What Dreams May Hold
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To borrow a phrase: Stargate SG-1 no mine......no money, no sue, please?
Daniel lay on his back, Jackie cradled under his right arm, her head resting on his chest and her hand warming his stomach. Moonlight poured in through his bedroom window, casting shadows against the walls and getting lost in them. The world felt right as Daniel's eyelids dropped and he drifted off into sleep....
His eyes twitched. Sunlight was hitting his eyelids, alerting his slumbering mind to the fact that it was morning and time to be awake. He stirred slightly as he was pulled towards consciousness. He could feel the warmth from Jackie's head on his chest and her hand on his stomach. She must not have moved all night. Daniel took in a deep breath and cracked his eyelids, looking straight up. He frowned for a second. Did the ceiling look different?
He heard the door crack and he quickly shut his eyes again. He could feel them as they slowly and clumsily climbed up on his bed, cringing as one of them landed on his shin. He felt them rise to their feet and he held his breath against the onslaught he knew was coming.
"It's today, it's today!" Two little voices cried joyously, "Wake up, wake up! It's today, it's today!" Jackie moaned and snuggled closer to Daniel. He opened his eyes and smiled at the two children jumping up and down on his bed.
"Stop jumping you two" he ordered but neither one listened.
"Come on Daddy, it's today! Get up!" the little boy cried. He had his mother's green eyes and Daniel's nose. He was about six maybe.
Jackie moaned again and tried to hide her face in the blankets. Daniel smiled and slid out from under her. She immediately curled up more and pulled the blankets over her head.
"Come on you two" Daniel said, snatching his daughter mid jump and putting a kiss on her forehead. She had his bright blue eyes and her mother's endearing smile. She still had a bit of baby fat clinging to her four year old face but her father knew instinctively that she was going to gorgeous in too few years. He headed for the door with her, turning back when his son didn't follow but continued jumping on the bed.
"Benjamin, come on. Leave Mommy alone for a little while. Let's go get breakfast" The little boy flopped on the bed and crawled off, hurrying after his father and sister down to the kitchen. Daniel set them up with bowls of cereal and grabbed a cup of steaming tea for his wife, still snuggled upstairs.
"Don't make a mess" he warned his children as he headed for the stairs, "I'll be right back down" The hardwood floors creaked as he crossed his cold bedroom to the bed and set the mug down on the side table.
"Jackie, it's time to get up" he said with an amused smile. She flopped the blankets back and cracked her eyes open with a frown. She hated getting up in the morning.
"The ceremony's not even until this afternoon" she complained lightly, "Why do we have to be there so early?" Daniel chuckled and leaned down to kiss his wife.
"Because we're family" he answered. Jackie pouted but didn't argue. It was the kiss that did it. It had taken him nearly a year to learn that secret but he was glad to be armed with it now. He brushed a tendril of hair out of her eyes tenderly and soaked in the sight of her with the morning light shining through her honeyed hair splayed out over the white sheets.
"Here's your tea" he told her, "Get up. I'll get the kids ready. We have to be there in an hour." She smiled at him and nodded.
Half an hour later he was trying to tie Benjamin's tie in the young boy's bedroom. It had been specified that they all wear red
"Red" Jackie rolled her eyes when she'd heard, "Why red?" She had fingered the necklace that had become part of her over the years and shaken her head.
"Danny!" she called from down the hall in their own room, "Have you seen Bethany's dress?"
"Ah, it was in our closet the last time I looked!" he shouted back.
"It's not there" she told him, suddenly standing in the doorway. Daniel finished Benjamin's tie and got up. She looked stunning in her red dress, her hair coifed and stuck with ruby dragonflies. The dress was cut to hide the blue stone and emphasize the red in the copper bands that would forever surround her delicate neck.
"Bethany took it" Benjamin told them, already tugging at the tie around his own throat. Jackie sighed and gave her husband an exasperated look. They both took off for the little girl's room. She was nowhere to be seen in the menagerie of stuffed animals and dolls that littered her room.
"Bethany Jackson, where are you?" her mother demanded, getting to her knees to look under the bed. Daniel turned to the closet. Had he just heard a bump in there? He exchanged a look with his wife and swung the door open. Bethany shot out, trying to get away before anyone could catch her. She wasn't quick enough though and her father grabbed her before she made it out of the door. Jackie plucked the crumpled red dress off the closet floor and sighed. This was going to be a chore. Daniel had to sit on the pint sized bed while his wife worked to pull the nightgown off of their struggling daughter.
"Oh, Bethany, cut it out!" she pleaded, "It's only for one day. You don't even have to wear it all day, just until after the ceremony" Bethany was having none of it though and she continued to fight both of her parents as Jackie pulled the dress down over her head.
"Alexis is going to be wearing a dress. And look so am I" her mother tried again, finally getting it on. The four year old stopped struggling and went limp in her father's arms.
