A/N: Sorry for the delay, writers block! Blame those stupid bunnies! Beta'd by Trickster's Queen of War.

Teyla was satisfied. Kylen had been welcomed to her people with open arms, along with Malen. Now she could see him whenever she wanted to. She knew Atlantis was no place for a child, there was always too much at stake. Besides, he would learn about everything she was too.

She smiled, the ancestors must be smiling on her today. Her emotions were bubbling to the surface, something she wasn't used to. Normally, she could keep them under a tight wrap. Now, she just radiated happiness.

John had his attention focused forward, flying the jumper at a comfortable cruising speed for Atlantis. He seemed lost in thought, something was still bothering him. It damped her spirits. She glanced at him. "Colonel, what is wrong?"

"I guess I'm jealous." John replied, glancing back but keeping his gaze forward most of the time.

Teyla raised an eyebrow, this was not something she was used to seeing in him. "Jealous? About Kylen?"

"No. I just wish I could find my kid, but if Angela put it up for adoption, then I'll never be able to track him down."

"Do you still know where she lives?" Teyla gently pushed, John needed this out of his system.

"No."

The hardest day of his life was the day Angela and her parents moved out. She hadn't even told him where she was going. That bothered him more than anything. The baby had been born, and he'd been told it had been adopted, but Angela had started missing lots of class and not even talking to him.

He'd been talking to the Air Force recruiter for months and had his life all planned out. Or at least, as planned out as John Sheppard could. It was the day before he was supposed to go to basic training.

Basically, the day he'd joined the Air Force was the day he severed himself from everything he'd ever cared about. Sure, he eventually made friends and expanded, but it had never replaced her. Mitch and Dex had become the closest things to a new family he ever had, then they died.

"Would the Air Force be able to find her?"

John locked gazes with Teyla. This was something he had to look into.

XXX

It had been a simple matter to convince Elizabeth to let him do this, of course, he'd had to tell her the whole story. To be honest, he felt better having confided in some of the people he'd counted as family.

At the SGC he talked with Landry briefly before heading out to get to the address where Angela lived. Of course, that had been a whole load of experiences. Teyla's first time on the real Earth;l her first time in an airplane; dinner in an airport restaurant.

In short, they didn't stop until he reached Angela's doorstep. He put the car in park and turned it off. He and Teyla were both dressed in comfortable civilian clothes, after all, Angela didn't have security clearance. He took a deep breath. "This is the place."
"Then let us go." Teyla said.

"Right." John climbed out of the car and walked to the front door, Teyla only a step behind him. He stopped short of ringing the doorbell.

"John." Teyla said quietly, her hand taking one of his and squeezing it reassuringly.

He breathed again and rung the doorbell. Several agonizing seconds passed before the door opened, revealing a woman he knew had to be Angela.

"Angela!" John said breathlessly, he'd never expected this.

"John." Angela said quietly. "Is that really you?"

He nodded, crossing the distance between them and gently embracing her. She returned the gentle embrace. Teyla stood back, watching the exchange. She smiled, John had finally found the woman he'd loved so long ago.

John separated. "Angela, Teyla." He pointed back to Teyla.

"Hi." Angela said. "Won't you two come in?" She led Teyla and John into the living room. "It's been a long time."

John nodded. "How have you been?"

"Not bad." Angela replied. "I met someone." She grinned proudly. "I see you have too."

John blushed, much to Teyla's amusement. "He a nice guy?"

"Oh definitely. What brings you here?"

John hesitated. "What ever happened to our child?"

Angela smiled. "I never put him up for adoption." She turned and yelled up the stairs. "Michael, come down here."

When Michael came down John felt his heart leap into his throat. Standing in front of him was a mirror image of himself at fourteen. He may have had Angela's eyes, but he was almost a clone of John.

"Mom, who's this?" Michael asked.

"Your father." Angela replied.

Michael took one look at his father then ran back up the steps, slamming the door to his room.

Angela looked away. "I was afraid of that."

John stood up, heading for the stairwell. "I'm going to go speak with him."
"Let me..." Angela began.

"No," John interrupted. "This is something I have to do. Besides, you two probably have some bad mouthing of me to do, enjoy it." He grinned, then walked up the stairs.

It wasn't hard to find Michael's room, it was the only door closed. He knocked. "Michael, it's me."

"What do you want?" Michael spat in response.

"Look, I have no reason to ask this, but I want to be able to say I'm proud of you, but I don't even know who you are."

Michael opened the door. He shrugged his shoulders. "To be honest, I'm not that great of a student."

John caught a hint of a familiar song from the radio. "That INXS?"
"Yeah why?"

"Good band."

"That's it."

"It is." John protested, the sarcasm returning to his voice.

To his credit, Michael laughed. "Why didn't you stay?"

"I thought your mom had put you up for adoption. It wasn't what I wanted, but I joined the Air Force a few days after you were born."

"I talked to the recruiter, I'm not sure if it's for me."

"That's your decision. It was a haven for me. Look, all I want to say is that if I'd known..."

"What? You would have thrown away your life?"

John stuttered, not exactly sure what Michael was getting at.

"Hey, I turned out fine. Don't blame yourself for what happened to me. It was mom's choice."

"So we're good?"

"Better." Michael gave his father a hug. "Glad to finally meet you... dad."

Tears streamed from John's eyes. He'd never dreamed he would ever see this. He wiped the tears from his eyes. "One word of recommendation. The air force can give you opportunities you can't get anywhere else."

"I'll keep that in mind."

John and Michael walked down into the living room where Teyla and Angela were in animated conversation. John smiled. "So how have you two been?"

"Whatever it is you do John," Angela said, "you met someone who'll be your soul mate."

"Thanks." John replied. He'd never felt so good. He'd found a lost part of his past, so had Teyla. That was worth it all.

A/N: That's it, hope you enjoyed it. This was a lot of fun to write.