Prompt 123.1 - Charity Set

[lilyleia78]

Five times Vala was whinier than usual, but Sam kissed her anyway

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Five times Vala was whinier than usual, but Sam kissed her anyway

[sid]

1. “Brownie Batter?”

“It’s good! Everything Ben&Jerry’s makes is good.”

“Brownie Batter. When you know that I love….”

“Just taste it. C’mon.”

“Well, all right. But it isn’t Chocolate Fudge Brownie!”

“Mmm. Mmm. Am I right?”

“Well, it isn’t… umpf!”

2. “My head is full of what you so aptly call ‘snot’ and I sound like a female impersonator who isn’t fooling anyone.”

“I think you sound sexy.”

“I don’t feel sexy. I feel snotty. And warm. Feverishly warm.”

“Doctor Lam said your temperature was normal.”

“What does she know? I’m not from your planet. Perhaps my temperature is meant to be… umpf!”

3. “No one likes being ignored, Samantha.”

“I wasn’t ignoring you! I was busy doing my job!”

“Oh, I suppose you’re implying that I wasn’t?

“Did I say that?”

“I can hear between the lines you know.”

“Honey.”

“Don’t... patronize me. That really annoys me. I’ll have you know… umpf!”

4. “This is boring!”

“Shopping for kitchen appliances isn’t meant to be exciting.”

“Shopping in general I approve of, you know.”

“Yeah, I do know. Daniel showed me his credit card statement.”

“Don’t look at me that way. You haven’t exactly offered me your credit card.”

“The way I understand it, Daniel didn’t exactly offer you his card, either.”

“Well, what’s a girl to do? I mean, I girl needs sexy undies and nightwear, am I right?”

“And shoes, apparently.”

“Yes! Why aren’t we shopping for shoes? Saaam….”

“Because someone broke my toaster.”

“You’re just being mean, now. You know perfectly well that it was never my intention… umpf!”

5. “Well, now, that was horrible. I really would have thought that you could do better than that. I am terribly disappointed. No! I really mean it. I’m completely shocked. Completely in shock. I had such high hopes.”

“Did you now?”

“Yes! I quite thought that you knew what you were about, but sadly I can see now that I was mistaken. Gravely mistaken.”

“Oh, it’s grave, is it?”

“Very grave. Sex gone wrong is dire.”

“I might buy this line of bullshit if you weren’t trembling in my arms and still trying to catch your breath.”

“Oh! Well, that’s just the way I respond quite naturally to hideous disappointment. My entire body is protesting the abysmal lack of skill and passion that… umpf!”

Re: Five times Vala was whinier than usual, but Sam kissed her anyway

[rubygirl29.livejournal.com]

Oh, so good and so funny!

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[fallon-ash.livejournal.com]

Heeee!! Such a spot-on Vala! Thanks! :)

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[rinkafic.livejournal.com]

Awww, cute! Liked the - "umpf!"

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[skieswideopen]

Ha! I especially love #4...shopping for appliances is probably not Vala's thing. :D

Re: Five times Vala was whinier than usual, but Sam kissed her anyway

[antares04a.livejournal.com]

*lol* I really like that every times it ends with "Umpf". And these are five nice occasions to shut Vala up. *g*

Re: Five times Vala was whinier than usual, but Sam kissed her anyway

[lilyleia78]

Sam's a smart one. She knows how to use all her skills.

Re: Five times Vala was whinier than usual, but Sam kissed her anyway

[mackenziesmomma.livejournal.com]

“Brownie Batter?”

“It’s good! Everything Ben&Jerry’s makes is good.”

“Brownie Batter. When you know that I love….”

Okay I'm pretty certain I have this argument with myself EVERY time I'm buying Ben and Jerry's (except for me its reversed. they always have Chocolate fudge Brownie and *zero* Brownie Batter)

Five times Vala was whinier than usual, but Sam kissed her anyway

[lilyleia78]

1 - "Samantha," Vala said, voice that special timbre of pleading that she insisted was not whining, "why must Daniel be so vexing?"

Sam pushed aside her papers with a sigh - clearly she wouldn't be getting anymore work done in the near future. "What have you done to 'vex' him?" she asked.

