"He's what?"

Dr. Amanda Sheppard glanced at the report in her hands, not out of any need to check the facts she'd already memorized and imparted, but more to reassure those surrounding her that she was relaying the correct information. Normally the need to do so would have stung her pride a little, but this was an extraordinary circumstance to say the least and her pride had been left at the door.

"He's physically the age of forty-five, give or take a year or two," she repeated with a deliberateness that the stupefied people in the room could not miss. She scanned the faces of Laura, John and Jennifer, making eye contact with each one before finally settling her gaze onto the remarkably bright blue eyes of Rodney. "I would say he's the youngest person in the room right now." A second passed by before she felt compelled to clarify again. "Physically."

Everyone turned to look at Rodney, who had gotten dressed and now sat on the bed instead of laying on it. He opened his mouth, fully intent on asking everyone just what it was they were gawking at, but he couldn't because he knew full well that they were in shock at seeing him so young.

So was he really.

He'd caught himself several times in the hour that had passed since Delilah had restored years to his life flexing his hands, turning his head and rubbing his right knee. While the ailments that had affected those parts of his body were still there, they weren't nearly as potent or painful as they had been.

Even know he was looking down at the backs of his hands, though he hadn't realized it, and was awed by the smooth and age spot free skin.

"Rodney?"

He looked up and found Jennifer gazing at him. "Jennifer."

"I… you…" Jennifer gave up trying to speak and simply held out her hand to her husband. He took it without hesitation and she held on tight as he stood up from the bed, their eyes remaining locked onto each other's as he moved.

When he was standing before her, her free hand reached over to take his. She marveled at the heat coming from his touch and the smoothness of his skin. Her eyes filled to their brims with tears and her voice was soft when she said, "I thought I'd lost you."

Rodney's thumbs rubbed small circular patterns on the backs of Jennifer's hands and he shrugged somewhat nonchalantly. "For what it's worth, so did I."

He'd tried to instill some humor in his voice, make light of an intense and emotional situation, but he'd failed miserably. The tears started pouring from her eyes as she leaned in towards him. She was slow, hesitant to the point where Rodney could take no more and quickly closed the remaining short distance between them. They became lost in their kiss until a soft hiss and a familiar Wraith voice enthusiastically exclaimed behind them, "Excellent."

A/N: "For What it's Worth" was written by Stephen Sills and originally released by the group Buffalo Springfield in January, 1967. The version I know and have on my playlist is a version by Rush, who covered the track for their 2004 album Feedback.