Chapter Twenty-Six: Vannas Family Christmas
Author's note: Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you enjoy the smutty goodness as well as the JackDaniel family fluff. Please comment, they are like crack! :D
Daniel knew Jack was up to something, he'd been with the retired Colonel for ten plus years but he couldn't really figure it out. Jack was talking to Ben and leaving the house with his father at least once a day for the last couple days and Adrian was being all secretive and silly. The kids were watching their Papa with curiosity as well so they didn't know what was going on but honestly it didn't change much of Daniel's day. Between working with students, and training with Adrian as well as Teal'c who had recently reentered their home after Jack and Sam had their talk the other day. Sam had been over a couple times as well as the kids and Daniel watched as his children got used to having Jacob, Haikon and Ishtar around again. They didn't understand why there had been a separation because that was about Jack and Sam but now they were back.
Daniel figured it was another anniversary that Jack was hiding so he just tried to ignore the shifty behavior. The fighting with Adrian and Teal'c had helped a lot because Adrian was magical and Teal'c was much larger than Daniel. They had techniques that Jack didn't necessarily use because they were about the same size. Sam had also showed him how to do some self defense training that was different as well because it was geared towards women, Daniel was just glad for the training, for the first time since they came to the Vannas land, he didn't need Jack to protect him physically. Daniel needed Jack for so much more and Daniel didn't want to do this forever so it was just in case Trygg attacked him or challenged him.
One evening a couple days later, Jack and Daniel tucked the children into bed and then went straight to bed since Jack had been touching Daniel every time they passed each other, rubbing his hands along Daniel's butt or pressing his lips into that space at the crook of Daniel's neck. Clearly Jack had no intention of sitting in the living room and reading before bed so Daniel closed the door behind them and Jack was there, crowding him into the closed door with his over heated body and hard muscles. Daniel sucked in a deep breath as Jack pressed in close and then his retired soldier's mouth was pressing into Daniel's mouth, a hot and open mouthed kiss that took Daniel's breath and shut off his brain.
When Jack pulled back for a second, Daniel gasped and spoke "What is with you Colonel Jack?"
Jack grinned lasciviously before he pulled the shirt off over his head and slipped his hands down at Daniel's waist and they slipped in the gap between his shirt and jeans. The sensation took Daniel's breath as Jack tugged the shirt up over Daniel's head and then skin-to-skin contact had him panting and pressing his mouth into Jack's again. "Bed," Daniel whined a little.
Jack grinned again and they moved, stumbling through the room and over to the bed where Jack sat down and tugged Daniel down with him quickly. Daniel pressed his palm into the bed next to Jack's head and pressed his mouth into Jack's again. He could feel Jack's hands fumbling at their belts and the pants, shoving his hand down Daniel's pants and gripped at Daniel's erection and rubbed slowly up and down. Daniel groaned at the sensation and wished he could have gotten out of his pants before they ended up on the bed because now he was painfully stuck inside his pants. Jack grumbled, clearly feeling the same way before Daniel tugged away from Jack and pressed himself down on the bed and pulled off his pants and boxers while Jack did the same and Daniel waited to see what Jack had planned only to moan when Jack pressed a hand around Daniel's cock once more and pulled a couple times, he moved his hand slowly up and down Daniel's body then he was turning on his side and pressing his lips into Daniel's mouth once more. Daniel pressed a hand into the side of Jack's neck and kept Jack as close as he could. Then his pace quickened and Daniel moaned, unable to hold back the sound as Jack heightened his pleasure by nipping at Daniel's throat. He could do nothing but orgasm when Jack kept up his vicious pace, grunting out the pleasure and it snapped behind his eyes and whiting out his vision for a second then before Daniel had time to breath a few times Jack was gripping a tub of lube and pressing it into Daniel's hand. Daniel grinned, knowing what he wanted, knowing what Jack wanted. Daniel struggled to spread his legs wide then Jack placed himself between the younger man's legs. Daniel opened the tub and squeezed out some of the viscous gel before he moved to press his elbow into the bed and move his wet fingers between his legs and started rubbing the gel into the skin around his entrance. He started moaning as he watched Jack's eyes darken in lust and his cock's tip was an angry red, desperate to be inside Daniel.
