Set after The Serpent's Lair
Good Day After all
Colonel Jack O'Neill laughed and wrapped his 2IC in a bear hug.
"We did it." She said laughing as she hugged him back.
"Yes we did." He said laughing with her. He pulled back and grinned at her. Somehow they had managed to destroy two Goa'uld mother ships. And the Space Monkey was fine.
'It's a good day.' Jack thought, as he accepted congratulations from the other members of the SGC.
"You did well SG-1." General Hammond said proudly. "Unfortunately I need to see Captain Carter and Colonel O'Neill in my office, right now." General Hammond walked out of the gateroom, along with most of the other SG teams.
'Okay…not such a good day.' He thought as his grin disappeared Yes they had violated orders but he thought that saving the planet would have gotten them a get out of jail free card. Literally. 'I guess saving the world just doesn't mean as much as it used to.' He though dryly.
Daniel turned worried eyes on them. "They can't seriously think about punishing you, after what we just did."
"We don't know." Jack said with a sigh.
"We better..." Sam said pointing at the door that led out of the gate room.
"Yeah."
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They both walked into the General's office, nervously.
Okay so at the time she hadn't figure that they would come back alive…but now they were back and the planet was saved and Sam was incredibly nervous. 'You knew this would happen' She told herself. General Hammond was well within his rights to reprimand them.
General Hammond sighed and stood up. "Colonel, Captain, what you did grossly violated orders, I should give you both a Court-Martial."
Jack cut in. "With all due respect sir, Captain Carter had nothing to do with this, I ordered her to come, I thought we would need her."
"Sir…" Sam started to say but stopped with the look that Jack sent her. 'Why did he do that?' She wondered.
"But." General Hammond said continuing "After what you and the rest of SG-1 just did, I can't in good conscious, reprimand you for what you just did. You saved countless millions of lives. But next time please follow my orders. You are dismissed."
Sam and Jack both let out sighs of relief.
"Thank you sir." They both said at the same time, and walked out of the office.
"Well that was a close one." Jack said.
"Yes sir….Colonel why did you tell the General that you ordered me?" She asked.
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Jack stopped walking and turned around to face her. He couldn't tell her the truth…he couldn't tell her that he had done it because he didn't want to see her career destroyed.
"Because Carter, your too brilliant of a scientist to get reprimanded for something like that. If we would have gotten a Court-Martial, it would have been my fault because I should have ordered you to stay in the first place." Jack said honestly.
'Yup just leave out all those parts about how guilt you would feel to see anything like that happen to her.' Jack thought to himself.
He knew she was a competent soldier. But he wanted to protect her, wanted to keep her safe no matter what.
"Sir…I volunteered." Sam told him.
"Hey can't I just save the damsel in distress for once?" He said teasing her.
"This damsel doesn't needed saving." She said teasing him back.
"That's debatable…said damsel also needs food…you, me, blue Jell-O, commissary in ten minutes?" Jack asked.
Sam sent him a full Carter grin, the kind she gave when she was truly happy. "Yes sir."
Jack swallowed at how beautiful she looked. She was beautiful all the time but when she turned that mega watt smile on, it melted a small part of his heart that he had long thought dead. Jack smiled back at her. It was a good day after all.
~*~*~*~
It was indeed a good day after all. The planet was saved and two friends enjoyed each other's company over a snack. Not much was said, but the unspoken attraction was there, an ever present force in both their lives.
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Author's Note- So if you notice in this episode at the very end when the camera zooms out, Jack hugs Sam, I could have loved to have seen it more clearly! Thanks for reading and if you liked it let me know!
