Notes: Yes, you are going to get to see the SGC's reaction to the couch scene, but probably not for another few chapters. And I am still in desperate need of a beta.
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Jack was a creature of habit, despite the best efforts of the universe. When he was on leave, he left. He left the mountain, he left Colorado Springs, he left the state. he got as far asway as possible.
Usually 'forgetting' to take his cell phone. In short, leave was about Minnesota, and fishing and only being bothered by snakes of the non-parasitic variety. In his experience up to now, leave was not about waking up on an unfamiliar couch with two heads asleep on his chest. But the feeling was so familiar, that he wasn't startled by it. "Charlie, Sarah." he whispered. He knew very well that it was neither his ex wife nor his son on his lap, but he kept his eyes closed for a few more seconds savouring the feeling.
Bringing himself back to reality, he opened his eyes and looked down to see who the two occupants were. He had to hold back a snort when replacing the mental picture of the blonde head of his ex-wife was the very messy hair of an archaeologist. Jack hoped Daniel didn't drool in his sleep. It would be hard enough to get past the gleeful look on Sam's face when she saw this as it was.
"Danny boy. Wake up." he gave the younger man a soft shake.
"Honey, can't I sleep just a little bit more?" Now Jack really had to hold back a choking laugh.
"No, darlin', you can't. Now get yourself into the kitchen and cook me some breakfast, woman."
That was apparently enough to wake him up and Daniel looked up at Jack with a foggy and confused expression. "Jack? Did you just call me woman?"
"Nothing, Daniel. You were talking in your sleep."
"Oh." Daniel shook his head a little and looked around for his glasses, finding them next to him, thankfully uncrushed.
"Well, aren't you the cute family." Jack groaned. Carter was on the stairs, looking gleeful. Very gleeful. "Don't worry. Don't ask, don't tell. I won't tell."
Jack had been trying to figure out how to get through his 2IC's morning... grumbliness. Apparently he had found a solution. But team efficiency or not, he wasn't going to make a habit out of sleeping with Daniel.
"So, everyone awake?" Doc Fraiser poked her head out of the kitchen.
Taking the opportunity to switch the focus from himself, Jack replied. "Well, everyone but Cassie. She seems to be a very sound sleeper." he shifted and tried to wake the second sleeper, but she just settled herself again.
"Oh, she is. She could sleep through a freight train. But luckily, I know the magic words to wake her up. Cassie! Pancakes!" The small girl was off the couch like a shot.
"Yay, pancakes! What kind, mom? Can we have chocolate chips? Pleeeease?" Cassie turned pleading eyes on Dr. Fraiser and Jack had to smile. It wasn't often he saw the petite doctor get taken down. But it was obvious that she was putty in the hands of her adopted doctor. And it probably didn't help that Daniel and Sam were turning their own pleading look on her. The three pairs of big blue eyes was enough to turn anyone's heart.
Jack rolled his eyes. It was time to put a stop to this. "Doc, I am going to make it a command that we have chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast." Well, he had to admit that he liked chocolate chip pancakes. And he had had it on good authority that the doc's cooking was not to be missed.
"Actually, sir, food falls under the designation of health, so you can't order me to do anything. Plus, we have the problem that there isn't a single chocolate chip in the house."
"Well, that's easily enough solved." Jack concluded. "We'll just send Carter to get some."
"Sounds good to me." Janet agreed.
"Actually, that won't work." Sam decided to step in before she was assigned to do a full shopping trip for all of the SGC.
"Why not, Carter? Don't know where the grocery store is? I mean, I know you live on commissary coffee, fruit loops and jello, but you have to have eaten at home at some point in the past year."
"Chinese carry-out." Carter grinned perkily at him. "But that's not the reason that I can't go. Sir, you drove here. I don't have my car."
"Okaaaay." Jack sighed. If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. "Teal'c, ever been to a grocery store before?" he asked the Jaffa, who was sitting on the floor playing with Cassie's dog.
"No, I have not, O'Neill. If it is something that would increase my understanding of your world, I should very much like to." he said solemnly.
"Okay, Carter, Daniel, you two are going to stay here. Teal'c, you're with me. Move out." Maybe this enforced leave was a good thing.
"I wanna go too! We didn't have grocery stores in Toronto!" Cassie had gotten the rules of the game down, but was still a bit hazy on the details of what Toronto was like.
"The Colonel knows that you aren't allowed to buy hershey bars, chocolate ice cream, oreos, or Cocoa puffs." she appeared to be going down a mental checklist. Jack hoped that he remembered all of this. And that even if he did, he hoped he'd be able to handle Cassie. No, he was a seasoned Air Force Colonel. He could deal with an 11 year old girl. He glanced over at Teal'c, who was looking intrigued. And an inquisitive Jaffa, he mentally added.
"Okay, Cassie, you're with me too." he began to walk out of the room.
"Actually, Colonel, she should change. Bunny pjs and slippers aren't exactly the social norm for grocery stores." Jack was glad that Janet was the mom, as he would never have been able to remember all these little things. He watched as Cassie ran out of the room. This was going to be an *interesting* day.
