"You don't like sleeping with me?"

"I love sleeping with you, the trouble is there's very little actual sleep involved."

"Well, you could always go home Jack. You're not tied to the bed... although..."

"Daniel! Is there anything you don't want to try? You keep up this pace and we're going to need some new books pretty damn soon."

"I've never heard you complaining. And stop talking in italics."

"I do not talk in italics."

"Do too."

"Do not."

"Do."

"Do not."

"You do, all the time, and stop disturbing me, I need my rest."

"Hey, you started it."

"Excuse me? I wasn't the one droning on about feeling cramped. Maybe you're not ready for this relationship."

"What? Geez, how did we get from me wanting a little room to sleep, to a relationship crisis?"

"Well, you said you needed space..."

"Daniel, I need space in this bed, not in our relationship."

"Wanting space in the bed could be symptomatic of a deeper problem. You think I'm crowding you, you're not ready to commit."

"God, Daniel, does the word paranoid mean anything to you? And that was not an italic."

"Hmph."

"Okay, it was, but you drove me to it. You know, you can be really irritating sometimes."

"How can you say that when you claim to be in love with me?"

"Daniel, if I wasn't in love with you, you wouldn't be able to irritate me so much..it's all part of your charm."

"Oh. That's..nice.. in a warped Jackish sort of way."

"It's my Irish charm. Now stop yakking and go to sleep."

"Can't. I'm not comfortable."

"How can you not be comfortable, you're spread right across the bed?" OW! Daniel. Could you please not kick me. There's no way I can move any further over, I've got..like..one inch here."

"Don't worry Jack, size isn't everything."

"Daniel! God, first he tries to kick me out of bed, then he insults me."

"The devil made me do it."

"You know, I really don't understand why you find it so hard to share your bed with me. You're worse now than you were before we got together."

"Sorry, Jack. It's not you..well..not just you. I guess all of this still feels a little..awkward. I thought once we cracked the sex thing it would be easy, but this whole being together is even harder. I'm just not used to being this close to someone."

"What about Shar'e?"

"That was different. Everything was new, we had so much to find out about each other, so many new things to do. Maybe if we'd had longer..."

"I'm sorry Daniel, I should never have brought that up."

"No, it's fine Jack, really. I don't want to just pretend she didn't exist, I want to remember the good times we had together. I loved her Jack, a lot, but it was never the way it is with you. With you, it's..it's like another whole dimension to our friendship. I know you Jack, I know how you think, how you feel, and now I know your desires as well. Being able to talk like this, being comfortable touching you, and being touched by you is so amazing. Maybe this sort of intimacy is one of the more stable by-products of physical love. This is the most intense, complete relationship I've ever had, and as much a I treasure every moment, it can be a bit overwhelming at times. Sorry..I didn't mean to go on like that..."

"Ah Daniel, my precious Daniel. You never cease to amaze me. You come out with something wonderful like that, then apologize. What am I going to do with you?"

"Well, there's always chapter 11."

"What, now? Damn, you are so going to wear me out. I really shouldn't indulge you like this. As your c.o., it's my duty to teach you some discipline."

"Isn't that in chapter 18? Still, if you feel you want to skip ahead..."

"Daniel, behave."

"So Jack, as my c.o., should you really be naked in my bed every night?"

"Almost certainly not."

"You know, I really wouldn't want to inadvertently break any regulations. Maybe you should run through all the things that we shouldn't be doing."

"Well, if you think I should..."

"Oh, I think it's your duty to set me straight, as my c.o."

"Well in that case, as it's my duty."

"It is Jack."

" I'm pretty sure that as your c.o., I shouldn't do this."

"Oooh, no, you probably..aah..shouldn't do that."

"And this..would almost certainly be..aaah..prohibited."

"Uhhhmn..oh yes..almost certainly."

"And a c.o. should never..oooh god..ever do anything..remmmotely like this."

"Ooooh..no..nothing like that..ever..god..Jack!"

"And I think..mmn..we can..aaah..safely assume..aah yes..that this..would be..mmmmnn..frowned on."

"You don't think..ooh, do that again..that they'd want us..uhhh..doing this?"

"Oh I don't..ooh..think so..yes..and as for this..god..this would..uhhm..without a doubt..yes, there..entail..mmn..actual..aah..jail time."

"Oooooh..Jack..yes..yes..jail..no doubt..oh god..Jack."

"God, Daniel."

"Jaa-ack?"

"Yes, Daniel."

"You know, I'm not really military..so..I could easily have misunderstood. I would hate to make any mistakes. Maybe you should run that by me again?"

"Daniel! You are going to wear me out."

**The End**