Chapter 4
Damn Janet Fraiser and her drugs! What the hell was I thinking asking Carter out for dinner tonight?
Jack thought as he sat in the locker room applying the second dose of goop for the day to his right thigh and part of his chest and stomach. Shaking his head he thanked the gods, whatever gods, that Daniel's coffee hadn't made it anywhere else. For a moment he was slightly amused at the thought of having to stroke salve onto that particular area. That would have been no fun at all.
Then, as any other man would have in his situation, physical and emotional, his mind drifted elsewhere. To a place where someone else would be applying and stroking soothing, yet heating goop to that part of his anatomy. He sighed, imagining the shimmering blue eyes that would be looking up at him full of lust. Then reality reared its ugly head, again. "Aw crap." He exclaimed to no one in specific, then huffed in exasperation.
"Are you well O'Neill?" Came Teal'c's deep voice from seemingly out of nowhere.
Well now Jack was defiantly shaken out of his reverie. "Teal'c buddy?"
"It is I." Teal'c said as he stepped out of one of the stalls, whooshing sounds of a flushing toilet in the background. "You sounded upset a moment ago. Are the burns very uncomfortable?"
"I'm fine Teal'c. Just having one of those days, ya know."
"I am sure I could relate." Was Teal'c actually joking with him? Jack chuckled at the whole situation.
"What is it that you find amusing O'Neill?" Teal'c questioned.
"Nothin'" Jack shook his head and grinned. "So, ya got any big plans tonight?"
"Not tonight O'Neill. I thought I would work out in the gym for a while, and then watch some television." Teal'c paused. "Is there something you would like to talk about O'Neill?"
Jack felt caught. Opened his mouth to speak, closed it again after thinking better of it, then kept it closed before he started imitating a goldfish. "Nope, just making smalltalk." A lame recovery, but it would do.
"Very well, then I shall go and let you finish tending to your burns."
"K. Night Teal'c."
"Goodnight O'Neill."
Damn Janet Fraiser and her drugs! What the hell was I thinking asking Carter out for dinner tonight?
Jack thought as he sat in the locker room applying the second dose of goop for the day to his right thigh and part of his chest and stomach. Shaking his head he thanked the gods, whatever gods, that Daniel's coffee hadn't made it anywhere else. For a moment he was slightly amused at the thought of having to stroke salve onto that particular area. That would have been no fun at all.
Then, as any other man would have in his situation, physical and emotional, his mind drifted elsewhere. To a place where someone else would be applying and stroking soothing, yet heating goop to that part of his anatomy. He sighed, imagining the shimmering blue eyes that would be looking up at him full of lust. Then reality reared its ugly head, again. "Aw crap." He exclaimed to no one in specific, then huffed in exasperation.
"Are you well O'Neill?" Came Teal'c's deep voice from seemingly out of nowhere.
Well now Jack was defiantly shaken out of his reverie. "Teal'c buddy?"
"It is I." Teal'c said as he stepped out of one of the stalls, whooshing sounds of a flushing toilet in the background. "You sounded upset a moment ago. Are the burns very uncomfortable?"
"I'm fine Teal'c. Just having one of those days, ya know."
"I am sure I could relate." Was Teal'c actually joking with him? Jack chuckled at the whole situation.
"What is it that you find amusing O'Neill?" Teal'c questioned.
"Nothin'" Jack shook his head and grinned. "So, ya got any big plans tonight?"
"Not tonight O'Neill. I thought I would work out in the gym for a while, and then watch some television." Teal'c paused. "Is there something you would like to talk about O'Neill?"
Jack felt caught. Opened his mouth to speak, closed it again after thinking better of it, then kept it closed before he started imitating a goldfish. "Nope, just making smalltalk." A lame recovery, but it would do.
"Very well, then I shall go and let you finish tending to your burns."
"K. Night Teal'c."
"Goodnight O'Neill."