Hi everyone!
This is my second story after having remote success with my first!
I do hope you all enjoy and leave me a review.
I write reasonably short chapters, but hope to update at least weekly.
I have a good idea of where this is going, but comments or ideas are always welcome. Thank you & happy reading!

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Sam Carter was not amused. Once more, SG1 had been assigned a mission to a planet where the people hadn't learnt the term 'emancipation' yet.
Sitting at the briefing table and listening to Daniel explaining why they needed to go along with their cultural beliefs had been incredibly frustrating.
The worst thing was that her teammates had no idea what the big deal was. Sure, they realized Sam hadn't had the greatest experience with these kinds of societies, but they didn't understand how close to home it all hit.
She herself had been confronted with a lack of emancipation on her own planet, in her own familiar environment many times in her life. There weren't many female soldiers, and even less fighter pilots. Even when she got recruited to the SGC, she still felt like she had to prove daily that she was just as strong, brave and fast as any other man in the program. Even Jack had made her feel that way at first.
Sam sighed. She knew her team respected her, and didn't think any less of her. In fact, she knew they thought of her as an equal, and even looked up at her.
But most of the time, they didn't even realize she was a girl… well, woman. They treated her as one of the guys, which she admittedly liked. But whenever she had to put on some local dress, or some aliens abducted her, she could see the realization dawn in there eyes: that she was a woman, to be protected.
Her team's protective nature didn't exactly bother her, it made her feel accepted, like she had found a weird little alternative family here at the SGC, but still, she didn't like feeling weak and submissive.
She sighed. On top of all of that, Hammond had decided that Sam would pretend to be Jack O'Neill's wife. She closed her eyes, remembering Jack's mischievous grin at the announcement.
She couldn't deny the spark of excitement that she felt, nor the butterflies coming alive in her stomach, but a certain feeling of fear, dread, and sadness accompanied the excitement.
She was going to pretend to be married to the man she could never have…

Shaking her head to rid herself of these useless emotions, she went to the dressing room to get ready for her mission to PXG-498, also known as Eroga.
Daniel had said the planet was very like earth, but he had found some amazing plant life. Sam was surprised at that, Daniel usually only noticed things of cultural or historical value.
Although not very developed technologically, 'or intellectually', Sam thought, the people of Eroga were strong-willed and careful of strangers. Thus, SG1 had been assigned to make friends and discover what this world might have to offer. "They'd better have something worthwhile", Sam muttered as she strapped on her P-90 and left for the gate room.

Her three teammates were already standing in front of the ramp when Sam arrived.
A nod from Jack O'Neill urged Walter to start the dialling process. "Ready Carter?", Jack asked.
"Yes Sir", she confirmed, a fake smile already in place. "See you in one week, SG1. God's speed", General Hammond's booming voice sounded from beyond the glass.
The team started up the ramp when Daniel suddenly stopped. "Danny?", Jack questioned. "Uh, I was just thinking, maybe you guys should… go together? You know, to stick to the cover."
Sam sighed, 'they weren't even off world yet and already she had to stick to her CO's side?'. Not voicing these thoughts, but rather obediently moving to stand beside Jack, she grimaced at her younger friend, and marched up the ramp in a brisk pace.

Jack O'Neill stood in the gate room, waiting for the last member of his team to arrive.
Even though he had been very excited at first to be playing Carter's wife, his excitement had now given way to nerves.
The joy he had felt was still there though. For the next week, he would be constantly accompanied by his favourite scientist and – let's face it – woman at the SGC… and anywhere else for that matter.
He would be able to do things he'd always dreamt of, but was never able to, due to his insecurities, and those darn fraternisation rules. Of course, he did realize it was only for a week, and, more importantly, it was all pretence.
He was not actually married to Sam, and she was only letting him pretend in order to complete the mission.
His heart sank. Suddenly, it didn't seem such a good idea to be pretending to be in love with his 2IC, when he was having trouble trying to hide being in love with her, every day.

Carter's footsteps snapped him out of his worries, and he nodded to Walter to start the dialling sequence.
Halfway up the ramp, Daniel insisted they'd go together, which Sam took rather badly, he noticed.
Deciding to take it easy and not put too much pressure on his Major, he kept quiet and followed her through the gate.

TBC….

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That's it for the first chapter! What did you guys think?

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