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Summary: What happens when a Wraith and a human fall in love? Well, it's not a walk in the park. They have to fight for what is theirs and the family they desperately want.

OC X OC

The passage of time was hard to note on the Hive ship. Edward said it had been weeks. To Jesse, the blissful moments she spent with Edward seemed more like days. They would spend hours together just talking, he was curious about her life. She would tell him about her home, nestled in the deep forests of Michigan and her eleven older brothers. He would listen as she described the small produce market her family owned and the swimming class she had taught on her off time. Embarrassingly, Jesse also told him about the band she and three of her brothers had started when she was in high school. He wanted to hear her sing but she was far to self-conscious.

Unfortunately, their peaceful utopia was disturbed by the entry of a new Hive ship. It had requested a meeting with the captain, Edward, to negotiate an alliance. He left immediately.

Hours later, Jesse was getting a little worried and tried to reach out with her mind. She swam the corridors of the Hive for the familiar buzz of his thoughts. The bridge was empty, as well as the Dart bay. Had he returned at all? Fearing the worse, Jesse fully immersed herself in the search for her lost captain. She filled the Hive with her presence, completely disconnected from her physical body.

A few more moments of searching and she caught a mumble. It got louder and louder as she returned to her own flesh. As her senses returned, the touch of cool hands was trying to shake her back to reality.

"Jesse!" The mumbled voice screamed.

The frightened human snapped back into consciousness only to meet the frantic, amber eyes of Edward. "You're back?" Tears threatened to fall as she stared at her Wraith.

"Where did you go?" Concern was laced in his voice.

"I was looking for you. I was worried that the negotiations had gone bad." She looked sheepishly. "Was it wrong of me?"

Edward smirked as he buried his face in her dark curls. They were kneeling on the ground in his quarters, Edward had Jesse's shoulders in a firm grip. His Jesse smelled like Wraith, like she belonged. He wrapped his human in a strong embrace. The longing he felt grew stronger and stronger. Her warm skin, her sweet breathe, her bright eyes, everything made her the woman he had come to care for so deeply.

"I rejected the Queen's bid for an alliance. It would be an intelligent move to leave immediately." He whispered gently.

Jesse pulled away her eyes red and puffy from the tears. "Why? Why would you do that to your crew?"

"Her intention is for the production of more Wraith, through this alliance. Do you understand the implications of such a decision?" He cupped her face in his large, slender hands. "The mere idea makes me ill."

Staring, she understood his reasoning. He had refused the Queen because he wanted to remain faithful. Had their relationship evolved to such a stage that he felt the need to practice monogamy? "The Queen wanted to mate with you, to repopulate." She stated, finally.

Edward nodded.

"Does the Queen know about me?"

"I do not wish to risk your life on mere speculation. Collect you things, we are leaving." He stood up rapidly and waited as Jesse collected her things.

She clutched her supply vest which contained her IDC and other belongings and looked to Edward for instructions. "Where are we going?"

"My second will make a hyperspace jump to a safe location. We will be returning to Atlantis."

"We?" She stared in disbelief. "They'll lock you up!"

"You will be well protected among your own people."

"Then drop me off at the nearest Stargate. Don't throw away your freedom!" She pled with the stubborn Wraith.

"This is my decision! You will wait for me in the Dart bay." He voice was filled with authority. Jesse shrunk away and Edward knew he had made an error. "I need to protect you. Please understand."

"Edward." Jesse breathed.

"Please, go to the Dart bay, wait for me there." He kissed her forehead and left.

Sad, angry, and lonely all at the same time, it took few moments for Jesse to regain feeling in her legs. She couldn't let him throw away his life in order to get her back to Atlantis. Sure, it was safer there, for her. Not for Edward.

Freeing herself, Jesse held her vest close and began to make her way toward the Dart bay as ordered. Her mind was so preoccupied that she had gotten lost when she noticed she had ended up near the cells. "Oops." She amended her direction and quickly tried to remedy her poor sense of direction. After a few wrong turns and one detour, she finally arrived at the Dart bay.

Because of her longer than expected trip, Edward arrived mere seconds later. He looked worried at first but quickly banished the emotion when he caught his human's eyes. "Let us leave immediately." His clasped her hand in his own.