Part 4

Jack was in the kitchen, loading up the dishwasher, when he heard a knock on his front door.  Aware of the late hour, Jack was wary.  Perhaps a neighbor had see the display outside between him and Daniel and wanted to come on over and ‘discuss’ it.  Jack stepped to the door and tried to peer through the front Venetian blind but the porch light was broken and the body waiting outside was too shadowed to make out.  Jack reached for the baseball bat that he kept in the umbrella stand and he cautiously opened the door, his fist gripping the bat tightly. 

Blue eyes blinked back at him from a stricken face.  Jack exhaled his held breath.

“Daniel?”

Without a word the younger man entered, brushing past Jack in his haste to get inside.  He turned in time to see Jack deposit the baseball bat into the umbrella stand again.

“Expecting trouble?”

Jack decided to lie. “There have been a couple of incidents involving kids on the block.  It’s died down a little, but ya never know.” He stopped talking and waited to hear the reason Daniel had returned.

Daniel was well aware of the expectant gaze upon him. As he swept one side of his jacket back to put his hand on his hip, he began to pace. “I made it to the end of your street..” he stopped briefly, glanced at Jack then went back to pacing. Jack was patient. It took a moment, like Daniel couldn’t find the right words at first, but then they came, rolling quickly, “I couldn’t get the kiss out of my.. mind..” He stopped again, this time he swept his other hand onto his hip and he squared off to face the man a mere three steps away from him.

Jack’s mouth tightened as he folded his arms and tilted his head in the other direction to the way Daniel’s held his. It was enough to encourage Daniel to go on.

Daniel hand extended towards Jack then dropped heavily to his thigh as he canted his head just that little bit further. In a hushed, passionate voice, he said, “You and I are such.. different people..” 

Was it a question? Did he want Jack to answer it for him, to explain it? Jack tried, the only way he knew how. “Opposites Attract, Danny.  Didn’t you do high school chemistry?”

Daniel gave him a quick glance from under his lashes.  “Everyone knows that, Jack.” 

“Yet you find it so strange?”

“We have such opposing views.”

“No, we don’t.”

“Yes, we do.”

“Do not.”

“Do too.”  Daniel sighed in exasperation.  “Sometimes it seems you go against my grain just to annoy me.”

“Sometimes I do,” Jack admitted then smiled when Daniel did a double take.  “But that doesn’t detract from how I feel about you.”

Daniel shot him a side-long wary glance.  With finality he nodded and mumbled, “You love me.” He was trying out the sound of it.

Jack baulked. “Well, you could look a little more cheered by that thought.”

“You surprised me with it..” Daniel defended himself as he looked around the darkened room then settled his attention onto the soft brown eyes once again.  “I wasn’t expecting..”

Jack shrugged and waved his hand as if to dismiss it, to make it all go away. He stepped up and grabbed Daniel, harshly, by the upper arm as he spoke and turned him towards the front door.  “Well, it’s obvious that it’s taken you by surprise so let’s just..”

Daniel broke away and stepped backwards. “Jack, it terrifies me.”

Jack spun around to face him.  He saw the looked in the blue eyes and snorted, “Gee, thanks. I think.”

“You know what I mean.”

“Actually-” The older man stood with his hands on his hips and his chin raised defensively. “No, I don’t.”

Daniel frowned at Jack’s sudden anger and his thick brow furrowed into deep crevices between his eyes. He knew he’d worded this wrong, so he tried again. He clenched his teeth and breathed heavily.  “God, Jack… You and I together would be..” He searched for the word.

“Amazing?” Jack offered glibly, and a little sardonically.

There was that tone again in Jack’s voice – he’d hurt Jack.  Not his intention. Suddenly Daniel knew the word he’d been searching for. “Explosive.”

Both men settled for a moment, gaze locked, neither sure what to do or say next.  After a heartbeat, Jack, obviously buoyed by the interest, said, “I fail to see the problem.”

“Jaaack.” Everything about Daniel crumbled, and made Jack smile.

