Title: Lists
Rating: PG-10; I made this rating up, I know. This story is about Sam's love life kinda. Nothing explicit or even bad. Just some thoughts of hers.
Pairings: Sam/Pete, Sam/Jack, Sam with Jolinar's Memories/Martouf.
Summary: Sam thinks about the men in her life and how she relates to them.
Season: I'm putting this late season 7. She has met Pete. Jack is a Colonel. Sam is a Major. She is dating Pete at the moment. This could be what makes her dump him in season 8 or part of it.
XOXOXOXOXOXO
Sam sat quietly in her office. She looked at the report she was supposed to be writing. It had the proper heading on the top, but nothing else. She saved the file and shut down the computer.
Stretching in her chair, she looking at her desk; a blank pad of paper and a pen lay on it. She settled herself back down and began to write a list on the pad. Finishing she looked at it again. She had ended up with a list of the men in her life.
Looking at the first name on the list, she remembered back to the first man she could have married: Jonas Hanson. He was so nice when she met him. He was kind and polite. Over their years together he had changed gradually. So gradually in fact, that she hadn't even realized it when it happened. He had started calling her names. She had cut it off when he had hit her. It was then that she had given back the ring and left him.
She shuddered a little at the memory and moved on to the next name: Martouf. She was so confused when she met him. She was meeting him for the first time, but she could feel Jolinar's love for him burn inside her. Her feelings had gone haywire. He was kind, but to Sam he was a friend and an ally, not a lover. Jolinar's memories were so strong and clear though, they had loved each other. Then, when he had died during the Za'tarc thing she got confused again. She just felt so sad that he was dead, but she also felt a slight bit depressed. Jolinar's memories of him were so strong.
She straightened herself out emotionally and moved on to her temporary teammate: Jonas Quinn. Thinking of the smiley Kelownan made her smile as well. He was so eager and excited to learn about Earth and go through the Gate on SG-1. She remembered that he liked to eat and always had smile on his face.
The next teammate on her list was another alien: Teal'c. Since that first mission to Abydos and Chulak, when he had sacrificed everything to save the innocent people Apophis had in that prison, Teal'c had been a friend and bodyguard. He was like a protective older brother, in a good way. He helped her with tough decisions and protected her from danger with the extent of his power an knowledge. Teal'c had always been a constant friend and bodyguard. Always there to protect all of them.
Her next person, though a teammate, was also, possibly, the most accident prone person on Earth; Dr. Daniel Jackson. Sam had always thought of him as a sweet, caring brother and an idea tester. Someone she could turn to for advice with her problems. He was the first one she would go to when she had an idea. They could spend hours bouncing ideas off of each other and by the end they would have a wonderful, new idea that combined science and history. What a team they made. The science twins of SG-1.
Her new boyfriend came next; Pete Shananhan. Her brother had set her up with him and it had worked out suprisingly well. She was allowed to tell him a lot of low classified information about the SGC since the Osiris incident, where he had been briefed on the entire Stargate Program. He understood the things she couldn't him and he made her happy. He made her hum. So why did he annoy her sometimes? It's true some of the things he said were stupid and corny, but she could deal. She could change to make this work.
And last, but certainly not least on her list, the best Commanding Officer she'd ever had; Jack O'Neill. His wacky sense of humor and extreme ability to command and protect those who he wanted made him an excellent Air Force officer. Getting him to warm up to her had taken sometime, but once you were excepted into his 'club' of friends he would risk his life to save you. She remembered the things she had to deal with during her first few days under Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Her first mission through the Gate he had pushed. What an awful way to go through after lunch. She knew when she had met an verbally spurred with him in the Briefing Room on her first day, that he wouldn't take crap from people and that he wanted things layed out for him in simple terms truthfully. It wasn't until she had beaten the Mongol leader on the first mission as SG-1 that she could tell the team would work. He tried so hard to pretend that he was simple minded, if not dense. A person can't get that far in the Air Force with no education. She could tell he was smarter than he let on. The brilliant plans he came up with that had saved them on many occasions weren't as simple as 'fire and run.' He was so good at what he did. He didn't need to be a doctor of something, he had the experience and training he needed. She thought over the time she had worked with him. He would sacrifice himself for any of them on SG-1. He WOULD get them home safe. Forever a protector and friend.
She was still not ready to admit the feelings everyone else saw between her and Jack, Colonel O'Neill. He was her Commanding Officer, she wanted it to stay that way, for now. Why had she put them in this order. She had started at first with her first major 'love' interest. So why didn't Pete fall last? They were dating after all. It could even be getting serious.
She thought again about Pete. Frankly, he annoyed her. Could she really date someone who inadvertantly puts her best friends in danger because he can't deal with classified? She decided that it would be best to have a talk with him when she could. He couldn't keep prying into her work. It was too dangerous.
Her cell phone rang, pulling her out of her thoughts. She looked at Caller ID before answering…
"Pete?"
