Title: Welcome Back Daniel Jackson
Author: red rooster dawn
Pairing: Sam and Daniel
Disclaimer: Don't own them, make no money on them.
Summary : Daniel comes back to earth after his ascension
part one
10 August 2002
It had been a month since the death and ascension of Daniel Jackson. Samantha was still devastated and grieving the loss. The general had given her two weeks off to grieve, but it hadn't been enough time.
Over the last two weeks she had thought about what she could do to honor the memory of Daniel. After thinking about it long and hard she finally came up with a solution. She spent the next several days filling out all the necessary paperwork. She had all the nametags on her uniform changed.
The following Monday she walked into the briefing room for their weekly briefing. General Hammond and the rest of the SG1 team were there. They were please to see her back at work.
"Sir, I would like to make an announcement." requested Samantha before the briefing got started.
"What is it Major?" asked General Hammond wondering what was so important.
"I wanted to let everyone here know that I have changed my name from Samantha Carter to Samantha Jackson in honor of my best friend Daniel Jackson who died a few weeks ago." replied Samantha.
Everyone sat there a little stunned. They couldn't believe what they heard her say.
"I don't understand Major. Why did you change your name? There are many things we can do to honor Doctor Jackson. Colonel O'Neill and I have a few things in the grapevine we're working on." asked a confused general.
"I understand all that Sir. Colonel O'Neill has informed me of some of the ideas that are being looked at, but I wanted to do something myself to insure that Daniel is never forgotten by anyone here at the SGC." explained Samantha earnestly.
No one was able to say a word. They were all still too stunned. Jack couldn't believe what he had heard. He knew that Sam and Daniel were close, but he thought of them more as a brother and sister not as potential lovers.
He had always reserved the right of first refusal, that is when the time was right he would retire so that he and Samantha could be together. He had over time become very fond of his scientist.
He loved her sparkling blue eyes, sexy short blond hair, gorgeous smile, and long muscular legs. Boy did he love her legs. He had thought about what she could do with those long legs many times.
Now he was going to have to reevaluate everything. He knew Samantha was grieving a lot more then he expected for Daniel. He had thought it had to be a female thing. They always felt things emotionally more so than men.
He had always thought he and Sam were pretty close, but maybe it was Daniel who Sam was really close to and not him. He was going to have to do a lot of fishing to figure things out.
As for Jonas he didn't really understand what was going on. The only thing he knew for sure was he was quickly falling in love with Samantha. She was the most intelligent woman he had ever met. But what did it mean when she changed her name to Jackson.
Did it mean Daniel was the love of her life. Did it mean that she wasn't going to be available for a relationship with anybody else now? The only thing he knew for sure was, until Sam got over Daniel Jackson there wasn't going to be room for anyone else in her life.
Teal'c on the other hand was very proud of Major Carter's actions. There was no greater honor then taking the name of a fallen hero. Daniel was a great friend to all of the SGC. Now he would not be forgotten. He privately thank Samantha Carter for honoring a great human being.
10 June 2003
It had been almost a year since Daniel had died and ascended into another plain of existence. It had taken Samantha many months to deal with his death, but she still missed him greatly.
She found herself most nights talking to him as if he was really there with her. It was her coping mechanism. She hoped by talking to him, then maybe he would somehow hear her and still be there with her, if not physically then spiritually.
The team had been lucky that they were able to find a replacement for Daniel so quickly. Jonas was a gifted alien, he had a gift for languages almost as good as Daniel's.
He also was quick to pick up an understanding of alien devices. He was a real asset to the team. It was interesting though. Jonas had a crush on Samantha almost immediately after meeting her.
He was always trying to do something to impress her, but she felt bad that she couldn't reciprocate Jonas's feelings. He couldn't understand that her heart already belonged to Daniel. She wasn't ready to move on and to trust her heart to someone else.
How do you move on after being in love with your best friend of five years? The only thing that kept her going was her work. It occupied her mind for hours on end. When she was working, she wasn't thinking of Daniel.
11 June 2003
She sat in her office thinking about how they had all dealt with Daniel's death. She knew they all had dealt with it differently. The Colonel was ever the stoic soldier. He never let anyone in. She knew he had to have been hurting.
She had heard about how Daniel had awaken the Colonel from two years of self imposed grief and depression after his son Charlie had died. Grief and despair that had been so bad that it had wrecked his marriage.
He had isolated himself in his own little world, deep in the recesses of his own mind. It had been working with Daniel the first time they went through the Star Gate that had finally awaken him from that world of self despair.
He finally cared about something, someone else again. He had a desire to live again. So she had been surprised to see that the Colonel showed very little emotion when Daniel died.
It surprised her that he went on about his duties as business as usual. He had told her it was part of being in the military. Sometimes people you care about, die in the service of their country. He had lost many friends over the years.
He found the best way to honor them was to keep on doing your duty. The only real sign to her that the Colonel felt any sense of loss was when the General wanted to replace Daniel with someone on the team.
The General believed in four man teams and he wasn't going to make an exception for SG1. The General wanted to assign a Russian to the team, but the Colonel was adamant against it. Jonas was therefore accepted by the Colonel to prevent a Russian from becoming a member of his team.
Teal'c on the other hand felt the loss of Daniel greatly. Though he didn't show a lot of emotion, his actions spoke volumes. He participated in the Jaffa mourning rites everyday for a month. He felt like he failed Daniel somehow and needed to do penitence.
Teal'c wouldn't partake in any of his usual off duty enjoyments. Instead of long hot showers and soaks in the hot tub, he would spend twenty minutes taking a freezing cold shower. Teal'c was a special friend.