“Daniel, for Christ’s sake, I’m after your ass - here, at work, in the store..” He grinned when Daniel’s mouth dropped open slightly and the blue eye blinked wildly.

Feigning indignation, Daniel jutted his chin as he said, “Just my ass?”

“Ya want me to get sloppy?” Jack said, with a nervous smile of his own. Daniel’s mouth twitched as he shook his head.  He knew now that Jack wanted it all.  After a heartbeat Jack added, “Denying this is doing nothing for me.  How’s it working for you?”

Daniel failed to respond so Jack quirked his brow to press him for an answer.

Carefully, Daniel considered, “And all I have to do is pretend nothing’s going on between us when we’re at work?”

“Should be a piece of cake.” Jack said cynically.

Daniel shook his head but reached for Jack’s hand at the same time.  Jack felt a shiver run through him as Daniel stepped against him and slid his other hand around his head.

They held their gaze and Daniel said, softly through an edgy laugh, “I’m nervous.”

“Don’t be,” Jack reassured him. “It’s just me.” He scanned Daniel’s face then met his eyes again. “It’s just something I’ve been fantasizing about for.. ooh way too long. It’s just two guys about to embark on the forbidden. It’s just...”

Daniel silenced him with his fingers across Jack’s lips. He laughed as Jack smiled around the fingers then he said, “So I say again, I’m nervous-”

A sincerity softened Jack’s brown eyes and he stepped against Daniel’s body, his hands gliding up the sleeves of Daniel’s shirt, onto the wide shoulders.  He held Daniel by the shoulders as he said, gently, “Don’t be..”

They started to come together but Jack jerked his head back slightly, making Daniel frown until he felt Jack lift his glasses from his face and lower them to the dining table. As he cradled Daniel’s head in the crook of his arm, Jack murmured, “You have the best eyes.”

Fortified by that compliment, Daniel latched his mouth over Jack’s, delved his tongue into the warmth of the juices and moaned as he felt Jack return the kiss enthusiastically. 

Now that these kisses weren’t ‘stolen’ - as all the others had been - Jack couldn’t get over the sweet ripeness of Daniel’s willing mouth.  It was soft to press against, shaping itself perfectly to his mouth and tongue as they devoured each other passionately.

With Daniel’s lips still against his, and his head still in the crook of his arm, Jack utilized his other hand to feel up the body he’d coveted for so long.  After languidly tracing down the spine through Daniel’s thin shirt Jack’s hand glided over the sweet ass and nestled into the spot between the curve of the butt and flat of the thigh.  A groan emanated from the younger man as Jack’s hand rubbed the shapely ass, groping the sweet roundness then flattening over the back of the thigh to slip between the legs. With a guttural growl from deep in his throat, Jack gripped up the fleshiness in a strong grasp then smooth up to the ass cheek again.

Stirred by the strength of Jack’s caresses Daniel’s hand, fingers spread wide apart in yearning, glided down the front of the body against him, down past the hem of the sweater and down onto the rock solid thigh.  He squeezed Jack’s leg firmly then moved his hand to Jack’s crotch, squeezing the hardened shaft as he teased Jack with his tongue. 

Jack bucked into the hold then he subtly turned the two of them around, whilst still kissing, so that he could back Daniel down his hallway.  Daniel not only went willingly, but alertly, sensing the turn as they reached it and pausing so that Jack could open the bedroom door without him backing into it. Daniel only stumbled a few times, and that was actually within Jack’s room and over piles of discarded clothes on the floor.  But Jack’s arm around his waist was firm and caught him each time. 

By the side of the bed Jack had finally mastered the last of Daniel’s shirt buttons and frantically swept the purple/blue shirt open and over Daniel’s shoulders.  A moan vibrated within the joined mouths as his hands glided over the bulge of bicep on each of Daniel’s arm, then onto the near-perfect forearms.  The shirt would go no further, bunched at the wrists by the buttons fastened there.  Jack growled and broke the kiss finally, amidst Daniel’s soft laughter. 

