Seeing Stars
Sam smiled and closed her eyes a breath hitching in her throat. Jack took both her hands in his and started to slowly lead her out of the living room. She tried to follow the direction they were going with her mind and her heart skipped a few beats as they headed left down the hall towards the direction of her bedroom but they stopped midway. She resisted the urge to open her eyes as Jack let of her hands for a moment and she heard the fiddle of a latch. She frowned; both bedrooms were further down the hallway, the bathroom they had passed. They were on the wrong side to be near the study or the den and the kitchen was the other way. Therefore, which door was he opening or now closing? The linen closet was the only thing she could come up with but before she could totally gather her, bearings Jack took her left hand turning her back down the hall. She stifled a small cry of dismay that they were not heading towards the bedrooms. She allowed a little bit of sanity re-enter her head as Jack led her through the kitchen. What were they doing a little after twelve, slightly tipsy, playing truth or dare? What had she been thinking daring her senior officer to stand in complete silence, unmoving and kissing him on the lips? What was she thinking flirting so outrageously with him and egging him on? AND why were they going outside?
She shivered in the cold air as Jack led her across her back porch.
"Mind the step Sam"
She paused for a moment and complied as he helped her step cautiously down the stairs and across her back lawn. He stopped them after a few steps and she felt him stand in front of her. She stayed completely still and felt him draw a blanket around her shoulders, she brought her hands up to hold the blanket as he stepped behind her. He wrapped his arms around her and settled his chin on her shoulder. She frowned a little.
"Uh Jack?"
"Ssh Carter and open your eyes"
Sam opened her eyes to find she was indeed standing in her back yard, wrapped in a blanket and arms by Jack O'Neill. She still had no idea where this was leading but was hoping for the best. She could feel Jack's breath softly tickling her chin, his mouth barely a whisper from her ear lobe. Her heart started racing a beat faster than before and she lay her head back onto his shoulder. This was very romantic but what happened to the dare? What happened to the gift? She had had feeling things had just been about to get interesting. She was about to ask but bit her lower lip, Jack O'Neill was a man who never gave away much. In every way, he was a man who revelled in the element of surprise. It was her birthday for another twenty-four hours. Maybe he had something planned for later and they were having a romantic moment out here, in the backyard under the stars.
How wrong she was! Jack chose that very moment to lower his mouth to her inclined neck and run his lips against the smooth skin, raising a hand to her shoulder to push the blanket and the straps of her vest top and bra down revealing her shoulder. His hand again wrapped around her own arms once more as he continued his steady trail of kisses along her shoulder and then trailed his tongue softly back to her neck kissing the crook softly. It took all of Sam's control to not turn to jelly as his lips continued up her neck to her jawbone. She felt the urge to twist n his arms and let the roving mouth capture her own but as she moved Jack's arms tightened around hers keeping her firmly in place. She submitted to being tenderly caressed by his mouth, and this time could not keep back the slight cry of dismay as his lips left her skin.
Jack smiled into her neck for a moment, hearing the small cry escaping her lips; he glanced upwards, thousands of stars shining brightly. He quickly scanned the sky for what he was looking for, as he did so he turned them softly in a circle as his eyes ran over the galaxy above their heads. Sam turned with him gently guided by his movements. She was quickly losing patience which had been spurred on by his lips on her and now off her once more.
"Jack what are we doing?"
"Apart from slowly making out on your back lawn and having a slow dance at the same time?"
"Jaack"
Jack smiled and his mouth nuzzled into her neck once more, where her impatience was sated for a moment before he lifted his head again. She again tried to twist in his arms wanting to feel his lips on hers but he once more kept her firmly in place softly growling in her ear.
"This is your dare Major, play along or suffer the consequences."
Sam sighed as his voice growled into her ear and relaxed as his arms released a little of their grip.
"Now for a little astronomy lesson Major"
Sam instinctively looked up at the blanket of stars a slight look of surprise in her eyes.
"Today is the sixteenth. The first day in hundreds of years the planets move into perfect alignment. I was planning on going up to the mountain tonight to check it out. You asked why I came here tonight, I was going to take you up there. But when I got here you seemed a little" he paused for along moment "Pre-occupied"
"Yeah with memories I would have gladly left in the living room"
"Ironic in a way I guess we ended up looking at the stars or should I say planets anyways"
"In more comfortable circumstances"
"Mmm very comfortable. I would have driven us up but were not exactly in shape for driving. Therefore, your backyard will have to do and thankfully, it's not clouded. And there"
He raised her hand with his and aimed at bright stars in the sky tracing a line from each bright spot to another.
"Are the planets. Surrounded by many we may or may not have visited"
"There so beautiful Jack"
"Tomorrow you can come to my place and we'll look at them through the 'scope. It should prove to be quite a light show there's going to be a meteor shower as well"
"Don't you mean tonight?"
Jack grinned at the technicality.
"Guess that could be the third part of your birthday gift Major"
"Third part?"
"Yeah"
Jack was so busy looking up at the stars he was only part listening to Sam's inquisitive tone. She inclined her head to look up at him through the corner of her eye to see him gazing into the stars. Who knew Jack O'Neill could get so romantic? She decided to spice things up a little. She softly, slowly shifted testing his grip; his arms were still comfortably around her but she was able to turn and before he could realise what she was doing, she had slipped her arms up and around his neck. He looked down surprised as she broke his train of thought.
"No fair Sam, were not finished with your dare yet"
"I'm just getting more comfortable."
