Title: Not Afraid
Author: VirKatJol
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Vala's reading spooky stories.
Disclaimer: Not mine
A/N: Written for
spook_me challenge,
Scifiland halloween challenge and the
Stargateland spooky tropes challenge. TRIPLE DIPPING FTW!!
"That's going to give you nightmares."
Cam's voice jars her from her reading and she drops the book into her lap. It was a particularly intense moment and he laughs as if he's the one that spooked her.
"I'm sure you're mistaken. I read that best horror stories book the other night and I am just fine."
He just shakes his head at Vala's insistence. "Yes, but we were off world for that one. Surrounded by guards, not alone in a dark room where every noise could be something else. A monster, a witch, a…. ghost."
He's right next to her now and the soft whiff of air passes across her ear. "I'm not-" She swallows hard, more effected by his nearness then the fear of the supernatural. "I'm not afraid."
"Boo."
She jumps at the suddenness and the proximity but it's still the reaction he was looking for. She tilts her head and sticks her tongue out at him.
"You're not actually frightening, Cameron." She picks her book back up, intent on ignoring him.
"I think a few of my ex-girlfriends would disagree." He folds his arms across his chest and watches her read for a bit longer. She's not going to give him the response they both know he's looking for. "Just remember. Dark, alone, scary noises…. I'm staying on base tonight, if you need me. For protection and all."
She just rolls her eyes at him while Cam leaves the office and heads back down to his own.
***
The light above her bed flickers and it makes her jump. Maybe reading this witch book wasn't a good idea. Vala pulls the covers up closer to her chin and the light flickers again.
"Maybe it's just time to sleep." She mutters to no one. Her room is quiet and it's getting on to be close to midnight. "The witching hour and this book. Maybe not the best plan…"
She marks her page and sets the book on her night stand. There's a quick scan of her surroundings, making sure that no ghosts or witches or any of that business has stealthily snuck into her quarters.
Of course no one will find out that she was actually checking. When Vala is satisfied that she's safely alone she flips the light off and snuggles into her pillow to go to sleep.
***
The creaking of something wakes her. The clock blinks at her, as if something's interrupted the power at some point. It must be back though. It's just 12:00 flashing back at her now. Vala stretches and turns over, unconcerned about the time anyway. Just as she closes her eyes she hears it.
A wisp across her back. A chill passes and she pulls the covers up to her neck. It seems to warm her for a moment and then the cool air is back.
Another squeaking noise and she turns back around towards the bright blue blinking of the clock. She stares at it for a minute, counting the flashing, the tempo helping her settle into again. Then it's off.
There's a strange blip in the middle, it's translucent and still mostly blue but like there's a screen over the numbers. Vala reaches for the lamp switch on the opposite night stand and knocks it over. She hears the bounce of the shade and it flickers on for a moment before the rolling of the base tugs the cord free.
Out of the corner of her eye she sees what she swears is a ghost.
"Hello?" She's shaky. Her voice sputters the word. "Who are you?"
Of course there was no answer… She didn't expect one. Did she?
"I'm just being silly… Cameron was certainly not right about this." Vala takes some deep breaths and closes her eyes. For a minute she starts to feel better. Then the air around her drops in temperature and she's up and out of her bed before the ghost can actually say 'boo' to her.
At least it's late… or really early in the SGC, because the hallways are empty as she races towards Cameron Mitchell's room. The cement on the floor is so cold against the bare skin of her feet, it almost burns, but she ignores it and runs faster. She's not wearing much. A blue silk thing. It's normally hot on base….
She doesn't wait to knock when she arrives at the door to his quarters she carefully twists the knob and lets herself in. Her heart is racing and she's trying to quietly catch her breath as she locks the door behind her and leans against it.
Somehow he's still asleep. She's sure she's made a racket getting into the room, but somehow she's managed not wake him up. Or perhaps he sleeps like the dead.
That makes her shiver. From the thought of the dead, ghosts and the like, and maybe a little from the fact that she's close to naked and it's her sleep cycle. She doesn't ponder long, she pulls up the covers on one side of his bed and scoots in.
"What the-" He's sitting up and reaching for the lamp. There's someone in bed with him. The flick of the bulb coming to life reveals who. Raven hair and large grey eyes with a scared little grin on her face. "Vala…"
"I…" She never wants to admit it when she's wrong. Never. "I am pretty sure there is something wrong with my quarters."
Cam can see right through her sometimes. Times like this when she's vulnerable and tired and frightened. Most of the time Vala walks around with a shield. "Wrong? As in ghosts?"
"Maybe…" She has his comforter knotted in her fists and she's trying to cover herself with the warmth. "Can I…"
"Yeah." He's not going to turn her away. He used to scare himself like that all the time and wish that he had a place to find some safety. "That's why I warned you about reading that book so late."
She just nods and waits for him to turn the lamp off and slide back into bed. She's still shaking from the adrenaline and can't seem to find her ability to sleep.
"Cam?" She hears his sigh. "Can we…"
He doesn't make her ask, he flips around and pulls at her waist. The silk beneath his fingers startles him. He forgot about the type of things that Vala liked to sleep in. The material is cool and smooth as he brings her closer to him. He's a heater, almost never needs many blankets while he sleeps, may as well share his warmth with her.
