Teal'c took the first watch as Jack and Sam did the dishes. The sun had gone down by then, and the night was really closing in on them. Jack didn't mind, though. He'd never been afraid of the dark, and he knew the area around the camp fairly well after his walk that afternoon. Which had been the whole idea. With Jaffer standing guard over them, watching for anything that might be sneaking up on them in the dark, the two washed and dried the dishes, then headed back to the welcoming glow of the campfire, taking the chance to steal a gentle caress and a couple kisses.
"Hear anything wandering around out there in the dark?" Jack asked Teal'c as he headed past the Jaffa towards the ruins. It was getting late, and it was bedtime for a certain archeologist. Whether said archeologist wanted to go to bed or not.
"There has been nothing, O'Neill." Teal'c told him.
Jack nodded, and left Teal'c alone. He knew how to keep watch without O'Neill telling him what to look for, after all. He walked over to where the flashlight glow told him Daniel was, and knelt down next to him.
"How's it going, Daniel?"
"Great, Jack." Daniel help up one of the square chips. "This one means water."
"Cool." Jack took it, and looked at it, then looked at the huge stack that Daniel still had to go through. "Which one means bedtime?"
"What?"
"It's bedtime, Daniel. As in, 'time to go to bed'."
"I'm not tired, Jack. Go ahead and go on without-"
"Daniel, I'm not asking you. It's dark, and you're probably going to ruin your eyes trying to read this stuff in the dark. It'll be here in the morning, and I promise you that you can have all day to do nothing but squint over these things."
"But."
"Bedtime." Jack repeated.
Daniel scowled. Again.
Jack ignored it. As always.
"Fine..." Daniel's voice had the same quality as a four year old being told it was bedtime right before their favorite cartoon came on, and Jack reached down and helped him to his feet, grinning in the dark.
"Where's Jaffer?" Daniel asked, suspiciously, looking around for the black lab, certain he was sneaking up on Daniel's unsuspecting bark chips at that very moment, just waiting to get a hold of them when they were unguarded.
"He's with Sam, keeping her company." And probably trying to mooch a couple treats out of her.
"Okay."
The two men walked past Teal'c, who was walking a circuit around the camp, and into the glow of the campfire, where Sam and Jaffer were lounging on the sun-warmed grass that their tents were staked out on.
"How's it going, Daniel?" Sam asked, hiding her amazement that Jack had managed to pull him out of the ruins so easily.
"It'd be going a lot faster if I didn't have mother hen here making sure I ate and slept," Daniel complained, flopping down next to Sam with a pouty huff.
Carter smiled. She understood completely, although this time she agreed with Jack. Of course, when it was her being told that it was time to call it a night when Sam was working on some project or the other, she was as reluctant as Daniel was to leave.
"You'll get more done with a good night's sleep under your belt," Jack said, completely unrepentant.
In deference to the fact that Daniel was doing far more on this particular trip than Jack, Teal'c or Sam, Daniel would not stand a watch at night, so he'd be fresh, mentally and physically. The others could always lounge around and nap during the day.
"Yeah, yeah..." He scowled again, and sighed when it did no good. "I'm going to bed." He fully intended to be up the minute it was even a little light out.
"Goodnight, Daniel." Jack told him, coming over and taking the spot Daniel vacated.
"You're terrible..." Sam murmured softly, once Daniel had walked off, still grumbling to himself. Jaffer had wandered off with him, drawn by the smell of the chips that still lingered around him, but when he sneezed, Jack called him back to the fire.
"He'll thank me in the morning, Sam," O'Neill told her, putting an arm around her, and leaning back against the log Teal'c had pulled over for them to sit on – or lean against. The night was getting a little chilly – not cold, by any means, but chilly – and the log was warmed by the fire nicely.
"Think so?"
"Well... no. But I couldn't let him stay up all night. He'd go cross-eyed."
She smiled, and the two of them sat in silence for a while, just enjoying each other's company. Sam found herself drifting off in his arms, however, and shook her head, finally.
"I'd better get to bed."
Jack nodded, kissing her softly. He and she would be sleeping in separate tents for the duration of the mission, and he hated not having her to cuddle with – although there was a very good reason to sleep apart when they were in unfamiliar areas, and Jack knew it. Sam did as well, and they both knew it would just make their first night back home that much more enjoyable.
"Goodnight, Sam."
"Night, Jack."
She caught Jaffer's face in her hands and pulled the black nose close and kissed it, too, dodging the tongue that came out to reciprocate.
"Goodnight, handsome boy."
Jaffer's tail wagged, and his eyes grinned cheerfully at Sam. He loved her!
She smiled, and headed off for bed, leaving Jack and Jaffer to watch her progress right up until she went into the tent. Then they both sighed.
