Title:  The Falls

Author:  Joolz

Feedback:  If you like J [email protected]

Rating:  NC-17

Category:  Slash, PWP, challenge

Pairing:  J/D

Season/spoilers:  any/none

Archive:  Please ask

Summary:  When the forces of nature won’t be denied

Challenge:  FNF 7:  The Mission Position, right or wrong?

Notes:  Many thanks again to Sharon G for having a couple of look-sees.

Warnings:  Graphic m/m sex

Disclaimer:  Not my lovely characters, just playing with them.

 

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The Falls

 

 

 

For the longest time there was just the normal quiet of an old-growth forest;  the occasional call of a bird or rustling of small feet amongst the fallen leaves.  The whisper of the breeze as it moved through the treetops far overhead.  But as the four walked, there was an almost imperceptible shift in the atmosphere.  It wasn’t audible at first, not to the humans, anyway.  It was more like a charge of electricity in the very air itself.   Daniel felt expectant, like something was about to happen.

 

Then as they moved over a rise, suddenly it was there; the sound.  It was like the distant hum of an aircraft so far overhead that it is invisible.  Like the vague rushing of blood in your own ears.  The path took them inexorably closer to the source of the sound, and Sam, Daniel and Jack exchanged eager looks as the sense of excitement mounted.  Even Teal’c seemed to stand up a bit straighter and step a bit more lightly as they went on.  Daniel quickened his pace as they were all unconsciously drawn forward.

 

Turning another bend in the trail, the volume jumped again, and brought with it a slight trembling in the ground.  They were getting close now.  The noise grew to a rumble, and then a growl.  As they crossed the last pass and came to the overlook, it became a deafening roar. 

 

They had seen the image on the UAV footage, but it frankly was no preparation at all for the real thing.  Before them stretched a wide body of water, at least a half a kilometer across, that rushed urgently toward a precipice.  The upper edge of the falls was at the same level as the cliff they were standing on, and to their right.  The torrent of water streamed over the rock face to pound into the surface after a sheer drop of about 200 meters.    They knew from the recon that there was a swaying rope bridge a kilometer downstream which would connect them with the path on the other side of the river, but no one was in a great hurry to continue.

 

The four stood still on the edge of the overhang and let the power of the place vibrate through them.  Mist drifted skyward from the hammering current, wetting the perpetually trembling leaves overhead.  The noise made conversation impossible. 

 

Daniel had never been to Niagara Falls, and wondered if this was what it was like.  But there were no tourist attractions littering the landscape.  If it weren’t for the well worn path, Daniel would almost feel like the first person to ever behold this wonder.  In truth he admitted that it rivaled anything that man, or aliens, had created.

 

The path they had followed practically dived over the edge, forming a series of tight switchbacks down to the pools below the falls.  Sam looked downward and motioned that she was going.  Jack waved a ‘have a good time’ hand in her direction and she disappeared.  Teal’c raised an eyebrow and trotted faithfully after her.

 

Alone at the top, Jack and Daniel continued to savor the spectacle.  Daniel stepped to the edge and opened his arms out to his sides.  Closing his eyes, he breathed in the fresh, oxygenated spray, and let the quaking of the earth travel up his legs through his torso to his head, and gave himself over to the sensation.  A pulsing warmth began glow low in his belly.

 

After about a minute, Daniel smiled to feel two large hands gliding around his body to clasp his chest, followed by the heat of Jack pressing against his back.  Daniel leaned his head back, and Jack’s lips began to work on the skin behind his ear.  The talented hands slid down to brush over Daniel’s quickening groin, and with a small moan of pleasure Daniel rubbed his ass into Jack’s pelvis.  They were very definitely thinking the same thing.

 

Jack pulled Daniel backward a couple of steps away from the verge, then moved around in front of him and lowered himself to his knees.  Daniel’s breath caught as Jack unzipped his BDU’s and pulled the cloth away to expose his burning erection to the cool air.  Jack wasted no time, but grasped Daniel’s hips and opened his mouth to tongue the bobbing head. 

 

It was as though the intensity of the elements were increasing Daniel’s sensitivity, because the light touches and nibbles of Jack’s lips and teeth along his shaft made Daniel’s knees immediately tremble and threaten to buckle.  Jack was there, though, holding him up, taking him farther.  Jack sucked him in, and Daniel began to think the roaring was his own blood pounding in his veins. 

 

Daniel was beginning to lose himself in the pleasure when Jack released him and stood.  The soldier shifted the gun strap off of his shoulder and placed the weapon on the ground.  He then lifted Daniel’s misted glasses off his nose and set them carefully with the gun.

 

Taking Daniel by the hand, Jack led him just off the path to where a bed of soft pine needles awaited them.  He then pulled Daniel’s loosened trousers down to his feet, and lowered the younger man to the ground, turning him face down.  Daniel spread his arms out again to hug the trembling earth, knowing that Jack was opening the small plastic bottle of sunflower oil he carried in his BDU’s (for cooking, if anyone asked). 

 

Sure enough, one callused, loving hand worked its way up Daniel’s back and into his hair, as the other worked its way into his body.  Both hands caressed him tenderly, inside and out, and Daniel felt himself relaxing and opening, reveling in the attention and care.  Then the weight of his lover settled on Daniel’s back, and the hard length of his sex pressed into Daniel’s hole.  Jack began to stroke deeply and forcefully from the beginning, the urgency of his desire unleashed into Daniel.