Vala threw herself into onto the stool next to Sam and pulled her hand to her chest, the very picture of the mortally wounded. "Me? I offer him fun and distraction and he scowls and growls at me like a bear."

"Maybe he has a good reason to keep you at arm's length," Sam said, keeping her voice light even as her heart pounded in his chest.

"Whatever reason could that be?" Vala asked, the confusion in her voice the most honest thing about her.

"Loyalty to me," Sam said.

Vala's confusion deepened the lines around her eyes. "Loyalty to..." Her face smoothed as understanding kicked in. "Oh?" she said, intrigued and inviting. "And here I thought you meant his obvious love for General O'Neill."

"That too," Sam agreed, meeting Vala halfway over the table in the first of many kisses.

2 - "But why can't I take just a small trinket?" Vala pouted as she was 'escorted' back to the gate by Sam. "Nothing they'd miss too quickly. They'd never know it was us. Me," she amended off of Sam's reproachful look.

"Vala, I thought we were past this," Sam said, holding onto her patience by a thread. "We can't risk offending people just so you can have a souvenir."

"He was a rude, arrogant jerk," Vala said, "And I didn't like the way he looked at you."

Sam smiled, understanding blossoming, "Vala, are you jealous?"

"What?" Vala scowled. "Don't be ridiculous darling."

"Good, because you have nothing to worry about," and Sam leaned in to seal her promise with a kiss.

3 - "But Samantha, I haven't seen you properly for days," Vala insisted. She had managed to corner Sam in the small supply closet tucked away in one corner of her lab and was attempting to get a hand under her shirt.

"Vala, no," Sam said, hand sneaking out stop Vala's explorations. "We agreed - not on the Mountain..."

"...or off world," Vala finished, pulling back and rolling her eyes at the rules. "But that's the only places we are lately. Not even torturing Daniel is keeping me distracted from my frustrations."

Sam flushed guiltily. It was true that she hadn't seen topside of her own planet in nearly a week. "I'm sorry," she said, relenting slightly to kiss Vala, "You're right. Let's go home now."

"Yeah?" Vala asked, smiling and sliding an arm around Sam.

"Yeah." Sam said, sneaking in another kiss to tide them over until they could make it back to her place.

4 - "I wanted my birthday spankings," Vala whined over the sound of both their cell phones ringing.

Delivering a swift smack to one unfortunately still clad buttock before picking up the phone, Sam promised, "Oh, don't worry. You'll get them."

"Do that again Samantha, dear, and we'll never make it to the Mountain."

5 - "I'm not sure coming here was such a great idea," Vala admitted once she and Sam were behind the locked doors of Sam's office on Atlantis.

Sam couldn't hide her hurt when she asked, "Why?"

"Daniel's wagging his tail like a puppy with a bone just from being here, Teal'c has found two new best friends, and Cam and Sheppard have bonded so hard and fast that I believe your Dr. McKay is going to pop a blood vessel."

Sam laughed at the description. For all Rodney had grown and changed since the first time she'd met him, sharing his toys was still not his strong suit. "And that's a bad thing?"

"Well, I'm bored," Vala said, avoiding Sam's gaze in a way that was supposed to be coy, but Sam knew indicated nerves, "what is there for me to do her?"

Sam crossed came around her desk and took Vala's face in her hands for a slow, soft kiss. "Me."

Re: Five times Vala was whinier than usual, but Sam kissed her anyway

[archersangel (from livejournal.com)]

links up with the other very well.

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[fallon-ash.livejournal.com]

Hee! Love these! Especially #5, Vala on Atlantis has such great potential! Thanks :)

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[rinkafic.livejournal.com]

Hehehee. I liked the last one best. "teal'c has found two new best friends" - indeed!

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[skieswideopen]

I love #5! There's something (or someone!) on Atlantis for everyone. :D

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[antares04a.livejournal.com]

I really like the first one! And Vala on Atlantis is also a very lovely scenario!

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[serpentine85.livejournal.com]

"..."

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[evyllynn.livejournal.com]

1. The time that Vala appeared in the doorway of Sam's lab and announced that she had a plan to get Daniel to stop ignoring her. She wanted to publicly make out with Sam in front of Daniel to get his attention. Sam immediately said no, and Vala began to whine and complain. Finally, Sam kissed her to stop her wailing.