The scientist went about teasing himself and Jack at the same time, pushing one finger in then two, stretching himself slowly but easily. He pushed passed the slight stretching pain and whimpered, knowing the sound would push at Jack's limits of control. He peaked up at Jack through his lashes and then the older man was on top of Daniel, pressing his lips into Daniel's mouth for a long kiss before pressing Daniel over on his side and sliding behind him. Daniel allowed him because he loved the closeness of this position and the amount of care Jack always gave him. Jack pressed into Daniel's back and then he was sliding in, the slight burn just beneath the pleasure, egging Daniel on and he tried to push back but Jack was holding his hips. Daniel moaned in annoyance, making Jack huff out a laugh before finally after an eternal moment Jack bottomed out inside Daniel's body and they both exhaled slowly before Daniel grunted, "Come on Jack."
Jack laughed again, pressing his lips into the side of Daniel's neck, "Yes Dr. Jackson," he husked, making Daniel's already hardened cock twitch in pleasure. "I am going to knock you out with the next one Danny."
Daniel snorted then moaned when Jack started shifting, he pressed deep before pulling back out. Jack kept their pace distractingly slow and kept a gentle pressure against Daniel's hip so he couldn't press back into Jack. "Come on Jack!"
"Nope," Jack said on a quick thrust that rocketed his body forward just for a second. Then he continued to stroke inside Daniel, barely quickening his pace every once in a while to wring every tidbit of pleasure from the coupling. Daniel's hands gripped at Jack's hip and the other was gripping spastically at Jack's hand, which was around Daniel's shoulder and wrapped across his chest. Jack refused to touch Daniel's hard erection and it just pushed Daniel even closer to the edge especially when he shifted his hips just enough to brush against the pleasure center inside him. Then Jack pounded into him a few more times, revving Daniel up and then he was riding the razor's edge of pleasure then Jack paused for a moment the second before it was enough to knock him into his second climax.
"Jack!" he hissed, "Please Jack."
Jack's mouth pressed wetly into the side of Daniel's face, rubbing into the scruff that was there. "I know Danny, I am going to give you everything you deserve."
Daniel felt as Jack shifted his hand down Daniel's body, to his straining cock and then he was slowly stroking Daniel even as he started thrusting again. Jack's body pounding in a fast rythym that took Daniel's breath away and then Jack's hand started moving up and down on Daniel's erection and Daniel just held on for the ride, he didn't know what was going on with his husband but he had no intention of arguing especially when Jack's grip tightened imperceptibly and he shouted out his release but Jack kept moving, Daniel's hole tightening around Jack's cock and then his sexy husband grunted and filled Daniel with his orgasm, pleased when Jack's hold on him tightened for a few moments before Jack pulled out with a happy gasp.
Jack moved off the bed slowly, grabbing something from the bathroom and coming back, Daniel didn't move as his husband cleaned him up gently and tossing the cloth back to the bathroom before nudged Daniel so he would lay on his stomach. Daniel frowned, "What's going on Jack? Did you decide it was time for another anniversary?"
"Daniel, just enjoy this okay?" Jack said, exasperated with Daniel's continued curiosity and paranoia.
"I can't help it Jack, if you got me gifts and I haven't been able to find something for you, how is that fair?" Daniel murmured into his arm as he heard another jar being opened and the scent of lavender permeated the room. It was one of the message oils that the Vannas people made, different than what they used for lube and even body lotion. Daniel sighed as Jack pressed his hands into Daniel's broad shoulders and kneaded the muscles and flesh. Daniel moaned in happiness as Jack's hands continued and then he spoke, "This isn't about an anniversary Daniel. You will find out soon enough but for now, I just want to treat you like the blessing you are to me and give you an easy and blissed out night of sleep."
Daniel nodded, already half gone as the message continued. He allowed every muscle group to loosen and felt as every thought and worry in his mind slipped away and then between one kiss along the back of his neck and another at the middle of his spine, Daniel was gone with a smile on his face.
