Title: Happy Birthday
Author: upsidedownbutterfly
Summary: Drabble. It's Sam's birthday.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: "Crossroads II"
Disclaimer: They're not mine, people.
Author's Note: Set somewhere prior to "Revelations" (and especially what we learn about the Five in "No Exit") so probably during "Sin Qua Non"/"The Hub".
"Hey," greeted Galen, and Sam suppressed a grimace.
"Don't say it," he replied, voice somewhere between threatening and pleading. "Don't frakking say it."
He didn't know how they'd found out, Kara probably or Helo nosing in his file, but birthday wishes had followed him everywhere today – hugs and handshakes, back-pats and fist-pounds – each one an aching reminder of the lie he was living.
Because today wasn't his birthday. Machines didn't have birthdays.
Galen's smile didn't reach his eyes as he grasped Sam's shoulder, steering him in the direction of Joe's. "Actually, I was going to suggest we go get drunk."