Recent history..

Daniel looked up into the smoldering brown eyes above him and inhaled deeply; his whole body trembling as he tracked the undulating movements of the dark orbs that were fixed so intently upon him. The look of concentration within them softened and the eyes crinkled with a breathtaking smile as rosy lips parted to reveal white teeth. He watched as a small pink tongue licked at the full bottom lip quickly, then he saw a bead of perspiration roll down from the dark hairline and around a black eyebrow. The eye squinted shut, keeping the salty droplet at bay. Daniel lifted a shaky hand up, brushed his tanned fingers across the brow removing the threat and allowing the dark eye to open once more.

"Thanks," Graham grunted breathlessly. Daniel's hand returned to Simmons' soft, sweaty butt, digging into the olive-skinned globe.

"Want to see those eyes open," he whispered, squeezing him firmly. Instinctively, the younger man increased his movements, impaling himself deeply onto his lover then kneeling up, squeezing him all the way to the tip before lowering himself once more. Leaning forward, he reached out and started to rub and pinch at Daniel's nipples, knowing what that did to his lover.

"Oh.. Oh.. GODS!" Daniel shuddered, screaming out as he sat up, face pressed against Graham's soft furry chest as he finally came. Sucking back deep breaths, he slowly uncurled and fell back onto the bed once more. Graham smiled as he lowered himself down to rest upon the smooth, thumping chest. His fingers trailed around one of Daniel's reddened nipples, making the older man shudder some more, then he slowly slipped himself off and removed the condom carefully, tying it and dropping it into the wastepaper basket beside his bed. Daniel groaned: a contented, 'I'm full' kind of groan and nuzzled against his lover, his head resting on the fuzzy chest.

Lazily, the younger man trailed his fingers up and down Daniel's sweat slicked spine, noting the tremble under the skin. Equally as lazily, Daniel started to kiss his lover's chest, nipping at the soft hairs, tracing patterns through it with his tongue and lapping at the salty skin. Slipping between the strong, firm thighs, Daniel's chest pressed lightly onto the engorged shaft, his belly feeling the heat radiating from between the younger man's legs, then he pushed up onto his hands and knees and stared down into the half-closed eyes. Both men smiled sluggishly at each other, so close to being totally spent from their love making.

Daniel lowered his head, his long fringe sweeping across the soft skin as he trailed kisses along the dark trail of hair, over the puckered belly button and down into the thatch of curls. The hard shaft snaked up against his throat and tucked against the back of his ear. The younger man groaned and arched up slightly, his hips thrusting up burying Daniel within his soft curls. The mixture of sweat, rubber from the sheath and 'Simmons' filled Daniel's senses, making him feel like he could drown happily.

With a deep guttural groan the scientist lifted his face, opened his mouth and swallowed Graham Simmons down to the root while his hand massaged the soft sac until it hardened. Aware of the reactions and tiny jerks from his lover, Daniel pulled his face up just in time to beat the shot of cum as it spurted out then dripped onto the hot stomach below it. Graham wrapped his legs around Daniel's chest and squeezed him tightly, chuckling deeply at the back of his throat. Reaching around for the soft towel, Daniel mopped up the viscous fluid from the stomach, then gently squeezed the towel around the softened shaft, eliciting another jerk from the contented man. Once he was totally dry and clean, Daniel lay beside him, running his fingers through the dark chest hairs once more.

"So.." he purred after a few minutes of silence, enjoying Graham's fingers burrowed through his long silken hair. The other man grunted quietly in response.

Daniel lifted up onto one elbow and smiled down at his young lover as he entangled their legs together. The hooded black eyes stared intently back at him. "You still worried about what Jack thinks?"

The younger man coughed softly and looked Daniel deep in the eye.

"Yes."

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A number of days later..

Jack watched Sam and Daniel over by the stream, washing their cups in the water then he turned when he heard Teal'c step in behind him.

"Report." He ordered abruptly.

"There is a small village over the crest of the next hill," the Jaffa answered in a low deep voice. Jack nodded then watched as Daniel and Sam headed back over to the campsite.

"Okay, Carter, you and Teal'c go north and Daniel and I will head east." Jack pointed out the directions. "According to Teal'c there's a village over that way," he said indicating the direction he'd just proposed to Sam to go in, "and over on our right is that Temple that Daniel's been itching to get to."

Sam and Daniel both nodded then Teal'c gathered up his pack and pulled the heavy thing on with no effort at all. Daniel lifted his and grunted under its weight a little then slipped it onto his back, happy for the weight to be distributed evenly between his shoulders now.

Jack checked his watch. "Let's meet back here at 1500 hours, okay?"

Sam checked her watch and nodded then she and Teal'c headed off in their direction while Jack stood and waited for Daniel to clip his bag on properly.

