For karmaaster: Five things about Sam that Jack thinks are unbearably cute
1. She is forever losing one sock. Sure, he knows that occasionally, they just disappear. But it took awhile before he realized that it happens to her more often than just about anyone he's ever met. He thinks it's because she has this habit of stripping in increments – one shoe when she walks in, the next in the living room, a jacket in the kitchen. She cleans it all up before bed, but somehow, one sock tends to escape.
2. After sex – really, really good sex – she snores. Not a little snore or a remotely lady-like snore, but a full-on sawing of logs that could wake the dead.
Luckily, he snores, too – even after only mediocre sex (which he likes to think is a rarity with them, however delusional that makes him). So, needless to say, he doesn't mind her snoring (in fact, it's sort of become a goal for him). And even he did, he's sure that he'd find the great sex a great comfort.
3. When she's "not working", he'll find scribbles all over everything. Equations jotted on the memo pad on the refrigerator or the top of a pizza box, or once, even scrawled across his knee. If he catches her at it, she'll always look sheepish and embarrassed, but it won't stop her from absentmindedly writing physics equations in the condensation on the bathroom medicine cabinet after her shower.
4. When she knows ahead of time that he's coming over, she cooks. The rest of his visit, she won't go near the kitchen, but that first night, she'll always try at some surreal sense of normalcy – roasted chicken or baked potatoes. He'd tell her that it's unnecessary, except that well, he really hates airplane food.
But then, he suspects that's why she does it in the first place.
5. She sings along to every song that she listens to over a certain decibel level. Never mind that she usually doesn't know the words, never mind that she definitely can't sing, words come out all the same. What he really finds amusing though, are the words she'll substitute when she's filling in her own version of the song. He'll never forget the verse she sang to Carmen – Daniel tripped down the ramp today and somehow managed to sprain his ankle. Cameron laughed at him a lot, until Vala tripped him and he went flying.
Sometimes, he thinks their entire lives should be put to an opera, with Sam writing the lyrics. Admittedly, though, it would probably end up a little more Gilbert & Sullivan than Carmen.