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Next chapter:
Colonel O'Neill takes on Super Wal-Mart while Teal'c learns the true power of Earth - Soccer moms.
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Jack was a creature of habit, despite the best efforts of the universe. When he was on leave, he left. He left the mountain, he left Colorado Springs, he left the state. he got as far asway as possible.
Usually 'forgetting' to take his cell phone. In short, leave was about Minnesota, and fishing and only being bothered by snakes of the non-parasitic variety. In his experience up to now, leave was not about waking up on an unfamiliar couch with two heads asleep on his chest. But the feeling was so familiar, that he wasn't startled by it. "Charlie, Sarah." he whispered. He knew very well that it was neither his ex wife nor his son on his lap, but he kept his eyes closed for a few more seconds savouring the feeling.
Bringing himself back to reality, he opened his eyes and looked down to see who the two occupants were. He had to hold back a snort when replacing the mental picture of the blonde head of his ex-wife was the very messy hair of an archaeologist. Jack hoped Daniel didn't drool in his sleep. It would be hard enough to get past the gleeful look on Sam's face when she saw this as it was.
"Danny boy. Wake up." he gave the younger man a soft shake.
"Honey, can't I sleep just a little bit more?" Now Jack really had to hold back a choking laugh.
"No, darlin', you can't. Now get yourself into the kitchen and cook me some breakfast, woman."
That was apparently enough to wake him up and Daniel looked up at Jack with a foggy and confused expression. "Jack? Did you just call me woman?"
"Nothing, Daniel. You were talking in your sleep."
"Oh." Daniel shook his head a little and looked around for his glasses, finding them next to him, thankfully uncrushed.
"Well, aren't you the cute family." Jack groaned. Carter was on the stairs, looking gleeful. Very gleeful. "Don't worry. Don't ask, don't tell. I won't tell."
Jack had been trying to figure out how to get through his 2IC's morning... grumbliness. Apparently he had found a solution. But team efficiency or not, he wasn't going to make a habit out of sleeping with Daniel.
"So, everyone awake?" Doc Fraiser poked her head out of the kitchen.
Taking the opportunity to switch the focus from himself, Jack replied. "Well, everyone but Cassie. She seems to be a very sound sleeper." he shifted and tried to wake the second sleeper, but she just settled herself again.
"Oh, she is. She could sleep through a freight train. But luckily, I know the magic words to wake her up. Cassie! Pancakes!" The small girl was off the couch like a shot.
"Yay, pancakes! What kind, mom? Can we have chocolate chips? Pleeeease?" Cassie turned pleading eyes on Dr. Fraiser and Jack had to smile. It wasn't often he saw the petite doctor get taken down. But it was obvious that she was putty in the hands of her adopted doctor. And it probably didn't help that Daniel and Sam were turning their own pleading look on her. The three pairs of big blue eyes was enough to turn anyone's heart.
Jack rolled his eyes. It was time to put a stop to this. "Doc, I am going to make it a command that we have chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast." Well, he had to admit that he liked chocolate chip pancakes. And he had had it on good authority that the doc's cooking was not to be missed.
"Actually, sir, food falls under the designation of health, so you can't order me to do anything. Plus, we have the problem that there isn't a single chocolate chip in the house."
"Well, that's easily enough solved." Jack concluded. "We'll just send Carter to get some."
"Sounds good to me." Janet agreed.
"Actually, that won't work." Sam decided to step in before she was assigned to do a full shopping trip for all of the SGC.
"Why not, Carter? Don't know where the grocery store is? I mean, I know you live on commissary coffee, fruit loops and jello, but you have to have eaten at home at some point in the past year."
"Chinese carry-out." Carter grinned perkily at him. "But that's not the reason that I can't go. Sir, you drove here. I don't have my car."
"Okaaaay." Jack sighed. If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. "Teal'c, ever been to a grocery store before?" he asked the Jaffa, who was sitting on the floor playing with Cassie's dog.
"No, I have not, O'Neill. If it is something that would increase my understanding of your world, I should very much like to." he said solemnly.
"Okay, Carter, Daniel, you two are going to stay here. Teal'c, you're with me. Move out." Maybe this enforced leave was a good thing.
"I wanna go too! We didn't have grocery stores in Toronto!" Cassie had gotten the rules of the game down, but was still a bit hazy on the details of what Toronto was like.
"The Colonel knows that you aren't allowed to buy hershey bars, chocolate ice cream, oreos, or Cocoa puffs." she appeared to be going down a mental checklist. Jack hoped that he remembered all of this. And that even if he did, he hoped he'd be able to handle Cassie. No, he was a seasoned Air Force Colonel. He could deal with an 11 year old girl. He glanced over at Teal'c, who was looking intrigued. And an inquisitive Jaffa, he mentally added.
"Okay, Cassie, you're with me too." he began to walk out of the room.
"Actually, Colonel, she should change. Bunny pjs and slippers aren't exactly the social norm for grocery stores." Jack was glad that Janet was the mom, as he would never have been able to remember all these little things. He watched as Cassie ran out of the room. This was going to be an *interesting* day.
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Next chapter:
Colonel O'Neill takes on Super Wal-Mart while Teal'c learns the true power of Earth - Soccer moms.