Sam smiled and closed her eyes a breath hitching in her throat. Jack took both her hands in his and started to slowly lead her out of the living room. She tried to follow the direction they were going with her mind and her heart skipped a few beats as they headed left down the hall towards the direction of her bedroom but they stopped midway. She resisted the urge to open her eyes as Jack let of her hands for a moment and she heard the fiddle of a latch. She frowned; both bedrooms were further down the hallway, the bathroom they had passed. They were on the wrong side to be near the study or the den and the kitchen was the other way. Therefore, which door was he opening or now closing? The linen closet was the only thing she could come up with but before she could totally gather her, bearings Jack took her left hand turning her back down the hall. She stifled a small cry of dismay that they were not heading towards the bedrooms. She allowed a little bit of sanity re-enter her head as Jack led her through the kitchen. What were they doing a little after twelve, slightly tipsy, playing truth or dare? What had she been thinking daring her senior officer to stand in complete silence, unmoving and kissing him on the lips? What was she thinking flirting so outrageously with him and egging him on? AND why were they going outside?
She shivered in the cold air as Jack led her across her back porch.
"Mind the step Sam"
She paused for a moment and complied as he helped her step cautiously down the stairs and across her back lawn. He stopped them after a few steps and she felt him stand in front of her. She stayed completely still and felt him draw a blanket around her shoulders, she brought her hands up to hold the blanket as he stepped behind her. He wrapped his arms around her and settled his chin on her shoulder. She frowned a little.
"Uh Jack?"
"Ssh Carter and open your eyes"
Sam opened her eyes to find she was indeed standing in her back yard, wrapped in a blanket and arms by Jack O'Neill. She still had no idea where this was leading but was hoping for the best. She could feel Jack's breath softly tickling her chin, his mouth barely a whisper from her ear lobe. Her heart started racing a beat faster than before and she lay her head back onto his shoulder. This was very romantic but what happened to the dare? What happened to the gift? She had had feeling things had just been about to get interesting. She was about to ask but bit her lower lip, Jack O'Neill was a man who never gave away much. In every way, he was a man who revelled in the element of surprise. It was her birthday for another twenty-four hours. Maybe he had something planned for later and they were having a romantic moment out here, in the backyard under the stars.
How wrong she was! Jack chose that very moment to lower his mouth to her inclined neck and run his lips against the smooth skin, raising a hand to her shoulder to push the blanket and the straps of her vest top and bra down revealing her shoulder. His hand again wrapped around her own arms once more as he continued his steady trail of kisses along her shoulder and then trailed his tongue softly back to her neck kissing the crook softly. It took all of Sam's control to not turn to jelly as his lips continued up her neck to her jawbone. She felt the urge to twist n his arms and let the roving mouth capture her own but as she moved Jack's arms tightened around hers keeping her firmly in place. She submitted to being tenderly caressed by his mouth, and this time could not keep back the slight cry of dismay as his lips left her skin.
Jack smiled into her neck for a moment, hearing the small cry escaping her lips; he glanced upwards, thousands of stars shining brightly. He quickly scanned the sky for what he was looking for, as he did so he turned them softly in a circle as his eyes ran over the galaxy above their heads. Sam turned with him gently guided by his movements. She was quickly losing patience which had been spurred on by his lips on her and now off her once more.
"Jack what are we doing?"
"Apart from slowly making out on your back lawn and having a slow dance at the same time?"
"Jaack"
Jack smiled and his mouth nuzzled into her neck once more, where her impatience was sated for a moment before he lifted his head again. She again tried to twist in his arms wanting to feel his lips on hers but he once more kept her firmly in place softly growling in her ear.
"This is your dare Major, play along or suffer the consequences."
Sam sighed as his voice growled into her ear and relaxed as his arms released a little of their grip.
"Now for a little astronomy lesson Major"
Sam instinctively looked up at the blanket of stars a slight look of surprise in her eyes.
"Today is the sixteenth. The first day in hundreds of years the planets move into perfect alignment. I was planning on going up to the mountain tonight to check it out. You asked why I came here tonight, I was going to take you up there. But when I got here you seemed a little" he paused for along moment "Pre-occupied"
"Yeah with memories I would have gladly left in the living room"
"Ironic in a way I guess we ended up looking at the stars or should I say planets anyways"
"In more comfortable circumstances"
"Mmm very comfortable. I would have driven us up but were not exactly in shape for driving. Therefore, your backyard will have to do and thankfully, it's not clouded. And there"
He raised her hand with his and aimed at bright stars in the sky tracing a line from each bright spot to another.
"Are the planets. Surrounded by many we may or may not have visited"
"There so beautiful Jack"
"Tomorrow you can come to my place and we'll look at them through the 'scope. It should prove to be quite a light show there's going to be a meteor shower as well"
"Don't you mean tonight?"
Jack grinned at the technicality.
"Guess that could be the third part of your birthday gift Major"
"Third part?"
"Yeah"
Jack was so busy looking up at the stars he was only part listening to Sam's inquisitive tone. She inclined her head to look up at him through the corner of her eye to see him gazing into the stars. Who knew Jack O'Neill could get so romantic? She decided to spice things up a little. She softly, slowly shifted testing his grip; his arms were still comfortably around her but she was able to turn and before he could realise what she was doing, she had slipped her arms up and around his neck. He looked down surprised as she broke his train of thought.
"No fair Sam, were not finished with your dare yet"
"I'm just getting more comfortable."