"If you hurry, Daniel, we might get there before nightfall," he muttered, blowing the dust from the lenses of his glasses before slipping them onto his face. Daniel looked at him then sighed. Why had Jack delegated them together? Despite being friends for years, they barely had a civil word for each other at the moment!

"Very funny Jack," he muttered as he grabbed his hat off the branch next to him and plonked it on his head haphazardly.

"You ready yet?" The colonel sighed. Daniel nodded and held his hand out for the older man to lead the way. Jack, hands resting on his gun, nodded and headed away from the camp site.

*/*/*/*

Sam looked at Teal'c from the corner of her eye.

"Do you think they're going to be alright?" she asked after a long silence.

Teal'c kept an eagle eye out for any signs of danger as he answered her, "I believe they will probably end up in another fight."

She nodded. Jack and Daniel had been doing nothing but argue and bicker the past week. Considering how close they were as friends, she was concerned about this new development within their relationship. It also compromised missions. Jack was getting Daniel so worked up that the anthropologist was not concentrating on his work completely. He read the directions on a pictograph so completely wrong on their last mission that it took them a day, and a truck load of luck, to find their way back to the DHD. Jack had argued that it was because Daniel had 'other things' on his mind and duly reprimanded the man for his sloppiness once they got back to the base.

It didn't take long for word to get around the SGC that the premiere team, SG-1, was having troubles. It certainly didn't take long to get to Graham Simmons either. That, coupled with the 'looks' Jack often threw his way whenever he was in the vicinity of the Lieutenant, made the young officer extremely nervous and, he too was coming off as incompetent.

"Is this because Jack discovered..?" Sam stopped as she watched Teal'c nod.

"I believe it is," he said.

The female officer shook her head and laughed softly in mild disbelief.

"You know, I still can't get over that! Daniel and Graham?" she laughed again. "I remember when Daniel teased me last year, saying that Graham had a crush on me," she shrugged.

"Lt. Simmons did indeed have a crush on you, Capt'n Carter," Teal'c informed her as he casually kept an eye out on their surroundings.

She stopped, putting her hand out to grab his arm. "What?"

Teal'c stopped and faced her. "I know that Lt. Simmons had a crush on you, however, he also had one on Daniel Jackson, and it was *he* that he chose to tell.."

Sam frowned. "Hang on. Are you telling me that Graham's bi-sexual?" she asked. Teal'c raised a brow.

"I know nothing about Lt. Simmons, only the information that Daniel Jackson has told me," he said. Sam stared into his dark eyes then nodded slowly.

"Okay, that makes sense," she shrugged then started off again.

"So," she said, trying to make it sound like idle chit-chat, "just how long have Daniel and Graham been...together?"

Teal'c felt the smile nudge his lips. Sam was obviously more interested in Graham now that she found out he was with Daniel than she was when the young officer was free.

"Approximately three months," he answered her then went back to scanning the surroundings for any hidden dangers.

Sam calculated that in her head.

"Around the time we got back from blowing up Apophis' ship, huh?" she mentioned casually. Teal'c lifted his brow and turned slightly to look at her. Her face was turned away as they walked along the dirt track together.

"Around that time, yes," Teal'c answered her and watched as she nodded.

Sam tried to let the conversation die, but her mind was filled with images of the two good looking men, together, topless.. She shook her head roughly as she tried to dissipate that image in her mind's eye.

*/*/*/*/*/*

Jack rounded the ornate entrance to the Temple, indicating for Daniel to wait behind him. Then he called him up and Daniel headed into the cool shade of the thick walled Temple. He stopped, breathless as his eyes scanned the highly decorated walls.

"Oh, my.. .." he ran his fingers over the pictographs. Jack stepped up next to him, keeping an eye out for any signs of movement in the Temple. It looked pretty empty.

"Hello?" Daniel called, only to hear it echo repeatedly off the walls. Jack pursed his lips and sighed as he looked at him. "What?" The anthropologist frowned. Jack said nothing so Daniel lifted his face and called once more. "Hello? I'm.. I'm Daniel Jackson. I'm a peaceful explorer from the planet Earth."

Muttering under his breath, the colonel dropped his chin to his chest and shuffled on the spot. The young Archaeologist just shook his head and looked around, his attention being caught by a symbol on the wall. Cautiously he approached it. Jack took a step towards it but Daniel yanked him back beside him.

"What?" the colonel groused. Daniel held his hand out for Jack's gun and reluctantly the older man handed it over. The archaeologist held the gun out, triggering a small spear to fly from the wall and imbed itself deeply in the thick stone on the other side of the hall way.

"Oh.." Jack raised his brow as Daniel nonchalantly handed him back the gun.

"May I suggest that *I* go first," the archaeologist sighed as he stepped off. Jack pulled a face behind his back and headed off after him.