"If I make out with you, it's going to be because you want to be with me, not because you want to Daniel to watch," she said once she came up for air. For once, Vala was speechless.

2. The time Vala broke a nail right after getting a salon manicure. It was a rare treat for Vala to get off the base and treat herself, so she was understandably upset. But in Sam's opinion, there was no reason for her to go on and on about it like it was the end of the world. But Vala stopped whining when Sam kissed her and promised a repeat trip to the salon the next day -- if they didn't find something better to do with their downtime.

3. The time Vala spilled her chocolate milk. It was the very last carton left in the cafeteria, and she was PMSing and cranky.

Cameron, Daniel and Teal'c took off before Vala could get started, so it was Sam left to deal with the full force of Vala's whining. She whisked Vala back to her lab, but unfortunately her secret chocolate stash was empty. So Sam did the only other thing she could think of to soothe Vala. She kissed her.

4. The time Sgt. Harriman had a party at his home and did not invite Vala. She really couldn't have cared less about Walter, but it stung to find out that she was the only person at the SGC that hadn't been invited. She kept complaining about it endlessly until Sam gave her a hug and a kiss, along with a promise that they could stay in and have their own party.

5. The day that Sam received her orders to take over as commander of Atlantis. All the members of of SG-1 sulked a bit, but Vala was particularly cantankerous over the news that she wouldn't get to go with Sam. She ranted while Sam packed up everything in her quarters. Finally, Sam cut her in mid-sentence and made her a promise: if their relationship could survive the distance, then Sam was willing to take things to the next level. Then Sam sealed it with a kiss.

[archersangel (from livejournal.com)]

RE: #2, some do act like it's the end of the world over a broken nail.

[fallon-ash.livejournal.com]

Hee! Very sweet! Love this: "If I make out with you, it's going to be because you want to be with me, not because you want to Daniel to watch," Thanks! :)

[skieswideopen]

This is a fantastic list! I particularly love #1--exactly the right thing to say.

[antares04a.livejournal.com]

#1 That's really the right thing to say - and I'm glad Sam was able to make Vala speechless. *g*
But I also like the big hope in #5!

[lilyleia78]

Perfect! I love the progression and the quiet intimacy of the whole thing.

Five times Vala was whinier than usual, but Sam kissed her anyway (Part 1 of 2)

[skieswideopen]

1. "You're honestly going to leave me like this? Alone, in bed, while you go off-world? I could die while you're gone!"

Sam suppressed a sigh and continued to button her shirt. "Vala, you have a cold. You'll be fine. Just get some rest and drink some soup and watch daytime TV."

"Oh, that's what you say now! But when you and Mitchell get captured and it takes Teal'c a week to rescue you, you realize I'm going to starve to death here in your apartment. It's not as if you have much in the way of food here."

"Vala," Sam said patiently, "the Ifrani are our allies. We aren't going to be captured. And even if we are, I have faith that you'll manage to find the supermarket on your own." She leaned down and brushed a quick kiss across Vala's lips. "Be good. Get well. I'll see you tonight."


2. "I don't like this place," Vala said, wrapping her arms around her torso. "It's cold and damp and it smells, and there are no beds, and did you see the way that guard was looking at us?"

"It's a prison, Vala," Sam said, studying the door. "I don't think they intended for it to be comfortable."

"And why did they split us up anyway?"

"Apparently they keep the men and women separate," Sam said. The door and door frame both looked disconcertingly sturdy.

"I don't want to die in prison!" Vala wailed. "Not when it's not even my fault that we're here!"

"It doesn't matter whose fault it is," Sam said. "And we're not going to die here. We're going to find a way out."

"My father always said that this is how it would end for me. Dead of pneumonia in a damp prison cell."

"Vala." Sam turned away from the door and took Vala's face in her hands. "We are not going to die here." Sam leaned in and kissed her hard. "We will be fine."


3. "What do you mean I can't go until I file my reports?"

"You're six missions behind on your paperwork," Landry said. "That means no more off-world travel until you're caught up. SGC policy. Once you've filed, you'll be cleared to travel with SG-1 again."

