A/N. I'm just taking a little break from 'I can't believe this, ya know that muses are like when they have a story swimming in your head.

Emergency Power

Sam Carter was working late … again. As she looked at the device in front of her, the world around her went pitch black.

"Aw crap!" she muttered, carefully pulling her hands away from the device so she didn't accidentally break something. She slowly made her way to the door feeling her way along the desk in order to go and help Siler with the repairs when she felt that someone had entered the room. "Hello?"" she called out, "Who's there?" but even as she asked she knew the answer to that question, just like she knew every time he was around her, "Jack" she whispered smiling gently.

She felt a hand touch her cheek, the thumb caressing gently and suddenly there was no need to ask what he was doing there. The emergency lighting kicked in at that moment bathing the room in a soft red glow that just about highlighted Jacks face. She couldn't help but stare him in the eye knowing that something was about to happen that they had both avoided for years and as he leaned in her only thought was 'finally!'.

Their lips met briefly in a soft, very innocent kiss and he gently pulled away to look for any indication that she didn't feel the same as he did. Sensing the reasons behind his hesitations, Sam almost laughed. Instead she decided to help him out, placing her arms around his neck she pulled her body flush up against his, hearing but ignoring his small intake of breath at the contact, she waited impatiently for him to take the next step which he did all too willingly.

This time when he kissed her there was a passion that filled him and that passion was transferred through the kiss to her that made her toes curl with anticipation. She ran one of her hands through his hair and started teasing him by playing with the bits of hair at the nape of his neck. She felt his arms wrap around her waist drawing her even closer to him but still Sam yearned to be closer still, she felt his tongue beg for entrance to her mouth which she readily allowed. They stayed like that for several minutes until they had to break apart for the necessity of oxygen.

They stood together with their foreheads touching and breathing heavily until their little world was shattered by the emergency PA's louder crackle shouted:

"MAJOR CARTER TO THE POWER ROOM"

They both laughed softly and Sam started to ease herself from his embrace until he stopped her by pulling her to him again.

"Come round to mine tonight, I'll cook" he invited gently and despite her better judgement, knowing that even what they had just done would be reason enough for Hammond to court marshal them, she found herself nodding with a wide smile spilling onto her face.

"I'll be there at 7" she promised and allowed herself one last kiss before heading for the door but she suddenly stopped and turned back round to face him having realised something. "Jack, what exactly did you do to cause the power to go down?"

In the dim light she saw him look guilty and then say, "I caused a little overload" he continued at the look on her face, "What? I had to think of someway to get the security system off line" he reminded whilst pointing at the security camera which was no longer emanating a blinking red light.

A/N. Just watched one of the season one episodes of Friends where Ross tries to make a move on Rachel during a power cut and thought it had potential, of course I just had to add that it was Jack that caused this particular power cut, but hey that why we love him so much right? Because he's so resourceful! He he he, please review pretty pretty please, luv Nicki.