And so, here is the end. Please let me know what you enjoyed, what you would love to see the gang deal with from here on out. Please, I am struggling so hard with the third story.
Epilogue: Family Afterword
2 years later
Daniel had been right about one thing, it had been an interesting series of conversations and the only way Jack and Daniel figured it was fair was to both try again with Desire and Lust without the help of fertility spells and altered body chemistry for highest chance of conception. They switched surrogates this time around, handed over some DNA after a wonderful evening of retrieving the goods and a couple weeks passed before both Desire and Lust showed up with the good news, that they were both expecting.
Jack had almost fainted at the fact they were going to definitely have two more children but Daniel just laughed at his mate and pointed out that Adrian and DK had become permanent fixtures in their home, the queen had even built an extension on the house just for them. Daniel assured Jack that they could do this and if both babies carried to term then this was the way it was supposed to be.
Now as he touched his twin girls, he knew that they were supposed to happen and five children were bound to make them all insane but Daniel would never dream of not having these little girls now that they were here. They were named for the smartest and strongest women Daniel and Jack knew; Claire Samantha named for his mother and Sam and the other was Janet Catherine who was both important to Daniel and Jack. These little girls would carry the names; know the legacy of the women left in the past. It was the best Daniel could do since they could never be here, except Sam who thought their need to give her name to Claire was too much but she never really said no.
And Jack, well he was holding his brand new son; Jonathan Hammond who had the beautiful blonde hair and chocolate eyes like his daddy. Daniel was so glad Zale had prepared him for the possibility of holding his biological son now, to finally release Charlie from his regret filled heart. With this new family and life, there was no room for regret, only love for a lost child and sadness that he couldn't be with them.
Zale and Zada were toddling around their legs; Daniel smiled as he reached down to touch each curly head in turn before returning his attention to the twins. These three had not been born the same day but they were actually several days between them. Desire had gone into labor and had a tough time so by the time Erica was able to get Claire and Janet out safely, Lust finally went into labor and Erica's husband Alec had come in to help with the second delivery.
Of course Teal'c and Sam were close by as they always were, celebrating the new Jackson-O'Neill's successful delivery even as they held their newest twins that Sam gave birth to less than three weeks before. As Jacob was a dedication to Sam's past, Teal'c and Sam decided on Jaffa names for these two, naming their little boy Haikon and the baby girl Ishtar.
Daniel knew that all of SG1 were done creating the next generation of their team as they now had more kids than any of them really planned on but looking forward, teaching and helping Zarkina to fight the war she was in the middle of looked like a pretty good future as long as Jack was always beside Daniel and they were always given the chance to save each other.
"Forever in time, right Danny?" Jack asked, referencing the words etched into their mating marks and Daniel tilted his head to look at Jack as he rocked Johnny in his arms.
"Forever, no matter what they throw at us," Daniel returned before he turned back to his daughters. They were in for some interesting adventures.
The End…. For Now…
Please keep an eye out for the continuation of this story, the boys are not done having adventures in magical parenting and magical battles so I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I have loved writing it and I hope people leave me some reviews because I thrive on them when I see them.