“Trust you to wear something difficult!” Jack grumbled as he fought with the folds to locate the buttons.

Playfully Daniel mocked, “God! Why didn’t I dress better for Seduction? Oh, that’s right, because I came over for Dinner!” 

Jack flicked a humorous glare at him and gave a triumphant hiss as the second cuff popped open and Daniel’s shirt wafted to the floor.

The younger man said, “Why didn’t I dress in something easy to remove..” He gripped the hem of Jack’s summer-weight sweater and tugged it up and off over his head in one swift move. “-Like you obviously did!”

The torso within was bare, apart from the set of dog tags nestled on the pad of graying hairs in the dent of the muscular chest.  Daniel’s hands went to the chest immediately, cupping the shape as he latched hungrily onto Jack’s mouth once more. 

Play was over and the men grew avid again.  Fingers danced over the lean bodies; delving into the shape, feeling the texture, tracing the muscles beneath the surface. The room was filled with the sounds of their soft moans and breathless sighing.  Words were mumbled against each other’s lips, nonsensical, sweet nothings, never meant to make sense but driven out by a mind ready to explode.

Daniel fumbled with Jack’s belt buckle then his lean fingers hooked inside the pants and popped the button effortlessly.  He broke the kiss, panting heavily, to watch himself slowly tug the zipper down.  With a wanton chuckle, deep and throaty, he threw his head back then groaned loudly as his hands delved inside the pants and cupped the heat inside.  Jack groaned too before he caught the back of Daniel’s head and pulled their mouths together once more. 

Out of breath, Daniel freed himself from the oral onslaught and looked down to where his hands disappeared between white underwear and black jeans.  He raised his gaze and met Jack’s hooded eyes as his fingers tenderly touched under the leg band of the underwear to the curls that were nestled in the join of thigh to groin.

Watching the effect on Jack’s face made perspiration bead on his top lip and Daniel swiped it away with his tongue while he continued to monitor Jack’s enjoyment. After a few moments, he eased the pants down the hips then hooked his thumbs into the waist band of the underwear and swooped them both down over the soft white globes together.  He dropped to a squat and kissed Jack’s scarred knees fervently as his hands blindly worked at the laces and shoes and sock, divesting Jack of them in record time. He nibbled the rough skin between his white teeth as he assisted Jack in stepping free of the remainder of his clothes. 

Jack was completely naked before the partly clothed man crouched before him. 

Daniel tasted the salt of Jack’s skin on his tongue as he lowered to his knees and cradled the soft ass with both hands.  He inhaled the scent of Jack, stared at the dark cock with its pink exposed head. The pinkish-brown sac behind was crinkled and tight.  Daniel cupped the sac gently as he brushed his parted lips along the length of his partner.  Jack shivered and Daniel felt it through the one hand still grasped against one of Jack’s perfect ass cheeks.

Jack’s eyes lolled closed and a strangled cry gurgled in the base of his throat as the heat enveloped his hard erection.  His hands sought the head, holding and guiding Daniel, not that the younger man seemed to need any guidance.  Jack’s heart fluttered, literally, against his ribs, he found breathing difficult as Daniel tenderly devoted himself to Jack’s pleasure.  

Before long Daniel surrendered the shaft and rose to his feet, and his own pants tented before him, showing his obvious need.  Jack moved his hand to the silver belt buckle and slipped the buckle tongue free of the thick leather notch.  He raised his chin and met Daniel’s gaze; the brilliant smile returned to him made Jack’s breath still in his throat.  He reached for Daniel’s mouth and delivered a kiss so light that Daniel physically shivered from the effect.  Jack then lowered his chin again to concentrate on the buttoned fly. Once it was unfastened he allowed the weight of the belt to strip Daniel of the pants, leaving the younger man standing before him in a pair of tight-fitting boxer shorts.  The size of the cock straining at the material made Jack’s mouth water.