"I don't want to!" she pouted, but let her mother tie the back up.
"You want to look pretty don't you?" Daniel asked her. Bethany only pouted more. Daniel sighed and got up, leaving Jackie to the task of combing out the girl's curly hair.
An hour and a half later the family was walking into a familiar room.
"Uncle Jack!" Both Benjamin and Bethany cried and ran head long into their uncle's legs. Jack bent down to squeeze both of them.
"Morning, General" Daniel greeted his old friend. Jack stood up, a smile brightening his aging face.
"Morning Daniel" he replied. Jackie crossed to her brother and planted a kiss on his cheek.
"Jackie, you look lovely" Jack complimented her.
"Thank you. I must say you look smart yourself." She smirked at his own outfit. He was not so lucky to get away with the suit and red tie that Daniel was wearing. As Teal'c's closest friend, and closest thing to a brother, he was dressed in ceremonial garb. He only gave her a sarcastic smile in reply.
"Where's Alexis?" Bethany wanted to know.
"Uh, she went with her mom somewhere" Jack answered.
"Here we are" another familiar voice announced from the other side of the room. Everybody turned and smiled.
"Hey, Sam" Jackie greeted her sister-in-law with a huge smile. Alexis, all blonde hair and blue eyes and frothy red dress, came running pell mell across the briefing room to join her cousin. Alexis was two months older than Bethany and the two were inseparable. Sam came at a more sedated pace, gaining a kiss on the cheek from both Daniel and Jackie before taking the seat her husband was holding out for her. She was nearing her eighth month of pregnancy and preferred to sit whenever possible.
"So who all is coming?" Daniel asked. They had a few minutes to kill.
"Just us, far as I know" Jack answered. The phone rang in his office and he went to pick it up. Daniel suddenly had the feeling that he shouldn't be doing that, but it passed quickly. That office hadn't been General Hammond's in years.
"How's SG-1 doing without their Colonel, Sam?" Jackie asked her friend. Sam smiled.
"They're doing fine" she answered, "Major Haley took over for me while I'm out"
"I can remember when she was just a troubled cadet" Daniel whistled.
"I know" Sam laughed, "But she's good at what she does" Just then Jack emerged from his office.
"It's time" he announced. The three children were gathered and they headed down.
"Chevron seven locked" Sgt. Davis announced. The children stood amazed, as they did every time they got to travel through the stargate, as it whooshed open.
"All right campers," Jack announced, taking his daughter's hand, "Everybody on board!"
To borrow a phrase: Stargate SG-1 no mine......no money, no sue, please?
Daniel lay on his back, Jackie cradled under his right arm, her head resting on his chest and her hand warming his stomach. Moonlight poured in through his bedroom window, casting shadows against the walls and getting lost in them. The world felt right as Daniel's eyelids dropped and he drifted off into sleep....
His eyes twitched. Sunlight was hitting his eyelids, alerting his slumbering mind to the fact that it was morning and time to be awake. He stirred slightly as he was pulled towards consciousness. He could feel the warmth from Jackie's head on his chest and her hand on his stomach. She must not have moved all night. Daniel took in a deep breath and cracked his eyelids, looking straight up. He frowned for a second. Did the ceiling look different?
He heard the door crack and he quickly shut his eyes again. He could feel them as they slowly and clumsily climbed up on his bed, cringing as one of them landed on his shin. He felt them rise to their feet and he held his breath against the onslaught he knew was coming.
"It's today, it's today!" Two little voices cried joyously, "Wake up, wake up! It's today, it's today!" Jackie moaned and snuggled closer to Daniel. He opened his eyes and smiled at the two children jumping up and down on his bed.
"Stop jumping you two" he ordered but neither one listened.
"Come on Daddy, it's today! Get up!" the little boy cried. He had his mother's green eyes and Daniel's nose. He was about six maybe.
Jackie moaned again and tried to hide her face in the blankets. Daniel smiled and slid out from under her. She immediately curled up more and pulled the blankets over her head.
"Come on you two" Daniel said, snatching his daughter mid jump and putting a kiss on her forehead. She had his bright blue eyes and her mother's endearing smile. She still had a bit of baby fat clinging to her four year old face but her father knew instinctively that she was going to gorgeous in too few years. He headed for the door with her, turning back when his son didn't follow but continued jumping on the bed.
"Benjamin, come on. Leave Mommy alone for a little while. Let's go get breakfast" The little boy flopped on the bed and crawled off, hurrying after his father and sister down to the kitchen. Daniel set them up with bowls of cereal and grabbed a cup of steaming tea for his wife, still snuggled upstairs.
"Don't make a mess" he warned his children as he headed for the stairs, "I'll be right back down" The hardwood floors creaked as he crossed his cold bedroom to the bed and set the mug down on the side table.
"Jackie, it's time to get up" he said with an amused smile. She flopped the blankets back and cracked her eyes open with a frown. She hated getting up in the morning.
