Jack watched as Daniel – the man he could now openly call his boyfriend – walked away, talking to the scientist, or to himself, Jack couldn't tell.
Smiling softly to himself, he didn't hear Major Lorne come up behind him.
"Um, General?"
Jack turned "I keep telling you people. I'm retired. It's just Jack. Jack O'Neill. With two L's"
Lorne grinned, "So Jack..."
Jack raised an eyebrow. "Yes?"
"It seems that all of us in Atlantis got the wrong impression about you..."
"Really? I hadn't noticed."
"Yeah. Well you see sir" Jack raised his eyebrows at the title, "You said you retired because DADT had been revoked – "
"So you presumed I was a complete imbecile throwing a temper tantrum?"
Lorne gave a small grin. "Well yes, at the SGC, we could never find any signs…"
"Why were you looking for signs? Never mind, I don't want to know." Jack looked at the major for a while before continuing, "Anyway you were in the SGC before you came here, you should know I hate most of the regulations those idiots at the pentagon come up with."
"Yeah I suppose. But why did you retire? And for that matter why did you retire here?"
Jack was silent before replying, "Both the president and I figured that there would be more chance of acceptance of DADT being revoked if I wasn't there."
"So it wouldn't seem like it was just for personal gain?"
"Ah. So not just a pretty face."
Lorne laughed. "Sorry sir. I'm straight. But seriously, why would you retire here? In a galaxy swarming with 'space vampires'?"
Jack shrugged, "because I am useless behind a desk, just pushing paperwork around. I need this excitement. And this" Jack gestured around them, "Well as Mitchell put it, this is Daniel Disneyland"
"You sound like John."
"So I've been told"
The End
