Chapter 1
A/N: 'sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.' whoever said that never stuck their foot in their mouth.
Disclaimer: as usual I own nothing but the plot line and (most of) the ideas.
Why did I just say that, he thought, why do I always get myself into these messes. He looked backup at Sam and noticed her glaring at him. Daring him to say something else to dig himself that much deeper.
He weighed his next words carefully, decided he was damned no matter what he said, and hoped his memorial service would be nice.
It was ironic really the day had started out so promising.
Flashback
"Hey Carter," Jack said as he turned the corner near the elevators. "Anything interesting on that planet? Ya know, P3X… whatever?"
"And to think you have a PhD," she mumbled as they got on the elevator.
"Hey I heard that…" he said indignantly as the doors closed and she pushed the button.
"And…" she said playfully.