He jerked his head towards the bed and Daniel obeyed, slipping backwards onto the bed so that Jack could crawl alongside him.   Together they removed Daniel’s shoes, socks and pants but Jack stopped Daniel’s hand when it reached for the underwear.

“I’ll get that,” he said with a lazy smile.  Daniel laid back, arms akimbo over the bed in a typical surrender pose. Jack shifted into place beside him and dragged a hand up the front of one of Daniel’s thighs until it reached the hem of the underwear.  His finger snaked under the material and when it swiped at the moist heat inside Daniel arched and caught a ragged breath.  Jack’s finger repeated the touch and the breath caught again, though the body did not arch. Daniel melted into the bed instead, humming softly with each of Jack’s touches.  Soon the hem was so far up the leg that Jack could see the thickening of hairs towards Daniel’s crotch.  His mouth watered again and he knew he wanted to run his tongue across that heated patch of skin.  He rose to his knees and gripped the tops of the shorts, tugging them delicately over the crotch until the hard shaft sprung back from the confines then Jack whisked the unwanted pants from Daniel, tossing them across the room without care.

With his hand gently in Jack’s hair, Daniel tucked his chin to his chest to watch the man squirming over his groin. When Jack took him he did so with the gentleness of a skilled lover.  His tongue swirled around the helmet, his teeth grazed only lightly and no where near the head so that Daniel was never shocked with pain, even in the slightest. He wanted this to be perfect for him.

Daniel squirmed and gyrated throughout the sweet ministrations and Jack almost had him to break point without once using his hands to assist.  Daniel gently tugged the head from his cock and said, when Jack looked at him questioningly, “I’m too near..”

Jack gave a nod of understanding and left the shaft alone, instead concentrating on the dark golden curls and the tender inside thighs and perineum. Daniel went back to lolling against the bed, unable to bear the sensations but, at the same time, wanting more. 

Soon Jack straightened out and hooked his leg between the electrified thighs.  His foot brushed over Daniel’s calf as he smiled at, and kissed all over, the sweet face flushed with arousal and shiny with perspiration. 

“Roll over,” Jack whispered into the small ear and Daniel obeyed, rolling onto his stomach and folding his arms under his cheek.  Jack straddled his ass and massaged down Daniel’s back, following the indent of the straight spine and enjoying the feel of the muscles beneath the white flesh. His hand smoothed over the small of Daniel’s back, over the two faint dimples then onto the stunning white round globes.

“Jesus, you have the perfect ass..” he said, genuinely surprised by the perfection. He gripped and kneaded it, causing Daniel to buck into the bedding. Jack shifted down the thighs, his cock slipping between Daniel’s knees as he lowered himself to bite the soft globes.  Daniel almost lifted them off the bed then he moaned and melted once more.  Jack’s tongue traced the skin, delving near the cleft, testing Daniel’s tolerance. When he received no resistance he allowed his tongue to go in deeper and instead of protesting, Daniel’s thighs parted willingly.  Joy bubbled within Jack as he used one hand to tenderly part his lover and he swiped at him with an eager tongue. Daniel hissed and bucked again and each time Jack tongued him, he gave a thrust into the sheet.

Raising his head slightly Jack looked down the length of body and asked, huskily, “Do you go all the way, Daniel?” It was a genuine question.

Slowly Daniel turned his head to look down at Jack.  His eyes were slotted and his face flushed.  He whispered, “Could you stop now, Jack?”  It wasn’t a request.

Jack ran a hand over the perfect ass again then he shook his head, his whole body quivering with desire.  His fingers glided into the cleft and he watched as Daniel gave a soft whimper and buried his face into his arms the moment the fingers touched the wet opening again.  He sunk his fingers into the tight ass and reached forward to place kissed over the back and dimples.  Daniel cried softly as the fingers penetrated him then he rocked against them, accepting another and another until both he and Jack knew that more was needed.

Jack reached right along Daniel’s body, and whispered against the back of the trembling man’s neck, “Can I bare-back you?”

