Comfort
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Season 5 Episode "Between Two Fires"
Ship: Jack and Sam
Summary: The transmission cut out and Sam was offered the only comfort they were allowed.
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She stared out at the Stargate as the transmission cut off. He was gone. The entire planet and race destroyed by their common enemy. She knows he's watching her. She can feel his eyes. She knows he wants to comfort her. He can't, but she'd love him to.
He knows that she did not share Narim's obvious feelings for her, but he was her friend, and she was suffering his death. He loved that about her. Her heart that bled for the loss of a good person. What he wouldn't have given for the entire room to fade away so he could take her in his arms. It was times like these, when her heart was breaking that he longed to touch her most. To reach out to her. Hold her. But he couldn't. He knew she was aware of him and his wishes. But that only made it worse. That only made him angrier at the world and their situation.
She was suffering and to him that was the greatest torture.
So he did the only thing he could. He stepped forward, standing shoulder to shoulder with her, and deftly moved his hand to brush hers between them. His fingers tickled hers as he curled them together. Unbeknownst to the SGC and the world, Colonel Jack O'Neill offered Major Samantha Carter the only comfort they were permitted. Standing shoulder to shoulder, their eyes focused on the symbol of their existence, their hands fit together and their grip held each other tightly.
The End…