In the Line of Duty- Coping

A long streak of light fell across the floor as the door opened slowly. Daniel leaned in to see Sam in the shadows. She was curled into a ball with her back facing the door. He shifted Ryan in his arms and pushed the door open wider, stepping in.

"Hey Sam." He said softly, walking over to her. "How's it going tonight?"

She didn't respond but her hand tightened on her blanket slightly. Ryan looked down and smiled when he saw Sam. He squirmed in his father's arms until Daniel set him down on the bed.

Ryan crawled over Sam and over to her head.

"Am!" He smiled and placed hands on either side of her face, leaned in, and kissed her.

Sam sniffed as a few tears fell down her face and she wrapped her arms around Ryan and pulled him into a hug.

Ryan patted her cheek and babbled before hugging her neck. Sam kissed his forehead and rubbed his back.

Daniel sat on the bed next to her and gently rubbed her shoulder. "We're here Sam. You'll be okay."

Sam sniffed again and a very faint smile appeared on his face as she nodded and ran her hand through Ryan's hair.

Sam was sitting up in her bed spinning the noodles in her takeout box with her chopsticks. Jack had ordered Chinese food and it had taken forever to get through the security, but thankfully there was a microwave in the infirmary.

She was exhausted emotionally and physically but was touched by her teammates attempts to make her feel better.

Jack was in the middle of reacting the last play of what would be a very exciting hockey game, if she followed hockey at all. Teal'c looked as lost as she felt, with both eyebrows raised. Daniel wasn't even pretending to follow as he cut up a eggroll for Ryan who was holding on to his leg, reaching up for the next piece.

"I was under the impression that magicians did tricks with hats O'Neill," Teal'c interrupted.

"T, a hat trick is when a player scores three goals in a row," Jack sighed.

"Actually Jack, that's a natural hat trick. A hat trick is when they score three goals in a game, not actually in a row." Daniel replied, handing a piece of eggroll down to the happy toddler.

Sam startled everyone by bursting out into laughter. Huge grins spread across both Daniel and Jack's faces at making their friend happy.

"Daniel! I never thought you would ever correct the colonel on hockey. It's like the colonel correcting you on a translation," She wiped her streaming eyes and continued to shake with laughter.

Teal'c smiled slightly before taking another bite of his chicken noodles. He knew they all would be fine.