AN-This I blame a little on a line in SGU, Season 1, episode 19. Sam mentions to Jack the crew she's lost and Jack says "Sorry Sam." Sam responds with "Yes sir." It's the look on Jack's face that caught my attention, he so wants to say more, offer more comfort but he can't. I think the use of her given name, instead of her rank or Carter was his attempt to offer that little bit extra. Explanation over with, on with the drabble. Enjoy.
Got a wish, got a wish that I,
Can just get back to where we came.
God I miss, God I miss you now,
And I can't even say your name."
"While We're Young" by Marianas Trench.
Taking the pictures in his hand, he looked at the first one carefully. They had all so seemed so young back then, who was he kidding they were all young back then expect him. Even back then the unique bond they shared as a team was obvious in the way they all stood. Daniel on the left of the picture looking as geeky as ever with his glasses and long hair. On the right of the picture Teal'c stood tall and proud, the sun making the gold of his Apophis emblem stand out. In the middle of the picture stood Major Carter and himself. Teal'c had his arm around his shoulder while Daniel had his around Carter who was next to him. As for himself and the Major, they had their arms around each other's waists. It was a very relaxed and intimate pose even for them, especially given the fact the sparks of more than just friendship had already started to show. Yet they were a team, a band of people brought together through the power of facing life and death together. They were more than just teammates, they were a family.
The second picture was taken nearly eight years after the first, stood in the exact same spot as the first. The four people in the picture were the same people yet looked so different. Gone were the combat gear and flak jackets. The P-90's and zat guns no longer constant companions, passed on to the next generation of fighters. Teal'c and Daniel stood in their smart black suits, both wearing matching smiles as they stood beside their friends. Colonel Carter as she was now and himself stood side by side again, their arms still around each other's waist. He stood in his dress blues, his jacket pulled tight at his waist where Carter's hand held tight to the material. She stood in that amazing white dress that he had literally drooled over when he saw her in it.
Now looking at the pictures he saw how far they had come in the past ten years. So far, yet still so far to go. Teal'c was away somewhere with the new free Jaffa nation doing whatever he did. Daniel was digging up something somewhere with some archeological expedition. He was sat at the cabin, his retirement was not going quite as he had hoped. And she, she was off somewhere facing God knows what in some star system far away on a ship she had helped design and build. His Carter, his colonel, his wife, Samantha Carter-O'Neill, out there facing dangers he had no idea of. She would always be Carter, at home and in his head he still called her that sometimes. Yet home was the only place he allowed himself to call her Sam or Samantha. It was the only place he let himself call her by her given name, a name he only used as her husband.