John cupped Fred's face as he looked at her, glad that she was in his life. And when she shifted Alex onto her lap then pulled him to her, he smiled and wrapped his arms around them. His girls.
"I love you too, Fred," he told her. They were his family. The family he had always wanted. And it wasn't just Fred and Alex - it was everyone there on Atlantis. But Fred and Alex were by far the most important part of it. He would love and protect them - and Meredith when she came along - for the rest of his life. "Thank you for listening. You're the first person I've actually ever told all of that too.
As Fred started feeding Alex, leaning against him, John rested his head against hers with his arms around her. "Today was all right. The mission didn't really involve much - the civilization is gone, so we took some rubbings for Daniel. I think we might be keeping him around at this rate." He chuckled and rubbed his hand over her arm. "How was D.C.? Other than running into my ex, I mean."