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A/N: While I don't have a specific timeline set up, I imagine this happening sometime during Season 7, after that definitely AU.

Chapter 1 – Replacement

"Come on General… the Academy? Seriously?"

"For the tenth time Colonel, yes you are going to be an instructor at the Air Force Academy till the end of the spring semester," General George Hammond said from behind his desk at the SGC. "Listen Jack, your knee was shattered during that last battle you were in off-world, and the knee replacement surgery you just had requires months of rehabilitation. I'm sorry, but I can't have SG-1 on stand-down for that long," he finished, truly sympathizing with the man sitting in front of him.

"Just think, when you come back your knee will be better than it was before all of this and you will be an even bigger asset to your team and this base. You will be re-assigned to the Academy starting on Monday, which gives you the weekend to figure out what area you want to teach and to get settled into your new role. While you are gone Major Carter will take command of SG-1 and will choose another experienced officer to join the team temporarily. By the end of the semester your rehabilitation will be complete and at that time you will resume your posting at this base," Hammond finished, anticipating that Jack would have asked about all of that before accepting the re-assignment.

After sitting there for a moment going over everything that he just heard, Jack finally spoke up, "Well, at least I get to choose what I have to teach."

Hearing this, Hammond knew that Jack wouldn't give him anymore trouble about this. "Just make sure you choose the right area. Whether or not you believe it, you have a lot to offer the next generation so I want to make sure you give a lot of thought to this decision." Standing up, Hammond extended his hand to Jack and simply said, "Good luck, son."

With nothing else to say, Jack stood up shook his hand and said, "Thank you Sir," before turning to hobble out of the office. Stupid crutches, he thought, it will take a while to get use to these.

***

Four and a half months later Jack was so happy to once again see the gray walls of Stargate Command. SG-1 was currently finishing up a mission and was expected back in a few minutes, so Jack headed towards the Gate room to greet them when they stepped back through the event horizon. After a few minutes the Gate activated and Jack looked at his watch, right on time he noticed, not that he would expect anything less from Carter.

Less than a minute later, Carter led her team through the Gate casually talking to them about the mission they just completed, well until someone called out "Hey Sam!" With that, she immediately looked around the Gate room and saw Jack standing at the base of the ramp.

"What are you doing here?" she asked walking towards him. "I didn't think you started back here till next week," Sam finished now standing directly in front of him with a huge smile on her face.

"Well, this old soldier still has a few tricks left up his sleeve."

"Hey, hey, hey… what have I told you about calling yourself old?"

By this time they had the attention of everyone in the Gate room and the control room, they were all taken back by the conversation going on between Major Carter and Colonel O'Neill.

"Well…" Jack started to say, "I believe you said that I shouldn't. But wait, that can't be right because then that would mean that I also shouldn't do this…" and with that Jack put his arms around Sam's waist and pulled her closer to him and kissed her softly on the lips.

At that moment you could have heard a pin drop, everyone that had been listening to the conversation stared at them slack-jawed, unable to process what was happening in front of them.

"COLONEL O'NEILL, MAJOR CARTER, REPORT TO MY OFFICE IMMEDIATELY! EVERYONE ELSE, BACK TO WORK." General Hammond's face was red with fury as he headed to his office for what he was sure would be a very interesting conversation.

Jack and Sam looked at each other for a moment, shrugged, and then casually walked out of the Gate room holding hands headed towards General Hammond's office.

"You wanted to see us, Sir?" Jack asked peeking into General Hammond's office.

"You two, in here now! And shut the door behind you!" Once the door was shut Hammond continued, "Just what the hell do you think you are doing?" he asked pacing behind his desk.

For a moment Jack looked to be deep in thought and then finally spoke up, "Oh, you mean the kiss? I was just happy to see Sam again," he plainly answered.

"Happy to see her?! Do you consider a kiss to be an appropriate way to express that?"

"Yes, Sir. How else would you suggest I greet my wife when I haven't seen her in two weeks?" Jack asked Hammond with an innocent look on his face.

Hearing that, Hammond collapsed into his chair out of shock. Wife, he thought, I knew this would be an interesting conversation, but I never expected that.

So, what do you think? Want more? Let me know, if there is interest I will write more. Thanks for reading!