DISCLAIMER: Mine? Yeah. Right. And you're paying how much for your psychotherapist?

SUMMARY: Jack has turned in a letter resigning his commission as a military officer but offering to continue running the SGC as a civilian. Sam and he have decided that they want to be together. Jacob is visiting to make sure that everything goes smoothly. Daniel has fallen in love with a young lady from off world. She is unconcious due to a fall down some stairs.

SPOILERS: Up through "Affinity". Anything else that happens in the actual series may or may not be referenced here.

FEEDBACK: Please. I thrive on it and write faster when it's present.

Sam sat in the commissary next to Jack with Daniel on her other side. Daniel hadn't eaten one bite of the food on his tray.

"Daniel, you have to feel hungry. You haven't eaten in 24 hours that I know of." Sam was worried. Daniel had large dark circles under his eyes and his hair was lookiing shaggy. Probably due to him running his hands through it.

"I'm not. I just want to be beside Shey. To apologize for pushing her with the proposal."

"You do realize that, when she wakes up and finds out that you've starved yourself while she was out, she's going to feel guilty about worrying you that way."

"What??" He looked up at Sam.

"You heard me. I didn't stutter."

"That's cold, Sam."

"Cold but true. You love her, right."

"I do. I really do."

"Then, eat. Take care of yourself so that you can help take care of her. Because I don't think that Talorn would be too happy if you claim to love his sister so much and yet put yourself in the infirmary or worse."

Daniel just sat quietly, looking at his plate for a moment. "You're right, Sam. I do need to eat." He proceeded to eat everything on his plate and even went up for some pecan pie.

Just as everyone was finishing up their meals, the page came over the intercom. "Doctor Jackson to the infirmary. Doctor Jackson to the infirmary."

Daniel jumped up, leaving his tray on the table and ran off. The other three followed at a slightly more sedate pace.

Daniel arrived at the infirmary to find Dr. Brightman waiting for him.

"She woke up just a few moments ago. Your name was the first word out of her mouth."

Daniel let loose the breath he hadn't even realized he'd been holding. Good news. She wanted me. He stepped around behind the curtain that separated Shey's bed from the rest of the infirmary.

"Hey," he said softly. Shey turned her head toward the sound of Daniel's voice.

"Daniel." She sounded so very tired.

"How do you feel?"

"Sore. I would like to go outside though. It would make me feel better."

Daniel turned to the doctor. "Would that be alright?"

"As long as someone stays with her, I don't see why not. Just make sure she takes it slow and easy."

Daniel nodded and turned back to Shey. "I'll just go get Sam to help you dress. Then we'll go outside."

"Yes. It would not be proper for you to see me undressed before our wedding night."

"W-w-wedding?" Daniel was dumbfounded.

"Have you changed your mind about marrying me?"

"No but I thought you didn't want to hold me to a proposal that I made without realizing that I had made it."

"I had time to think while unconcious. I believe that spending the rest of my life with you would be most agreeable."

"That's good. Because that would make Daniel happy. And a happy Spacemonkey is a careful Spacemonkey." Jack's voice came from the other side of the curtain.

"Sam?"

"Yes, Daniel?" She poked her head around.

"Shey needs some help getting dressed. Would you help her? She wants to go outside."

"Okay." She came around. "Hey, Shey. Feeling better after your little nap?"

"Yes actually. It helped to clear my mind."

"I hope so." Sam turned. "Out, Daniel. And I don't just mean the other side of the curtain. Shey and I are going to talk girl talk."

Jack, Daniel and Jacob all winced. "I'll wait in the hallway."

"We'll wait there with him, Sammie," Jacob called out, looking just a bit flustered in Jack's opinion.

Jack wisely kept his mouth shut and just left with the others.

"Shey, I'm going to take this chance to tell you that Daniel has been through a lot. He's lost many people that he cares about. I'm asking that you don't hurt him. He's been hurt enough."

"Samantha, I appreciate your worry for your friend. He is worth the effort. Please do not fear that I will hurt him. While I can not promise to never hurt him, I can promise, and do, that I will never hurt him by choice."

"That I can accept." Shey sat up with help from Sam who then helped her to her feet. The two of them worked together and got Shey's clothes on her. "Shey, I think of Daniel as a brother. I care for him very much. He's very emotional and at times that may be hard for you to deal with."

"I already know this, Samantha. I love Daniel. I know that he has many emotions to deal with. I hope that I can help him with that."

"I think you already have. I think you already have."

Daniel and Shey stepped out into the sunshine on the surface. She lifted her face toward the sun and smiled to feel the warmth. "This is much better. Thank you, Daniel. For everything."
A/N: I hope that makes everyone happy. Shey will be fine. But of course I can't make things easy for anyone. That would be boring.