Stargate Command, Cheyenne Mountain - Late April 2008.

Cameron Mitchell was not a happy man.

Sitting here waiting to be interviewed was not his idea of a fun time, but orders were orders. Landry had told him that it had been decided that all of SG1 were to be interviewed by this particular doctor, no exceptions allowed. As the leader of the team Cameron was the first in the firing line. So here he was, sitting in an office waiting. As he leaned back in the chair, arms crossed, legs stretched out, he wondered if he should get up and come back later. Just then the door opened.

Cameron registered several things in the few seconds it took for the woman to walk over to the desk and sit down. Long red-blond hair pulled up into a ponytail, creamy white skin with a hint of freckles, dark blue gray eyes and a figure that had just the right amount of curves in his eyes, glimpsed between the unbuttoned white lab coat she worn.

Cameron did a double-take. This couldn't be Doctor Shaw, could it? She looked all of twenty-five, okay, maybe twenty-six.

"Sorry to keep you waiting Colonel Mitchell. I appreciate your patience and that you took the time to come and see me," she said opening a file, flashing him a smile as she did so.

She was the doctor! Cameron did his best not to show his surprise. "It wasn't exactly my idea"

The woman smiled at him. "No, I'm sure it wasn't. Well let's start shall we. I'm Doctor Shaw, but you can call me Anna. I know that these things are a pain in the butt," she smiled at him again, "But I want you to know that this is totally informal. I'm not sure how much General Landry has told you, so I'll give you a brief run down, okay?"

"O-Kay." Cameron said with caution.

He still couldn't quite believe that this was the doctor. And it wasn't just her age that made him think that. Except for the white coat nothing about her exactly screamed doctor. She was wearing jeans, a pair of high top Converse sneakers and a black AC-DC t-shirt. It wasn't the usual attire he was use to seeing on a doctor. But it was her smile that caught his attention the most. It was warm and friendly and it showed not just in the curve of her mouth, but in her body language. It was a great smile and Mitchell found himself giving her a smile back. Perhaps this interview wasn't going to be so bad after all.

"I'm going to be asking you a few questions, some of them might seem a bit personal which I hope won't bother you too much. I'm a Social Anthropologist. My particular field of study is the military and the effects of being part of military unit have on an individual and a team as a whole, in terms of social development..."

"And you're studying us?"

"Yes. The Pentagon thought that it might provide some insight. Everyone that's been involved in the Stargate Program have been part of something thats pretty amazing when you think about it. You've traveled to other planets, other galaxies, even through time. You've met aliens, forged alliances, made enemies. The Pentagon and Stargate Command thought it was time to investigate what, if any, has been the affect on those involved. General O'Neill thought that I might find SG1 particularly interesting. You've had a lot to contend with over the past few years. And the truth is SG1 are unique among the rest of the SG teams."

"You mean because I've got 2 aliens as part of my team." Cameron arched an eyebrow as he said this, giving the Doc a smile as he did so.

"Not quite," she said, giving a quiet laugh, "SG1 are unique because none of you have any family as such. You are in fact each others family and that's a close bond. You have parents but you don't see much of them, which is understandable given the nature of your job. As for the rest of the team, Doctor Jackson's parents and wife are deceased, Colonel Carter's parents are also deceased, and as for Teal'c and Vala, well... they seem to have the same lack of biological family. As for significant others there are none. None of you are married or even in a romantic relationship, at least that we are aware of. From what I can tell you all rely on each other. You are a family whether you are aware of it or not."

Cameron Mitchell was slightly gob smacked. The truth is she was right, he had just never really thought about it in such black and white terms. Still he wasn't quite sure where she was going with this…

"It's not a problem, in fact it's what makes SG1 one, if not the best team there is. Everyone and not just the military, have a lot of respect for all of you. I'm just here to talk to you and to be someone that you can talk to. Everything that you and the others of your team discuss with me is totally confidential. I will of course be providing General O'Neill with a report, but that report will contain no personal information. It's more to provide a general overview of the thoughts and feelings of members of the Stargate Program and what the affect, if any, it has had on your lives."