"I'll watch your backside.." Jack muttered. Daniel rolled his eyes as he waited for the smart comment to follow. "After all, I hear it's Graham's favourite bit and I'd hate to have to tell him you lost it."

Daniel felt his blood boil and swung around quickly, making Jack scuffle to a stop. After a morning of unappreciated snide comments from the colonel, Daniel had just about had enough.

"Will you *shut* up!" he yelled angrily. Jack's eyes narrowed on his young team member.

"Sorry?" he said, the challenge in his voice evident.

"I said shut up. Shut up about Graham, shut up about me and shut the hell up about our relationship.." Daniel yelled, waving his hands over his head.

"Need I remind you.. *Doctor*.. I'm the commanding officer on this team!"

"Well, *command* then!" Daniel screamed in exasperation. "Don't make stupid and inappropriate comments. Don't make snide and sarcastic remarks about me and my body and don't.." Daniel stopped himself, his nose flaring as he tried to bring his rage under control, " don't talk about Graham again, okay?"

Jack felt his own blood reach boiling point now as the blond archaeologist protected his lover.

"You through?" He asked curtly, his dark eyes narrowing on the younger man. Daniel blinked quickly.

"Are you?" He retorted, equally rudely, then he fell silent as they locked together in an intense, angry stare.

Finally Daniel looked away, then said quietly, "when we get back I'm putting in for a transfer.."

Jack blinked quickly. "You're what?"

The young man turned to look at him. "Transfer, as in getting the hell out of your team. SG-11 need an Anthropologist.." Daniel muttered.

"Well, they're not getting mine! Transfer denied," Jack snapped. Daniel spun around to confront him once more.

"I'm not *asking* for your permission," he said incredulously.

"Good, because I'm not giving it," Jack snapped back.

"I'll go to Hammond," Daniel challenged, the two men puffing up in argument again.

"And say .. what?" Jack said, tilting his head slightly.

Wide blue eyes blinked quickly then Daniel said, a little shakily, "I'll tell him, you're a homophobic bastard who can't stand me being on the team!"

Jack laughed sarcastically as he shook his head. That wasn't going to happen!

Daniel swallowed at the arrogant response. "What? What the hell can he do to me? I'm a civilian for God's sake."

"You think *I'm* a homophobic? Wait until Hammond hears. You try telling him about you and *lover boy*. How far do you think Simmons will get then?" Jack said.

Daniel rubbed his face roughly, his anger bubbling in his stomach. "God! I hate the military!" He screamed as he jumped on the spot then smacked out at the wall with his fist. He shook his hand when the pain spiked through it and to his elbow. Then he swung around wildly and looked at Jack.

"Hammond doesn't need to know about him." He shrugged. "I'll tell him I'm not with anyone on base!"

Jack raised his brow. "Oh, but someone else.. might!" He said, sounding more than a little threatening.

Daniel's face contorted with a weary plea. "Why? Why in God's name would you do that?!"

Jack shook his head. "Did I say I would?" He asked, feigning innocence too much for Daniel's comfort. The younger man sighed as he turned away from the sardonic grin, his whole body trembling from the argument now.

Resting one hand against the wall, the archaeologist dropped his head, his whole body growing tired suddenly. "Jack, let me go. Let me transfer to SG-11 and be done with it."

"Danny boy, you think I'm harsh? The C.O. of SG-11 is worse than me, especially about homosexuality. You really think you can work there?" he asked.

Daniel looked over his shoulder and Jack saw the moist eyes and felt guilty. He reached out to touch Daniel's shoulder but the younger man shied away.

"Don't, okay. Just.. don't!" he shook his head as he walked off, heading out of the Temple into the hot sunlight. Jack watched as he walked away, his hands on his hips, his face raised to the sun, obviously distressed..

Suddenly, he felt very bad...

*/*/*/*/*

Sam looked down on the village below them. There was no one there and it looked like it was abandoned quickly. Teal'c handed her the binoculars.

"See anything?" she asked.

"It looks deserted," he said, concurring with her opinion. She nodded and lowered the binoculars.

"I guess they could be out a-hunting?" she suggested.

Teal'c lifted his brow. "Normally, a whole village would not leave at once, especially for hunting."

Sam hadn't really meant it seriously but nodded when Teal'c answered her anyway.

"Okay, here's what we do.." she started to say then suddenly a bright light flashed through the village then up over the hill towards the Temple. Sam looked at Teal'c and frowned.

"Holy Hannah! Did you see that?" she cried out.

"I did," he nodded and tried to find the light in the binoculars, but couldn't see a thing.

"What the heck was that?" she asked. He lowered the glasses and looked at her.

"I do not know," he said. She nodded and looked back down at the village.

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