Next morning, the briefing had been uncomfortable to say the least. General Hammond had already been briefed by Janet about what had happened to Sam but neither Daniel nor Teal'c had heard the story before. They both took the news hard while Jack remained dead silent, playing with his pen. After giving Sam some downtime, she was instructed to report to MacKenzie's office. Where she repeated the same story she had told Janet and despite all his efforts she didn't say another word besides what was in the official report. She was expected to attend more sessions before being cleared for duty.
So she grabbed her laptop and went home. Ignoring the constant calls from Daniel. She hadn't seen her CO since after the briefing and she hoped she wouldn't. However as soon as she parked her car in her driveway she saw that his truck was already there. Waiting. Cursing, she got out.
"Hi Carter", he said, getting out of his truck.
"What are you doing here, Sir?", she asked as politely as possible while opening her front door.
Jack was still in his BDUs, although without any patches.
"How was with MacKenzie?", he asked as they both entered her house.
Sam put her car keys in the table and looked at him with a hint of anger in her eyes.
"Those conversations are classified", she said.
"As your CO, I'll have access to them", he told her. Crossing his arms.
Sam blushed furiously.
"So you're checking on me?! To see if I'm incriminating you?", she asked.
Jack merely shook his head.
"No, I'm just asking how you are. I don't give a damn about what you say to MacKenzie", he said.
Sam dropped her briefcase with her laptop on the floor.
"Well forgive me if I don't quite believe you", she answered. Adding the "Sir" some seconds later.
Jack lifted both his eyebrows at the same time.
"Excuse me?!", he asked baffled.
Sam tried to emend her moment of sincerity immediately.
"That's not what I meant, Sir… I meant…". She looked at her hands trying to find a quick explanation that would satisfy him and leave her alone.
He was looking at her with quite an interested expression in his face.
"Please, do explain what you meant, Captain", he asked with a little smile in his lips.
Sam lifted her head and looked at him.
"I told you that I didn't want anyone knowing what really happened in that planet and that is the truth. I don't want to get court martialled, Sir", she said seriously.
"Ahh… So that is what bothering you", he said. Leaning against her wall.
Sam blushed again.
"We would be court martialled if General Hammond found out what really happened in that planet, Sir", she said.
"Carter, I told you as your CO that I would take the blame for whatever happened when we get back to Earth. You were just following orders", he said calmly.
"You call having sex with you just following orders?!", she asked. Her face completely red.
"It was what they wanted and it got us free, Carter", he said. She looked adorable all flushed.
Frustrated, she passed a hand through her short hair.
"We still broke the frat rules, Sir", she said.
"We did but the other option wasn't valid. So like I said if anything has to happen I'll take the blame", he said.
She looked at him with her blue eyes very still.
"Just like that?", she asked in a low voice.
"Just like that", he answered, locking his eyes on hers.
Sam groaned and moved away from him.
"That isn't an acceptable solution, Sir. Like I said, I'm keeping to the story I've told Janet, that is in my mission report and that I've confirmed to MacKenzie", she said. Starting to pace in her living room.
"Okay, if that is what you want…", he said. Still with his arms crossed.
She stopped pacing and looked at him.
"It is the only acceptable solution, Sir", she corrected him.
"So you didn't feel anything while we were in that room? Alone? Breaking the frat rules?", he asked curious.
She blushed so much that he could see the redness spreading to her neck and collarbone.
"What do you mean?", she asked slowly.
Jack sat on her sofa and stretched his legs.
"I'm asking you if while we were having sex you didn't like it? Were you faking it? Because it looked to me that you were liking a lot…", he said smiling.
Sam blushed even more.
"Faking it…? What do you mean?", she asked. Siting on the nearest chair as she no longer trusted her legs to held her.
Jack smiled even more.
"Come on, Carter…I know when a woman is faking. And you weren't faking when we were fucking. Because that's what we were doing in that room. Fucking. Hard", he said.
She swallowed twice.
"And the purpose of this conversation is…?", she asked after some minutes of silence.
Jack wetted his lips.
"Well Captain, I liked a lot what we did. I want to do more. Interested?", he asked. Keeping his eyes on her.
Her face was one of absolute incredibility.
"You…want…to…do…more?", she asked stumbling with the words.
"Yeah. Don't you?", he asked. Passing a hand through her soft cushions.
"Are you out of your mind!?", she asked not even bothering with his rank.
Jack took a deep breath. He had though deeply about all of this and had come to the conclusion that the risk was worth taking. Despite everything. He only needed to know if she was willing to take it as well.
"No. I know it isn't a normal question or situation but I'm asking nevertheless. You just have to say 'yes' or 'no'. So Carter do you want to break the frat rules here on Earth and continue to do what we did in that planet?", he asked. Looking at her with a serious expression.
