Prompt (070) Denial for livejournal community slash100
Sam, Jack, Daniel
I've been watching them for a while. Daniel's my friend and sounding board, and the time we spend working together on a project almost outweighs the time we spend apart. Jack's my commanding officer, and by his decree we have team nights and team bonding. I've noticed two things: when Daniel's not working, he's with Jack; and when Jack's bored, he goes to Daniel first.
I don't remember when I started questioning their relationship. Maybe it was that Nem fiasco. We all thought Daniel had died. Jack almost retired. He broke the General's car window. But they were just friends. Right?
Maybe it was just after we blew up Apophis' and Klorel's ships. They spent almost all their free time together. Jack rarely let Daniel out of his sight, and you didn't have one without the other. They were like peanut butter and jelly for almost a week. But then, me and Teal'c were usually around, and it was all four of us. And, really, none of us took our eyes off of Daniel for long. Going through a life-or-death situation and coming out on the life side usually has that effect.
And then smaller things would catch my attention. Pats to the back, friendly punches to the arm. They were always comfortable with each other. Friendship things.
They have to be friendship things.
Yesterday was the whole za'tarc thing. Jack told the za'tarc detector that he cares about me. He cares more than he's "supposed to". The machine would have caught him if he was lying. But he was telling the truth.
He doesn't care about Daniel like that.
In a couple days, Daniel is going on a solo mission for about a week. Jack and Teal'c weren't happy about it; they wouldn't be there to protect him should something go wrong, but Hammond says they need his expertise. I'll try then. After all, what nobody knows can't hurt them—or us.