Two years later...

[dr_daniel_jackson]

He woke to the feel of something hot and rough beneath his skin and a burning wind across the rest of his body. When he opened his eyes, he quickly closed them again when something stinging blew into them. He shivered and burned at the same time as he lay there. It grew hotter and the wind died down. He worked to open his eyes again and found it didn't hurt quite so much.

"Daniel..." a voice whispered nearby. Daniel. Who was that? Was that him? He didn't know. He looked around but didn't see where the voice was coming from. "Daniel... come... we are losing day light and we must hurry." He shook his head and sat up slowly, still looking to find the owner of that voice. It was soft, inviting, a feminine. As he pushed to his feet he felt something wrap around him and he blinked as he saw a woman standing before him. "Well, you're younger than I'd planned but no matter. You're healthy and whole once more. Your memory will return slowly but I know the old one will take care of you no matter what. He has grieved for your loss these two years. But he waits for you at your homestead. But we must hurry. Once the sun leaves the sky the temperature drops rapidly and you are not well dressed for such an environment."

"You called me Daniel. Is that my name?" The woman nodded as they began to walk through the desert sand. "Where are we?"

"I believe you call this place Egypt, Daniel. And we are going to your home where your husband is waiting for you."

"My... " he trailed off and frowned as if trying to remember who his husband was and how he'd come to have one. "I feel strange."

"It took me longer than I'd hoped to bring you back and I seemed to have somehow made you younger than you were when you last ascended. You still look the same for the most part but your body is almost fifteen years younger than it was when you came to us."

Daniel didn't say anything further to that, following the woman through the desert until they approached a rock wall with a gate. She led him through the gate and up the walkway towards a beautiful house.

"I live here?" he asked softly. The woman nodded as they reached the door. She knocked quietly then turned to Daniel.

"Be patient now, Daniel. He is coming... and he has missed you terribly..."

Comments

[really-oldguy.livejournal.com]

"I couldn't not." he said, leaning into his hand.

[dr-dmjacksonsg1.livejournal.com]

Daniel smiled and pulled him down closer. "I wish I cuold have found my way back to you sooner. I hate that you had to wait for so long..."

[really-oldguy.livejournal.com]

"That you came back was the important part. I would have waited centuries."

[dr-dmjacksonsg1.livejournal.com]

Daniel shifted to his side and just curled himself around his husband, content for the moment to be able to do so.

"Tell me something about our life together, Methos," he said softly. "Were we living here when I died?"

[really-oldguy.livejournal.com]

"We were in Spain." he was happy to hold Daniel, "Traveled while you were sick, them came here, so that I could bury you like you did me."

[dr-dmjacksonsg1.livejournal.com]

"Were we living in Spain full time before I got sick?"

[really-oldguy.livejournal.com]

"Yes. I owned a coffee shop. And you were teaching."

[dr-dmjacksonsg1.livejournal.com]

Daniel looked at him in surprise, smiling softly in wonder.

"I... I was teaching? Really?"

[really-oldguy.livejournal.com]

"You were. And you were quite good at it, love." he ran his hand through Daniel's hair as he spoke.

[dr-dmjacksonsg1.livejournal.com]

"Wow... I can't imagine teaching again... I never thought I'd be able to do so ...."

[really-oldguy.livejournal.com]

"Why not?" he looked at him with a curious head tilt.

[dr-dmjacksonsg1.livejournal.com]

Daniel thought for a moment and then frowned. "You know? I'm not even sure... I just know there's this memory or thought in my head telling me that at some point in my life, I knew I'd never teach again..."

[really-oldguy.livejournal.com]

"Something to do with your theories on the pyramids?" he offered.

[dr-dmjacksonsg1.livejournal.com]

"My theories..." He frowned, trying to concentrate and figure that one out. "What theories?"

[really-oldguy.livejournal.com]

"Aliens build them? The Goa'uld...?" Methos tried to coax him to remember."

[dr-dmjacksonsg1.livejournal.com]

Daniel was quiet for a few minutes as he worked to try and force the memories to come back to him. After a moment, he looked up at his husband a little warily.

"They wanted to kill me... because I ascended... Not... not the Goa'uld, though I vaguely remember them... someone else...."

[really-oldguy.livejournal.com]

"Jack?" he offered tentatively, reaching out to take his hand.

[dr-dmjacksonsg1.livejournal.com]

That name sounded familiar... Daniel tried to force the memories even more...

"Yeah... I think so... I can't remember him, though... what he looks like or anything... I..." He frowns an then looks back at his husband. "he was hurting me... you killed him to keep him from doing so..."

[really-oldguy.livejournal.com]

Methos gave Daniel a sad nod, "He.. did things to you Daniel, that I would be glad if you never remembered."

[dr-dmjacksonsg1.livejournal.com]

Daniel nodded slowly and leaned back in against his husband. "Then maybe it's a good thing that I don't try and force the memories any more..."

[really-oldguy.livejournal.com]

"We can just try and have you remember the good, hmm..?" he kissed him a top the head, "How we met? Do you remember that?

[dr-dmjacksonsg1.livejournal.com]

Daniel smiled at the kiss and then nodded slowly.

"I was planning on going to Egypt... and you were going skiing... I said something about having never been and then you invited me to go with you... spent the night with you... and then you... you promised you wouldn't leave until I was awake the next morning and could say goodbye to you. I ... I remember thinking that I'd never see you again."

[really-oldguy.livejournal.com]

"Yes, I didn't think I'd ever see you again either... but fate decided differently, it would seem. A fact for which I'm grateful." he held Daniel a bit tighter.

[dr-dmjacksonsg1.livejournal.com]

Daniel smiled softly and kissed his way along Methos' jawline.

"What I don't remember is how or why you decided to marry me?"

[really-oldguy.livejournal.com]

"We were together... and I wanted to prove to you just how much I loved you." Methos stated simply.