I Know


Author: geonncannon
Pairing: Jack/Teal'c
Category: Drama, PWP
Spoilers: "Enemies," "Threshold"
Disclaimer: Not mine!
Summary: "Everyone said he was taking it so well..."

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Everyone said he was taking it so well. Cracking jokes, as usual, everything normal. Business as usual.

But when he was alone, sitting up with his friend as he neared the brink of death, he let down his guard. He sat in the dark room, surrounded by hundreds of candles, and watched his hands. He looked at the angry sneer on Teal'c's face, the tension in his muscles as he tried, once more, to break free of the restraints. This was not his friend. This was not the Teal'c he knew.

The room was silent, so that even the hushed whisper of Teal'c's words reached him. "Did you believe it was true emotion?"

Jack looked up, unsure if the words were meant for him or some dream companion. He had called Daniel a woman earlier, after all... Teal'c's eyes opened, turning and focusing on him. "Did you truly believe I cared for you?"

Jack's lips curled into an amused smile. "Attacking relationships. Nice tactic." He put down the chart he'd been fiddling with and stood, putting his hands in his pockets. "It won't work, though."

"Every time I was forced to take you to my bed..."

"Sorry. Not buying it."

"Do you think I could care for you? I was trained by my god to withstand even the most heinous situations to further our cause. I bedded you solely to gain your confidence."

Jack pushed the blanket down to Teal'c's waist and said, "You're not selling it very well, Teal'c. That's all I'm saying."

"You believe I could have feelings for you? You are cattle, bodies to be harvested. Nothing more. I could no more be attracted to you than you could..."

Jack licked his thumb and index finger, brought it down and circled Teal'c's nipple with it. Teal'c's mouth closed, his teeth clacking loudly together. "You see, Teal'c... when it comes to imprisonment and declarations like that..." He switched to the other nipple, getting it wet, watching it harden and pebble beneath his fingers, "You really want to stay away from the stuff we can prove."

Teal'c was breathing harder, cutting his eyes towards the far wall. "It means nothing. A chemical reaction."

Jack slipped his hand under Teal'c's blanket, under the waistband of his pants. "Is that... chemical?" he asked, gripping the Jaffa's hardening staff. "Because it feels... physical." He brushed his thumb over the head and Teal'c arched his back, pressing his shoulders against the mattress. "Shame, you being strapped down like that..."

Teal'c opened his eyes a crack, looking at Jack with disdain and hatred. "Stop..."

Jack pulled his hand free, brushing it against the stomach of his jumpsuit. "All right. If you say so. I don't envy the blue balls you're gonna have, but hey... if it's all an act..." He turned and walked to the door.

"Stop!" Teal'c said again.

Jack closed his eyes, containing the shudder of relief that passed through his body. He returned to Teal'c's bedside. "What," he said. Not a question, just one simple syllable.

"Finish."

"No. Get someone else to take the pressure off."

Teal'c closed his eyes. "I... would prefer... if it were you."

Jack pushed Teal'c's blanket further down, untying the string on his pants and freeing his cock. Teal'c was breathing hard and Jack was shuddering as he lowered his head over the bed. He took Teal'c into his mouth, stroking the base of the shaft as he brushed his tongue over the domed head. Teal'c groaned, his arms testing the vulnerability of the restraints. His biceps loomed, like boulders beneath his satin-black skin.

Sweat poured down Teal'c's chest, his hips rising and falling as Jack worked Teal'c with his mouth. Slipping one hand between his lover's thighs, he probed Teal'c's asshole with two fingers, working the tip of one inside. Teal'c groaned and came, shooting his seed deep into Jack's mouth. The excess seeped out, down his cock and over Jack's fingers. Jack released the softening shaft and brought his wet hand up, offering it to Teal'c.

The Jaffa reluctantly closed his lips around the digits, tasting himself, glaring at Jack the entire time. When that was done, Jack took a wet rag and cleaned Teal'c's groin, making sure the remnants of what they'd done had been thoroughly erased. He walked around the bed and reactivated the monitor before leaning over Teal'c's bed.

In a whisper that wouldn't be picked up by the camera's microphone, he said, "You cannot play me. I know this is not you and I know that you're still in there somewhere." He brushed his thumb across his bottom lip and repeated, "You cannot play me."

He straightened, glanced at the camera and walked out of the room.

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