Jack walked through the gate and was greeted by the sight of Teal'c and Daniel standing in front of him, along with Elizabeth and John. John and the rest of the military personnel present, who were mainly just the security force, all saluted him. He saluted back before saying, "As you were."

He walked over to Daniel and Teal'c and stopped in front of them. He and Teal'c clasped arms before he gave Daniel a quick, brotherly hug, before stepping back again.

"General O'Neill," John greeted.

"Colonel," Jack replied before looking at Elizabeth and saying, "Doctor."

"General," Elizabeth said, shaking his hand.

Jack took a step back and swung his bag down from his shoulder and quickly unzipped it and handed the bundle of envelopes to Elizabeth. She took them before saying, "Would you like someone to show you the way to the infirmary?"

Jack shook his head, "I remember the way, plus T and Space Monkey know the way."

Elizabeth nodded and then Jack, Daniel and Teal'c started to walk away. Jack stopped at the door and said, looking back at John and Elizabeth, "Will you be joining us? This is after all your command."

John and Elizabeth shared a quick, wordless conversation before Elizabeth nodded and the five of them all began down the corridor. "As long as you're sure General," Elizabeth said once she and John had caught up.

Jack shrugged as he continued to walk, "Why not, it's not going to stay a secret very long is it."

"So you got permission or whatever it was you needed to pursue a relationship with an officer under your command Jack?" Daniel questioned.

Jack nodded, "Carter is no longer in my chain of command."

He saw the looks they were all sharing and said, "Neither of us resigned or retired. We're still General O'Neill and Colonel Carter, and we're both keeping our jobs."

"Then how?" Daniel wanted to know. He knew better than anyone, except maybe Teal'c, that his two friends would never break the Air Force frat regs.

Jack smiled at him, "A loop hole Danny-boy."

Daniel was going to ask him more but they had reached the infirmary so he kept his mouth shut, guessing that he'd find out soon enough anyway.

Cam saluted as they came in and after Jack had saluted back he said, "It's good to see you again General."

"And you Mitchel," Jack said, his eyes on the bed. "You too space pirate," he said to Vala, who had been about to open her mouth, still not taking his eyes off Sam.

Daniel could see that Vala was still going to say something so he tapped her on the arm to get her attention and then gave a tiny shake of his head.

Jack looked up at Carson, who had just exited his office, and asked, "How is she Doctor?"

"She's fine General," Carson answered, "She has no sores from being in a bed for so long. We did try and keep her joints as subtle as possible but she is going to be weak and shaky when she wakes up, there's no helping that after nearly a week lying in an infirmary bed."

Jack nodded and reached out his hand to gently push her hair behind her ear, smiling as he did so. He looked back up after a few seconds and concentrated his attention on the members of SG1. "Thank you," he said after he had looked at each of them, "Thank you for never leaving her on her own."

Daniel and Cam nodded and smiled while Vala beamed and Teal'c inclined his head solemnly.

Jack sat on the side of Sam's bed before twisting and placing a hand on either side of Sam's torso. Daniel saw the top of his tongue sneak out and wet his lips before he brushed them against Sam's.

The first thing Jack noticed was that Sam's lips were soft and tasted like strawberries. When he felt her eye lids beginning to flutter open and she started to move her lips against his he pulled back just enough to watch her eyes open and focus on him.

"Hey Carter," he murmured.

"Hey sir," Sam murmured back with a smile, "Long time no see."

Jack laughed and pulled away completely. Sam laughed too and looked around the infirmary, still smiling.

"Nice to see that you've finally decided to join us," Cam joked.

"Gee Cam," Sam said sarcastically, "It's nice to see you too."

Aware that she was still attached to her monitors she raised her hand shakily and pulled off the wires that were attached to her chest. Jack could see that she was struggling so he helped. The machine let out a noise as it lost her heart rate and Carson moved from where he was standing at the foot of the bed to turn it off. He then looked at Sam and asked, "Do you think you can sit up?"

She nodded and, with help from Jack, was soon resting her back against the wall.

"Can I have it Jack?" she asked once she was settled.

Everyone else in the room wondered what she meant while Jack undid his jacket and pulled an envelope from one of the inside pockets. He handed it to her with a smile and Sam took it eagerly. She pulled the piece of paper out and after reading it through once gave Jack a dazzling smile as she signed it with the pen Jack handed her. She handed both the pen and the paper back to Jack and he too signed.

Once both their signatures were there he leant in and kissed Sam once more. It lasted longer but they kept it light.

As they kissed Daniel picked up the piece of paper and read it through. As he finished reading he smiled and passed it to the waiting Cam. Cam read it and then the piece of paper that meant so much to Sam and Jack, and Daniel and Teal'c who had hoped for so long that this day would come, was passed around the room.

Everyone understood what this meant and by the time Jack and Sam separated the whole room was smiling at them.

Even though Carson and John hadn't experience Jack and Sam's feelings for each other first hand, along with Cam and Vala to some extent, they had all heard stories about how the two of them felt about each other, thanks to the personnel of the SGC and those SGC personnel that were now part of the Atlantis expedition.