A/N: They keep getting longer.. And longer…
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She found her standing at the observation deck outside the 'gateroom, idly playing with something in her hands as she looked out across the moonlit sea.
"Colonel Carter?"
The other woman turned, quickly thrusting her hands into her pockets, but not before Jennifer saw the glint of metal in her hand. Or the unshed tears in her eyes. "Yes?"
Keller presented the box she'd been carrying to Sam. "This came with the last bunch of supplies from Earth. It was in a crate marked medical, so we opened it before realizing this box was addressed specifically to you."
"Really?" Sam reached forward, taking the box. As she pulled back the flaps of cardboard closing it and looked inside, a slow blush spread across her features along with a smile, replacing her earlier sadness. She looked back up at Jennifer and said, with more than simple courtesy, "Thank you."
"No problem," Jennifer responded. And then, though she'd had no idea why anyone would be sending Sam a bottle of Krug Grande Cuvee, a flash drive, and a pack of D-Batteries until the moment she had reached forward and Jennifer had realized the glint of metal had not been from something in her hand but on it, she took a guess. "And, Sam?"
"Yes?"
"Happy Anniversary?"
Sam froze, and for a moment Jennifer thought she might have guessed incorrectly. But then Sam's face broke into a grin which seemed to light the night around her as she said, "Thank you." And then, turning towards the deck's exit, she added, "Now… if you'll excuse me?"
Jennifer nodded, unable to suppress her laughter as Sam hurried from the deck. Then left alone, she turned and took the other woman's place at the rail, looking out across the moonlit sea.