Daniel woke again refreshed and pleasantly sore from the evening before the Frisky Jack. He smiled as he sat up in bed, wondering why no one woke him up to feed the kids so he grabbed his robe from the end of the bed and wrapped it around him. He belted the worn fabric and walked out, just realizing there was a lot of whispering coming from the living room then he stared in awe as he looked around the front room. It was covered in soft and fragrant vines with small red buds and there was a Christmas tree in the corner, complete with some sort of twinkling lights. Daniel pressed a hand over his mouth when he noticed the snack foods and breakfast laid out on the table that sits in front of the couch and the kids were sitting with Jack and Ben around the room. The kids were grinning up at him and Jack smiled before he spoke, "Morning Danny, we wanted to say something."
With that, everyone shouted, "Merry Christmas Daddy!"
Daniel's eyes grew damp as he desperately tried not to cry then all of his kids, his husband and father-in-law was hugging him and he let go of everything he'd been doing, everything they'd gone through recently, it seemed like that kind of trauma didn't ever go away, it just had good memories to overcome the sadness and damage of the past. He couldn't believe Jack had done all this, setting it up and finding the presents that were peaking out from the tree. Daniel pulled back and kissed Jack on the cheek, "After all these years, why'd you think of this now?"
"Pop mentioned Christmas and I thought it might be a good tradition to start."
"I think you're the coolest husband of all time, this is great. It smells just like a couple of Christmases I had with my parents before they died and a few that happened in foster care after they died. Thank you for bringing it back for me."
Jack grinned and kissed Daniel again. He grinned into the caress then leaned down to kiss each of the kids on the head. Then he moved to sit in the middle of the couch where everyone was pushing him to sit then the door opened and in walked Teal'c and Sam, each with an armful of presents, wrapped in simple netting or cloth to make it a surprise but without tape and tags it was interesting to see what everyone would do to remember what belonged to who. Behind Teal'c was Adrian, DK and their two children and Daniel couldn't help but smile at their family. It wasn't just him and Jack, Adrian had been a part of their family for about nine years and Sam and Teal'c even longer. It was good sometimes to remember that there was more to family than blood, and lately that had been the important thing with the kids and Jack but it was time to remember all the good of the life they had here and part of that was having Sam and Teal'c with them as well as getting to know Adrian. Then behind DK was Akina, William and Greer as well as Taylor, Tiana, Tracen and Tariana. Daniel didn't spend a lot of time with the Royal children besides Greer and Taylor but he knew them on sight. Everyone piled into the room and settled around the living room.
Daniel looked around in shock that so many people fit into their relatively small room, compared to the castle and a lot of the royal homes but somehow it was working right now. "We wanted to see this strange custom Jack has named Christmas, we do not have much we can contribute but we wished to spend a little time here and enjoy the idea of such a rite."
Daniel laughed, "Jack didn't name it, Christmas is a celebration of the birth of a religious figure of many of the human sects."
Akina nodded, intrigued by the comment but she didn't say anything else which was probably a good thing, Daniel didn't really want to talk about the creation of Christmas and where each tradition came from. He knew most of it; Daniel had spent a whole month of school time, after his homework was done, deconstructing the holiday to help him understand what it was truly about and why it would be okay to live without the event every year because of the commercialization of it. It had been a way for a very young Daniel to be okay with no more Christmases after the death of his parents and now Jack had brought it back at the most opportune moment.
"Well, the plan for the day is to exchange some gifts, then eat some delicious breakfast made by myself and Grandpapa. After that, we can pile out in the backyard for some games if we want since a big part of Christmas traditions in the past is watching certain movies while the dinner is being made. And though there is no real way to completely construct a classical Christmas dinner, we found something that would work instead. There isn't much more to it than that unless Daniel has any traditions that he would like to continue here."
"What are movies?" Zada asked from where she sitting on the floor next to Daniel's feet where she was holding her brother's hand. Janet and Claire were both tucked into one of the smaller sofa-type furniture and Johnny was sitting on Daniel's other side with Greer next to him. Everyone else was sprawled out on the floor and then Jack and Ben moved over to the tree and started handing gifts to all the children, including Adrian's two, Akina's kids and Teal'c and Sam's brood. Each child with exchanging from Sam's bundle ended up with one present each and Daniel was looking down at the two gifts that were plopped into his lap by Jack. Ben and Jack didn't have gifts and many of the grown ups didn't either, Daniel didn't understand why he was getting presents when no one else was but Jack just shook his head, "No Danny, this is as much for you as it is for the kids. Don't start with the not fair crap."
