Incredible Shrinking Major Carter
Chapter 10: New Possibilities
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Jack asked, "Do you want to be married to me?" she started to answer, but he wasn't finished, "Don't think about regulations, or your dad, or work. Do you love me, want to be my wife in more than just a piece of paper and a late night ceremony that neither of us can remember, but in your heart, be my wife."
Sam looked at him, not knowing what to say, but Jack continued, "Ever since you marched into that briefing room and gave me that speech about sex organs, I felt for you, well a feeling I thought had died with Charlie. But now I have a second chance, WE have a second chance." Jack knelt down on one knee, "Sam will you marry me, again?"
Sam looked at Jack, into his eyes, and knew that there was only one answer to his question, "Yes." She didn't have to say anything else, with that Jack made a huge whooping noise. He jumped up swooping Sam into his arms, and kissed Sam like she was never kissed before. She knew Jack, he wasn't good at explaining him in words, but in that kiss, she knew that he was all she could ever want. He had proved that time and again through his acts in the years that she had known him.
Jack stepped back from her arms, and they came out of the fog that the kiss had put them in, to realize that the few people in the restaurant were applauding. Sam blushed, and when Jack's arms went around her shoulders, she knew that no matter what happened next, the two of them together would always be.
The Next Morning
Jack and Sam were back in the briefing room with the rest of SG-1. But this time they were not listening to Daniel rant about a planet with one old ruin or another. They were listening to the General, and he was mad. "I get how Sam got shrunk, that's fine, she was hit by enemy fire. There was nothing you could do. But then Jack gets shrunk because Daniel dropped it. That is not acceptable. And then you finally get this thing reversed, and you go all fountain of youth and now your telling me that because of the influence of an alien device you two got married!"
Jack looked him straight in the eye, "And I'm not taking it back. If you want to fire me, make me retire, that's fine. But not Carter. She is too important to this program."
The General sighed, and sat down across the table from the new couple, "I understand, I've known how you both have felt for quite some time. After you were stuck in Antarctica, Jack, you kept mumbling Sam's name. And then the thing with the Tok'ra. I don't want either of you to have your careers. I am going to tell you something that has been in the works for a little while. Major Carter is being promoted to Lt. Colonel. You will be the same rank technically, and so Fraternization rules will no longer apply. We will just have to keep the news of your marriage under wraps for two weeks, can you handle that?"
Sam and Jack smiled, "Yes Sir." They said together. Jack looked at his wife, and smiled. They had lasted 6 years of being attracted to each other. How hard could waiting two weeks be?
(Fin?)
A/N: Should I continue the story, I'd really like your feedback, because I'm considering ending it right there... and only lots of reviews will keep this story alive!