Scenario 25

The past few weeks had been bad for Lieutenant Colonel Samantha Carter. She had been working around the clock in her lab trying to get a new piece of alien technology to work. Then five days ago the SGC received some intelligence regarding a potential new powerful ally and SG1 was selected to make contact. SG1 shipped out to P4G-373 as soon as their equipment was packed.

Mitchell, Daniel, Teal'c and Sam had spent five days in rainy, swampy conditions, on what Sam referred to as a "Mud Planet", just to find out that the race they were trying to make contact with had apparently never even been to 373.

When Landry finally told them to scrub the mission and come home all the members of SG1 were ready. No one insisted that they needed to stay behind to study some rocks or ruins or ancient technology.

As Daniel began to dial up Earth Sam's thoughts turned to Jack O'Neill. They had been married for 5 months and had spent at least half of that time apart. She knew it would still be a few days before she could get to Washington to see him, but at least they would be on the same planet.

As SG1 walked through the event horizon and onto the ramp in the SGC, the first thing that Samantha Carter saw was Major General Jack O'Neill standing beside General Landry at the end of the ramp.

Sam didn't say a word, or return Jack's smile. Her eyes locked on his and she walked purposefully down the ramp. At the bottom of the ramp she dropped her back pack on the floor, grabbed Jack by the lapels of his dress blues, pulled him to her and kissed him.

General Landry's eyes got wide and his mouth popped open. He stood frozen in place watching a Lieutenant Colonel under his command kissing the Head of Homeworld Security.

Likewise, Colonel Mitchell stood glued to his spot on the ramp watching the scene in front of him.

After a few short seconds, Jack O'Neill took Sam in his arms and dipped her like he had done during the time loop. Everyone in the control room and the embarkation room who had known Sam and Jack when they were on SG1 together began to cheer almost simultaneously.

When Jack finally released Sam from the dip he took a step back, grinned at her and said "Feel better?"

She smiled her 'I love you Jack' smile at him and said "I'm getting there."

"Ah, Jack?" General Landry questioned.

Jack finally took his eyes off Sam and turned to look at General Landry. "Hank, I'd like you to meet my wife."

Landry's jaw dropped open and another round of cheers and applause came from the crew working in the control room.

When Hank finally found his voice he said "Wow, you guys have quite a fan club."

Daniel had all he could take and decided it was time to butt in. "General, these people aren't their fan club, they're the people who have been watching Sam and Jack deny their feeling for each other for years. These two have made the rest of us crazy."

"Indeed." Intoned Teal'c

"Oh, and they're probably the winners in the 'Sam and Jack kiss in the gateroom' pool."

"I believe you owe me twenty dollars Daniel Jackson."

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