniel wanted to send Jack back to the house with Zada and Johnny so they wouldn't make waves but Jack refused to allow it. So here they were waiting for the parents to let them inside. Ben smiled and waved his hand and the children wandered in the door. He counted heads and looked to Daniel and Jack.

"I thought you said you have five, I count six?" Ben responded as Lauren followed the kids with her eyes. Daniel watched her gaze, as she kept it on Zada and Johnny but passed over the other kids. She knew which ones were biologically Jack's and the others didn't mean anything to her. Daniel sighed and Jack tucked him in close, offering some comfort.

"Greer," Jack said, pointing out the right kid, "Is a friend's kid. He ended up separated from his parents when we got back here."

"That's got to be tough on the little guy," Ben said and they all walked into the living room. Ben and Lauren took the couch and Jack and Daniel stood in front of them and stood with the kids in front of them.

"Okay, so I want to meet your grandchildren; Zale Charles, Zada Rea, Janet Catherine, Claire Samantha and Jonathan 'Johnny' Hammond. Kids, this is my mom Lauren and my dad Benjamin."

Benjamin waved to them and Lauren just watched the proceedings, Daniel hated this. All of their kids had strong empathic abilities, unable to keep from feeling the emotions of others. If Lauren touched any of them, they were going to know that she didn't really want any of them here.

"Well there is this great backyard that has been sitting there waiting for some grandkids to come and play, would you like to try it out?"

Ben got a round of nods and so he showed them the way, touching Johnny's shoulder in comfort. Daniel smiled as Johnny looked up and smiled at his grandfather. He waited until they were out of the room before Lauren turned back to watch them both.

"And you are?" Lauren asked rudely.

Daniel nodded and halted Jack when his Colonel was going to come to the rescue, "My name is Daniel Jackson."

"Doctor," Jack interrupted.

"I am Doctor Daniel Jackson, I am the loving partner of your handsome son Jack and also the Daddy to Jack's children. Jack and I met about fifteen years ago at work; I am a consultant for the Air Force. I have loved him for a long time and we have been in a committed relationship for over ten years."

Daniel turned and looked at Jack, noticing that Ben had rejoined them soon after started talking. He smiled at Jack then turned back to the parents before them, noticing the anger on Lauren's face and the joy on Ben's face. It seemed so strange that the couple had such conflicting emotions about this.

"You did this to him, I know it's your fault somehow. He loved Sarah and if he isn't going to be with her then he should find another woman to make a family with."

Daniel reared back at the venom in her tone. "We became a couple because we realized we loved each other to much to ignore the feelings anymore. We never planned to be together and when someone offered to help us have children, we went for it. We didn't think we were ever going to come back here; we made a life for ourselves. I love your son more than life itself and I watched him come back to life during the years before we got together and I wanted to be a part of that sunshine, that smile."

Daniel never let go of Jack's shimmering gaze and before Daniel could stop him Jack leaned forward and kissed Daniel on the mouth. He wanted to pull away, to respect the house of Jack's parents but Jack held the back of his neck gently so he just kissed Jack back for a minute. When Jack pulled back it was to the slow clapping from Ben and Daniel pressed his forehead to Jack's.

Ben chuckled as he moved to sit back down next to Lauren who was still frowning. Jack turned back to his parents but kept holding Daniel's hand in his.

"That was unexpected but it was nice. I remember seeing Jack after Charlie, the sadness in my son but I see him now and I know that light you spoke of Daniel had always been there until Charlie. Now it's coming back and after that kiss I know it's because of you."

Daniel blushed and looked down at his hands and watched Jack rubbed his thumb across Daniel's knuckles. Jack coughed a little and he spoke, "As much as I enjoy the being talked about, I feel I need to say something here."

"Jack we have already heard from you, that you love him and that he's your soul mate."

Daniel looked to Jack, "You called me your soul mate?" he asked, it wasn't as if the word had never come up before but the fact that Jack said it to his parents was really sweet.

"Daniel, you are my soul mate. When you were my best friend and my partner, when we worked together and when we fell in love. You have always been under my skin with your high moral standing and you cute little concentration face, not to mention the desperate way I need to be a better man for you, just you."

Daniel smiled and turned to look at Lauren who stood to get away from her husband. He wasn't going to speak again; they shared more with these people in the last ten minutes then they had with any other person besides each other. He wasn't going to prove to this woman that he was the best person for Jack to be with, that no one could love him better than Daniel did.

So he stayed silent, about Jack anyway, "Mrs. O'Neill, I need you to do me a favor and by favor I mean you will do this for me. Keep your hands off my children until you can at least accept them and love them, I don't really care that you don't accept me but they know when people feel negatively about them. Don't hurt them with your feelings."

With that, Daniel stood up and walked past the couch and the woman who still stood in judgment of them and walked out into the backyard to play with his children, all of his children.