Sh. Sh.. Daniel it's all right. Your all right, I got you. Jack's got you.."
Rocking Daniel in his arms, Jack didn't notice a blue tracker make its way toward the cabin.
Pulling up next to Daniel's car, the young man inside of it got out..
"Jack?" he asked.
Jack looked up, startled.
"Oh, shit!' Jack thought.
"Hi, Billy!"
'Hi, Billy!' was not exactly the right wording for this situation? Would,. "It's not what it looks like," have worked?
He looked up from the distraught man in his arms to his lover. Hurt, and pain were obvious in those gorgeous blues: Jack loved to lose himself into.
"I'm gonna go," Billy stated and started walking off to his car.
Jack watched as he proceeded to walk away. He felt a pang in his heart. This situation had to extinguish the situation. There was no way he could lose Billy. He wouldn't ever be able to cope with that loss.
"I.. I'm . . . so. sorry.." Daniel wheezed out, pushing Jack away from him.
"Go a..after him."
Getting gingerly up on his aching knees, he ran off after Billy. He had to catch him before he left, perhaps permanently from his life.
"Don't go. Please. Don't leave me, Billy." He smiled the O'Neill smile.
"I know this is cliche' to say.. But it really wasn't what it looked like."
Billy fell hook line and sinker. He could never turn down the older man.. Ever.
"Are you sure you want me to stay?" The younger man asked.
Jack grabbed his hands as he got out of his car and pulled him into a hug.
"Yes!" he said. Pushing their lips together, he let his tongue do the talking for him. After a moment, a whimper from behind pulled the two men apart.
Daniel was leaning against his car, fiddling with his keys.
"I.. I.. Apologize.. I.. I really do. Just had to talk to Jack.. I had mmm. much to explain . . . I'm sorry again. Really." Daniel rambled on all in the meanwhile pulling at his hair with his key free hand..
"Daniel, it's all right." Jack told him, letting his grip of his lover go.
"Stop that!" Jack demanded walking over and pulling the now hair-covered palm from his head.
'Daniel! This is the man who broke his love's heart! He finally got a good look at the man. The two of them could be of close relations with the resemblances. Jack had been honest with everything about his unrequited love. This was the reason that "I love you," would never come from Jack's mouth. He longed for those words to be said to him. Jack was his heart. He was his soul. Moving closer to the two men, the one thing that stood out was Daniel's eyes. They were the same he would see in the mirror every day. Those eyes, which Jack would stare into for what seemed forever while they made love.
He started to worry. Was Jack only with him because of their likeness? If he couldn't have the real deal, he would go for the next best thing..
"Billy?"
Young Billy was pulled out of his thoughts by Jack's concern flickering across his features.
"You okay?" he asked.
Billy looked from him to Daniel. At this point, Dr. Jackson looks more calm and collected then he had before.
"Fine. You?"
Jack smiled, "I'm fine. You had me worried for a moment. I, um.. I'm sorry about tonight. This was kinda unexpected." Jack told him as he waived his finger in Daniel's direction.
Daniel made his way over and put his hand out to Billy. "Hello. I.. I'm Daniel Jackson, and I'm sorry to have ruined both your evenings. I sh.. should not have come. I apologize. " Opening his car door, he was stopped once again by a grip of his shoulder.
"Your not going anywhere!" Jack told him, grabbing his keys from his hand.
Daniel reached out to grab his key's back, but Jack had thrown them at Billy.
"It all right, babe?" Jack asked his lover.
The look at shock on Billy's face must have caught Jack's attention. He started fiddling with Daniel's keys, "No problem. Anyway, you are in no condition to drive."
"B..but!"
"No butts!" Jack stated while pulling Daniel inside.
Billy followed the two. His heart was flip flopping inside his chest. This might just as well be the end of him and Jack O'Neill. Wiping a lone tear from his eye, he closed the door behind him.