Sam blinked several times while looking at him.
"You know I can report you for this?", she finally asked.
Jack merely nodded.
"If you want, feel free to", he said.
Sam was so caught by surprise that she was actually having some problems in preparing an answer to the preposterous questions her CO had made her.
"It's not a complicated question for someone who is supposed to be a genius…", he said with a mockery smile.
Hearing that, Sam blushed both due to anger and the whole situation.
"So bluntly you are asking me if I want to put myself freely in a court martial situation with my CO?", she asked.
Jack smiled.
"Well, I actually didn't put things quite so eloquently as you. I just asked if you wanted to continue to fuck with me", he clarified.
To her great frustration, Sam blushed again.
"Why?", she asked. Sitting on the edge of the sofa as far from him as she could get.
"Why do I want to fuck you?", he asked amused. "Because it was great, Carter. It was the best fuck I had in years. We got along just fine and in our line of work it's not that we've a lot of dating opportunities", he said.
She merely looked at him like he had lost his mind.
"Unless of course you're already committed to someone else…", he said. His eyes getting darker.
"What?!", she asked confused.
Jack leaned forward, his eyes totally focused on hers.
"Are you fucking Daniel?", he asked slowly.
"Daniel!?", Sam repeated. Her blue eyes widening with surprise.
"Yes, Daniel. I've seen you two together. In fact, you are always together. So are you fucking him?", he asked again.
"You know very well that Daniel is married. He loves Sha're", she said in almost a whisper.
The conversation was getting weird by the minute. Jack leaned back on her sofa again and crossed his arms.
"Well Sha're isn't actually around as you know… We might never find her. And you didn't answer my question, Captain!", he said in a harsher tone.
"Daniel and I are just friends, Sir", she said. This time pressing the 'Sir' strongly.
"Good to know", Jack said with a smile.
The situation felt so unreal that Sam didn't know what to do so she continued seated on the sofa, looking at her CO, also seated on the same sofa. Jack however apparently knew exactly what he was doing.
"I'm waiting for your answer, Carter", he said when she continued in silence.
"Sir, this isn't a reasonable conversation. We are talking about a court martial offense. Jail time. You can't be serious…", she tried again.
"I'm well aware of that. And that will only happen if we are caught. Which we will not. If you say 'yes' of course", he said with confidence.
Sam's fear was now being poked with curiosity. He seemed pretty smudged.
"How are you sure we won't get caught? It's impossible to guarantee that", she said.
Jack put one hand on his right knee.
"So are you saying 'yes'?", he asked.
Sam shook her head.
"I'm not saying anything. I'm just telling you that you can't make that guarantee. It's impossible", she said.
"You don't know me very well, Carter so I'll let it pass. But yes, I can make that guarantee. We won't get caught. Because we will have very strict rules. Rules that will prevent anyone catching us in any compromising position or situation that would lead to a court martial offense. You'll have to trust on me in this one", he said with a big smile.
"Rules?", she asked. Damn she was getting curious.
"Yes, rules. Give me your answer and I'll let you know them", he said.
Sam was getting curious but that didn't mean that her brain had stopped working.
"So you're proposing a purely physical relationship between the two of us? Just sex?", she asked with her best poker face.
Jack hummed. When he thought she was going in his direction she turned in a completely different way. Interesting.
"Yes, that would be the concept. What we did in the planet. Sex", he said.
"And we would continue to work normally in the team?", she asked curious.
He shrugged his shoulders.
"Yeah…It doesn't affect our work. SG-1 is another thing. This is just between the two of us, after working hours", he clarified.
Against all her instincts, Sam decided she wanted to accept his offer. To see where it would lead.
"And if I want to end it? Will I be punished?", she asked. She had to cover all her basis.
"No. No punishments. If you or I decided to end it at any time, things will continue as they were. There will be no repercussions on your career. You have my word on it", he said seriously.
Sam smiled.
"Easy for you to say that, Sir. You are the senior officer. You have all the cards", she said coldly.
"Yes, it's true. And you'll just have my word that I won't jeopardize your career if we decided to go ahead with this. But Carter, I'm true to my word. I swear", he said.
Sam interlinked her fingers and looked at her hands for some time, thinking. Then she lifted her head and looked at her CO.
"Okay, I accept. Tell me how are we doing this", she asked.
Jack made a small smile.
"Very simply. No personal contacts at the Mountain. Only when we are off duty. My house or yours. Or we go outside Colorado. Cars never parked in the driveway, always in the garage or two streets away and we don't stay the night", he said.
Sam swallowed. He really had think about this. It felt like an affair but totally impersonal. No feelings involved, no sentiments attached. Just sex.
