For familyarchives: Five things Vala did to torture Cameron that only made him smile.
The problem with getting to know Daniel too well was that he became much less of an appealing toy. If she toyed with him too much, he might stop being concerned with her and believing in her and all those nice sorts of things that honestly, she was beginning to like quite a bit.
Problematically, however, Vala really liked toys.
Luckily, it didn't take long to settle on Cameron as an easily available alternative. After all, he was there all the time and just as attractive and had an enthusiasm that Daniel lacked about this whole SG-1 thing that she could relate to.
With her new target in mind, Vala began to act accordingly, developing a haphazard plan of contrary behavior that she felt was certain to drive Cameron insane. Her hair went in pigtails almost all of the time now, because Cam seemed like the sort who'd be annoyed by the pretense of sweet and innocent. She discovered a wonderful thing called bubble gum and began blowing bubbles constantly – although admittedly, at some point that became less about annoying Cameron and more just about seeing how big she could get them. She also started horning in on Cam and Teal'c's sparring lessons, sitting on the sidelines and giving pointers ad nauseum. During movie night, she insisted on watching movies Daniel had dubbed "chick flicks".
And finally, she continued to flirt with any male within a five mile radius. Outrageously. Somehow, he seemed to have become convinced that the behavior of SG-1 reflected on him personally, and she didn't think he'd be too fond of the "shameless" label.
Unfortunately, so far, her plan was having little success.
All he did with the pigtails was pull them. Which, she was adamant, was not cute. At all. When he saw her chewing gum, he asked if she had a piece to spare. When she offered pointers on his hand to hand, he…used them. (Once, he even thanked her. The mind boggled.) As for the chick flicks, well, all he said on that account was that there was a finite number of times a man could watch Star Wars and keep smiling.
And the flirting? Well, he didn't seem to pay much mind to it at all – so long as she was flirting with him, too.