 

Compressed between the active power of the other man’s body and the contained force of the shivering planet, Daniel surrendered to the overwhelming sensation.  The primal erotic vitality that surged in him at being loved, being taken, here under the sky and above the pounding water had Daniel groaning and clawing at the pine needles, trying to open his legs farther and push his ass up into Jack at the same time.  His writhing excited his lover more, and Jack gripped and lifted Daniel’s hips, both to improve his angle of penetration, and to slip his hand underneath.  Supporting his weight on one arm, the other hand found Daniel’s cock and began to pump it rhythmically, in time to his insistent thrusts.

 

Daniel lost himself in the moment.  Was it the power of the waterfall, of Jack, or of he himself that had him spinning in a burning, mindless passion?  He didn’t know, and he sure as hell didn’t care.  It was just so good.  He bucked up into Jack, wanting more, wanting this instant to last forever.   Then he flattened himself against the ground again, trapping Jack’s hand, and thrust into the willing palm.

 

He was so far into his own physical sensation, that Daniel was barely aware of Jack jerking to completion over him.  When the other man slid out of him, Daniel released a howl of loss and frustration, but was gently flipped over onto his back, exposing the straining organ.  Jack practically fell between Daniel’s legs, and took the erection into his mouth, and sucked it deeply into the back of his throat.  A wave of mist cooled Daniel’s face as he pushed into the vigorous suction and exploded with a cry, “Aaahhh!” that was swallowed and washed away by the echoing roar just as his seed was swallowed and washed away by his lover.

 

There was silence for a minute, or so it seemed to Daniel, then the vibration of earth and air began again.  Now Jack was lying on Daniel’s chest, his firm lips brushing Daniel’s cheek.  Turning his face into Jack’s, their lips found each other and spoke silently of love and gratitude.   After sharing the private communication, Jack rolled off onto the ground, and surveyed their deshabille with a contented grin.  Daniel beamed back at him.  They both knew that having sex during missions was so wrong, except when it was so right that nothing else mattered. 

 

Jack stood and zipped himself up.  He held out a hand and pulled Daniel to his feet, then squatted in front of him and worked Daniel’s twisted pants back up his legs, and tucked the clothing all back into place.  They took turns brushing the pine needles and leaves off each other’s uniforms, and looked each other up and down one last time.  This was one session that neither of them was going to forget any time soon.

 

Retrieving their discarded items and shouldering their packs, they began the climb down to the river.  The path was too narrow and the switchbacks too steep for them to walk together, but they reached out a hand to touch each other every time they came into range.  Daniel was aware of slight grimaces from the older man as the rapid descent stressed his dodgy knees, but Jack never said a word. 

 

Soon they could see flashes of bright golden and dark brown heads below.  As they joined Teal’c, they found Sam exploring the river bank enthusiastically.  She looked up and saw her teammates, and came bounding over.  Grabbing their arms, she leaned in to shout in their ears, “What took you so long?  I thought we were going to have to go all the way back up and get you!”

 

Jack yelled back nonchalantly, “Oh, you know, Carter.  The sound of running water and everything.  A guy has to answer the call of nature.”

 

The woman laughed and practically skipped back toward the river.  Jack took a few steps after her for a better look, but Daniel stayed where he was.  He felt fingers in his hair, and turned to find Teal’c offering him the pine needles he had liberated with a smile.  Daniel blushed and turned back to the river.  Teal’c’s large hand descended on his shoulder, and they stood surveying the scene.

 

Sam had clambered out onto the big rocks blocking the mighty river’s progress, and was talking animatedly, face alight, as she pointed out the deep whirlpools and clashing currents, not that they could hear a word she was saying.  Daniel watched her jump from rock to rock without the slightest fear that she would fall in.  She looked young and strong and vital; ‘in her element’, as it were. 

 

Daniel looked at Jack and felt the shock of love as he was again aware of the body he craved above all others, and could see into the soul of his closest friend.  Jack was watching Sam’s delight with sparkling eyes, definitely thinking about joining her exploration.  His playful side was very much to the fore today.

 

The warmth of Teal’c’s hand on his shoulder reminded Daniel of the solid supportive presence at his side.  With Teal’c, words were seldom necessary, and when they came they would express perfectly what needed to be said.  This was one of those times when words were not required.

 

Daniel felt a warmth rising in his chest, and with some surprise identified the sensation as happiness.  A smile played across his lips and took form as he let the mood grow.  It was rare to feel so uncomplicated and at peace, and Daniel wanted to treasure every moment of it.

 

He turned to look up at the torrent of water obeying the laws of gravity while meeting the immovable force of solid rock.  He knew that although it might take millennia, the water would eventually wear its way through to smooth its passage.  In the meantime it forged on, taking where it could, giving where it could, always seeking the way forward.  The four people standing on the riverbank might be small and ephemeral in comparison, but the drive to pursue their destinies was no less a force of nature than the falls.  While they were able, they would continue their dance of strengths and weaknesses, always seeking the way forward.  Daniel suspected that not even death would be able to stop him and his lover. 

 

The hand on his shoulder tightened, and Daniel smiled up at the large man.  Teal’c understood.  He felt it, too.  This moment in time was one of those that redirected the flow, that made the boulders seem less like obstacles and more like guideposts.  In his contentment, Daniel whispered the Native American benediction, “It is good.  Ah ho.”

 

End

 

 

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