Eight years later, sometime between Unending and the last movie.

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Sam was working in her lab, trying to distract herself from life in general. She felt as though she had lost Daniel to Vala as the two of them had a tendency to hang out with each other a lot. Cam and Teal'c always seemed to be unavailable, playing basketball or just hanging out in general.

She felt alone, and she wished that she had Daniel to talk to, at least. She recalled the past few years, and cursed herself when she remembered hinting to him as to her feelings about him. It was when he was dying from radiation poisoning, and even now, a stray tear rolled down her cheek as she thought back to that traumatic time, and the bad year that followed.

Suddenly, she felt a hand on her shoulder, and she, startled, turned around to see a very concerned looking Daniel looking back at her, his breathtaking eyes making her breath catch in her throat. Her gaze lowered as the tears returned, and she was about to turn away when he stopped her. He gently lifted her chin so that she would look him in the eyes, and he asked her,

"What's wrong?"

She replied, annoyed and hurt, "It's nothing, Daniel… go back to drooling over Vala."

She turned away, but he made her turn back, and he remarked with raised eyebrows,

"What?!!"

"You heard."

He said, forcing her to meet his gaze again,

"Sam, I don't know what you're thinking, but I'd never drool over Vala… I can barely stand her. What gave you that impression?"

Taken aback, she couldn't speak, and he continued,

"And besides, there's always been someone else in the background."

She looked disappointed, and his private suspicions were confirmed. He gently kissed her on the lips and whispered,

"That would be you, by the way. I could never love anyone else."

She looked up at him and asked in surprise,

"You love me?"

He nodded, and she replied with a smile, "I love you too."

He grinned, remarking, "I figured as much…"

Suddenly, they simultaneously closed their eyes as images flashed through their minds. Daniel held his head and remarked,

"What just happened?"

He saw Sam holding her head, and then the memories returned. He lightly grazed her cheek with his knuckles as he whispered,

"Colonel-Doctor, I'm so sorry for what I did. Oh my God… we're Mitchell's parents!"

She nodded, overcome with emotion, and asked,

"Should we tell him?"

He frowned slightly before replying, "No… it'll hurt him – he'll think his whole life's been a lie. I say we just leave him be. No wonder he calls me Jackson!"

"He's got to know at some point."

"Sam, he's happy, and think of the presents we don't have to buy for all those years we missed… We've got one heck of a son there though, haven't we?"

He leant down and kissed her gently, before she held onto the back of his head and deepened the kiss. The world disappeared as they channelled their energies into the embrace. Cam exclaimed with a grin from the doorway, having only witnessed the kiss,

"Now that's what I'm talkin' about!"