"Colonel, Dad and I are going for a walk." Sam said the next day.
"We need more milk and get some fruit loops while you're at it." Jack replied.
"Yes sir." Sam replied ever the dutiful soldier.
"Bye Jack." Jacob called as he shut the door. As soon as they were far enough away from the house he asked. "So what's going on?"
"Excuse me?" Sam asked.
"What's going on?" Jacob repeated.
"With what Dad?"
"You and Jack. You've always had this friendly, flirty banter thing going which is just inside the regulations."
"Nothing is going on, I'm just staying with him because he's sick and General Hammond asked me to. You know implied orders."
"Sam even Selmak noticed something is going on. Do you want to tell me about it?"
"It's nothing Dad." Sam said adamantly.
"Sam, tell me what happened." He put a hand on her arm to stop her from walking away from him.
"Only if you promise you'll react as a civilised adult and not like an Air Force General and especially not as my father."
"Okay, but please tell me you didn't sleep with him."
"Dad!! Of course I didn't." Sam was alarmed her father would think that. "But I may have kissed him."
"May have?" Jacob pushed.
"Yes I kissed him." Sam said with more conviction.
"My little friend would like to know what happened?" They tried not to discuss Selmak while in public.
"I spent the day at the base fixing a problem with the gate, when I got back it was late and General Hammond had already sent him to bed. After I saw the General out I went to check on him because he's had a fever since he's come down with the chicken pox. When the Colonel is asleep he looks so innocent, like he loses all the worry and the pain about everything that has happened in his life. So on impulse I dropped a kiss on his forehead."
"I don't see how you'd get into too much trouble for that."
"He wasn't as asleep as I thought he was. So he jokingly warned me I could get in to trouble for it and I said if I was going to get into trouble for kissing him it might as well be worth it. So I kissed him properly."
"I see and have you discussed this?"
"Sort of. We were talking about it the morning you arrived and I suggested that we ignore it but the Colonel wanted to discuss it more. So I sent him to get dressed while got a cup of coffee and that's when I got the call about you arriving."
"So right now everything is awkward?" Sam nodded. "Do you really think you can ignore the fact that it happened?"
"We've managed to get past everything else. We got past him trading me for a gun to some Moguls, we got past me trying to mate with him when we were infect with the touched virus, we also got past the knowledge of us being engaged in one reality and married in another. We also got past Laira and him being stranded for three months and the fact that he went rouge on us for a few weeks. Hopefully we can get past this, because we're too good at what we do to let it affect that."
"You've been through a lot." Jacob agreed. "You really like him don't you?" Sam looked stunned at first before finally admitting.
"Always have done."
"You know if you worked anywhere but the SGC you'd get into a lot of trouble for even admitting that."
"If I worked anywhere but the SGC?" She questioned.
"What you do is highly classified. You're gone for days on end, end up with unexplainable injuries for someone who supposedly works in a mountain complex with radar."
"Dad, is there something going on I should know about?"
"Since George has pretty much autonomy with running the base, I mean only the President, Joint Chiefs and a few other key personnel outside the people involved with the project know the truth he gets a lot more control over things that anyone would think, including the level at which the regulations are upheld."
"Dad what are you saying exactly." Sam asked.
"George, has always seen sparks fly between you and Jack since the day you met, hell I've even seen the security footage, he knew something would happen eventually, so he talked the President into suspending the regulation as long as it didn't affect the running of the base.
"How does no one know about this?" She questioned.
"It never came up. Sam you've been on the team for four years almost, practically and unofficially the whole base has been waiting for something to happen. There's even a pool which I'm guessing has been boosted by several thousand dollars over the last few weeks." Jacob replied.
"Why did you have to tell me this? I was getting good at working past it."
"Sam, Jack's a good guy, I like him and I seriously doubt he would ever do anything to hurt you. But now you know maybe now would be a good time to do something about it."
"I need to think about this."
"Sam this isn't a situation you need to over think. I'll walk to the store and get the milk and fruit loops take a walk in the park and give yourself time."
"Thanks Dad."
TBC
A/n : any ideas where it should go from here because I'm getting stuck.
