Author's note: Jack's family was created for this story so they are mine as well as the kid and Greer.

Chapter Eight: Approved

Jack woke slowly after a late night with the kids and Daniel. He came awake in waves, first feeling the sensation of hands slipping up and over his stomach. He felt the lips running across his stomach and the boxers that were sliding down his legs as fingernails dragged deliciously down the outsides of his thighs before the heat of Daniel's mouth slipped over Jack's erection. He moaned into the touch as he snapped to wakefulness and slipped his fingers into Daniel's long hair, not gripping at the strands but lovingly caressing the scalp beneath and urging his husband to task. Daniel sucked and moved against him, moaning into the motion as Jack spurred him on. Daniel's hands were all over the place, stroking across his chest and down lower to fondle Jack's balls.

"God Danny!" Jack husked.

Daniel pulled back and smiled up at Jack, "I wanted to give you something special this morning."

"Very special Daniel," Jack whispered and Daniel slipped to take Jack back into his mouth. Jack knew he wasn't going to last all that long but he didn't know where Daniel was hoping to go with this, they hadn't really made love since they got back to this time and he didn't know if either of them were prepared for that again.

Daniel answered that question for him pretty quickly when he quickened his pace and Jack sucked in a breath as he tried to stave off the orgasm. But Daniel was relentless, quickening and sucking and licking at his shaft then without warning, Daniel slipped a finger inside his hole and Jack jerked off of the bed with a shout. His breath heaved in and out as Daniel slid up beside Jack on the bed to rest his head on Jack's chest.

"Don't you want me to return the favor?" Jack whispered as he kiss Daniel's head but his young husband just shook his head, "Why's that?"

"I don't need you to have sex with me right now, I need you to love me and remember that when bad things happen. Sex can't always fix things but I needed to touch you this morning."

"What if I need to touch you too?" Jack said, kissing Daniel's forehead again.

"This relationship despite its sexual beginnings in Damnation's camp, I don't need sex to know I love you and I am always going to need you."

Jack sat up and dislodged Daniel, "Do you think I do?"

Daniel rolled his eyes, "Don't be like that Jack, I didn't say it to make you mad. I said it because sometimes it's hard to remember that there is more to this than sex."

"Daniel," Jack touched his face gently. "Just because I want to have sex with you doesn't mean that's all you are to me. The happiest I am with you is when you are hugging your children, the quiet moments when you smile at me and I know that your soul is tied to mine."

Jack watched as Daniel grinned up at him and leaned forward to press his lips to Jack's in a gentle kiss. He pressed forward, into Daniel's skin and gripped the back of Daniel's neck. Jack used his other hand to slip down Daniel's chest and tweaked at one of his nipples making Daniel jump before he leaned forward gasping for more. Jack pressed forward, slipping Daniel onto his back on the bed.

Daniel pulled away grinning, "Sex sex sex, one track mind Jack?"

"Its your fault," Jack muttered between kisses.

"Uh huh," Daniel muttered and reclaimed Jack's lips making him smile. Sex might not be the only thing that Jack loved about Daniel but the young scientist's skin called to Jack. His lips demanded to be kissed so Jack could write love letters with his mouth. The smell of Daniel pressed against Jack set him on fire. There was something about Daniel that Jack had always been unable to get enough. So he would prove what he could with his body then he would prove with his actions how little the sex was in the beauty of their relationship with the other.

Jack slipped down Daniel's body, reaching forward for a second to grab the lube from the side table. He slipped it down next to Daniel, "What do you want Danny?" he asked, kissing Daniel's stomach.

"You ready for another round?" Daniel husked.

"Maybe," Jack smiled into Daniel's skin. He reached down and stroked himself for a second, pleased that despite his age he could keep up with Daniel for a good portion of a marathon still. He slipped his hand around Daniel's straining cock and pumped it gently. Then with practiced moves he slipped several lubed digits around Daniel's hole and pushed in. Daniel was tight after their dry spell but Jack just took his time and made sure Daniel was straining for more contact before he slipped up Daniel's body and lined up his cock and slid home to the chorus of groans between him and Daniel, the sound of passion building in their small room until Daniel slapped a pillow over his face and shouted his release as Jack followed quickly.

Daniel took several deep breaths in between Jack's nipping kisses as he slipped from Daniel's body and kept a tight hold on his younger spouse. "So you think that was just sex?" Jack asked with a grin.

Daniel chuckled, "That, my handsome Colonel Jack, was love and I couldn't ask for more. Now we should probably shower and get going because General Hammond wanted to meet with us about the MIA attached to our names. Shower together?"

Jack grinned and jumped out of bed to pad across the room and grab a robe before tossing a second one to Daniel who was getting up. They walked into the bathroom and started getting cleaned up, fooling around in the bathroom before they dressed and walked downstairs to find the kids all dressed and waiting for them.

"Hey guys, you ready for some breakfast?" Jack called and got a round of affirmatives. Daniel and Jack started cooking in the kitchen and fed everyone quickly before the SF's got to the house to pick them up. They didn't have daycare and Janet wanted to meet the kids for real this time.

They piled into the van and Jack watched Daniel strap the kids into car seats, except for Zale and Zada who weighed enough to forgo the device. The twins fought at the contraption and Johnny just sat there watching the drama play out with a little smile on his face. Jack chuckled as Daniel finally snapped his finger gently and it ended the struggle with Janet then he got into his own seat and they headed towards the mountain.

"Did you get the bicycles?" the driving female SF asked with a grin.

Jack frowned, "What bicycles?"

"A couple SF's dropped them off earlier, I think everyone has adopted your kids," she responded with a chuckle.

"I didn't see them," Jack returned.

"I think they put them in the backyard against the porch."

