Teal'c's Second Chance At Fatherhood

by Bethany

URL: http://www.stargateslash.com/asb/bethany7/lovean04.php
Summary: Teal'c chats with Rya'c about the fact that he will not forget him when his other children, by couple Sam and Janet, are born soon... The father and son talk about their family

"What is your opinion of the situation?" Teal'c asked his son, Rya'c, who was visiting Earth especially so that they could have this conversation.

"I am not against it, father." Rya'c looked at his father, seated across from him.

"You are not?" Teal'c checked.

"No. I am not." Rya'c smiled.

"Honestly?" Teal'c asked for confirmation.

"Honestly." Rya'c truly replied.

"I am glad!" Teal'c slowly smiled.

"You deserve a family life, father." Rya'c said sadly.

"You and I are family also, my son. I will not forget that you are my child." Teal'c told him.

"Thank you, father." Rya'c nodded genuinely.

"You will also be a father soon..." Teal'c noted.

"Indeed, any day now..." Rya'c talked of the fact that Karin would soon give birth. "And, you will be a grandfather!" He noted cheekily.

Teal'c nodded not unhappily. "It is not that my family on Chulak are not enough for me to be happy, Rya'c."

"I understand, father. I do." He promised. He did these days. His father had spent so many years alone, so many years dealing in death, destruction, desperation, and the resulting depression, that he needed to concentrate on life, and he needed this second chance.

"I know you missed out on so very much, my son... Perhaps, this could be our second chance, too. I do not wish to feel that I am ignoring you ever again, and I do not wish you to feel ignored..." Teal'c mentioned to Rya'c.

"I would like us to have a second chance, father." Rya'c spoke truthfully.

"I have told Brata'c that one of the names I will give my second son the middle name of Bryanald, the name of Brata'c's father. He once told me that he always wished he had had a son who could help him, help Brata'c, bring honour to his father's name – a son to carry on that name, and live for the day when freedom from the Goa'uld arrived..." Teal'c explained.

"And he told me that you are that son to him..." Rya'c informed Teal'c.

Teal'c nodded, hiding the tears that threatened to come from hearing his son speak a truth that he knew, even though he and Brata'c didn't really speak of it.

"How are Sam and Janet, and my baby brother, and baby sister, waiting to be born?" Rya'c enquired.

"They are well, and long, long may they continue to be..." Teal'c noted.

"Not long now, father, is there?" Rya'c laughed, somewhat nervously.

"Though I know not to which God, and certainly not to any we have known of, I pray that fatherhood will soon become a blessed reality for each us, in our lives..."

Rya'c smiled and raised his glass, even though it only contained a 'soft' drink (it was a gesture he had learnt in all his years of meeting with the Tauri), to his father, who followed his example. "To Our Families..."

"And to safe and happy lives for each of them..!" Teal'c added.

"Then, we shall always be happy!" Rya'c continued.

Father and son each nodded, and drank from their glasses...

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.