It's Only You and Me

a series of Moments in Cameron and Daniel's relationship

summary:a series of moments in Cameron and Daniel's relationship as they come together

genre: Romance

rated: PG-13 (just cause of the all the kissies and occasional dirtyness)

content warnings: swearing, boy/boy lovin

author note: each story is paired with a song lyric that either fit with the specific chapter or inspired that chapter. i just love these boys together :) whether its the actors or the characters or a mix of both I feel like there's this wonderful chemistry between Cameron and Daniel and I wanted to explore that from a slash and romantic standing.

disclaimer: All characters in this story belong to MGM and the creators of Stargate SG1. The characters are not mine, as much as i would like to keep them and play with them all day n the way I wish they would have them play with each other on the show ;)

"Found myself in conversation trying to convince what you're about. I don't know why but I couldn't get it out. Met an old friend yesterday who told me how my love inspired her to love like I love you."

"Have You Seen Me Lately" - Keri Noble

*takes place immediately after Season 10's Line in the Sand*

"Well, to each their own," Cam shrugged. He was used to getting that reaction from his homemade macaroons. Teal'c had given one look at them and just walked away. Cameron just couldn't get his grandmother's recipe just right yet.

"Thank you," Sam said, not referring to the cookies. Sam was convinced that the support Mitchell had provided for her when she thought she was dying back on the planet was what had saved her life.

Cam seemed taken back by the sentiment, but he just nodded and patted her on the shoulder.

"So how are you doing?" Sam asked, her tone inferring that something was bothering her friend.

"I'm not the one in the infirmary," Cam looked away, his interest seeming to have been captured by a spot somewhere on the far wall.

"That's not what I meant and you know it," Sam scolded.

"What do you want me to say, Sam?"

"You haven't said anything Cameron. If we're not out looking for Daniel, you don't mention him," Sam explained. "And back there you said that we'd lost him, like you'd already given up."

"I haven't given up," Cam defended, his head turning to stare at Sam before she'd gotten out the last word.

"Then what did you mean?" Sam prodded, looking for some sort of insight to what Cameron had been feeling the past few weeks. She knew Cam and Daniel had something going on, though neither of her friends had said a word to her and she suspected the rest of the team. They weren't obvious but she knew both men extremely well and could just sense something between them. But thanks to 'don't ask and don't tell', all she could do was hope for the best for her surrogate brothers in silence.

"What are the chances we get back our Daniel?" Cam barely whispered, turning back to stare at that spot on the wall. "The amount of shit his brain must have gone through to build that damn weapon."

"Cam, if anyone's brain can handle that, it's Daniel's," Sam tried to reassure. "Ignoring the fact of just how brilliant his mind is, the stuff his brain has already been through..."

"Sam, if you saw him...he just told me to trust him and that he could handle it," Cam paused and shook his head. "He looked so tired, so out of it. Merlin took over at one point I think. I put my hand on his shoulder and said his name and it looked like he just woke up, confused and disoriented. It sort of reminded me of my grandfather when he was first getting Alzheimer's. It was...painful to see."

As Cam spoke he tore his gaze away from the wall and Sam could see his shoulders slump in defeat. His head hung and his eyes closed. Sam could only offer her self to listen and a comforting hand on his forearm as he continued to recount his experience.

"Vala looked at me for an answer and I had nothing. She said he'd listen to me, but what could I do? He was right; I had to let him keep doing what he was doing, even though I could see what it was doing to him."

Cam grew silent then. He shook his head back and forth, like he was trying to deny the memory in his own mind.

"You did the right thing," Sam tried to reassure after a few moments of silence. "Vala told me about what went on in there," Sam said, continuing to rub soothing lines with her thumb along Cameron's wrist.

"I shouldn't have left him there by himself. That lightening...it had to be Daniel. Why would it just target the bad guys? It drained him and he was no match for Adria after that."

Sam noticed Cam's hands turn into angry fists.

"There wasn't anything you or any of us could have done," Sam squeezed Cameron's wrist now, willing the man too look at her. "And I heard what you said to Vala in Daniel's office when we got back home that day. Like you said, Adria will keep him alive."

"It was outside in the hallway; the doorway, actually. I couldn't even bring my sorry ass to enter Daniel's office."

"Do you remember what you said to me Cam?" Sam asked her friend. "You said that the one thing you know is true is that sometimes belief itself makes all the difference in the world. Just don't give up."

Cam sighed, lifting his head to look towards Sam as she repeated his words back to him.

"We have to believe he's out there Cameron. And if he doesn't find us first, we'll find him. We just can't give up."

"We won't," Cam nodded. In his heart he knew Daniel was out there and they would find him. But it was hard to ignore the twist in his gut that told him something would try to get in their way.