Title: "Play to win"

Author: Sawyer Finn

Rating: PG

Word count: 100 word drabble

Pairings: Sam/Jack

Spoilers/Warnings: Pete bashing dead ahead, captain!

Author's note: I haven't had much chance to work on anything of late, but this little drabble blurted out in response to a challenge in a LJ community...

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Was it ethical to meddle in her affairs?

Probably not.

Was it sporting to play head games with the guy, even if there was everything to hate about him?

Certainly not.

And yet he relished the fact that his sarcastic wit could frustrate the hell out of people he didn't like.

It was fun.

Did he care that the consequences of his actions could result in the catastrophic breaking of one man's heart?

Never.

After all, it was just Pete Shanahan.

And where ever Samantha Carter's heart came into play, General Jack O'Neill didn't play fair.

He played to win.