Body Buddies
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"Could you P L E A S E stop fidgeting?" Daniel snapped.
"I'm uncomfortable."
"We are all uncomfortable." He tried to back as far away as possible.
"How could you know that? There's no one else here."
"Wherever they are, they're uncomfortable."
"Do you think Sam is body buddy to Teal'c or Cameron?"
"What?!"
"Well, I mean, here we are, freezing to death and you called it body buddy heat to not freeze and so I'm wondering if Sam is a buddy for Muscles or Cameron."
"Vala, first of all, we are not going to freeze to death. We have a sub zero sleeping bag. We'll be fine, uncomfortably cold, but fine. Second, how could it make any difference who's buddied to who? Besides, they each have a sleeping bag. Now, please be still and go to sleep."
"We'll freeze to death if we sleep."
"No we won't."
"You said we had to get into this tiny one person sleeping bag together in order to not freeze to death. Daniel, is it possible you lied to get me in here?"
"Not likely."
"But possible?"
"Go to sleep."
"You just wanted me in here."
"You can get out anytime you like."
"I'd freeze! Oh. I see. We only have one bag; they have one each plus one of ours. We have to share." Sounding disappointed she flipped over so that the front of her body was flush to his.
"Vala!"
"My front's cold."
He turned his back to her.
She scoffed, "That's cheating."
"That's surviving." He mumbled from the edge of the sleeping bag.
"Surviving what?"
"Surviving you."
"Maybe you should stop trying to survive."
"I have to endure."
"Why?"
"Because it's who I am and what I do."
"Ha! You'd be a much happier man if you'd just give it up."
"Give what up?"
"All of it."
"All of what?"
"All of you."
"For?"
"Me."
"And?"
"And what?" Vala sighed in exasperation.
"And then what?"
"Daniel you're not making any sense."
He felt the warmth of her hand that lay casually on his hip. "And you are?"
"Well, of course, darling. Turn around here where I can look into your beautiful baby blues."
He turned, scowling, frowning, glowering – everything he could muster to ward off his need for her. "What?"
Her arms snaked around his middle and she moved into him as far as she could. "I need to snuggle. Good night, Daniel. I love you."
"Good night, Vala." He said in surrendering frustration.
"And?" She managed to get a leg between his.
"And what?" He unwittingly wrapped his arms around her, rested his chin on her head.
"Good night Vala … and?" Her face was pressed into his neck.
"Fine. I love you. Now go to sleep."
"That wasn't a very good declaration of love."
"It's all you're getting tonight."
Vala's laugh was muffled into his chest.
"What's so funny?" He kissed the top of her head.
"You."
"If you don't stop wiggling I'm going to have to go out into this blizzard and go … snuggle … with Teal'c."
They both laughed together.
"Good night, Daniel."
"Good night, Vala."