"Better?" Her hair smells amazing… That's the first thing he notices. "Wouldn't want you to get cold."
His hand is against the slight swell of her belly, lightly moving the tips of his fingers in a soothing rhythm. She wiggles even closer and both of them lets out a short breath from the way they fit, the feel of each other pressing back.
"Much… much better." She's not sure if she can sleep now either with his hard chest against her back and the thought of how close his crotch is now to her ass… if only she accidentally moved just the smallest fraction closer she would find out how much he's enjoying this. Something stops her. The mystery is part of the excitement right now. The thrill in wondering what could happen between them.
"It's late, Princess, better catch some shut eye. Mission tomorrow."
She yawns, already ready to answer the call of slumber. "We could call in sick."
"It wouldn't be suspicious at all. the two of us ringing Landry from my room. Voices dripping with sex…"
God he's blunt and it turns her on. "Who said anything about sex?"
"Honey, when don't you say something, imply something or do something that has to do with sex." Cam lets his hand slide upwards until his thumb is brushing the underside of one of her breasts. "Besides, I don't know that you can handle me."
She's gasping for a retort and he chuckles. It's hard to catch her off guard. "You don't know what I can or cannot handle… Cameron."
"One day, I'd like to find out. But tonight, sleep." She huffs at him but closes her eyes again and slides easily into dreamland.
He knew that taking her mind off of whatever she thought she saw and felt in her own quarters would be the best way to get some sleep, for both of them.
He grins at the images flashing across his mind and follows her into slumber.
***
The alarm seems to be gradually gaining volume and Vala tries to bury herself deeper under the blankets. The hand on her waist leaves and then the sound mercifully stops.
There's a brush of something across her ear and she tries to wiggle away. Wanting to ignore all the signs that she had to get up. "Go away." Her voice is sleep filled and grumpy.
"Since this is, technically, my bed and room, I'm pretty sure that I'm not the one that needs to 'go away'." His lips find her neck and start playing across the skin there. She's enjoying it. Vala uncurls a little and move to allow him more room to explore her neck and shoulder. The thin strap on her nightie top has slid down and he's pretty sure nothing is really holding it up now.
"Thought we had a mission?" She's not complaining, morning sex would be just as pleasing to her. The blankets slide down so he can find more skin, more of her to taste.
"I set the alarm a little bit earlier than we needed." Cam follows her collarbone as his eyes track across her body. He's right, about thinking that her sleepwear is pretty useless for covering anything at this point. Her breast is almost completely exposed and the point of her nipple is begging to be freed. The lace edging is threatening to slip off it at any second. Cam decides to help it and lets his hand glide along her stomach, up to her breast. He teases first, allowing the rougher lace to stimulate the tightening bud. Her breathing is quickening and she lets out a moan.
Vala wants him. She wanted the comfort and warmth last night, but right now, in the morning light - she wants him. "More."
Just one word and he's tilting her onto her back, which frees her nipple, and his mouth covers the stiff peak. His tongue flicks over the tip before flattening against it and rubbing. Cam can feel it tightening even more under his ministrations and it makes him groan. Vala responding to him is so hot.
She can't get enough of his mouth on her. Her hand finds his head and tangles in his hair. The short cropped locks don't offer much for purchase but she tries. Her other hand is wedged between them and she wiggles it southward. She wants to make sure he won't be pulling away - ending this before she's ready for it to be over. Her fingers slide beneath the hem of his boxers and tickle along the top of his pubic hair. Slowly drawing nearer to his cock.
He's hard, of course, but not impossibly so when she finally reaches him. The skin covering his dick is soft and she lets him rest against her palm, lightly circling his girth with her fingers before beginning to stroke him. He's growing harder in her hand and it makes her want him other places. Wet, tight places. Vala doesn't hold off any longer. She starts a slow, almost soothing, rhythm. Matching the tempo of the suction on her breast. The angle is awkward and she can't move her hand all the way to the tip of his cock but she does what she can.
Cam's trying hard not to start humping her hand. Her fingers feel incredible against his erection and he wants to give her more. Her nails dig into his scalp as he pulls back but he manages to get away and sit up.
"Don't think we should kiss, maybe, before you put your hand on my dick?" He grins at her and she sticks her tongue out.
"What are you waiting for then? Kiss me." She tugs at the base of his neck and lets her eyes slip shut as his mouth is hovering over hers. Her lips part and the first touch of his lips is electric. He's gentle and steady and not pushy at first. Just wanting to discover the feel of them together.
There's little hesitation, the fear of morning breath is pushed aside as her tongue prods at his lips. He opens and they deepen the kiss. Tongues dueling and licking at each other. He angles a little and he can devour more of her that way. Her hand doesn't quit. She's just gained more access from the move and now her thumb is circling the head of his cock with every stroke. She gives a little squeeze right beneath the head. He can feel how quickly he's building, how close he is to losing it.
