Title: History
Season: 8
Spoilers: Threads.
Notes: For the WOTW challenge word 'History'.
They'd become so distant in the last few years – partly by design, partly by happenstance.
Carter had begun to spread her wings, gaining more confidence as a leader, finding love and happiness.
And Jack was not about to stand in the way of that.
He'd truly thought that whatever had been between them was history.
Then he put an arm around her shoulder as they sat in the obs room, watching as Jacob Carter talked with his Tok'ra buddies.
And she held his hand, stroking it with her thumb. "Thank you, sir."
"For what?" They might have grown apart, but he still counted her as a friend.
"For being here for me."
He looked at her, recalling Kerry Johnson's advice. This wasn't the time to think about another failed relationship – or the reason for said failure.
Her eyes were red and swollen with tears, her nose also red and slightly swollen. And he felt something stir to life – something he'd thought long buried.
"Always," he told her. She could take that how she wanted.
She looked at him thoughtfully then snuggled back into him.
Maybe it was time to start a new history.