Title: He Deserves Better
Author: Odiceron
Dislcaimer: I don't own a god damn thing; if I did things would have turned out a lot differently.
Spoilers: Vague spoilers from Affinity ( I think )
Pairings: J/S, S/Other (Pete)
Summary: Some more short randomness
Author's notes: This is a one off, just something random I wrote.
Sam walked into his office, cool, calm she was doing the right thing.
Jack was on the phone but she knew she could just sit and wait quietly.
"Yes sir, I'll get right on it, Yes sir that shouldn't be a problem" Jack finished speaking and lowered the phone down.
He turned to Sam and sighed
"Pentagon, they want a full review of this place… again"
"I'm sure you'll do great sir"
"Not just me Carter, You as well. Full review, including a review of all you eggheads"
'Great, this is how I tell him' Sam thought to herself, this wasn't going to be easy.
"Well sir, I'm afraid that doesn't include me anymore"
"Excuse me" Jacks face confused
"Sir, Do you remember a conversation we had a while ago in my lab, when Pete proposed"
Jack glanced off to the side as he thought carefully. "Vaguely, something about a report"
Sam smiled at the memory, she knew it was his way of telling her he remembered.
She realised she had been thinking about what he said for a few seconds when she heard him speak next.
"Come on Carter spit it out"
"I need to give you this; I assume it will be effective immediately?"
Sam handed a folder over to him, Jack knew instantly what this was about, but he didn't want to accept it. But without a reason he could not refuse.
"I will have to clear this, but why Carter?"
"I won't bring my child up with the risk of walking out the door one day and not knowing if I will see them again"
"You're child?"
"Yes sir, I just got the results back, I'm 3 weeks long"
Jack faltered, only for a moment but Sam saw it and it said more to her then if he had started screaming and shouting.
"Congratulations Carter, I will have to inform the higher ups about this" waving the folder "but I don't think it should be a problem" Jack said, his voice unsure but holding together.
"Thank you sir, it means a lot to me"
"No problem Carter, You know, anything I can do" Jack glanced at the folder in his hand as he spoke. This wasn't meant to be the thing he did for her.
For a second Sam froze. Those few words. His voice as he spoke them.
"I better get back to my Lab, I would like to finish the last few projects I have going before I leave"
Sam walked out of his office, feelings much worse then she did when she went in. When she went in she knew what she was doing and why, her child deserved better, Pete deserved better. As she walked out of his office Sam thought about how Jack had looked, what he had said. She then thought about what she had done, specifically to him, It left her with one final thought as she headed to start the home stretch to leaving Cheyenne mountain for good. Jack deserves better.