Prompt 31.05

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Five times Daniel remembered he's a civilian.



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[vain-glorious.livejournal.com]

5. When he started, um, fraternizing with Vala.

Initially, he didn’t tell anyone because he didn’t want anyone to know. And since Vala was involved, that lasted approximately two days. Then, he didn’t have to tell anyone because Vala had already done it for him.

Daniel still managed to avoid having an official conversation about it with anyone for a good while. He was really proud of himself for that, until he noticed Mitchell watching them with annoyance. Daniel stood up so fast Vala fell off of his lap and on to the floor with an outraged cry.

“OW!” she screamed from the floor.

Daniel hadn’t thought they were being inappropriate, but he could also admit that he tended to get a bit distracted and make poorer decisions where Vala was concerned. A lot.

Sometime later, Daniel ended up alone with Mitchell in the locker room after a mission. Well, actually Daniel sat on the bench and waited for Mitchell to be done, even though the humidity in the room made his clothes sticky and completely defeated the toweling he’d just done.

“You still here, Jackson?” Mitchell said, coming out into the dressing area, towel around his waist.

“Yeah,” Daniel said. “Actually, I wanted to talk to you.”

“Speak,” said Mitchell, heading to his locker.

“Um, it’s about Vala.”

Mitchell turned his head and looked over his shoulder. “What did she do?”

“What? Nothing. Well, nothing that I’ve found out about recently, “ Daniel amended. “She’s been slightly better about that, or become better at hiding it.”

Chuckling, Mitchell turned back around and started rifling around inside his locker.

“It was more about Vala and me,” Daniel said. “About us.” He paused, not yet having phrased it that way. He was glad Vala wasn’t here to seize upon it and make the weirdness worse.

He noticed Mitchell had stopped moving. Daniel had been right; Mitchell didn’t like it.

“I was wondering how you felt about it,” Daniel finished.

“Okay.” Mitchell started toweling his hair. “You have my blessing. If you want it, I guess.”

“Really?” Not what Daniel had expected.

“Yeah.” Mitchell looked at him oddly. “What did you expect? Did you think I was jealous? I’ve had an invitation, Jackson. And no offense, I think the last one was this morning.”

“I was there,” Daniel reminded him.

“Right.”

“You looked like you had a problem,” Daniel persisted. “This is hard enough as it is, I don’t need a surprise attack later.”

“Attack?” Mitchell had his shirt half over his head. “What?”

“Technically,” Daniel said, “You’re the CO. Are you okay with…”
“Fraternization,” Mitchell interrupted, yanking his shirt down. “That’s what it would be called if either of you were in the military.”

Daniel paused. “Oh,” he finally said, dumbly.

“As is, you’re just two civilians – okay a civilian and an alien – doing something that is totally none of my business and I really don’t want to see or hear. Especially hear, Jackson. Tents are not remotely soundproof.”

“Oh,” Daniel said again. “Sorry.” He found an interesting spot on the floor to stare at.

“Anyways.” Mitchell’s belt jangled as he pulled on his jeans. “I probably wouldn’t mind even if you were. Rules against fraternization are mostly designed to reduce conflict.”

“Yeah.”

“I’m not sure it’s possible for you and Vala to fight more, so I really don’t see a problem if you break up.”

“Hmmph,” Daniel said, unwilling to deny that but still annoyed it had been said.

“Also, you won me 50 bucks in the pool,” Mitchell continued, putting on his shoes.

Daniel grunted again, now no longer remotely concerned and kind of irritated.

“Forgive me for being concerned about team cohesion,” he muttered.

“I’d rather forgive you for making me think I was being propositioned for a threesome. Don’t corner a man in the locker room and talk like that, Jackson.”

Daniel’s mouth dropped open. “What?”

“That sounds like an excellent idea!” Vala announced, suddenly appearing in the locker room doorway. She strolled up to them and leaned into Daniel.

“Everything okay?” she asked.

Daniel was still flabbergasted. “He’s fine,” he said.

Vala grinned. “He certainly is.” She swung both arms out, catching them each around the shoulders and pulling them inwards. “Threesome?”

[randomfreshink.livejournal.com]

This is just perfect! Vala and her threesome.

[msbeata.livejournal.com]

Go Vala!

[sid]

Terrific job. Both good and bad aspects, and ways his team viewed him and dealt with him and took care of him.

Hee, and Vala! What girl wouldn't pounce on a pretty possibility like that? :-D