Title: Travellin' Soldier

Fandom: Stargate SG-1

Category: S/J

Spoilers: None

Word count: 106

Summary: I cried / Never gonna hold the hand of another guy / Too young for him, they told her / Waiting for the love of a travellin' soldier (Travellin' Soldier by the Dixie Chicks)

Disclaimer: Not mine. Don't sue.


It is inconceivable.

(She doesn't believe it).

The others are grieving too, but she doesn't believe it. Refuses to.

(Imagines he is always somewhere else in the base; ignores the fact that she doesn't see him anymore).

She will not give up hope. He isn't dead. He is invulnerable.

(She stays in the lab. They call her a recluse. She believes in him. He will return).

She remains calm, collected. They ask her if she is all right; she smiles, spills the requisite lie – I'll be fine. Counts the days so many times that she forgets the number she's counted to.

(Waits for him to return).