The gate roared to life, rings spinning and drawing everyone's attention. Unscheduled incoming wormhole, announced the speaker system which lead to General O'Neill, Rush, Chloe Ezra and Doctor Jackson racing down from Jack's office with puzzled expressions. They'd all been in yet another meeting regarding The Pentagon's insistence that they cease all attempt to get Cressida and Colonel Davis back... or at least prove they were dead.
"Who is it?" Asked Jack as he came to a stop looking up at the gate through the glass, blue shimmered against the back wall a luminous beauty that no longer amazed the SGC staff as it once had. "Is it SG7?"
"No, Sir." Responded the young man at his control station. "I'm not getting a code. Wait-" There was a pause while the young officer with blonde hair watched intently at his screens. His eyes went wide. "That's Destiny's code!"
"Cressida!" Rush lunged towards the radio as Chloe's eyes went wide, his heart thumping in his chest; Ezra gripped her hand tightly. "Cress? Cress, come in." Rush all but begged for his daughter to answer.
A few moments went by, the weight of them felt more like hours of horrendous agony. Then, finally, just when Chloe's heart threatened to break all over again there was a static like rumbled and a voice.
"She's right here, Doctor Rush. Vulpine too."
A huge cheer erupted throughout the control room and Chloe finally broke down into tears though this time they were of joy. Ezra pulled his Mom into a tight hug since his father had already charged out the room towards the Gate Room.
"Open the iris." Ordered Jack, an order that was quickly obeyed and everyone followed Rush.
The blue pool of the wormhole shone and shimmered, teasing them with movement. Nicholas almost vibrated with anticipation, he stood at the bottom of the metal ramp unblinking lest he missed something.
Almost the second Cressida stepped through the gate Rush had her in his arms, hands in her hair keeping her close. The safety of her Daddy's arms was nice but it didn't last long thanks to her mother who pushed Rush out the way so she could embrace her daughter.
"Oh my baby girl! My sweet baby girl."
"Mom... can't... breath."
Chloe was forced to release her eldest child, it was then they all saw how forcefully her tears were streaming down her face.
"What the fuck happened?" Demanded Rush.
"Long story." Said Disaster while he petted Vulpine's long ears, eyes occasionally flashing towards Ezra. "We're going to need one hell of a debrief, Sir." He told Jack who nodded.
"My office, now."
"Where is Eli?" Asked Cress, brown eyes flashing around the Gate Room for him.
Rush, Chloe and Ez flashed each other a look before Ezra spoke.
"Em, his Mom too a turn for the worst. He's at home with her."
"I need to see him." It was almost like withdrawal being without her Eli, she'd missed his stupid comments, his schoolboy smile and the way he would wrap the teenager up in his arms.
"We need to debrief you." Announced Jack.
"Please, Uncle Jack?"
"There will be time for that later." Argued Daniel softly.
Jack sighed. "Okay, you're right." He looked over to Cress. "But the doc takes a look at you first."
She nodded, Cress couldn't argue with that.
"No." Said Chloe. "No, we just got you back."
"Mom, we're back on Earth again. I know its been a month-" Ezra suddenly cut her off.
"A month?! Cress, you've been gone for seven."
Paul and Cressida's eyes widened, she'd expected it to be a little longer than a month due to the blackhole's gravity but not seven months. Cress had horribly miscalculated.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't know the time stretch was that long."
"Time stretch?" Questioned Rush quickly.
"Black hole." Stated Paul and everyone save for Jack let out a sound of understanding.
"I'm so sorry." Repeated the eldest Rush child, how much heartbreak her mother had been through.
Chloe wouldn't release her little girl, she'd thought Cress was gone, thought she'd never see her baby again, but there she was safe and alive. Cress had come back to them.
XXXX
An hour later Cressida surged out of the unmarked black car and up to Eli's front door, she stopped dead with her hand raised to knock. Her heart hammered in her chest, she'd missed Eli, it actually hurt to be away from the man she loved.
