Disclaimer: Stargate SG-1 and its characters do not belong to me, and neither does the song 'Stand in the Rain'.

A/N: I didn't know the birthdate of Jacob Carter, so I used Carmen Argenziano's birthdate instead. 2005 is when 'Threads' was aired, the episode Jacob died in.

She never slows down

She doesn't know why but she knows

That when she's all alone

Feels like it's all coming down

When Samantha Carter was 5, her grandfather, Andrew, passed away. She could remember how the sky was cloudy and dark. She couldn't really understand what was going on, though, only that her grandfather had gone away, and he wasn't coming back.

She won't turn around

The shadows are long and she fears

If she cries that first tear,

The tears will not stop raining down

As Samantha took comfort in her mother's embrace, she felt the tears leaking out of her eyes. As if on cue, the sky opened up, and it seemed as if the sky was crying with her.

So stand in the rain, stand your ground

Stand up when it's all crashing down

You stand through the pain, you won't drown

And one day what's lost can be found,

You stand in the rain

She won't make a sound

Alone in this fight with herself

And the fears, whispering,

Is she scared she'll fall down?

7 years later, Sam stood in a cemetery once again, this time at her mother's funeral. Her brother Mark would not look at their father as the casket was lowered into the open grave, still blaming him for their mother's death.

She wants to be found

The only way out is through

Everything she's running from,

Wants to give up and lie down

Standing apart from both her brother and her father, Sam fought against the need to cry. As it started to pour, she convinced herself that the wetness on her cheeks was from just the rain, nothing else.

So stand in the rain, stand your ground

Stand up when it's all crashing down

You stand through the pain, you won't drown

And one day what's lost can be found,

You stand in the rain

Years later, a Captain in the Air Force, and privy to one of the biggest secrets on the planet, Samantha Carter stood with her commanding officer, Colonel Jack O'Neill, as they attended a memorial service for their teammate and friend, Dr. Daniel Jackson. Unlike previous funerals, Sam did not cry at this one.

But afterwards, as she drove home to mourn another of her friends, she couldn't help but notice that it was gray and cloudy out. A moment later the rain began to fall, and it seemed the sky, too, was crying.

So stand in the rain, stand your ground

Stand up when it's all crashing down

You stand through the pain, you won't drown

And one day what's lost can be found

7 years later, Sam stood in the same cemetery her mother had been buried in. The difference was that now there was a headstone next to it which read:

Jacob Carter

1943-2005

Loving Father and Husband

He Will Be Missed Very Much

Glancing upwards, she noticed that the sky was crying today, much like her.