"Sam!" Vala protested as Landry left the room.

Sam shook her head. "Sorry, Vala. There's nothing I can do."

"Well, you could write my reports for me."

"I already wrote my own reports," Sam said. "Besides, I think they might notice if I started writing yours."

"But...but...this will take forever! You know, I don't think there's a policy at all. I think General Landry just has an unnatural fetish for paperwork."

Sam laughed and kissed her. "Just do the work, Vala. I'll see you when we get back."

Re: Five times Vala was whinier than usual, but Sam kissed her anyway (Part 1 of 2)

[camshaft22.livejournal.com]

I love 3 so very hardcore much.

AWESOME!

Five times Vala was whinier than usual, but Sam kissed her anyway (Part 2 of 2)

[skieswideopen]

4. "How much further do we have to go?"

"At least another five miles," Sam said. "Which is only a hundred feet less than the last time you asked that question."

"I can't help it!" Vala said. "My feet hurt. It's these new boots they insisted I wear. I think I'm getting a blister. Actually, I think my whole foot is going to be one giant blister. Both feet, even."

"Did you want to take a break?" Sam asked. "You could try changing your socks; it might help."

"I don't have any spares," Vala said.

"How could you not bring extra socks?"

"There wasn't room for them and my hair dryer."

"Hair dry...Vala! Where exactly were you expecting to plug in your hair dryer?"

"Oh!" Vala smiled brightly. "I borrowed that fancy mini-generator you had in your lab. I know it was still experimental, but..."

"VALA!"

Vala stopped. "What? You know what a mess my hair is if I let it air dry! And I wanted to look my best for you on this trip. You're not mad, are you?"

Sam sighed. "Just...ask next time, okay?"

"So am I forgiven?"

"Sure," Sam said, leaning in to kiss her, "as long as you keep walking."


5. "The one night I actually make you dinner and you're late?" Vala said.

"I'm sorry; there was an emergency. Doctor Lee...well, anyway, it couldn't be helped. I left you a message."

"Oh yes, you left a message saying you'd be a bit late. A bit late is getting home at eight instead of seven, not at three in the morning!"

Sam looked around helplessly at the still-set table. "Vala, I'm sorry. You shouldn't have waited up."

"I bought candles. Candles, Sam. And do you know what I had to promise Mitchell to get those cooking lessons?"

"Nothing too terrible, I hope."

"I had to promise to do follow orders on the next three missions! His orders."

"I didn't know..."

Vala sighed. "Never mind. It doesn't matter. Just come to bed."

Sam touched her arm. "Vala. I'm sorry. I had no idea you'd gone to so much trouble." She leaned forward and kissed Vala slowly. "Forgive me?"

A slow smile spread across Vala's face. "Maybe. Come to bed and we'll see."

Re: Five times Vala was whinier than usual, but Sam kissed her anyway (Part 2 of 2)

[rubygirl29.livejournal.com]

Love the hairdryer, Personally, I totally understand Vala.

[race-the-ace.livejournal.com]

1.

“Is it hot in here?” Vala asks. “It feels hot.” She pulls at her collar and glances around. Cam’s giving her some kind of look, but whatever, he doesn’t count. Daniel didn’t even stop tinkering with whatever he was doing. Teal’c’s been ignoring her for the past two hours, but that’s fine, like she cares what the giant, super-muscled, hunk of a man thinks about her.

Sam gives her a sympathetic smile, but goes back to what she was doing. Someday Vala will know exactly what Samantha does, but today is clearly not that day.

“I’m just saying, this place could use a little air,” Vala puts out there.

Cam sighs. “You’ve been saying that for the past four hours, and we’re working on it. Carter’s working on it, Daniel’s working on it, hell, even Teal’c is working on it. You, on the other hand, just keep pointing out the obvious. We’re stuck in an elevator, it’s not the end of the world.”

“But it’s ho--” Sam pulls Vala to her and Vala’s being kissed before she even has time to think about it.

“More later,” Sam promises. “If you behave.”

Vala crosses her arms and licks her lips. “I am behaving.”

Sam shoots her a look and Vala sighs, “Fine, fine. Go back to your…” she waves her hand, “…whatever it is you were doing.”

