Christmas At Cam's Place
by Bethany
URL: http://www.stargateslash.com/asb/bethany6/christmb.php
Summary: Cam takes Teal'c home with him to his family home for Christmas. A late night chat over brandy leads to something even more warming and lasting
Christmas Eve At Cam's Place...
Cam knocked on the door of his own room.
"Come in..." Teal'c's calm and unmistakable tones spoke to him.
Cam opened the door. "Fancy a night-cap?" He asked, offering Teal'c one of the glasses of Brandy in his hands.
"Is this also a tradition?" Teal'c asked.
"Don't drink it, buddy, if it's not your thing..." Cam said.
"I wish to partake in this tradition..!" Teal'c grinned, getting up from where he sat on the edge of a put you up bed, and walking across to Cam, taking a brandy.
"Have you ever told Rya'c and Brata'c about Christmas?" Cam suddenly pondered.
"I have tried to explain it, yes." Teal'c carefully swallowed some brandy, and sat back down on the bed.
Cam sat on his own bed "It's a difficult thing to explain... It's lots of different thing to many different people!" Cam grinned ruefully.
"What is it to you? Teal'c pondered.
"I try to believe in 'The Christmas Message', that's grandma's influence for ya, and it's something I don't get to be home for often enough..!" Cam looked across to Teal'c.
Teal'c nodded. He understood that.
Cam looked around his room. "Mom puts all these decorations up every year, don't get to see 'em much..."
"Here's to not getting flown back to the SGC..." Teal'c leaned across.
Cam leant across, too, and their glasses clinked.
"Who taught you to make a toast?" Cam smiled.
"O'Neill does not celebrate Christmas very much, but when I first came to live among the Tauri, he made an effort to explain Christmas to me, as did DanielJackson..." Teal'c explained.
"Daniel's spending Christmas with Jack this year, isn't he?" Cam pondered.
"I believe so..." Teal'c replied. "It is not something they get to do often, these days..."
"Sam's gone home to her brother's, and Vala's gone to see Tomin..." Cam mused.
"... And you and I are here..." Teal'c stated.
Cam looked up at Teal'c and smiled again. He looked across to the threshold of his bedroom door. "Mom always puts that stuff up there..!"
"The mistle-toe..?" Teal'c's eyes followed Cam's.
"Always hopin' I'll bring home a fiancée, or someone..!" Cam answered.
"I see." Teal'c replied thoughtfully. "Will I not do?"
Cam looked at the Jaffa incredulously. "You're even more of the Galaxy's Lady's Man than Jackson is!"
Teal'c smiled gently. "Things are not always as they seem..."
"We work together, Teal'c!" Cam whispered intently.
"Have I got you wrong?" Teal'c asked.
"Me?" Cam asked. He paused.
"I apologise..." Teal'c said plainly. "It is against the USAF's Regulations, and, perhaps, it is against the Faith you try to maintain..?"
Cam met Teal'c's eyes. "You haven't got me wrong, Teal'c, and my instinct is that God doesn't give a crap about my orientation..."
"Still, I am sorry... I spoke out of turn." Teal'c told Cam.
"You didn't." Cam got up from his bed, leaning across, and taking Teal'c's hand.
Teal'c stood up, and let Cam lead him nearer to the mistletoe.
The kiss that ensued led to their first night together, a friendly tussle in which each man was matched by the other, the kind of loving that both loved best...
The End
Author's Note: I make no money, and mean to step on no one's toes at all,by writing my stories... Feedback welcome as long as it is always polite.