"The ceremony's not even until this afternoon" she complained lightly, "Why do we have to be there so early?" Daniel chuckled and leaned down to kiss his wife.
"Because we're family" he answered. Jackie pouted but didn't argue. It was the kiss that did it. It had taken him nearly a year to learn that secret but he was glad to be armed with it now. He brushed a tendril of hair out of her eyes tenderly and soaked in the sight of her with the morning light shining through her honeyed hair splayed out over the white sheets.
"Here's your tea" he told her, "Get up. I'll get the kids ready. We have to be there in an hour." She smiled at him and nodded.
Half an hour later he was trying to tie Benjamin's tie in the young boy's bedroom. It had been specified that they all wear red
"Red" Jackie rolled her eyes when she'd heard, "Why red?" She had fingered the necklace that had become part of her over the years and shaken her head.
"Danny!" she called from down the hall in their own room, "Have you seen Bethany's dress?"
"Ah, it was in our closet the last time I looked!" he shouted back.
"It's not there" she told him, suddenly standing in the doorway. Daniel finished Benjamin's tie and got up. She looked stunning in her red dress, her hair coifed and stuck with ruby dragonflies. The dress was cut to hide the blue stone and emphasize the red in the copper bands that would forever surround her delicate neck.
"Bethany took it" Benjamin told them, already tugging at the tie around his own throat. Jackie sighed and gave her husband an exasperated look. They both took off for the little girl's room. She was nowhere to be seen in the menagerie of stuffed animals and dolls that littered her room.
"Bethany Jackson, where are you?" her mother demanded, getting to her knees to look under the bed. Daniel turned to the closet. Had he just heard a bump in there? He exchanged a look with his wife and swung the door open. Bethany shot out, trying to get away before anyone could catch her. She wasn't quick enough though and her father grabbed her before she made it out of the door. Jackie plucked the crumpled red dress off the closet floor and sighed. This was going to be a chore. Daniel had to sit on the pint sized bed while his wife worked to pull the nightgown off of their struggling daughter.
"Oh, Bethany, cut it out!" she pleaded, "It's only for one day. You don't even have to wear it all day, just until after the ceremony" Bethany was having none of it though and she continued to fight both of her parents as Jackie pulled the dress down over her head.
"Alexis is going to be wearing a dress. And look so am I" her mother tried again, finally getting it on. The four year old stopped struggling and went limp in her father's arms.
"I don't want to!" she pouted, but let her mother tie the back up.
"You want to look pretty don't you?" Daniel asked her. Bethany only pouted more. Daniel sighed and got up, leaving Jackie to the task of combing out the girl's curly hair.
An hour and a half later the family was walking into a familiar room.
"Uncle Jack!" Both Benjamin and Bethany cried and ran head long into their uncle's legs. Jack bent down to squeeze both of them.
"Morning, General" Daniel greeted his old friend. Jack stood up, a smile brightening his aging face.
"Morning Daniel" he replied. Jackie crossed to her brother and planted a kiss on his cheek.
"Jackie, you look lovely" Jack complimented her.
"Thank you. I must say you look smart yourself." She smirked at his own outfit. He was not so lucky to get away with the suit and red tie that Daniel was wearing. As Teal'c's closest friend, and closest thing to a brother, he was dressed in ceremonial garb. He only gave her a sarcastic smile in reply.
"Where's Alexis?" Bethany wanted to know.
"Uh, she went with her mom somewhere" Jack answered.
"Here we are" another familiar voice announced from the other side of the room. Everybody turned and smiled.
"Hey, Sam" Jackie greeted her sister-in-law with a huge smile. Alexis, all blonde hair and blue eyes and frothy red dress, came running pell mell across the briefing room to join her cousin. Alexis was two months older than Bethany and the two were inseparable. Sam came at a more sedated pace, gaining a kiss on the cheek from both Daniel and Jackie before taking the seat her husband was holding out for her. She was nearing her eighth month of pregnancy and preferred to sit whenever possible.
"So who all is coming?" Daniel asked. They had a few minutes to kill.
"Just us, far as I know" Jack answered. The phone rang in his office and he went to pick it up. Daniel suddenly had the feeling that he shouldn't be doing that, but it passed quickly. That office hadn't been General Hammond's in years.
"How's SG-1 doing without their Colonel, Sam?" Jackie asked her friend. Sam smiled.
"They're doing fine" she answered, "Major Haley took over for me while I'm out"
"I can remember when she was just a troubled cadet" Daniel whistled.
"I know" Sam laughed, "But she's good at what she does" Just then Jack emerged from his office.
"It's time" he announced. The three children were gathered and they headed down.
"Chevron seven locked" Sgt. Davis announced. The children stood amazed, as they did every time they got to travel through the stargate, as it whooshed open.
"All right campers," Jack announced, taking his daughter's hand, "Everybody on board!"