Jack enjoys the halls of the SGC late at night when fewer people are wandering wide-eyed, still in awe of their new posting. The program is new enough that virtually everyone who works on base has only been read into it as recently as a couple weeks ago. He can shuffle around more freely when there are fewer personnel in the way to ask him a million questions, or, worse, stare at him with knowing glances about his history with the Stargate and how they got into the situation they're in.

Did he accidentally start an interstellar war with a much more powerful enemy? Well, sure, but it wasn't on fucking purpose. And even if it had been, those guys started it first. He hears himself thinking an absurdity and shakes his head, sighing and internally chastising himself for being obtuse as he suddenly feels an impact against himself and looks down to see a blonde head and long limbs bouncing away from him. "Carter!"

"Sir!"

"Hello, Captain."

"I'm sorry Sir; I didn't see you there," she says, suddenly jumping to attention.

"It's okay, at ease. Hey, relax, really."

"I'm so sorry."

"Jesus, Carter, please stop. It's too late for this shit."

"Yes, Sir."

"What are you even doing here?"

"Teal'c, Sir. He's not allowed to leave the base, and I just," her eyes dart down to the floor, then over at the nearest door, then up to the ceiling before finally jumping back to him and continuing, "I just figured he should have some company sometimes, so I asked him, and he said he'd like that, but he had to do his meditation first, so I started some calculations in the meantime, and th-"

"Carter!" Jack's hands wave between them and he shakes his head quickly. "Please, just… chillax." He watches her start to speak but decides to nod instead. "I like your thinking with T, Carter, good lookin' out. What's your plan?"

"Uh, I was just going to go visit him, maybe bring a board game or something… They have some in one of the guest quarters."

"Not bad, not bad, but let's think bigger. Come on, Captain."

"Sir?"

"We're officially a welcoming committee now; let's go." He tosses his thumb toward the hall to their left and tugs her along by her elbow. Sam follows with a confused face that quickly turns into a conspiratorial grin as they first pilfer a catering cart from the commissary and pile it high with snacks and beverages, then raid the games selection in one of the guest quarters. Jack tosses Stratego, Scrabble, Sorry, and a deck of cards onto the bottom shelf of their cart. "Ick, Carter, remind me to bring T a game console so he doesn't die of boredom."

"Yes, Sir," Carter giggles.

Jack looks up at her and grins, "Was that giggling, Captain?" He winks at her as he rifles through the VHS tapes stacked near the TV and drops a few onto the cart. "He's got a TV and VCR in there, right?"

"He does, Sir."

"Excellent."

Entertainment and snacks in hand, Jack and Sam make their way through the corridors to the quarters designated to Teal'c since he'd been granted sanctuary. Jack knocks and then smiles broadly at the larger man when he opens the door. "Honey, we're home!"

Teal'c's eyebrow quirks as he glances back and forth between Sam and Jack. "Who is Honey, O'Neill?"

"It's an expression."

"Expressing what?"

Jack sighs. "Expressing that your fun committee is here now. Let us in! We brought snacks."

Teal'c glances back at Sam, who merely smiles and shrugs. He moves aside to welcome them in and, apparently deciding that this Tau'ri ritual is a harmless quirk, smiles at them both. "Thank you O'Neill and Captain Carter for joining me tonight. I appreciate the company."

"Yeah, about that, T," Jack says with a rare serious expression. He raises his hand to lightly squeeze Teal'c's shoulder. "I'm gonna do everything I can to get you the clearance you deserve. It's fucked up that they're keeping you here but also taking advantage of your labor and your information. I'm gonna make this right. Do you trust me to do that?"

"Yes, O'Neill."

"Good, good. Now, I'm also going to ask you to trust me when I tell you that this movie is way better than it has any right to be," he says, dropping the VHS case for Three Men and a Baby into Teal'c's hands before sauntering over to the TV. "All right, kids, let's have a slumber party!"