Ten Things I Love About You, Jack's POV

At the moment, I'm definitely blaming Carter. I know: I shouldn't have drunk so much that I would let her talk us into watching that bloody movie.

She is definitely responsible for this mess: I have the biggest headache ever and I'm on my way to see Daniel. If he's awake already, he is probably blaming me for this, though. Just thinking of him makes my mind go back onto the list I made yesterday night.

Ten Things I Hate About Daniel:

1) He is way too clever for his own good (or for the well-being of the team). When aliens find out how brilliant he is, they tend to want to keep him. Good thing for Teal'c that he is bald and for Carter to be younger: their worrying about Daniel doesn't show as much on their body as it does on mine.

2) His lack of self-protection instinct. And then he wonders why I "mother-hen" him. When you have the survival instinct of a new-born mosquito, team mates look out for you. End of discussion.

3) He is way too open for his own good. He definitely can't lie as everything is shown in his eyes. Too bad he doesn't want to play poker, I'd win anytime.

4) His "we are pacific explorers" act. I swear the man is able to deliver that speech a nanosecond after he has been through the Gate. Honestly, anyone looking at our team would guess we are not that pacific (and we don't want to be if our archaeologist's well-being is in jeopardy).

5) He is way too disobedient. He has been working around the military for years now and still would not recognize an order if it were to bite him in the ass (or he refuses to do so just to drive me mad: hmm, distinct possibility here)

6) He has to argue about everything. The man is not able to just agree on something I say. If Teal'c or Carter says something, he listens to them. If I say something, he starts arguing. Then, whatever it was I did not want us to do in the first place, we do it. Usually because we have no other choice now that Daniel has either talked us into it or has talked General Hammond into ordering us to do it.

7) He is way too trusting. Daniel sees the best in everybody. Absolutely everybody. That leads to people trying to take advantage of him. That, in turn, leads to him being in the position of getting hurt. That, in turn, drives me mad. When Daniel was invisible because of the crystal skull, he was ready to forgive his damn grandfather who had abandoned him. I, on the other hand, wanted to shoot him. Had I known he would hurt Daniel by leaving him once more, I would have.

8) His pouting to get his own way. What is really annoying is that he isn't even conscious of doing so. What is truly annoying is how well it works. Ask the other half of SG1.

9) His rambling over his discoveries. That's something I've never understood. Carter and Daniel (mind you, other scientists as well) both have PhD and they can't prevent themselves from rambling about everything or nearly. One would think they would have learnt how to be concise in the course of their studies. One would be wrong obviously.

10) Jackson's charm. This works on everybody. Sadly, nobody is immune to it. Even System Lords want to keep Daniel. Glowy Ascended People can't keep their hands off him either (Does the name Oma Desala ring any bell?). When I don't agree with General Hammond, I get a stern "That's an order Colonel". When Daniel doesn't agree with General Hammond, he gets a soft "You're right Son, I'll see what I can do." Doc Frasier, aka Little Napoleon, is always much nicer with Daniel than with anybody else (especially me). The only good thing with the Jackson's charm is that it works so well on all the members of SG1. Thus, when an alien seems to be way too interested in keeping Daniel, Teal'c goes all "I-Was-First-Prime-To-Apophis-And-You-Should-Be-Quiverind-And-Fleeing-If-You-Knew-What-Was-Truly-Good-For-You". Carter makes them feel like it was a very big mistake to be that interested in someone who is clearly "belonging" to the woman-there-who-happens-to-be-in-THAT-time-of-the-month and I get to visibly put my hands on my P-90. Somehow that last part is always noticed by Daniel who is then crossed with me because I'm "so not helping with befriending" people. I don't mind as long as we keep Daniel. End of discussion.

I'm at Daniel's door. While writing this list I also realized that the things I hate about him are also the things I love about him. Followed through to their natural conclusion, I realized I love the man and not just as my best friend.

What am I doing on Daniel's doorstep then? Well, I had a quick look at his list and saw No 11. Why is it that he doesn't want to question his feelings? That's the first thing I thought about this morning and the only explanation I could come up with is that my feelings are reciprocated.

He opens the door and I ask with my most winning smile: "Hello, may I come in?"

Did I mention how expressive Daniel's eyes are? All his emotions play in those blue eyes and I have my answer without really having to ask.

I come in, close the door and softly kiss him. When Daniel goes from stunned-still to passionately kissing me back, I decide I'm going to express to Carter how much I blame her for this. With a big bunch of flowers.