Jack's Wonderful Life
I know it's a little late (or early...he he he) for Christmas fics...but it's only been a couple weeks since Christmas...so this is for all of you who don't mind leaving your Christmas decorations up for another few weeks after the New Year (a.k.a. my mother and me)
"I am NOT going to watch It's A Wonderful Life!" Jack insisted.
"But, sir, it's a classic!" Sam retorted.
"Then watch it on your own time, in your own house, on your own couch!" Jack retorted.
"Sir, we are at my house...you're sitting on my couch." She reminded him.
"She is correct, O'Neill."
"Gotta go with Teal'c and Sam on this one, Jack." Daniel added.
"Fine...but I don't have to be happy about it."
"What do you have against it?" Sam asked.
"The whole movie tells the audience what a great guy George Bailey is, he almost kills himself, wishes he'd never been born, gets his wish, realizes it was a big mistake, and everything is hunky-dorie!"
"Hunky-dorie, sir?"
"Yes..." Jack replied. "And that's the technical term!"
"Wow, you are getting to be a crochety old man." Daniel observed.
"Oh, shut up, Spacemonkey!"
"Hey!"
"Sir, we don't have to watch It's a Wonderful Life. We could watch A Christmas Carol or Miracle on 34th Street." Sam offered.
"Nope...those are even worse!"
"Colonel, it's the unofficial SG-1 Christmas party. What were you expecting? Mission:Impossible?"
"Hey now!" Jack warned.
"I'm sorry, sir...I just...I happen to love sappy Christmas movies."
"Besides, the only thing that makes George Bailey's life 'hunky-dorie' at the end is his change in perspective." Daniel added.
"Yeah, well...start the movie already."
'Course, it's easy to change your perspective if you life affected others' for good, he thought. I mean, if you were someone like Carter or Daniel or Teal'c...that's easy, but me? Cranky old me?
Within minutes, Jack O'Neill fell into a less than fitful rest.