Daniel snorted and stayed quiet as all the little ones started carefully unwrapping bundles and showing off what they received. There was an assortment of handcrafted items going around the room. The youngest had articles of clothes, and Daniel noticed that Jake, Zale and Zada all got a wooden sword and shield and he smiled at the thought that they were old enough to start playing with them and then realized that here in this world, that was a dual present. Play fighting wouldn't just let them fool around and blow off steam but they would also need to start to learn defensive and offensive fighting skills with weapons instead of relying on their magical abilities and after watching his children go through the kidnapping and the trauma it caused, he was glad for the gift. Sam's twins: Haikon and Ishtar both received training staffs that didn't have any sort of points but would make efficient tools and Daniel also realized they were going to have to lay down some rules about play fighting as soon as they got out into the back yard with them. Janet and Claire received new dresses, the ones that Akina wore to official ball type events and both girls were squealing messes over them, Claire's was a deep blue with a white bodice and Janet was a deep but incredibly vibrant red that would look amazing on her.
Johnny was holding whatever he received tightly between his small fingers and Daniel reached out and pulled it away from his chest and smiled, it was a small leather bound book and on the front, etched into the tough material said Johnny's Visions. Johnny may not be capable of speaking out loud but he had a very good start on spelling and writing, especially since Daniel focused on it for his communication, he may have been ahead when it came to kids back in the past but here it wasn't that abnormal, especially since his biological mother was Vannas and magical. Daniel pressed a quick kiss to his special boy's head before he found everyone waiting on him. He frowned and looked down, tugging gently at the cloth covering from the first gift and revealed a wooden box that was about a foot in length and lifted the lid to find a silver dagger, it had symbols etched into the shining surface and the hilt was perfect for his grip which he realized when he lifted it out of the box and turned it this way and that, it wasn't the first knife or weapon he'd ever carried since he used to carry Beretta and multiple other weapons when he was a part of SG-1 but this seemed very personal, something that he could use to protect himself and his family. He turned the hilt and noticed the etching at the base of the dagger, it was his name in small flowing script but underneath it said 'forever in time' which was still tattooed into the skin of his palm from his magical wedding with Jack. As soon as they came home, the tattoo returned and the ring had become a tattoo under their skin once again. Daniel turned to look at Jack, a tremulous smile on his face, "Thank you."
Jack grinned, "I want you to be safe, even if it has to be you keeping you that way."
Daniel nodded and leaned in close to press his lips to Jack's mouth for a quick and innocent kiss before he turned back and lifted the second gift, slipping the cloth back and finding a journal much like the one that Johnny had, his name etched into the corner of the leather and he looked inside to find it was ready for him to fill the pages with entries of whatever he please and he smiled again, "Thank you guys, it has been far too long since I have had my own journal to write in. Thank you for getting together and doing this, Christmas hasn't been a part of my life for the most part since my parents died. I am going to try so hard to make sure that we find new ways to celebrate each other, Jack as my husband and all you children who make my life good and powerful. I would do anything for any of you, and that means you know how to protect yourself and it means we take time to play as well."
All the children, even Adrian's and Akina's started cheering at that. With the last present opened, Jack and Ben along with some help from Sam, DK and Adrian delivered plates of food to each person where they were resting and with a moment of silent contemplation, breakfast commenced with happy chatter and noises of happiness in the back of throats. Daniel sat back and enjoyed the ambience of the event, tucking himself into Jack's shoulder before they picked up the remains from the meal and sent all the kids outside after a quick list of rules for using the play weapons from Daniel as well as William and Teal'c. Many of the parents went outside to enjoy the warmth of the day while the kids played, many of them helping to fix fighting techniques and Daniel realized they were already in training to become warriors and he found he didn't have a problem with that so much anymore, amazing what one little kidnapping can do to change someone's perception of that is good for his children. Daniel watched everyone playing for a while before he walked back inside and passed Jack, kissing his husband on the way past then realized what last night was all about, wiping out Daniel's early morning energy because he was usually the one who woke up with the children.
