Number Ten: Mistaken Identity

WARNING: Sexual innuendo! Handcuffs! Proceed with caution!

A/N: this one is short and to the point! One little nod to Undending-no spoilers. Enjoy!

He wasn't quite sure how it happened. Somehow the villagers on PQQ-677 had thought he and Vala were a couple and put them in the same small room with one bed. Mitchell had snickered until they'd stuck him in with Sam. It wasn't quite so funny anymore and he had bitched the entire walk across the courtyard towards the guest area until Sam had told him if he didn't shut up she'd report this whole incident to General O'Neill. That shut him up for good. Teal'c, being the honored Shol'va had been given a large room in the main palace.

They discussed swapping rooms to girls and boys, but the guards at their doors deterred their plan.

Once they were safely locked into the 'guest' quarters Vala had stood in the middle of their room laughing. He had started laughing with her. Somehow it had gone from laughing to kissing.

Vala's head lay upon Daniel's chest, dark hair spilling around her face. Daniel lifted her limp arm, brought it to his lips and placed a kiss on the inside of her wrist, laying her hand back to rest over his heart. He could feel her smile against his chest.

"Go to sleep, Daniel." Her muffled words held laughter.

"I'm wide awake now." He stared at the ceiling, a happy grin on his lips, wondering if she'd heard his whispered confession in the heat of passion.

Her head popped up, both hands pushing into the mattress, one on either side of him. Vala tried to shake the hair from her face.

With both of his hands, Daniel combed her hair back threading his fingers through the dark mass. They were cocooned in the darkness, only the soft light seeping in from the door lent an ethereal glow.

He pulled her into a deep kiss, fingers completely wrapped about her head.

She straddled him and he let out a delighted 'umph'. "I have something for you." She kissed his forehead.

"I can see that."

Vala slapped his chest playfully, "Not that, silly. I have something else for you." She hopped out of the bed and practically disappeared in the darkness.

He came up on his elbows squinting, trying to locate her in the fuzzy dimness.

Far across the room Vala rummaged in her pack. He closed one eye and tried to focus on her blurry image.

Thankfully, she had the good sense (not to mention the contrivance) to bring lingerie especially chosen and purchased for her archeologist. No guilt there. A girl has to do what a girl has to do. By the time she came back to the foot of the bed, Daniel had retrieved his glasses.

There she stood in a red satin nightie, one hand on her hip and a pair of red handcuffs dangling, swinging, inviting from one finger.

"Now where the hell did those come from?" He was grinning.

"I kept hoping you'd come around and I needed to be prepared. They've been in this pack since my first trip through the Stargate as a member of SG-1. Daniel, I love you, too. I just wanted you to know that before I cuff…."

He leapt from the bed, straight to the end and grabbed her. She didn't even have time to squeak.