"We need more milk and get some fruit loops while you're at it." Jack replied.
"Yes sir." Sam replied ever the dutiful soldier.
"Bye Jack." Jacob called as he shut the door. As soon as they were far enough away from the house he asked. "So what's going on?"
"Excuse me?" Sam asked.
"What's going on?" Jacob repeated.
"With what Dad?"
"You and Jack. You've always had this friendly, flirty banter thing going which is just inside the regulations."
"Nothing is going on, I'm just staying with him because he's sick and General Hammond asked me to. You know implied orders."
"Sam even Selmak noticed something is going on. Do you want to tell me about it?"
"It's nothing Dad." Sam said adamantly.
"Sam, tell me what happened." He put a hand on her arm to stop her from walking away from him.
"Only if you promise you'll react as a civilised adult and not like an Air Force General and especially not as my father."
"Okay, but please tell me you didn't sleep with him."
"Dad!! Of course I didn't." Sam was alarmed her father would think that. "But I may have kissed him."
"May have?" Jacob pushed.
"Yes I kissed him." Sam said with more conviction.
"My little friend would like to know what happened?" They tried not to discuss Selmak while in public.
"I spent the day at the base fixing a problem with the gate, when I got back it was late and General Hammond had already sent him to bed. After I saw the General out I went to check on him because he's had a fever since he's come down with the chicken pox. When the Colonel is asleep he looks so innocent, like he loses all the worry and the pain about everything that has happened in his life. So on impulse I dropped a kiss on his forehead."
"I don't see how you'd get into too much trouble for that."
"He wasn't as asleep as I thought he was. So he jokingly warned me I could get in to trouble for it and I said if I was going to get into trouble for kissing him it might as well be worth it. So I kissed him properly."
"I see and have you discussed this?"
"Sort of. We were talking about it the morning you arrived and I suggested that we ignore it but the Colonel wanted to discuss it more. So I sent him to get dressed while got a cup of coffee and that's when I got the call about you arriving."
"So right now everything is awkward?" Sam nodded. "Do you really think you can ignore the fact that it happened?"
"We've managed to get past everything else. We got past him trading me for a gun to some Moguls, we got past me trying to mate with him when we were infect with the touched virus, we also got past the knowledge of us being engaged in one reality and married in another. We also got past Laira and him being stranded for three months and the fact that he went rouge on us for a few weeks. Hopefully we can get past this, because we're too good at what we do to let it affect that."
"You've been through a lot." Jacob agreed. "You really like him don't you?" Sam looked stunned at first before finally admitting.
"Always have done."
"You know if you worked anywhere but the SGC you'd get into a lot of trouble for even admitting that."
"If I worked anywhere but the SGC?" She questioned.
"What you do is highly classified. You're gone for days on end, end up with unexplainable injuries for someone who supposedly works in a mountain complex with radar."
"Dad, is there something going on I should know about?"
"Since George has pretty much autonomy with running the base, I mean only the President, Joint Chiefs and a few other key personnel outside the people involved with the project know the truth he gets a lot more control over things that anyone would think, including the level at which the regulations are upheld."
"Dad what are you saying exactly." Sam asked.
"George, has always seen sparks fly between you and Jack since the day you met, hell I've even seen the security footage, he knew something would happen eventually, so he talked the President into suspending the regulation as long as it didn't affect the running of the base.
"How does no one know about this?" She questioned.
"It never came up. Sam you've been on the team for four years almost, practically and unofficially the whole base has been waiting for something to happen. There's even a pool which I'm guessing has been boosted by several thousand dollars over the last few weeks." Jacob replied.
"Why did you have to tell me this? I was getting good at working past it."
"Sam, Jack's a good guy, I like him and I seriously doubt he would ever do anything to hurt you. But now you know maybe now would be a good time to do something about it."
"I need to think about this."
"Sam this isn't a situation you need to over think. I'll walk to the store and get the milk and fruit loops take a walk in the park and give yourself time."
"Thanks Dad."
TBC
A/n : any ideas where it should go from here because I'm getting stuck.