The dark-haired beauty took a deep, calming breath as she glanced up to the window, at that sight her heart stopped. He was sat on the couch with his back to her, shoulders bouncing up and down sorrowfully as he cried, instantly a wave of concern washed over her. Cressida forgot about knocking and just pushed the door open, thankful that it was unlocked, she just reacted on the instant urge to go to him.
She'd not heard his voice in weeks but to him it had been seven long months but she'd not wanted the first thing she heard from him be sobs and tears. Carefully she rounded the couch and stood looking down at him, she blocked some of the light and had Eli blinking away tears and looking up.
"Cressida?!"
There was utter disbelief in his voice, eyes wide and bold. To him she'd been gone for seven months, he'd started to think he'd never see her again.
"I'm hallucinating now. Great." He sighed and ran a hand through his stubble.
"You're not hallucinating, Eli." She told him softly as she tried not to cry as well. "It's me, I'm here. I'm real."
Cress reached out and cupped his cheek, in an instant Eli leant into her warmth while she wiped away a stray tear with her thumb.
"How?" He breathed, clearly he still thought he was hallucinating or dreaming.
The eldest Rush child smiled half-heartedly. "It's a long story, that's not important though. I'm here now."
Eli just looked at her for a moment and then without hesitation he pulled her down so she straddled him and just clung to her as though she'd fade away; so tight it almost hurt. She'd missed his scent, it made her feel safe.
"I thought I'd lost you, Cress."
He sobbed into her neck and gripped her tighter and then he was kissing her as though his life depended on it. It was only then that she realised just how much Eli truly loved her. Soon he had Cressida on her back on the couch so he could run his fingers up her flanks and under her t-shirt. His stubble which had become more beard like since she'd last seen him – something needed to be done about that – and it scratched at her cheeks. But it was him, it was her Eli and they'd found one another again.
Suddenly his nimble fingers hooked into belt loops and started to pull down her jeans.
"Eli, no, I'm still only-" He cut her off.
"I thought you were dead. I thought the woman I love more than anything else in the universe was dead. I thought you were gone. I need you Cress."
She understood that fully, she felt the same, she needed him just as much as he needed her... her father wouldn't mind. His big brown eyes were full of so much love for her and it made Cress smile. She nodded.
Eli took a moment to just look at Cressida, at her beauty. Chestnut colored hair like a cape around her angelic face, skin so soft and supple that it was purer than snow. Eyes like golden whiskey and filled with an indescribable spark, she's perfect.
Eli yanked his grey t-shirt over his head and tossed it aside until he came to rest half under the coffee table, he could feel her heart thud like a generator vibrating in her chest. His large hands pulled her jeans all the way off then went back for the top that was chucked just as unceremoniously as his own almost as though it offended him.
The dark-haired man caressed her body with nips and sucks, marking her porcelain skin with tiny purple bruises, hands ran up her flanks before reaching behind her back to open her bra and pull it off, she's going to be the death of me, he settled his hands on her hips. He'd seen her naked before but never like this, never so exposed and on display before him. It was instinctual for Cressida to part her legs letting him settle between them while she snaked her arms around Eli's neck.
"You're beautiful." He told her truthfully before taking a nipple into his mouth; she moaned and threw her head back.
Eli slipped his hand down her smooth stomach to her core, fingers teasing her wet sex.
"Eli !"
She moaned loudly, fingers combed into his magnificent hair and gripped so tight it hurt. That sound, that delectable sound, made him surge with primal pride, a growl that rumbled through his chest and into Cressida's own. She'd never experienced anything like this before, maybe it was the need that had the eldest Rush filled with such desire, she didn't know and maybe she didn't want to know.