Sam kisses her again and Vala thinks it might have been worth being stuck in here just for that.



2.

“I’m hungry.”

“We’re on a stakeout,” Cam says.

“There should be food on a stakeout,” Vala answers. “Steak.”

“It’s not that kind of stakeout.”

“We’ve been sitting in this gross, smelly van for hours,” she complains. “I don’t know what you expected to find, but Daniel doesn’t seem to have a secret life as a cloud.”

“Clown,” Sam corrects, holding binoculars up to her eyes. “Teal’c found a rubber nose, and Cam found balloons. He’s definitely hiding something.”

“If it’s food, I say we go get some,” Vala says.

Sam reaches out and rests a hand on Vala’s neck. She tugs lightly until their foreheads are touching. “Just a little while longer, then we’ll stop at McDonald’s on the way back to base,” she promises.

Vala crosses her arms. “Burger King.”

Cam groans. “No one like Burger--”

“Deal,” Sam cuts in. She leans in and seals it with a kiss, before picking up her binoculars again.


3.

“I’m tired. Can we stop now?”

“For the hundredth time,” Cam sighs. “No, we cannot stop. If we stop, the angry villagers will catch us, and we’ll all be served as the main course for dinner.”

“They didn’t actually look like cannibals to me,” Vala muses. “Not that they have a certain look. I once met a man who--”

“We don’t want to hear it,” Mitchell cuts in. “Keep walking. Quietly.”

Vala huffs. “Well, you’re no fun.

“That’s me,” he mutters. “No Fun Cam.”

“Samantha,” Vala says, turning to the woman next to her. “How about we take a short break and… play a little hokey pokey.”

Sam grins. “I think you mean hanky panky.”

“Yes, that,” Vala nods.

Sam gives her a quick kiss. “Later. After we’re not running for our lives.”

“We’re not running now.”

An arrow whizzes past their head and as they start running, Vala thinks she really needs to stop saying those sort of things out loud.

[race-the-ace.livejournal.com]

4.

Vala sits on Daniel’s desk, swinging her legs as the other man reads through musty tomes. She sighs and picks up the end of her braid to play with. It’s always so boring when she has to hang out with him.

“Daniel, can we--”

“No.”

“But, I--”

“No.”

“Just for--”

“No.”

Vala sighs again and looks around the room. Even that is boring.

“What about if we--”

“No.”

“Can I see--”

“No.”

“But, I--”

“No.”

“Don’t you know any other word?” she huffs.

“No.”

“But I’m so bored,” she complains.

“Go play in the road,” Daniel suggests.

“Now you’re just being mean.”

There’s a soft laugh behind her, and Vala would know that laugh anywhere. She leaps off of the desk and throws herself at Sam. Sam catches her with a wide smile and a tight hug. “I see you two are making progress on inter-cultural relations.”

“I think you have the market cornered on that,” Daniel says without looking up. “Please, take her away. Far away. And never bring her back.”

Sam laughs again and plants a kiss on Vala’s cheek. Their fingers twine nicely as Vala pulls her from the room.


5.

“Saaaaam,” Vala whines. “It’s cold.”

“I’ll be there in a minute,” Sam answers, distractedly. She’s been on her computer for over an hour now, sitting at the desk in their bedroom. Vala’s been awake almost the whole time, blaming Sam for her inability to sleep without her.

“You said that half an hour ago.”

“Just a minute,” Sam says again.

“I’m tired.”

“A few more minutes,” Sam mumbles.

“What happened to a minute?”

“Huh?” Sam asked, but Vala could tell she wasn’t paying attention.

Vala crawls to the end of the bed, closer to where Sam is. “Come back now.”

“I really need to finish this,” Sam says.

“Finish it in the morning.”

“Vala,” Sam says, turning to face her. Vala puts on her best puppy-dog look, a look that apparently fools no one on Earth except Sam. She leans backwards a little and gives Vala a short kiss. “Five more minutes, I promise. And then I’m all yours.”

Vala sighs. “Alright.” She crawls back under the blankets, knowing that it’ll probably be another hour.

[archersangel (from livejournal.com)]

lol at 2, daniel's possible secret life as a clown.