Title: Moments

Author: sara lou

Category: Missing scenes

Pairing: Jack/Sam

Rating: G

Synopsis: Jack analyses his relationship with Carter from the moment of her telling him of Pete.
Notes: Not Beta'd so all mistakes are mine. Please R&R, I decided season seven gave us shippers enough moments between Jack and Sam worthy of a fic, not sure of what I came up with but hope you enjoy.
Spoilers: season seven episodes 'Chimera', 'Death knell', 'Heroes pt2', 'The lost city pt 1&2'.

Disclaimer: Stargate SG-1 and its characters are the property of Sci Fi Channel, Showtime/Viacom, MGM/UA, Double Secret Productions, and Gekko Productions. No copyright infringement whatsoever is intended. The story is for entertainment purposes only. The original characters, situations and story are mine.

Moments

'I'm just happy your happy about something other than...Quarks'

Jack cringed as he headed down the hallway away from the elevator. Had he just said that? Uncomfortable wasn't the word. He often wondered to himself why after five years they hadn't 'gotten over it'.

Maybe they were over it. Carter certainly seemed to be moving on. She'd hummed, he'd never heard her hum before, the tune certainly was questionable, perhaps her happy thoughts tune.

"Her happy thoughts tune?"

"Sir?" asked Siler pausing as they passed each other.

Jack realised he had spoken aloud, ducked his head and continued on his merry way without anymore acknowledgement on his comment.

Things had changed since the incident of the disappearance of the Prometheus. Boy had he had to keep himself together on that one. Trust Tealc, the all seeing all wisdomful jaffa to notice his concerns. He knew Daniel had noticed too but Daniel was wise enough to know such things weren't spoken of. Tealc seemed to forgo that part of wisdom and make Jack admit something was up, be it in silence or a torrent of words.

Carter hadn't spoken much of what had happened, she'd been vague in the briefing, outlining only what was necessary both when giving an explanation and in her official report. It read as textbook, giving all the actual details without giving details. She was a master of giving enough information as was necessary in these situations. Jack often wondered why she always felt it necessary to explain at great length some scientific point at most in-opportune times, yet was a pro at de-briefs outlining missions for Hammond with ease, answering simply and in layman's turns at each point to his every question.

Jack knew there was more to the situation, but couldn't quite put his finger on what. He couldn't flaw her explanation, or her recall of the events, which took place. She'd encountered an alien entity, which had in turn caused her to create in her mind figments of her imagination, in this case those close to her such as the rest of SG-1 and her father. In this way, she had been able to figure out the predicament the Prometheus was in and managed to save them from a dire situation. She had pondered to the alien's existence and assumed the child 'Grace' was the alien entity, perhaps appearing as a child to validate it's innocence.

Things had been fine, quiet on the missions, nothing untoward, just basic exploration. Carter was back to her normal self, and nothing had been spoken on the matter of the Prometheus mission since. The only thing Jack really noticed was a slight change in her social time. Usually she spent hours cooped up in her lab, as was her right, researching of tweaking with some weird device. As of late she'd spent less time in the lab or the mountain, now he knew why. Jack couldn't flaw her for following orders eventually.