"Are they just going to keep giving us presents?" Jack asked, smiling back at Daniel who wasn't really paying attention to the conversation. He was too busy counting each of Zada's fingers with a kiss. Jack suddenly decided to stop listening to the driver as well as he watched Daniel count the fingers on Zada's other hand before he continued up her arms and then moved onto Zale's fingers. God, Daniel was one of the most amazing people Jack had ever had the pleasure of knowing and he seemed to constantly be falling deeper in love with the man as the days went by. After ten years one might think there was no deeper love to be found but it wasn't true.

"Sir?"

"What?" Jack demanded when he realized the woman was trying to get his attention.

"We're here, are you going to help with the kids?" she asked with a smirk. Jack had gone too long not having to hide the way he felt about Daniel and now apparently it was a good thing he was leaving the program behind because the SF's grin clearly said his face was holding that sappy 'I love him so much' look. Luckily it seemed that Hammond was telling the truth about DADT not being as strict as it used to be.

"Yeah," he said, clearing his throat and scrambling out of the front seat to help the children as they tumbled from the vehicle and he gave a smart salute to the driver before they walked inside the mountain and walked the path down to Hammond's office before the did anything else. They were invited into the office and the children immediately sat down in demure silence that had Jack and Daniel trading strange looks, such as 'what happened? These are not our kids!'

"Jack, Daniel, so nice to see the two of you looking a little less stressed. Your children are so well behaved," General Hammond exclaimed when Jack stood at attention with Daniel by his side.

"Sir," Jack returned.

"Thank you General," Daniel responded even as he nudged Jack for the rude response.

"I called you in this morning because I got your MIA cleared and cleaned up your identity to reflect your new age which puts Jack up for retirement with an addendum saying that because you were missing because of your work in the Stargate program, you can go for General before the retirement papers go through."

"Sir?" Jack questioned even as Daniel gripped Jack's shoulder in support.

"You heard me, it was one of the reasons it took a couple days to get everything fixed for you. Also, the children are legally, paperwork wise, both of yours. I used the information to fill out that the mothers gave up custody and you each adopted each other's kids. No one can touch them or question that they belong to both of you equally."

"Thank you so much sir," Daniel sighed even as Jack smiled at his lover's enthusiasm.

"Also since you are officially alive once more, Jack has the right to take a plane and fly you to Boston to see Jack's family. Use the time to figure out what you're going to do, I would love to keep you both in the program but I need you to be ready with your decisions in about two weeks."

Jack reached out and clasped Hammond's hand in gratitude.

With that, Jack wandered down to Janet's domain while Daniel went to check in with the archeology department before they went home and prepared for a trip to meet the parents.

It was only a slightly terrifying prospect despite the fact that Jack wanted to do it. After seeing how Sarah responded to the news, Jack didn't want to see Daniel hurt anymore for Jack. He knew there was a lot that Daniel had to deal with because Jack was a soldier and had lived a tough life but watching the agony written into Daniel's eyes and bracketing around his mouth had forced Jack to admit that there was no going back for him. Jack would do anything to stay with Daniel and even more importantly; he would do what he had to see Daniel happy.

It wasn't until Daniel was contemplating separation back in the Vannas world not so long ago, Jack really grasped how much Daniel had accepted what kind of man Jack was all the time they'd been together at the neglect of the children as a result. Daniel should have forced the 'retirement' issue before Jack got taken that last time, which caused Zale to use his powers and Xylander's attitude about Zale's family had come out. Jack knew that Daniel's love had always been unconditional but he knew in those days where Daniel was sure that separation was the way to proceed that Jack should had done more to see the error in his treatment of Daniel but also the children. They had never been neglected, all five of their children had love pouring in from all sides, cloyingly as a matter of fact but Jack had always been the one to take a step back and let Daniel deal with the father stuff all the time.

So Jack was retiring in this world too, he would dedicate his time to the children and Daniel. He would introduce Daniel to his parents and his brothers' as his partner in life and fatherhood, he would do what he could to make sure Sarah could be in the same room with them without referring to Daniel by derogatory words, even if that meant that she might not be welcome in Jack and Daniel's home for a while. Jack's protective instincts might had faltered in the face of adversity, but he was back with a vengeance and no one was going to get away with hurting Daniel in any way.

Jack was watching Janet and many of her nurses as they played and spoke with the children. He had to laugh when the driver's words were proven accurate, ever couple of minutes someone was handing a toy or a book to one of the children, many of the nurses as well as soldiers wandering in through out the time they were there to drop off gifts. Jack also did notice when someone people walked in, saw the kids and Jack before leaving. Some of them had that look of condemnation, others of confusion and some of determined hostility, which made Jack extremely uncomfortable about Daniel coming back here. He might have been taught to fight by Jack and even the Vannas over the years but soldiers tended to move in packs, all believing the same bullshit sometimes and all it would take is two or three guys and Daniel wouldn't be able to fight back.

"What's with the frown of doom?" Daniel asked, smiling as he walked over from the door to lean against Jack's shoulder, crossing his arms over his chest. Jack was glad for the close proximity, bumping Daniel with his shoulder gently.

"It's nothing."

"Didn't look like nothing," Daniel returned.

"I should go and make flight arrangements," Jack said instead despite the annoyed sigh that escaped Daniel's lips. Jack looked down at the bulging book bag that was leaning against Daniel's hip, "Is that all we're taking back with us? Please say yes," Jack pleaded.

"Yes Jack, I only took a few projects since I don't want to spend our family vacation working when I should be getting to know your family."

Jack bumped Daniel's shoulder again, "Good man." Jack wished he could kiss Daniel before he walked away but he contained himself barely and walked out to make the arrangements, leaving Daniel to the fawning crowd of adoring fans.