When John woke up the following morning, he found Fred was already up and out of bed. For a few moments, he lay there, looking up at the ceiling. He had no idea what they were going to find when they went to Lantea. If the Weir from the alternate universe had come through, would she have turned around when they didn't find anything there and just gone back? He hoped so. It would make all of this a lot easier.
And a lot less dangerous.
When Fred slipped back into bed, John wrapped his arm around her as they kissed and pulled her close. "I will," he promised her. He knew his job meant that he had to go out on these missions, but his wife and children were the most important things in his life.
After a few minutes of holding her, John got up and got ready while Fred dressed Alex. Once they ate, he walked with them to Operations where Rodney, Teyla and Ronon were waiting. John's eyebrow rose when he saw the ring on Teyla's finger.
"Something you want to tell us?" he asked with a grin.
"Daniel asked me to marry him last night," she said. "I said yes."
"Well, congratulations. Was wondering how long it would take him." He turned to Fred and kissed her deeply before kissing Alex's forehead. "I'll see you when we get back."
With one final kiss, he headed up to the bay with the others and got settled in the jumper.
"Operations, this is Jumper One. We're good to go," he said over his headset. Soon, the jumper was moved down into the Gate room. As Operations dialled the Gate, John looked over and saw Fred and Alex watching. He waved to them before taking the jumper through the wormhole.