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PART 5: Finally Home
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The woman looked up at the control room and met Jack's eyes.
"Request permission to come home sir."
Silence answered her and then Teal'c stepped forward and Jack watched the two of them embrace. Shaking himself out of his paralysis, Jack ran down the stairs to the gateroom.
Stepping just inside the gateroom doors, he watched as she stepped back from her embrace with the Jaffa. Her left side facing Jack, he could just make out portions of the small boy clutching to her right side.
She turned and saw Jack standing there.
"Welcome Back, Carter," he wanted to say so many things… but he had to start somewhere.
"Thank you, sir," she smiled at him as he walked over to join them.
And then he grabbed her and hugged her… and he didn't care about protocol or military regulations. She'd been MIA for seventeen months. Surely he could give her a hug!
He was holding her tight.
With all of the emotion of the past year and a half.
And she was returning the embrace.
He opened his eyes, and over her shoulder, he saw Daniel standing there with a stunned look on his face. Someone must have called him… because Jack had forgotten.
So he stepped back and let her go. Daniel stepped in and swept her up. "Sam!"
"Hi," and her smile went from ear to ear.
Jack couldn't take his eyes off of her. None of the three men could.
"So, are you allright?" So many questions to ask and he didn't know where to start. She wasn't wearing BDUs and he didn't recognize the style of clothing. But then it had been almost a year and a half. The uniform that she'd left in would have been worn out long ago.
"Just fine, sir," she smiled at him.
"No she's not."
And that came from… that small boy, who was now clutching her side again. Jack tried to get a good look at the boy, but he was trying to hide behind her.
Jack glanced back at Carter to see that a look of apprehension had spread over her face. She was looking uncertain… and she looked Jack straight in the eyes and seemed to be searching for something.
Then she took a breath and pulled back from the boy while moving down onto one knee to look him in the eyes. She gave the boy a small reassuring nod and then turned him to face Jack.
No one said a word.
Jack was paralyzed.
It… it looked like… Charlie.
His son Charlie.
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PART 5: Finally Home
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The woman looked up at the control room and met Jack's eyes.
"Request permission to come home sir."
Silence answered her and then Teal'c stepped forward and Jack watched the two of them embrace. Shaking himself out of his paralysis, Jack ran down the stairs to the gateroom.
Stepping just inside the gateroom doors, he watched as she stepped back from her embrace with the Jaffa. Her left side facing Jack, he could just make out portions of the small boy clutching to her right side.
She turned and saw Jack standing there.
"Welcome Back, Carter," he wanted to say so many things… but he had to start somewhere.
"Thank you, sir," she smiled at him as he walked over to join them.
And then he grabbed her and hugged her… and he didn't care about protocol or military regulations. She'd been MIA for seventeen months. Surely he could give her a hug!
He was holding her tight.
With all of the emotion of the past year and a half.
And she was returning the embrace.
He opened his eyes, and over her shoulder, he saw Daniel standing there with a stunned look on his face. Someone must have called him… because Jack had forgotten.
So he stepped back and let her go. Daniel stepped in and swept her up. "Sam!"
"Hi," and her smile went from ear to ear.
Jack couldn't take his eyes off of her. None of the three men could.
"So, are you allright?" So many questions to ask and he didn't know where to start. She wasn't wearing BDUs and he didn't recognize the style of clothing. But then it had been almost a year and a half. The uniform that she'd left in would have been worn out long ago.
"Just fine, sir," she smiled at him.
"No she's not."
And that came from… that small boy, who was now clutching her side again. Jack tried to get a good look at the boy, but he was trying to hide behind her.
Jack glanced back at Carter to see that a look of apprehension had spread over her face. She was looking uncertain… and she looked Jack straight in the eyes and seemed to be searching for something.
Then she took a breath and pulled back from the boy while moving down onto one knee to look him in the eyes. She gave the boy a small reassuring nod and then turned him to face Jack.
No one said a word.
Jack was paralyzed.
It… it looked like… Charlie.
His son Charlie.
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====o0o==== End Part 5 ====o0o====
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