Arousal stung through Daniel’s body and he drew a shaky breath.  “I’m clean,” he whispered against his arm as he turned to look at his lover once again. 

With fingers buried deep, Jack glided his other hand across Daniel’s face, enjoying the tongue that snaked out to lick them. “I’m clean, too,” he promised then glided that hand down the spine and onto the rounded ass again.  As he withdrew his fingers he moved into place while Daniel shifted onto his knees.  Jack bent to swipe the ass in saliva once more then positioned himself.  With a firm grip to Daniel’s hips Jack pressed himself in, rocking with Daniel until he’d sunk fully into the writhing body. 

Their cries filled the room; pain, satisfaction, and sweet disbelief mingled together and only gave way to grunts of sheer enjoyment as the men found their rhythm and began to move together. 

Whilst Daniel supported their joined weight onto one arm he swept the other arm behind him to grip at the strong thigh pressed against his leg. His fingers crawled up the leg towards Jack’s body. He gave a loud groan of pleasure as his fingers reached into the sweaty heat of Jack’s ass and Jack replied with a thrust that almost had Daniel on his face.

“Keep doing that, baby, and it’s all over..” Jack grunted - “Bar the shouting..”

Daniel swallowed to find his voice.  “It almost.. is-”  He gritted his teeth and breathed through his nose as Jack struck deeply within him again and again.

Jack’s hand snaked around to locate Daniel’s shaft then he gripped it firmly. Daniel threw his head back, narrowly missing Jack’s face, and he gave a cry that vibrated his whole body.  Jack clenched against the sound, hoping to dampen the effects, but within seconds he felt his orgasm hit and he shuddered into Daniel, ringing his earlier words true to form.  Their cries mingled as Jack eased himself in and out of the tight ass, enjoying the sweetness of experiencing his first orgasm with Daniel deep inside him.  He murmured words of tenderness against the back of Daniel’s ear as he slowed himself then he tightened an arm low around Daniel’s hips and dragged him onto his lap as he settled back onto his heels. 

Kneeling together, Daniel could feel Jack’s chest against his back, the way Jack’s stomach twitched as he gasped to catch his breath, and he could reach between their thighs to enjoy the slickness of them from their combined heat.  

Jack was murmuring words against the back of Daniel’s ear; some were whispered profanity, some were sweet prayer.  Each breath that puffed over Daniel electrified his skin and drove him deeper into the dazzling lights behind his eyes.  With Jack’s hand easily gliding up and down his slickness Daniel murmured his own cries, his own profanities and his own prayers to any Deity listening.  Jack’s free hand glided across Daniel’s chest and down his arm, which Daniel raised to assist the caress, then their fingers entwined. Daniel wrapped the joined arms around him as he made his final few thrusts into Jack’s fist.  In an instance the dark blond head went back again, and Daniel’s lips parted as a groan from deep within him vibrated past his lips while he shot his come into the air, slicking Jack’s fist as it continued to pump him dry. 

When the body before him finally stilled, and the cries crease to ring off the walls, Jack kissed the shoulder several times then gave a slight indication for Daniel to move off him. 

The boneless one flopped onto his side with a grunt and Jack eased himself off his creaking knees to lay in behind Daniel, draping an arm across the sweat-slicked side until he could tuck his hand between Daniel and the bed.  Daniel could feel the pounding of Jack’s chest through his back and knew it matched his own.  He shifted his hand onto Jack’s ass and caressed him gently.  Jack managed a few more tender kisses to Daniel’s shoulder but soon fell into a deep sleep.

*

Moonlight streamed through the slightly parted bedroom curtains.  Daniel lay awake, watching the sliver creep across the room slowly.  He’d slept but had woken a short while ago, gasping for breath from a nightmare where his arm was trapped by a vice.  After he’d woken properly he realized that his arm was pressed under Jack’s back, and unused to sharing a bed, Daniel’s body had invented the dream.  He’d extricated his arm gently without waking his snoring partner then he tucked another pillow beneath his chin and watched the march of moonlight. 

