Disclaimer: I own nothing
Spoilers: None
Season: Any
Character/s: Sam Carter and Jack O'Neill
Pairing: Sam/Jack
Author's Note: Just a little something I wrote while on the train when I was away for the weekend, it's based on Faith Hill – Breathe. I hope you enjoy it. This hasn't been beta-ed so any mistakes are mine and mine alone.
Breathe
I feel consciousness slowly creep over me as I lay in bed with your arms wrapped around me. This isn't the first time I've woken like this and I hope to whatever real God's there are out there that it isn't the last. However, there is something different about this morning, it's as though I can feel magic floating in the air.
I open my eyes and see sunlight dance across your face and I just watch. I've never been this swept away by a man. In my almost 40 years of life I have had my fair share of men and have even been engaged but nothing compares to how this man makes me feel. It is only in this place that I can allow my thoughts to just settle on the breeze. Having your arms wrapped around me makes the whole world fade away and all I hear is the beating of your heart.
As I lie here, I can feel your breath washing over me and suddenly I'm melting into you and you just tighten your grip on me without even waking up. Here, in your arms, I have nothing to prove. You have seen me at my best and my worst and you're still here and all I need is just to be.
Your breathing begins to change and I know you're waking up. You begin to rub circles on my back and I get caught up in the feeling of your touch, the slow and steady rush that passes through me every time you touch me. Isn't this the way love's supposed to be? And I can just feel you breathe.
The gentle caress on my back becomes more intense and I lift my head to look you in the eye and I know my heart is waking up and all the walls I have built up are finally tumbling down. It's taken time to get where we are and it has taken me a long time to finally let you into my life, my heart and my soul. I'm closer to you than I have ever been before and I know, from the look in your eye, that you recognise this and you know that there is no need for words right now.
You pull me closer and I let your breath wash over me, I melt completely into your arms and revel in the touch of your skin against mine. I know that this is how love is supposed to be and I no longer need to prove to myself that I am capable of loving someone and allowing them to love me in return. I can just enjoy it. In your arms I feel the magic floating in the air. I might be an astrophysicist who knows that magic doesn't truly exist but, this morning, I can feel it. Being with you gets me that way and I know that I never want to be without you.