Slowly Eli pulled the last garment of clothing down her supple thighs leaving the goddess naked before him, he slipped down her body leaving delicate kisses in his wake as talented fingers circled her needy core, the grip she had on his hair only grew tighter, bordering on the boundary between pain and pleasure. His fingers moved within her, mapping the beauty from the inside with nothing but touch. Eli could feel her walls start to quiver, she was close and he adored every second, he eyed her teasingly before pressing a gentle kiss to her inner thigh. When his mouth finally found her core Cressida all but purred in delight, arms wrapped around her legs as his need for her took over and tongue set to work. Eli's mouth was perfect and she felt her orgasm start to build rapidly, no man had ever made her feel this before, his tongue circled her sex before dipping into her. Cressida couldn't speak, couldn't think. Her hips bucked without her consent, but his firm hands kept her in place.
So close. Just a little bit more. Just a little...
"Oh God!"
She gasped desperately, the sound of ecstasy racing through him and filling Eli with an animal-like pride. He watched with a grin as her her mouth hung open in a silent moan. Gods she's beautiful.
"Eli, I need you. Please." She pleaded, hands clawing at him until the older man consented to being pulled back up her breathtaking body for a deep and passion filled kiss.
How could he ever say no to her? He couldn't deny the needy goddess before him especially with his own need spurring him along. At almost lightning speed the older man shredded himself of his remaining clothing, uncaring where the fabric landed and pulled Cress down the bed to him by the backs of her knees. It was a little dominant spark that Cress had never seen from Eli before... and she liked it.
This wasn't about making love, not entirely anyway, it was about need, passion, fire and want, all the sinful desires that tasted so sweet and quickly became addictive. With one last gaze into her magical chocolate orbs Eli gripped her hips tightly and slammed into her; Cressida moaned. His thrusts were gentle at first, and it hurt but that faded away quickly, but soon the thrusts grew hard and deep, powerful and quickly began to rip away her ability to speak or think in anything other than whimpers and gasps. Her fingers reached up to grip his strong shoulders when he took one of her rosy nipples back into his mouth.
Their bodies met in a perfect rhythm; delicate but overflowing with heated passion. Cressida's tongue made its way into Eli's mouth readily as they became one, mapping out his mouth desperately, raking her tongue across his teeth causing his thrusts to become erratic for a second or two. Had Cress known sex was like this she'd have caved a long time ago. Cress was dangling on the very edge, looking down into the euphoric depths below with her darling partner not far behind her, she wiggled her hips in just the right way, teasing, and send him into a primal rut, thrusting like his life depended on it. It was then that the dark-haired beauty grew needier and Eli managed to flipped them – no easy task on such a small couch – his long and talented fingers gripped her hips leaving tiny little dents over her porcelain skin, puling her down onto him, impaling her. Cressida leaned down to kiss him again, gasping at the new angle and the way her kissed nipples grazed against his smooth chest.
It was then that she could take it no longer and plunged into the smouldering waters of bliss and euphoria her body clamped down around the man she loved as she rode her orgasm, pulling him over the edge and into climax with her.
"Eli!"
She somehow managed to whisper and scream out his name at the same time, back arching into his touch. Finally Cressida collapsed against Eli's surprisingly strong chest, happy and warm. He lay there panting for a time with Cressida rested against him, her breathes slowly returning to some semblance of normal. It had been a long time for Eli what with being 'math boy' and spending so long on Destiny but he didn't remember sex ever having been that good. Sweat had gathered in little beads on his forehead wetting the black hair hair at his temples as he stared up at the ceiling.
"Wow." He breathed.
Cress just smiled, that was the only real word she had to describe it as well. Maybe it hadn't been the romantic candle lit encounter other girls dreamt of but it was no less special.
"I had no idea I could feel that." She told him truthfully. "I just... wow."
"Thank you, baby."
"For what?" She peered up at him with confusion a hand rested on his chest.
"Coming back. I really thought I'd lost you." Eli pressed a kiss to her forehead.
Cress smiled. "Puddin', you should know by now that I always come back. The Nakai programmed my body to die, but I'm still here. You'll never lose me."
"Promise?"
"Promise." She confirmed.
Eli pulled her tighter to his chest and just breathed her in.
"Hang on, did you just call me Puddin'?" His brow furrowed.
"Yeah, you know, like Harley and the Joker."
Eli chuckled at that. "You are such a geek, baby. I love it."