With that thought, he took a couple steps backwards and smacked Jack in the butt, causing the older man to grunt in surprise and he gave Daniel an innocent and put out look, "What was that for?"
Daniel pointed at Jack and glared, "Don't even play Jack, you know what you did."
With that Jack snickered before he went back to prepping what looked a lot like a pig carcass and there was also a bird on the counter. There were also the fixings for a salad and a fruit salad as well. It was going to be a good meal and it would have to be with so many people eating, thankfully Jack set this up in the last couple days because there was no way Daniel had that much meat here in the house, most of the butchering and prep work was done by one of the butchers and then delivered one or two days a week since there wasn't a lot of options for freezing meat for long periods of time. Daniel had been running low as far as he knew.
He walked back to the bedroom and dressed quickly but he paused as he walked by the bed and frowned, wondering if that letter had been on the bed when he left the room. There was also a much large cloth covering something on Jack's side. He walked over and lifted the card from the bed and loosened the wax seal, the one that Adrian had created for correspondence a couple years ago, the symbol was a stylized of 'O' and 'J' at the center of the infinity symbol which had been a part of their relationship symbols since the day they married and the tattoos appeared on their hands. At the base were also the initials of all the children, stylized so they almost looked like little pictures until you looked closer. The seal meant that the letter came from Jack or one of the kids since they were the only ones who could use the seal.
He opened the letter and found Jack's messy handwriting and he read, 'Danny, I know what you're going through is changing you and that's okay. I know that you're not with me because I protect you, I know that no matter what you are still my beautiful Danny and so this other gift is not one I would see you use if I could have my way but it was made for your measurements and Adrian will start training you with it whenever your ready. Love, your Colonel (General) Jack.'
Daniel smiled at the parenthesis; it was so like Jack to do something like that. He reached out and tugged the deep red cloth away to find a sword, one of the thinner ones that were sharp and sported a deadly curve, it was held at the moment in a scabbard that Daniel could easily attach at his hip. He ran his hand up and down the length of the scabbard and slipped the blade out with a frightening slip of sound. He quickly slipped the blade back in before he did something stupid like cut of his own foot. He was amazed, speechless at Jack's acceptance and also the power he was giving Daniel to do what he needed to do. He couldn't wait to start training with the blade and the dagger; it wouldn't be something his attacker would expect. He quickly changed, tucked the sword inside the closet just in case any of the children decided to come into the bedroom, Daniel and Jack's kids wouldn't because they knew better than to interrupt their parents' privacy but there were a lot of children here that didn't belong to Daniel. He slipped on his shoes and walked back out to the kitchen and hugged Jack from behind, and his husband couldn't touch him since he was covered in residue from cooking the food set before him. Daniel pressed a kiss into Jack's shoulder and whispered gently into his ear, "Thank you Jack."
Jack smiled, "I love you Danny, that's all there is to it. I would do anything for you."
"I love you too Jack."
"And I love you both," Ben said obnoxiously as he moved to hug both of them and Daniel laughed as Jack struggled, muttering for the old man to find his own husband. They all laughed before Daniel kissed Jack quickly then hugged Ben and rejoined the loud party going on in the backyard.
Much of the day passed that way, happily together, some lessons given but mostly just playing. Daniel even played dragon a few rounds and the older boys had to protect the 'princess' which ironically happened to be a princess for real when Daniel took Tariana or Tiana. Not to mention Adrian's little girl Dani. He honestly couldn't remember the last day like this, filled with laughter and friends, love and good food. And the food was good, Jack and Ben put forth a feast to feed the army they were charged with caring for. Daniel sat at the dinner table and spoke Latin with his children, teaching some of the others and inviting the older kids he'd been teaching to join in as well and then when everyone left, Daniel and Jack bathed their happy and dirty children, read bed time stories then slipped into their own bed, curling around each other happily and Jack pressed his lips into the side of Daniel's head.
Daniel smiled, "Merry Christmas Jack."
"Merry Christmas Danny," Jack returned quietly.
"If we do this again, we are gonna have to call it something else," Daniel stated tiredly, barely getting the words out past the yawn.
"Sure Danny," Jack whispered back but Daniel had already slipped into an exhausted and contented rest. So Jack pulled Daniel even closer and followed him.