Author's Note- This isn't surprising…another GW inspired fic. After a talk about how Jack and Sam could never just have a one night stand…this plot bunny found me and I couldn't let go of it. Much thanks to Majorsal for starting said plot bunny! This is going to be set sometime after 'Unending' and though I firmly believe that Sam and Jack got together after 'Threads', in this story let's imagine that they didn't get together. Consider it to be an AU story where they never got together. Slight gutter!

Biggest Mistake

Colonel Samantha Carter slowly untangled herself from the limbs of General Jack O'Neill. She quietly slipped out of his bed and glanced behind her at the sleeping man.

She smiled slightly at him…he really was adorable when he was asleep. And he couldn't be a pain in the ass while he was sleeping either she thought with a grin.

Sam made her way to the bathroom to get redressed, it was early in the morning yet but she had every intension of being out of here before the General woke up.

They had promised themselves one night. Just one night to get the…thing that was between them out of their systems. And then finally they'd be able to go back to being friends. They wouldn't have all that unresolved sexual tension going between them that had been there for all those years. And once that act had been complete…there would be nothing between them . They could both move on. It was all that was between them after all, a healthy attraction for a member of the opposite sex.

They weren't in each other's direct chain of command anymore, so there was nothing wrong with what they had done last night. Aside from the fact that they weren't going to pursue a relationship.

The only word to describe last night had been wow. She hadn't had a night like that in a very long time, if ever really. Definitely not with any other man she had been with.

She couldn't help but wonder why, if all that was between them was sexual attraction, how come last night had been amazing? Somehow it just didn't make sense. It had felt right…to be held by Jack, kissed by him. To fall asleep to the sound of his breathing. Nothing had ever seemed that right before.

Sam shook away the thoughts. It had been one night. That's the deal they had made. One night of fun and then they'd be able to part ways.

Sam finished up her morning rituals and walked back to his room. She wrote him a quick note and put it on the other side of the bed.

She walked to his door but before she stepped through she took one final look over her shoulder. She burned the image of him laying sprawled out across his bed and the night they had spent together, into her head. She would never forget it. It was only for one night after all. And Sam was certain she'd never have another one like it again.

She quietly walked out of his house, regret tightly wrapped around her heart.

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Jack slowly awoke and smiled when he remembered the night before. Yeah…that had been amazing…but he hadn't expected it not to be. His eyes opened and the smile left his face.

She was gone, and in her place was a note.

I hope last night makes things comfortable between us. Thanks for…everything. – Sam

"Oh for crying out loud!" Jack said to the empty bedroom.

He had expected her to be there when he woke up….he'd been wrong.

Somehow he really hoped he hadn't made a mistake…a very big mistake. It was just the attraction that had been between them all those years…they were too different from one another for there to be any deep sort of emotional connection between them.

Who was he trying to kid? It was way more then just attraction that he felt for her. A lot more then attraction.

And he would have told her that, would have told her that he wanted more from her then just one night…but she was gone. And he wasn't a man who went back on his word. He had said that it was only going to be a one time thing and that's what it would be. Just one night.

Jack couldn't help but think that it was one of the biggest mistakes of his life.

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Author's Note- Thanks for reading and let me know if you like it! This may end up being a bit of a longer fic then I normally do…so stay tuned!