Pete ran to the door as soon as he heard the door bell. Sam was hours late. Maybe that was her. Maybe she'd forgotten her key.
It wasn't. Daniel and Teal'c stood there, in the doorway, in the rain.
"Is Sam okay?" Pete asked, scared by their sombre faces.
"She's fine." Daniel said hurriedly. "We just came to tell you she'll be away for a few days."
"I don't suppose you can tell me why." Pete said, stepping aside so they could get in out of the rain.
"It is classified." Teal'c told him.
"Everything about her is. It's all secrets." Pete complained. Daniel picked up a book he knew Janet had lent Sam. He'd take it back for Sam to read. "Even when two people who work side by side all day every day fall in love, they still have secrets." He told Pete.
"But I love her. And I want us to be together, properly, not for me to just pop in and out of her life."
"No matter how much SamanthaCarter loves a man, he will never be the whole of her life." Teal'c told him. Daniel glanced at Teal'c surprised, for a second.
"But I want to be more than just a tiny part of her life. I want more. I want to know what happens in her day, why she sometimes comes home tired and hurt."
"Well, you can't." Daniel told him, not unkindly. "All you take is what she gives you."
"She's the love of my life." Pete said, softly. "But I'm not hers, am I? No matter how much I love her, she and I aren't going to last more than a year, are we?"
Daniel and Teal'c said nothing as they left.
It wasn't. Daniel and Teal'c stood there, in the doorway, in the rain.
"Is Sam okay?" Pete asked, scared by their sombre faces.
"She's fine." Daniel said hurriedly. "We just came to tell you she'll be away for a few days."
"I don't suppose you can tell me why." Pete said, stepping aside so they could get in out of the rain.
"It is classified." Teal'c told him.
"Everything about her is. It's all secrets." Pete complained. Daniel picked up a book he knew Janet had lent Sam. He'd take it back for Sam to read. "Even when two people who work side by side all day every day fall in love, they still have secrets." He told Pete.
"But I love her. And I want us to be together, properly, not for me to just pop in and out of her life."
"No matter how much SamanthaCarter loves a man, he will never be the whole of her life." Teal'c told him. Daniel glanced at Teal'c surprised, for a second.
"But I want to be more than just a tiny part of her life. I want more. I want to know what happens in her day, why she sometimes comes home tired and hurt."
"Well, you can't." Daniel told him, not unkindly. "All you take is what she gives you."
"She's the love of my life." Pete said, softly. "But I'm not hers, am I? No matter how much I love her, she and I aren't going to last more than a year, are we?"
Daniel and Teal'c said nothing as they left.