There was a slight noise behind him, indication that Jack had woken up.  Daniel rolled onto his back then side, and faced Jack.  The dark eyes opened languidly then closed then opened again. Daniel couldn’t help but grin. 

“What?” Jack growled then rolled onto his back, rubbed the heel of his hand into his eye as he said, “What time is it?”

“Who knows?” Daniel murmured as he kissed his way up Jack’s upper arm and onto his shoulder on his way to Jack’s ear.  “Who cares?” His tongue snaked out across the indents of the older man’s ear and Jack moaned appreciatively. 

With a growl of resistance, Jack tore his head from the sweet caress and reached for his alarm clock.  It was just after three in the morning.  He sighed as he settled back into the bed, content with the knowledge that they still had hours to go before having to get up and go to work. Wrapping an arm around Daniel’s waist Jack settled his gaze onto the darkened face.  “I can’t see shit,” he finally grumbled and twisted to hit the bedside lamp on. Daniel flinched as the light stung his eyes then he rose onto an elbow so that he could get a better look at Jack. “Much better,” Jack announced as he traced the side of his finger down Daniel’s stubble-covered jaw. 

Daniel blinked and asked, “How long have we got?”

Jack nuzzled his face into the curve of his lover’s throat. “Hours..” he purred as he kissed and nibbled the warm flesh. Daniel’s chortled throatily as he glided his hand down along Jack’s body, under the sheets and onto the erection that was stirring once again. 

*

Dawn invaded the room, casting it in enough light to render the lamp useless. The men lay together, arms and legs entwined, minds still reeling from their last encounter.  Daniel had his ear against the shape of Jack’s shoulder and he listened to the heartbeat that reverberated through the body.  Jack was absently fondling Daniel’s short hair, as he stared up at the ceiling, contemplating the events that led them to this moment.  The quiet solitude was appreciated by both man.

“Jesus,” Jack laughed suddenly to himself as he played through the events of last night in his mind.  Daniel lifted his ear off the shoulder and looked at him.

“What?”

As he rubbed his eye with his thumb and forefinger Jack said, “I was just thinking about last night.”

“Oh?” Daniel shifted up onto his elbow, sinking into his shoulder to stay low beside Jack. 

The brown eyes blinked a few times to clear and Jack said, “You were hard work..”

Surprise lit Daniel’s eyes as he perked up further. “Excuse me?”

Jack grinned at the indignation.  “You.  You were hard to land!” He tempered that with a loving swipe of his finger down Daniel’s temple and cheek then onto his chin.

Daniel raised up onto his elbow even higher. “Hard to .. land? Like.. a fish?” He stumbled, not sure if he should be insulted or not. 

“If you’d been a fish I’d have given up on you.” Jack settled his pillow beneath his head more comfortably.

It was clear Daniel was trying to look indignant but his smile was showing through too much. “No, you wouldn’t have,” he told Jack.  “You’re a tenacious bastard and when you want something, you go after it no matter how long it takes.”

Jack grinned. He liked that assessment.  “And I guess you were worth the effort..” he teased. 

Daniel laughed and leaned in for a kiss. “You’re too kind.” With his hand against Jack’s chest Daniel pressed up onto his elbow once more. 

Jack stared at him a moment then asked, “If you knew I’d never give up, did you string me on last night?”

“No,” Daniel said honestly.  “Maybe I wanted to be sure this would be more than one of those.. what do you call it?””

“Buddy fucks?”

With a flash of his blue eyes Daniel snorted derisively. “Hmm, yes, good term.”

“It’s what they are called Daniel.”

Surprised Daniel said, “Is it? Oh.” He twisted and dragged the bedding up his nakedness. “A charming term for it.”

“But apt,” Jack said and when Daniel looked into his eyes he got the sinking feeling that Jack knew the term – intimately.  He tried not to think about it.  “At least you didn’t say that you’d throw me back in because I was too small.”