"Fine with me", she just said.
"When do you want to start?", he asked. Looking around.
That question took Sam by surprise. And brought her back from the theory to the harsh reality.
"Start?", she repeated.
Jack sat more comfortably on her sofa.
"Yeah…if we agreed on doing this we might as well start", he said with a smile.
Sam's breathing become faster immediately.
"You want to start now?", she asked. Her mouth suddenly dry.
Jack could see her clear discomfort but pretended to ignore it. Just to see how she would handle it.
"We're both here… So…", he said. Starting to take his jacket off.
Sam bit her lip and put both hands in the sofa. Her breathing was getting faster by the second. Her eyes stilled on his body but she wasn't saying a word.
"Do you prefer to do it here or move it to your bedroom?", he asked. Seeing her somewhat paralysed.
"I…actually…", Sam's body seemed to be unable to move or process any speech at all. She was only able to look at him.
Jack got up and moved to where she was sitting. Slowly he grabbed one hand that was gripping tightly the sofa.
"Relax Carter. You know I won't hurt you", he said.
She continued sitting and breathing fast. He gently grabbed her other hand and made her stand.
"Can I kiss you?", he asked.
She was looking at him with an expression between panic and arousal. She merely nodded. Putting one hand behind her neck, Jack slowly moved her head closer to his as his lips gently brushed hers. He didn't used his tongue, only his lips. Slowly tasting her. His other hand holding her back, feeling her body slightly trembling. Her hands were tentatively on his waist, not moving.
He continued to work with his lips, moving to her neck while she barely moved a muscle.
"Relax, Carter", he said again. He could feel how tense she was. So he moved one hand where he cupped a round, soft breast. She wasn't wearing a bra.
Sam closed her eyes and tried to do what he said. Relax. His hands and lips were doing great things to her body after all. His lips moved again to her mouth and this time he used his tongue. And she answered him. Their lips crushed together in an almost violent frenzy of teeth and tongues.
While they were fiercely kissing, Sam felt his left hand circle her waist to keep her still while the other one snuck under the elastic waist of her shorts and found her heated, moist core.
Strong fingers confidently delved into her depths, making her moan with pleasure.
"Oh...don't stop", she moaned in his mouth.
His hands had now lowered her shorts and dropped them to the floor, and Sam was standing half naked, squirming with abandoned passion under the relentless assault of his mouth and hands, right there in the middle of her living room.
Jack didn't hesitate. He purposefully strode to her bedroom with a now very aroused Carter cradled in his arms and gently placed her on her bed.
"I'm going to fuck you senseless, Carter", he warned. Quickly divesting himself of his clothing, his eyes never leaving her beautiful body.
Sam wet her lips and slowly took her t-shirt. The last piece of cloth she had on.
He was completely bare in seconds and he immediately fell on her, urgently parting her legs as he positioned himself and grasped her shoulders for leverage. With one forceful plunge he was deeply inside her, making her cry out with the sudden invasion, the sheer pleasure of it blowing her mind and making her wrap her arms and legs tightly around him.
Jack had uttered no other words. He had been all action. He moved inside her vigorously, his body pounding into hers at a steady pace that had her incoherent with delight and breathless. His eyes were on her face, watching her every feature and her every expression as she came closer and closer to fulfilment.
"Oh God!", she moaned, almost out of breath as she felt her body begin to convulse under his.
Her legs tightening around his waist as she arched with the intensity of her orgasm. She didn't feel him come. She was only aware of her own body's response as she continued to contract around him, progressively relaxing as he still moved inside her, still thrusting hard and fast.
"Fuck…", he cried as he came inside her.
Sam was still trying to open her eyes properly when he rolled of her and lay on the bed with a heavy sigh.
"Jesus", he let out. His body all covered in sweat. "You are indeed a great fuck, Carter", he said with a smile.
All the good feelings Sam had been experiencing went flying through the window as soon as he said those words. Was she expected to thank him for the experience? He would die waiting.
Sam slowly picked the bedsheet and covered her naked body. Jack noticed but didn't say a word. Instead he sat on the bed, passing a hand through his messy hair.
"Okay, so I'm going…", he said. Starting to pick his boxers from the floor.
Sam continued very still on the bed. Hoping that he was quick and get out of her house as fast as possible. She was starting to have the feeling that this had been a terrible idea. Jack was already fully dressed when he looked at her.
"So, see you tomorrow at the base, Captain", he said with a smile.
"Yes Sir", she managed to say. Bile rising in her throat.
Jack turned around and left her bedroom. A few seconds later, Sam heard her front door close. She immediately got up and went to the bathroom. To throw up. With tears dropping on her face she knew she had made a bad decision. She now needed to rectified it.