[Stargate: Drabble] "Simple Truth" [Sam/Jack, G]
Title: Simple Truth
Author: Ami Ven
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Pairing: Sam Carter/Jack O'Neill
Genre: het.
Prompt: 100_tales #071 ‘lies’
Rating: G
Word Count: 400
Summary: Sam and Jack discuss some basics.
Simple Truth
It was not the first time Jack had opened his door to find an Air Force officer in full dress uniform standing on his front step, but it was the first time he’d been even remotely happy about it.
“Carter,” he said, half greeting and half question.
“Hi, Jack,” she said, cheerfully enough that he was pretty sure nothing important had blown up, but still far too nervous for his liking. “Can I come in?”
He stepped back to let her inside, trying not to watch the sway of her uniform skirt for a moment before he remembered that he could look as much as he wanted. He could even touch her, if she’d let him.
As Sam turned to hang her jacket on the coatrack, Jack frowned. “Didn’t I give you a key?”
“Well, yes,” she said, still looking oddly anxious. “But I didn’t want to presume…”
“Presume what? That I wanted you to be able to open the door when I’m not here? That I wanted you to think of this as your house, too? That you should come here as often as possible? That you might have opened the door to find me lying around the house still in my pajamas?”
Sam finally smiled. “You are still in your pajamas.”
He grinned back. “So I am.”
Her smile faltered. “Jack…”
“Hey,” he said, softly. “What’s wrong?”
“It’s just…” she began, then sighed. “I knew a couple, just after we were out of the Academy. They ended up assigned to different places, but they swore they would make it work. They wanted to, I knew they did, but I also knew that they were lying, maybe not to each other, not on purpose, but to themselves. Being apart was just too difficult. And I know how long we’ve wanted this, us, how long we’ve waited, but what if-”
“That won’t happen,” said Jack, firmly. “And do you know why, Carter? Because we couldn’t give this up when we tried. How could a few thousand miles difference possibly split us up, now that the Air Force finally says I’m allowed to touch you?”
Sam’s smile returned. “Well, when you put it that way…”
“Exactly. Sometimes, I’m smarter than I look.”
“Oh, I don’t know,” said Sam, teasingly. “Because you could be touching me right now.”
“We’ll have to fix that,” Jack agreed, and leaned in to kiss her.
THE END
Current Mood:
lazy
Author: Ami Ven
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Pairing: Sam Carter/Jack O'Neill
Genre: het.
Prompt: 100_tales #071 ‘lies’
Rating: G
Word Count: 400
Summary: Sam and Jack discuss some basics.
Simple Truth
It was not the first time Jack had opened his door to find an Air Force officer in full dress uniform standing on his front step, but it was the first time he’d been even remotely happy about it.
“Carter,” he said, half greeting and half question.
“Hi, Jack,” she said, cheerfully enough that he was pretty sure nothing important had blown up, but still far too nervous for his liking. “Can I come in?”
He stepped back to let her inside, trying not to watch the sway of her uniform skirt for a moment before he remembered that he could look as much as he wanted. He could even touch her, if she’d let him.
As Sam turned to hang her jacket on the coatrack, Jack frowned. “Didn’t I give you a key?”
“Well, yes,” she said, still looking oddly anxious. “But I didn’t want to presume…”
“Presume what? That I wanted you to be able to open the door when I’m not here? That I wanted you to think of this as your house, too? That you should come here as often as possible? That you might have opened the door to find me lying around the house still in my pajamas?”
Sam finally smiled. “You are still in your pajamas.”
He grinned back. “So I am.”
Her smile faltered. “Jack…”
“Hey,” he said, softly. “What’s wrong?”
“It’s just…” she began, then sighed. “I knew a couple, just after we were out of the Academy. They ended up assigned to different places, but they swore they would make it work. They wanted to, I knew they did, but I also knew that they were lying, maybe not to each other, not on purpose, but to themselves. Being apart was just too difficult. And I know how long we’ve wanted this, us, how long we’ve waited, but what if-”
“That won’t happen,” said Jack, firmly. “And do you know why, Carter? Because we couldn’t give this up when we tried. How could a few thousand miles difference possibly split us up, now that the Air Force finally says I’m allowed to touch you?”
Sam’s smile returned. “Well, when you put it that way…”
“Exactly. Sometimes, I’m smarter than I look.”
“Oh, I don’t know,” said Sam, teasingly. “Because you could be touching me right now.”
“We’ll have to fix that,” Jack agreed, and leaned in to kiss her.
THE END
Current Mood:
lazy