Title: Congenero

Author: Knife Hand

Feedback: Constructive feedback appreciated, flames unappreciated

Spoilers: None. A few differences to both SG1 and Buffy Canon but they will be explained.

Rating: M

Disclaimer: I do not either SG1 or Buffy.

Summary: Family is very important to the Scoobies. Family is very important to SG1. It just so happens that the Scoobies and SG1 are family.

A/N: I have changed the birthdates for both Sam Carter and Xander to make this story work, making Sam about a year older and Xander a few months younger. Title is Latin for 'binds by ties of kinship', at least that is what the online translator says.

A/N2: There has been some confusion about Joyce's comment in chapter 2 where she mentions she gave up a child and some people think that this means she had another child that she gave up who is probably in the SGC. This comment was actually a reference to Joyce and Hank 'Giving up' Buffy when they had her committed to the psychiatric facility before they moved to Sunnydale.

The street lights outside the hotel made the curtains glow with a soft light that bathed the room in a soft defused glow. Xander lay on the bed, his mind racing, while Buffy snuggled up to his side, her head resting gently on his chest and one bare leg draped over his upper thighs. He could feel the heat of Buffy's body radiating against his side, Slayers always ran a bit hot in their body temperatures especially after any kind of physical activity, and they had plenty of activity last night even though there was no patrol.

Xander was worried about the meeting with his birth mother in a few hours and was absently stroking Buffy's hair and bare shoulder as his worries ran though his head.

"As much as I enjoy that." Buffy said, opening her eyes and snuggling closer into his side. "I can tell you are worried. What's the matter?"

"Just worried about meeting Sam." Xander replied. "Or should I be calling her mum?"

"Has she asked you to call her that?" Buffy asked gently.

"No, she hasn't." Xander admitted.

"Then don't." Buffy said, tilting her head back so that she could look Xander in the eyes. "If anyone deserves to be called mum by you, then it is my mum, with all she has done for you, for all of us over the years."

"You know I love your mum." Xander said, pulling Buffy slightly tighter against him. "She really has been great to me, even those few times when she had every reason to hate me."

"Hey, no body blames you for either of those. One you were possessed and the other, well the less said about MOO the better." Buffy replied, a slight smile gracing her face that caused Xander to chuckle.

"I guess I just want to make a good impression." Xander said with a sigh after a few minutes. "I'm worried about how she'll react to you, Wills, Giles and your mum. And she is bringing her team, so it will be a group of military personnel and I know how close and protective some of those teams can be."

"Just be yourself." Buffy replied. "Be the man I fell in love with. This whole thing is just between you and her. If either of you want some time alone, then just let us know and we will give you space, even if I have to knock her entire team out and drag them away."

"While I appreciate the offer of violence, I don't think it would make a good impression." Xander said.

The colour of the defused light in the room had changed from the white glow of the streetlight to the reddish golden glow of sunrise while they had talked.

"Come on." Buffy said as she sat up. "If we go now then we can have a long undisturbed shower before the rest get up."

Xander simply watched as Buffy stood up and stretched, watching her naked body as she sauntered over to the door.

"You coming?" Buffy asked over her shoulder.

"Yes dear." Xander replied, slightly tongue in cheek.

The meet was held in the middle of a large park, in broad daylight just to be safe. The Scoobies arrived five minutes before the scheduled time but, perhaps unsurprisingly, Xander's birth mother's group was already there, while dressed in civilian clothes, they seemed to scream military, except the bookish guy with glasses, who still had the military feel but it was not as prevalent. There were two other guys in the group, one an older white male who was going grey but held himself as someone comfortable being in command, and a large black man who held himself in a self contained discipline, that reminded Xander of Oz or Kendra. He figured the three guys were the rest of his mother's team, and the other female would be one of her friends. Only question now was which of the two women was his mother? The blonde or the redhead.

Kind of un-necessarily, being the only teenaged male in the group, Xander stepped forward from the group, giving Buffy's hand one last squeeze as he did so. It was good to know that Giles, Mrs S, Buff and Wills had his back. After a second's hesitation, the blonde woman stepped forward. So this was his mother. She was beautiful, and strong, with clear blue eyes that clearly showed her intelligence and short blonde hair.

"Hey." Xander said. "Guess picking me out was no challenge."

"Not really, no." Sam replied, with a slight smile, which then faded. "Though you do look a bit different than I last saw you. You were about this big and screaming. You were only four days old. I held you in my arms one last time and then they took you away. I cried for three days."

"Oh…" Xander said.

On impulse Xander reached out and hugged Sam, and she seemed to melt into the hug with a sigh and tears in her eyes. Xander heard a slight growl from one of Sam's team and Xander looked up and saw the expression on the greying haired man, and Xander glared at him. Xander ran his hand comfortingly up and down Sam's back.

"Sorry." Sam said, as she pulled back and wiped her eyes.

"Hey, not a problem." Xander replied, before indicating to Buffy and Willow. "I live in a flat with my girlfriend and my best friend. Not a week goes by when I don't have to comfort a crying girl. Comes with the territory."

"I can imagine. We have an interesting dichotomy in our groups." Sam replied.

"The three and one? Yes, I suppose so." Xander replied. "What can I say, my girls keep me grounded. Would you like to meet them?"

"Sure. I would love to." Sam replied.

Sam had butterflies in her stomach as she approached her son's friends.

"Guys, this is Major Samantha Carter. My mother." Xander said.

"Call me Sam." She said, trying to keep the atmosphere light.

"Hey. I'm Willow." The redhead said. "This is so exciting. I have read all of your publications. You are like Stephen Hawking level cool. I particularly enjoyed your theory on the effects of high energy particle physics on Wormholes."

"Whoa, Wills. Breathe." Xander said. "She's my best friend. This is Buffy Summers, my girlfriend."

"Hey. Nice to meet you." The younger blonde replied.

"This is Joyce, Buffy's mother. She kinda looks after us all." Xander said.

"Pleasure." Joyce replied. "Xander's been good for my little girl. He's been a pleasure to know."

"It's just nice to know he had a strong mother figure. I'm just sad it could not have been me." Sam said to the fellow mother.

"I know what you mean." Joyce replied. "I'm glad I could help."

"And the mentor and father figure of our little group. Doctor Rupert Giles. PhD's in European History and six Ancient Languages. We usually just call him Giles." Xander said, ribbing his mentor.

"It is quite an honour." Giles said.

"He's British." Xander added.

"I figured." Sam said with a smile. "So how did you come to know Xander, Willow and Buffy?"

"Giles was our High School Librarian." Buffy explained. "He also organised a number of afterschool activities for us."

"Now I see why Xander spoke so highly of you." Sam said to Giles.

"Hey. That was a secret." Xander said. "We don't let Giles know how cool he is."

"It was a pleasure to meet you all." Sam said. "Come on Xander, I'll introduce you to my team."

"They're not going to shoot me, are they?" Xander asked. "The grey haired guy growled at me when we hugged."

"If Colonel O'Neill ties, I'll threaten to strand him next time we go on a mission." Sam replied.

"Thanks." Xander replied.

"You know you can call me Sam too." She said.

"Thanks, Sam." Xander repeated.

TBC…