Jack looked down at his sleeping lover and smiled, 'God, I am such a sap', he thought as he brushed a short strand of hair from Daniel's brow.

Daniel swatted at his hand and then settled back into sleep and Jack had to keep from laughing.

He sighed as the sunlight streamed through the window, highlighting his skin and making it seem as though the sun came only to their window to also glance at the beauty sprawled across Jack's bed.

Jack's smile faded, 'I don't deserve him..I don't deserve any of this...I love him, but I know that someday he will leave...Everyone leaves me. Colonel Jack O'Neill, king of the screwed up relationships.'

Jack's hands caressed Daniel's shoulder, watching as it shivered under his touch.

'In our line of work either one of us could die any day...we already have died, and been brought back...we've cheated death so many times...I just hope that I survive long enough to tell him how I feel'

Jack drew in a breath as Daniel shifted, laying his head on Jack's arm and wrapping his arms around him. Jack then released the breath as he realized Daniel was still sleeping and he carefully curled his arms in a gentle embrace around the younger man.

'Danny doesn't need me..he's smart, funny, compassionate...all around great guy..he could leave me right now and act like nothing happened, it wouldn't even faze him. Me? I need him..crave him...Love him. Yah..The big L. word. I love him...He makes me want to be a better man. All those people I've helped on other planets? That's not me..I was taught to shoot first ask later but Danny taught me to ask first. He makes me want to be a better man...A better human being.'

Danny sighed in Jack's arms and the older man knew he would be waking soon. He placed a kiss open Daniel's head and fell back into thought.

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'In all of our travels Daniel has always been fascinated by the other worlds, the other planets..I wish I could give him everything those planets give him...his fascination...his adoration...I wish I owned those. It's selfish but I want to be as important to him as he is to me...'

Jack looked over in the corner and saw his uniform and sighed.

'I wish I didn't have this job..I wish I could just grab Danny and take him away...maybe I can kidnap him..nah. I doubt it...maybe we could play kidnap him...MMmmm..'

An evil grin spread upon his features and he laughed at himself, watching as Danny's sleeping form shook against his body as he laughed.

'...I want to tell all the world that I care for him..but how can I do that when I cant even tell him? We sleep together but love was never mentioned...I--I just don't know..'

Danny began to move, slight movements, he would move his hand to the side. Tighten his grip on Jack's arm, small things that clued Jack into the fact that he was awakening.

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Blue eyes fluttered open unto the mornings light that shown through the window. Covering his still light sensitive eyes he looked up into the shadow above him. He threw his hand to the side, crashing against the night stand, and reaching blindly for his glasses until finally he grabbed them and clumsily placed them upon his face. He heard his laughter before he looked into his face.

"What?" *did I drool in my sleep or something? *

"Nothing...You just look cute in the morning"

Jack looked into Daniel's eyes, he wanted to say so much...wanted to tell him...but he saw his reflection in the eyes before him, little parts of him that had been passed onto Daniel, leaving a lasting impression, and for now...it was enough.

He smiled as Daniel leaned forward and placed a tender kiss upon his lips.

They pulled back and Jack was smiling. Daniel cocked his head to the side curiously as Jack spoke.

"Wanna play kidnap?"

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