"We have to do something.", Janet said quietly to Daniel and Teal'c in the hallway outside the briefing room. "I know that they're not zatarcs."
"Yes, I know, we all think that, Janet", Daniel said urgently to her. "But that becomes completely irrelevant unless we can prove it.without a doubt. And I just don't see how we are going to do that."
" I think that there's a problem here, " she continued. "Not with the machine itself, but with Jack and Sam. Now hear me out, " she continued, as Daniel started to sputter and Teal'c's eyebrow raised almost to the ceiling. " I think that they're, for a very good reason, not being completly honest with themselves ."What in the world are you talking about? " asked Daniel, frustrated. "I think that they are the most completely honest people that I think I have ever met in my life.There is just no way that they could be lying about anything. It's just not possible.."
" What if ", Janet continued quietly. "something had happened on that mission that we know nothing about. Something that forced them to confront their true feelings for each other. Do you think that they could admit it, even to themselves, much less a room full of people? That is something that can't be ignored by General Hammond, if he finds out, you know."
"Their true feelings, what do you mean, their true feelings ", Daniel countered. " They're friends, we're a team, they..." he broke off as Janet and Teal'c just looked wordlessly at him.
" What... you mean Sam and Jack..." Daniel stumbled over the words as memories of past missions came to his mind. Of glances between them. How they always seemed so comfortable together. So easy and bantering and trusting. He remembered how they had always seemed to be in stride together, and how they always seemed to fall naturally into each others company whether off world, or in the mess or control room. How Jack had the utmost respect for Sam's knowledge, and how she sometimes shook with silent laughter at his jokes. How the alternate reality Sam and Jack had been happily and passionately in love. How they had naturally chosen each other for mates when infected with the alien virus. How much Sam had tried to bring Jack back from Edora, and was devastated when she found out about the woman Laira. And most important of all, how he knew that they would give their lives for each other without question or even pause.
" I, myself, have noticed that Major Carter and Colonel O'Neill possess a strong bond that could be taken for much more than mere friendship", Teal'c said to him. " And yet, I do not think that they have ignored the regulations concerning relationships between the military of this world. Rather, that they have respected these rules to the utmost, which makes this situation most difficult. Will they not continue to deny, what should be obvious for them to see, rather than risk punishment or dismiissal?"
"So what now, " Daniel said to them. "How on earth do we do this.."
" Well, I'll talk to Sam, obviously," Janet said. " And I guess you two better figure out which one of you confronts Jack." She smiled knowingly as she walked down the hall toward the confinement room where her friend was.