"Vala, you have to…" He just has to pull back or he's going to come. But there's something magnetic about her where he can't leave. The sensation is so strong. He finds the strength and grabs her wrist. "Vala." Her name is a puff of air.
She's tossing the sheets aside and tugging her panties off. "Come on then."
Cam opens his dresser drawer. "Fuck." He can't even believe it. Not that he's ever needed them here before. "No condoms."
"Oh dear. I thought that you were the perfect scout, always ready for anything…" She's not too terribly concerned, past teasing him for being unprepared.
"Sorry…" His cock is throbbing and he's trying to come up with solutions that don't involve either of them not climaxing.
Vala gets up on her knees and settles in front of him. Their kneecaps are touching and she clasps his hand in hers. "There is always another way." Her nightie is askew, one breast exposed and the rest has fallen back down to end mid thigh. She brings his hand up under the silky material and places his fingers at her clit.
He leans in close to her, his lips just barely touching hers. "More than one way to skin a cat?" His thumb makes a slow, gentle circle around her tiny organ before sealing his mouth over hers. They kiss while he feels his way around, slides his middle finger inside her and presses down on her clitoris.
She gasps and reaches for his cock again. "I was thinking more along the lines of there is more than one way for you to get me off."
"You sure there are no ghosts watching us?" He nibbles her neck as she pulls at him. The skin on his cock sliding up and down, pre-cum beginning to leak.
"If they are…" She gasps, her head tilts back and she can't speak when he hits a perfect combination of inside and out. Another finger plunges into her and she starts canting her hips just a little with his rhythm. "If they are I can't blame them."
He nips at her jaw before covering her mouth with his again. Her body is contracting around his fingers and it prompts him to speed up his attention on her clit. She's climbing quickly and he wants to watch her get there. Nothing else matters. Cam's free hand is tugging at her nightie, wanting to see all of her. The faint blush on her cheeks and chest, the way her nipples are hard in the cool air of his room, the dampness of the dark curls between her legs. All of it.
It's awkward and clumsy but they manage to free her from the blue silk. He bends over to capture one nipple with his teeth and lightly tugs. The feeling shoots straight through her and into him when her hand clenches and tugs and a large amount of come drips from the opening of his dick.
"You're close, baby." She just nods as he looks at her face. Her brow is furrowed and her bottom lip is between her teeth. She's riding the feeling and he wants to make sure the destination is spectacular. He pulls her hand from his cock and tips her over - onto her back. He's got his mouth on her sweet cunt before she can ask what the hell he's doing. His lips take her clit and his fingers begin plunging into her with vigor. Her hips buck and her back arches. Noises escaping her mouth almost sound like words, or his name, or a combination.
"Gonna…" Oh, god he's good. She puts a heel onto his shoulder and pulls and it sends her flying. Over the edge into climax. Her body is wracked with sensation and pleasure. She can't breathe and Vala has black spot dancing in her vision before she can finally concentrate on anything besides that feeling. That orgasmic bliss.
When her pleasure seems to be waning he gets back on his knees between her thighs. Cam's as close as he can get, his balls press against her swollen, wet lips and he starts to stroke his own dick. She's running her fingers along his arm but she's still too out of it to do much else. The fact that he's knocked her flat, basically, with an orgasm makes his cock jerk.
A splash of come leaks out and he uses it to lubricate his palm. He's so hard, so stiff, and just looking down at her body all sated from orgasm makes him so turned on. He's hyper sensitive to her touch and she's touching him now. He hadn't realized that his eyes had closed, but when he opens them and looks down she's got a secret smile on her face and her pointer is drawing small shapes on the tip of his cock. She's circling around the tiny hole and then diving back over it to collect more of the pre-cum that's escaped.
"You gonna come on me, Cameron?" She practically purrs the words out, as if nothing in the world would please her more than his come on her belly.
Nothing would please him more than that right at this second. "Want to." He can manage two words. She brings the finger that was on his cock to her mouth and moans as she tastes him.
He loses it. Every bit of control he thought he still had is gone when her tongue flicks across her fingertip, licking away his come. A tight jerk on his balls precedes the first shot of seed that hits her right under her left breast. The ones following land kiddiewampus all along her ribcage and belly. He's not sure he can watch, it's all too good.
After he's spent he opens his eyes again. She's making figures in the come on her skin and she's got a huge smile on her face. "This was almost as fun as with a condom." He's still speechless, not that she can blame him, it took her a bit to recover from her own climax. "What time is the mission starting?"
"Not to throw cold water on our time together, or anything?" He's grinning as he drops down beside her. "I should get a towel and clean you up."
"So good at ignoring the question when it's not in your best interests." Vala happily scoots closer and pillows her head on his arm.
"You're right 'cause keeping you naked for as long as possible is definitely in my best interests category." Cam kisses her forehead and looks at the clock. "Looks like we've got ten minutes before we're supposed to be there."
"Plenty of time to shower together."
Vala winks at him and he knows he's going to be late. There's a first time for everything. Cam figures that wet, naked, clinging to him in the shower Vala is a damn good excuse. Of course he'll have to come up with something to tell everyone because he's pretty sure Landry won't appreciate that one as much as either of them.
The end.