Disclaimer: Not mine.
A week after their first date, Evan and his team were leaving for another mission. After the day in Evan's office, and then the night in Evan's bedroom, he and Alex had been spending almost all of their free time together. The only exception had been girl's poker night, Evan's team movie night and a few meals with Kara in between.
As Chuck dialled the gate, Alex went to stand on the small balcony just off the control room to watch them leave. Evan looked back just before he stepped over the event horizon and winked at her. She winked back and watched as he and the rest of his team left.
"You look happy."
Alex looked up to see Carter stood next to her, watching her with interest.
"I am," she replied turning to face her boss and leaning on the railings. Even though there were no specific rules that said that Evan and Alex couldn't be together, they'd decided to try to be as discreet as possible. She really hoped that Carter didn't have a problem with their relationship, as she was probably the one person who could get them shipped back to Earth.
"Good," Carter told her. "I like it when my teams happy. But that's not what I wanted to talk to you about."
"Okay," Alex said.
"I spent the first three year of my tour at the SGC hearing Daniel complain about how all the information he needed was scattered around the SGC, never in the right place, always being misplaced."
"I remember him telling me about it, but I'm not sure what this has to do with me," Alex told her.
"I'm getting there," Carter said. "I've found that a lot of the time you're running from one lab to another or trying to find information in the database to help you with your translations. I was wondering if you'd like an office. We could set up a computer terminal with direct access to the Ancient database for you, and you'd be closer to the labs should you need anything from them."
"Would I still be able to work up here?" Alex asked, not sure she was willing to give up the company that she had in the control room, even if she did get an office in return.
"When you wanted to. But I'm sure some peace and quiet would be nice every now and then rather than having to work in all this hustle and bustle or locking yourself in your room."
Alex smiled. "If it's not too much trouble, I'd quite like to have an office."
"I'll get someone on it right away," Carter said, leaving her to look back to the gate.
A new boyfriend and a new office all within the space of a week. Alex liked new things. Maybe this was all part of a new life for her, a new beginning.