Summary: Jack comes to a new understanding...
Pairing: Sam/Jack (duh!)
Set: Anytime after Threads. ;)
Warning: Full of fluff and sweet stuff.
This is for Jann, who begged and 'stalked' me subtly... hehehe. Special Thank you to ScifiGirl for the excellent Beta.
Epiphany
Floating.
Like a leaf rested upon water, calmly floating to a destination unknown. Like the happiness that was swelling up inside him as he rested upon his bed, lazily stretching his arms behind his head in a moment of bliss and certainty.
In this moment of understanding, Jack felt himself begin to change within as his felt his life take on a new course and a new meaning. He was never one for soppy thinking or sentimental ideas but he couldn't help but think like that as he saw her walk into the bedroom, happily humming along to the theme song of MacGyver; he can't help but roll his eyes at this choice because he never saw the attraction to it. Sam just hummed, her voice smoothly gliding over every note, keeping it low toned but happily breezing along.
He watched her as she reached into the wardrobe to pull out a change of clothes; still humming and obliviously to the thoughts running through his mind.
As she turned her head to look at him she smiled and shot him a quizzical look, "I'm just thinking." He told her, answering her unvoiced question.
"About fishing?" She asked, a humorous tone of voice and slight sarcasm.
He smirked and pulled a 'who me?' look and then slyly grinned, "Nope, something better."
Sam eyed him suspiciously but shrugged it off, "You don't mind if I use your shower do you?" She asked, pointing towards the only bathroom in the Cabin.
Jack shook his head, "No, I don't mind. Be careful though, it has this tendency to burn you when you're not looking."
"I'll keep that in mind." Sam chuckled, heading straight for the shower unaware that Jack was watching her hips sway as she did so. Almost hypnotised by the rhythm and he felt his calmness start to fade away and he knew why, everything was once again clicking into place and he remembered...
Charlie.
He was so happy when his son had been born and he'd never managed to experience a place of similar happiness until now.
Until now.
The words echoed around his head like images bouncing off mirrors.
Until now.
Now he was happy. Now he had something to look forward. Now he had a reason to get up in the morning other than to save the planet from total annihilation.
Now he had a reason to live.
And now he knew what he had to do about it. He pulled himself up off the bed and quickly headed toward the bathroom like a man on a mission. Reaching the door at the same time Sam was about to close it, he caught hold of the wood to stop it from closing. She seemed confused and dazed for a moment when the door wouldn't close but she recovered quickly to shoot Jack a glare. "What? You want to shower too?"
"As a matter of fact..." He allowed his sentence to trail off suggestively.
"Well-" she looked around the bathroom and then back at him, taking one look at the mischief in his eyes and the glimmer of hope on his face. "-sounds like fun to me."
He stepped inside the bathroom and then kicked it closed with his foot. Ready to accept that his life has taken on a new course.
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