Never Ending by Betty Bokor
Sam/Daniel. Vala has a secret and Sam has promised to help her. This story tags Unending and is kind to Vala and all the other characters in general.
Spoilers: All seasons, including 10 to the end.
Disclaimer: The Stargate original characters belong to MGM/Showtime, Double Secret Productions, and Gekko Film Corp. This was written strictly for the purpose of entertainment. No attempt at copyright infringement has been made.

Never Ending

Chapter 5

He was surprised when we looked at himself on the T.V. screen. He still looked young in spite of all the years that had passed since he first went through the gate. Sam looked young, too. Maybe going through the stargate had some rejuvenating effects, he theorized with a smile. Definitely not, he joked again when looking at Jack. Well, Jack had not looked very young again after his hair had turned completely gray. "It's all your fault, Danny-boy. I got all this gray hair just because of you. If you keep dying on us it will end up being green," Jack had said more than once. The truth was that those had been very hard years for all of them, fighting secret war after secret war while the rest of the world slept in blissful ignorance. In any case, the wars were over and they were all heroes now, all those who survived and those who did not, too. So many courageous men and women had died along the way that he usually avoided making a final count. He had a special place in his memory and in his heart for the few that had been closer to him; he would never allow himself to forget them.

He looked at Teal'c, now joining the group on the screen. Nobody would guess that he had collected near fifty years more of life than them sometime along the way. That was an episode he usually did not want to think about. He actually did not remember anything of it, but the basic idea was in Teal'c's report. They had lived those lives forever trapped in the ship, without any other human contact than that of their expanded team. He knew that Vala had said that they had gotten together in that life –and Teal'c had reluctantly agreed to confirm it a few years ago– but he still could not imagine how his life could have been without Sam. Since that fateful night, when he had found her sitting in his living room, waiting for him, there had been no life without Sam. She had filled every second and, later on, their children had completed it. No, he could not imagine life without Sam. At this point in his life, he did not think Sam could imagine a life without him either. They had become one in so many ways that some days it almost scared him. Thinking in unison and completing each other's sentences had started long before their marriage, but it was still startling to express the same idea at the same time without previous warning. Sometimes it felt as if their minds had combined into one. Their hearts certainly had and, despite Sam's fears, their bodies had, too. He knew every millimeter of Sam's body and how every touch made it feel. With a slight shiver at the memory of pleasure, he recognized that she knew him as well as he did her. No, that could not have been his real life; this was what he had wanted for so long and, this time, nobody had stolen it away.

A horde of children running into the den interrupted his thoughts. Behind them, Sam and his former teammates walked in with the makings of a party. Today was a day to celebrate. One final treaty signed and peace seemed to be a definite part of the future. Of the present. Of his unending journey among the stars while holding Sam's hand.

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