Short Stories 1

Caring For Jack

by BlueLotus

URL: http://www.stargateslash.com/asb/blotus/shorts01.php
Summary: Daniel cares for his Jack
Info: This one is an SSD fic challenge entry. Thanks to Marah for her speedy beta!

"Daniel!"

Geez! I haven't even stepped through the door yet and my grizzly colonel is bellowing. I sigh and toe of my shoes before answering.

Patience, Daniel, patience, I think to myself.

"Yes, Jack?"

"Twelve letter word... An unexpected random event."

I blink. Jack's doing a crossword puzzle? My eyes find my lover sprawled on the couch, his injured ankle elevated on a cushion. The television is on, but the sound is muted, and I spy a glass of water and his pain pills on the floor.

"Hey, how are you?" I ask and sit on the table, lacing my fingers together. Lines of pain are etched into Jack's forehead, and I can see he's trying to mask them by frowning in concentration.

"Fine, Danny... What's the word?" Jack answers me with a small tight smile. I pick up his pills and water and hold them out to him.

"Happenstance," I say. "Take a couple of these, Jack."

He ignores my request while he pencil's in the word and gives me a satisfied grin. "Thanks! That fits."

"Pills, Jack," I remind him.

A frustrated huffy groan rumbles in his throat. "They make me dopey, Daniel, dopey! And, I drool!" my lover complains in a voice reminiscent of a whiney child.

I feel sorry for him, I really do, but I don't want to see him in pain so... It's called 'tough love', isn't it? Well, whatever it is, it makes me feel horrible.

"You drool in your sleep anyway, Jack," I shrug lightly. He frowns at me.

"I do not!"

"You do."

"Do not!"

I sigh. "Jack, please, just take them. I can tell you're in pain. Do it for me and my ass."

That brings him up short and he blinks. "Your ass?"

"Yeah, as in Janet will kick the hell out of it if she finds out I've been letting you skip your meds."

Jack considers this, and then reaches over and takes the small white pills from my hand and swallows them with the water. I smile, a little surprised but relieved too.

"Well, it's a damn fine ass, Danny, magnificent even," Jack grins as his fingers stroke my thigh.

I tilt my head and bite at my lip smiling coyly. "Really? You think so?"

Leaning up, Jack pulls my head down and kisses me hard. "I know so, baby."

We kiss tenderly for a while until his meds kick in and Jack falls asleep. He's leaning comfortably against me, and yes, he's drooling, but I love him anyway.

Next: Christmas In March