A/N: Hi guys, hope y'all had a lovely weekend :) shorter A/N today, just big hugs'n'smiles to the awesome reviewers/followers/readers/favourites as usual, with extra big ones to (in no particular order) MONEBHUDDA, LoneWolfOneill, katie321.123, vcm, dpdp and a mysterious Guest again; and of course to the awesome Demetra83 for allowing me to share her creation! Here's for today, and see you at the bottom!

Last week, in Stargate SG-1:

Jack had left in the middle of the night to catch the red-eye to Colorado Springs.

And now, the continuation...

Chapter 10 – Stargate Command

"And... you know the rest. The 'Gate was re-activated, we sent Daniel tissues, and I was introduced the next day to Captain Sam Carter, who'd cut her hair short in the meantime," Jack continued.

"And you made everyone believe you'd never met! You even said you thought you'd be sent a male captain..." Daniel smiled.

"Yeah, had to pretend anyway, might as well have fun doing it!" Jack laughed.

"She laid it on a bit thick, didn't she? When she asked you to arm-wrestle?" Janet asked.

"Yeah, but it is so her! She offered me the same when we first met in the Hamptons, it was a cheeky reminder she sent me there... I almost accepted back then, but that was before I saw her annihilating the guy that bothered her after the pool games!"

Janet laughed. She knew Sam was now level 5 hand-to-hand combat, in any case, she'd proven her abilities after she got kidnapped by the Mongol-like tribe. Later, Daniel had told her Jack'd been mad with worry, but everyone attributed this to his 'leave no one behind' admirable motto. Looking back, Janet understood him a bit better, he almost lost the love of his life, but he fought tooth and nail to get her back and she took her revenge on her aggressors.

"Don't you find it hard, to work together that is?" the lady doctor enquired.

"The first year was the hardest," Jack sighed. "We celebrated our two-year anniversary in the middle of nowhere in Antarctica of all places... very romantic, but it lacked the warmth of a roaring fire in the chimney!"

Janet smiled.

"At the beginning, we found it hard to balance work and our personal life. I had to treat her as any other member of my team, but I also had to look after my wife... And there have been... encounters, and I made mistakes," a remorseful Jack sighed once more.

Daniel thought back to the unfortunate Argos incident, involving a charming Kynthia and misunderstandings over a tasty morsel of local cake. He remembered how tense the atmosphere within the team was afterwards, now he understood why.

Jack shot his wristwatch a glance. Janet intercepted the look and offered to let him go back to his wife.

"Jack, before you get back to being the general, I have to tell you something," she said.

"Yes?" Jack frowned.

"I know emotional upheaval is strictly off-limits, but... talk to her, about herself, then little by little, about your love... I am convinced it'll help, but please take it slow, one step at a time."

"Thank you doctor!" Jack replied, relieved.

"Oh Jack, I almost forgot, one last thing..." Janet said as she stood on the threshold before the general who was closing his front door. "The baby's doing fine."

The couple then vanished in the night.

"You should let Cassie know," Daniel said, as he finally laid down for the night next to Janet.

"No, she's got her finals, I don't want to worry her while Sam's state is stable. In any case, the last time they talked, Sam was neither married nor pregnant!" Janet stated.

"But, she was married!"

"Of course, but nobody knew about it!" Janet giggled.

"Their story is... bonkers, isn't it? And you don't care?"

"You're not military, you can't understand, but I do. What I think is the craziest, in my opinion, is all these years they spend making everyone think there was nothing whatsoever going on between the two of them. They let the state of their feelings for each other shrouded in mystery, all the while being married to one another... it must've been a torture all these years!"

"Knowing Jack like I do, it doesn't surprise me though," Daniel said.

"Well I was more thinking of all the missions you carried out together, and some of them must have been... compromising."

"Oh yeah... and in my point of view, Jack must've been put in the doghouse quite often! What with all the stupid things he did off-world..."

"Yes, and also with his aggression when he was still a colonel..."

Daniel frowned, then remembered said event.

"Oh yes, the Broca virus! Do you think she'd have jumped on him even if they hadn't been together?"

"I'm sure she would have, the general is an unbelievably charismatic leader. Any woman would have jumped on him given the situation!" Janet smiled.

"Well, I'm lucky you're immune then!" Daniel stated.

Janet laughed, before they kissed each other goodnight.

"I'm still peeved they never told us anything though..."

"Well, you never did enquire, but I'd advise you to ask him tomorrow..." Janet mused.

"Ask him what?" Daniel was baffled.

"It probably hurt them too, not to tell us anything for all these years, don't you think?" Janet sleepily smiled. "I hope Sam will be better tomorrow morning."

"What are you talking about? The amnesia or the haematoma?"

"Both, but mostly the haematoma, because that's the cause for her amnesic state," Janet yawned.

Daniel softly embraced his wife, and kissed her forehead.

"You do know how much I love you, my Janet, don't you?"

"I know, I love you too, my Daniel," a content and sleepy Janet replied.

A/N2: see, told you I'd be nice today :) no cliffies, and some Daniel-Janet fluff too... that's how awesome Demetra83 is :) Love you all, and looking forward to seeing you soon on Friday :) R&R please? mwah xxxx