Jack noted the swift and successful change of topic and grinned at what Daniel had said.  “Believe me, Daniel.  That is not a problem!”  He cuddled the younger man to his chest then reached his face to kiss Daniel gently.

Against Jack’s lips, Daniel breathed and said, “Just checking.”

Jack grinned again and captured Daniel’s mouth once more, slipping his tongue into the warmth.  Daniel settled against Jack, draping himself across the older body, resting his head on Jack’s shoulder so that his face nestled against the side of Jack’s throat. Jack combed his fingers through the dark blond hair as he said, “After all that work, I tend to keep the small ones anyway.”

Daniel’s head shot up and Jack flinched at how the elbow dug into his chest.  Still, he laughed now until his whole body shook and soon Daniel smirked then laughed too.  Crossing his arm across his body, Jack ran the side of his finger down Daniel’s face. He looked adoringly at his lover as he said, “Believe me, you’re one little fishy that is so not getting away..”

“Well enough of the little, or you’ll see this fishy swimming the hell outta here,” Daniel said, rolling and dropping off the edge of the bed. He crawled back towards Jack on his elbows and they grinned like children at each other. “Need to pee.” Daniel punctuated the sentence with kisses.

“Kinda gathered that,” Jack did the same then they kissed passionately, tongues twirling as they parted slowly. “I’ll start breakfast.”

Daniel moved to the bathroom while Jack threw on a robe as he headed towards his kitchen.

*

An hour later, both men had showered and were dressed ready for work. Jack had lent Daniel a blue t-shirt to go with the blue pants he’d worn the night before and Daniel had placed his shirt into Jack’s laundry basket. 

As the younger man drained the last of his coffee from his cup he heard Jack start down the hallway towards him. Jack had grabbed his briefcase from his den and was going to the coat rack to lift off his favorite black leather coat.  The early morning was chilly but the day promised to be warm.  They probably wouldn’t see it though, depending on what happened on Base today. 

As Daniel rinsed the cup under the faucet then set it upside down onto the sink to drain Jack smiled to himself and cast a glance towards his cup, left on the dining table. 

“What?” Daniel asked as he reached for his jacket and slid it on. 

Jack shrugged and said, “Nothing.”

Daniel grinned then said, “No really, what?”

Jack shook his head and clapped his hand onto Daniel’s shoulder.  “Honestly, it can wait ‘til we’re here next time.” He silently said the word "Felix" to himself. It brought a wicked gleam to his eyes.

Daniel frowned slightly then shrugged. He swept his hand towards the door as he dragged his car keys from his pocket.  “After you, Colonel O’Neill.”

Jack tilted his head slightly then he stepped up against Daniel, caught his face between his hands and said, "This is going to be a piece of cake.." He brushed his mouth across Daniel's with a sigh.

"Yeah," the younger man latched a hand around Jack's head and pulled him closer for a deeper kiss.  "Cake.."  They kissed tenderly, letting the sensation sweep over them and fill their needs to last the day.

As Jack pulled back he groaned softly then said, "See you at the base, Doctor Jackson.."

Daniel nodded and licked his lips. He stepped onto the porch and twisted to watch Jack pull the door closed behind them then he moved off to the edge of the top step, his car was parked against the curb at the end of the stone path stretching before him.

Jack locked the front door then moved towards the lip of the top step, though he was going off the side, towards his driveway. He noticed Daniel's pause and stopped. "What?" He asked.

Daniel looked down briefly at the fine shadowy line that was cast on the steps at their feet. He grinned to himself then lifted his face and said, "That piece of cake?"

"What about it?"

"I hope it's banana.."

Jack grinned slowly; long dimples appeared in his cheeks. He raised his face and squinted against the bright morning sun. "Good Bye, Daniel," he said with obvious glee. As he stepped off the porch his foot passed over the shadowy line.

Daniel laughed and called back, "'Bye, Jack," as he stepped over the shadow and down towards his car.

 < The End. >
 

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