"We'd better get to bed, too, little man." Teal'c would be waking jack in a few hours for his watch. O'Neill always took the middle watch when there were three. That way the others could sleep eight hours straight. Or however long two watches ended up being. He figured that was his job, to take the shit shift.
Jaffer wagged his tail again, stood up when Jack did, and followed O'Neill into their tent.
"Hear anything wandering around out there in the dark?" Jack asked Teal'c as he headed past the Jaffa towards the ruins. It was getting late, and it was bedtime for a certain archeologist. Whether said archeologist wanted to go to bed or not.
"There has been nothing, O'Neill." Teal'c told him.
Jack nodded, and left Teal'c alone. He knew how to keep watch without O'Neill telling him what to look for, after all. He walked over to where the flashlight glow told him Daniel was, and knelt down next to him.
"How's it going, Daniel?"
"Great, Jack." Daniel help up one of the square chips. "This one means water."
"Cool." Jack took it, and looked at it, then looked at the huge stack that Daniel still had to go through. "Which one means bedtime?"
"What?"
"It's bedtime, Daniel. As in, 'time to go to bed'."
"I'm not tired, Jack. Go ahead and go on without-"
"Daniel, I'm not asking you. It's dark, and you're probably going to ruin your eyes trying to read this stuff in the dark. It'll be here in the morning, and I promise you that you can have all day to do nothing but squint over these things."
"But."
"Bedtime." Jack repeated.
Daniel scowled. Again.
Jack ignored it. As always.
"Fine..." Daniel's voice had the same quality as a four year old being told it was bedtime right before their favorite cartoon came on, and Jack reached down and helped him to his feet, grinning in the dark.
"Where's Jaffer?" Daniel asked, suspiciously, looking around for the black lab, certain he was sneaking up on Daniel's unsuspecting bark chips at that very moment, just waiting to get a hold of them when they were unguarded.
"He's with Sam, keeping her company." And probably trying to mooch a couple treats out of her.
"Okay."
The two men walked past Teal'c, who was walking a circuit around the camp, and into the glow of the campfire, where Sam and Jaffer were lounging on the sun-warmed grass that their tents were staked out on.
"How's it going, Daniel?" Sam asked, hiding her amazement that Jack had managed to pull him out of the ruins so easily.
"It'd be going a lot faster if I didn't have mother hen here making sure I ate and slept," Daniel complained, flopping down next to Sam with a pouty huff.
Carter smiled. She understood completely, although this time she agreed with Jack. Of course, when it was her being told that it was time to call it a night when Sam was working on some project or the other, she was as reluctant as Daniel was to leave.
"You'll get more done with a good night's sleep under your belt," Jack said, completely unrepentant.
In deference to the fact that Daniel was doing far more on this particular trip than Jack, Teal'c or Sam, Daniel would not stand a watch at night, so he'd be fresh, mentally and physically. The others could always lounge around and nap during the day.
"Yeah, yeah..." He scowled again, and sighed when it did no good. "I'm going to bed." He fully intended to be up the minute it was even a little light out.
"Goodnight, Daniel." Jack told him, coming over and taking the spot Daniel vacated.
"You're terrible..." Sam murmured softly, once Daniel had walked off, still grumbling to himself. Jaffer had wandered off with him, drawn by the smell of the chips that still lingered around him, but when he sneezed, Jack called him back to the fire.
"He'll thank me in the morning, Sam," O'Neill told her, putting an arm around her, and leaning back against the log Teal'c had pulled over for them to sit on – or lean against. The night was getting a little chilly – not cold, by any means, but chilly – and the log was warmed by the fire nicely.
"Think so?"
"Well... no. But I couldn't let him stay up all night. He'd go cross-eyed."
She smiled, and the two of them sat in silence for a while, just enjoying each other's company. Sam found herself drifting off in his arms, however, and shook her head, finally.
"I'd better get to bed."
Jack nodded, kissing her softly. He and she would be sleeping in separate tents for the duration of the mission, and he hated not having her to cuddle with – although there was a very good reason to sleep apart when they were in unfamiliar areas, and Jack knew it. Sam did as well, and they both knew it would just make their first night back home that much more enjoyable.
"Goodnight, Sam."
"Night, Jack."
She caught Jaffer's face in her hands and pulled the black nose close and kissed it, too, dodging the tongue that came out to reciprocate.
"Goodnight, handsome boy."
Jaffer's tail wagged, and his eyes grinned cheerfully at Sam. He loved her!
She smiled, and headed off for bed, leaving Jack and Jaffer to watch her progress right up until she went into the tent. Then they both sighed.
"We'd better get to bed, too, little man." Teal'c would be waking jack in a few hours for his watch. O'Neill always took the middle watch when there were three. That way the others could sleep eight hours straight. Or however long two watches ended up being. He figured that was his job, to take the shit shift.
Jaffer wagged his tail again, stood up when Jack did, and followed O'Neill into their tent.