Strong Enough?
'How much worse could it have gone?' Sam thought as she walked Pete to the surface after the disastrous visit with her father. Sure they were both nervous but she was embarrassed by how he played the fool. And what was with dad; he seemed so stiff, so unapproachable?
After walking Pete to his car, Sam returned and signed herself back onto the base. The SF's radio on the sign in desk was playing 'Are you strong enough to be my man?' Could Pete ever understand? Could he accept her for who she was, she did have this face, this warrior, scientist side she could not show? Or was it that this was a side she wanted to hide from him – the less he knew, the less he could reject.
Even when she got back to her lab Sheryl Crowe's voice echoed in her mind -'Strong Enough'. When she thought of strength it was Jack who came to mind. Sure she had seen him whine in the infirmary but it was never about something major. Hell she had seen him pinned to the wall with burning hot, infected rod through his shoulder. On missions she had seen him draw attention to himself, knowing he would be targeted for brutality just to protect his team. But was this fair? Pete had never been in these circumstances, she didn't know if his reactions would not have been as valiant.
Yeah she felt like hell and she hoped she'd be alone tonight because when she thought of a man 'strong enough' it was always O'Neill, always him. She didn't have to lie to him nor he to her, except for one thing – how they felt about one another.
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Sheryl Crowe – "Strong Enough"