XXXX
After a few weeks Eli's mom started to recover but the HIV had taken its toll on her body after so many years, Eli had been so worried that it had taken a toll on him as well, but he had Cressida back. His darling, genius Cressida back and with her return came his hope.
The debriefing had been fast paced but taken forever, the Pentagon had learnt of Paul's and Cressida's return and sent some pencil pusher to grill them both on what had happened. They'd been sceptical about a black hole but the eldest Rush child had just started listing calculations and how the time stretched had occurred until only her father, Ez and Eli fully understood what she was saying. It hadn't taken long for Paul to make a case for why Destiny was still safe, and praised Cress at every opportunity until the Pentagon had essentially been forced to quit their moaning so as Colonel Davis get back to work.
Jack, Rush and Eli talked about returning to Destiny, clearly they couldn't leave it alone again so Paul had been on base building the best military team he could with the aid of Doctor Rush, General O'Neill would handle the military personnel. Surprisingly many had actually asked to be stationed on Destiny now they knew they could return most notably Varro, Colonel Young and Lieutenant Scott. Greer had grumbled but people suspected he'd choose to return as well, Destiny suited his personality in a strange sort of way.
Paul 'Disaster' Davis spent a lot of long nights at the base and it was one of those long nights when Cressida knocked on his open door with Ezra just behind her.
"Cress?" He questioned with a smile as he rose and rounded his desk.
"Disaster, here's Ezra just as requested." She all but shoved her brother towards the Colonel, then flashed the older man a look that said 'do it'.
With that she was gone, abandoned the room knowing she'd forced the two to finally talk about the gargantuan elephant in the room. It took Paul a moment to clock all the information into place and figure out what the hell she'd been talking about. The conversation they'd had back on Destiny suddenly flooded his mind. He'd told her he'd talk to Ezra when they got back and that had been two, nearly three, weeks ago. Clearly Cress was going to force him to keep his word. Suddenly Ezra's voice snapped Davis out of his thoughts.
"I didn't believe her when she said your nickname was 'Disaster'. I like it." He grinned.
Paul sighed half-heartedly. "I knew I shouldn't have told her that."
"It suits you in a weird way." A brief pause. "Anyway, my sis told me you wanted to see me. What can I do?"
Paul was silent for a moment, Ezra acted like an adult just as Cressida had said but it didn't change how young Ez really was. Nerves hit Paul like a brick wall. He was an Air Force Colonel, he could do this. Disaster took a deep breath.
"Ezra, em, well, your sister has sprung this on me but frankly I shouldn't be surprised." Good God, I sound like a twelve year old with a crush! Ez just looked at him. "Em... when I was growing up boys and girls were expected to act a certain way, and that got even worse when I joined the Air Force. Eventually things changed and people realised that not everyone fitted into the same box, but I'd spent so long like that, spent so long basically hiding who I was from my job that I was just used to it." Another pause, Ez's brow furrowed deeper as he caught on to where this was going and what his sister had done. "... But then you came along and... and-"
Ezra cut him off with a shy smile and a hand on the older man's uniform clad chest.
"Are you trying to say you like me back but you're not quite sure how to show it?"
Paul smiled softly, green eyes lighting up.
"That's why you're the smart one."
"I'm a Rush, it's kinda comes with the name." With that Ez let his hand fall from Paul's chest to grab his large hand instead. "You know I'm not as young as I seem, right?"
Davis nodded. "Oh, believe me, your sister has drilled that into me. She loves you very much." Ez knew that, of course he knew. "I'm more worried about Doctor Rush trying to kill me than your age."
"Won't happen. He already knows I'm in love with you, Pops would have killed you already if he wasn't okay with it. Disaster?"
Paul sighed. "That's going to stick, isn't it?"
"Yep!" Beamed the younger man.
"God, you and Cressida are so alike."
"Are we going to keep talking about my Pops and sister, or are you going to kiss me? Because I'd really like that."
"I'm going to get court-martialed for this."
With that Paul finally, finally, pressed his lips to Ezra's own.