She certainly seemed sincere but Cameron still wasn't sure. I mean, hell what was he suppose to talk to her about.

"Look I believe you. I'm just not sure if I got anything to talk to you about. As far as I'm concerned my life is about as great as it can be."

"Well, why don't we just talk about how great it is and go from there. Okay?"

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Daniel Jackson looked up from the artifact that he was studying as Cameron walked into his office. "So... how did it go?" he asked, interested.

"The truth? Not that bad." Cameron sounded slightly surprised as he said that. But to be honest the talk with the Doc hadn't been nearly as bad as he had thought it was going to be.

"Well, that's a relief. None of us are looking forward to having a 'little chat,'" said Daniel, doing air quotes with his fingers, "Except Vala, of course." Daniel couldn't help think that Doctor Shaw was going to have an interesting time with Vala when it came to her turn. Just then he noticed two bottles of beer in Cameron's hands. "Is one of those for me?"

As way of reply Cameron passed one of the opened bottles over to Daniel. "Speaking of Vala, have you... ever thought about asking her out?

Daniel spluttered as he took a mouthful of beer. "You're not serious. I mean Vala?"

"Jackson, I know that it's none of my business. And you can tell me to butt out, but there's obviously something going on between you. You have feelings for each other, I get that. So why haven't you ever asked her out and I don't mean as a colleague. I'm mean you're both civilians, there's nothing stopping you as far as I can see."

Cameron knew that he might be stepping over the line here but the talk with the Doc had got him thinking. She had asked lots of questions about him and the others, some of which had taken him back a little, but she had gotten him wondering about a few things. "Look, just think about it, and oh by the way, I think your talk with the Doc tomorrow might be interesting."

Cameron walked out taking a swig of beer as he did so, leaving a rather stunned Daniel.

Cameron thought some more about his conversation with Dr Shaw. The Doc had been fascinated by the planets he had been to, the things he had seen. They had also talked about things closer to home such as his relationship with his team. As the leader of the team he watched over them all and would do anything for them. The Doc had been right, they were a family.

Somehow the conversation with the Doc had turned to more personal things, such as his private life. The truth was his love life had come to almost a standstill since taking command of SG1. It wasn't all that unusual, his love life had always been a bit up and down. His last serious relationship had ended shortly before the accident that had almost ended his career in the air force. Since then he had dated a little.

There had been the odd one night stand, one that had been a one time thing, another with a pretty flight attendant that had lasted a weekend, and one with Reya a woman from another planet who had been murdered before they had a chance to find out if things could of progressed further than just a one night stand. It had taken a little while to come to terms with what had happened, but luckily he had SG1 to help him through it. Their support had been just one of the many things that had helped to solidify the friendship between them all. And in time he had started dating again.

He and Carolyn Lam had gone out a couple of times but they had both realized that their personalities were just too different for any kind of romantic relationship to work. They had quickly gone back to being colleagues, friendly but nothing more.

And then there was Amy. After their high school reunion they had seen each other for a few months, but as much as she was a lovely woman, she was also a small-town girl at heart who wanted marriage, a family, and a normal life. And a normal life with him just wasn't really possible. He had changed a lot since high-school and had seen things that most people couldn't even begin to imagine. With all that he had seen he still wanted more, being part of SG1 had opened up possibilities of all kinds of things and he wasn't willing to give that up. A serious relationship with Amy would of meant doing just that. She didn't want to be involved with someone who was off doing the kind of work he did, never knowing if he was going to come home alive. Cam had accepted her decision to end it, knowing that liking someone wasn't always enough to make a relationship work.

So that was that. He had a great life with good friends and the best job you could wish for. As far as he love life was concerned things could be better but he was okay with that. You never knew what the future held and there was a certain new doctor who was certainly intriguing. Cameron smiled as he thought of Doctor Shaw. Yep maybe things were looking even better than great...

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