SGC, Colorado Springs - Morning

[cameronmitchell]

Cameron tapped his fingers against the door handle, the pent up energy and nervousness needing to get out of his system in one way or the other. It was probably a good thing that Sam was driving instead of him, except that he wouldn't have minded something to do with his hands

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[carter_i_am]

"You're quiet," Sam murmured, then rolled down the window of the car and smiled cheerfully - almost brazenly - at the guard, daring him to say something. "Sam Carter and Cameron Mitchell. We're expected."

"Ma'am? Did something--" The young guard blinked in confusion at Sam for a minute, then checked the list on his clipboard, knowing better by now than to ask too many questions. When he saw their names and where they were expected, he snapped to attention and saluted. "Visitor's parking is on the left, Ma'am. Sir."

"I remember," Sam said under her breath, closing the window as he waved them through.

[cameronmitchell]

Cameron snorted and leaned back in his chair, looking at Sam. "I figure you can have fun confusing people today."

[carter_i_am]

"Sure, because that's just what I wanted." Actually, that wasn't too far from the truth. "Ever been to a class reunion? Because it's starting to feel a bit like that for me."

She pulled into a spot and took a deep breath before unsnapping her belt. "You ready?"

[cameronmitchell]

Only Fandom ones, in a way, and those were just weird. He wouldn't have minded class reunions.

He shook his head and quickly undid his seatbelt. "I'm always ready."

[carter_i_am]

Sam snorted as she climbed out of the car, "You're such a flyboy, Mitchell."

[cameronmitchell]

"And that's a bad thing?" he asked once he joined her on her side of the car. He glanced in the direction of the mountain's entrance and licked his lips, trying not to feel nervous.

[carter_i_am]

"Certainly not here," she said, feeling a little nervous herself. "Here it's practically a way of life."

[cameronmitchell]

"We'll fit right in then," he grinned at her. "So do we need to wait for the welcoming committee?"

[carter_i_am]

"No," she laughed, elbowing him. "In general, the welcoming committee shows up with P-90s and isn't all that welcoming. This way," she pointed, walking toward the entrance. "Don't forget to salute."

She, on the other hand, didn't have to. Because she didn't have rank here.

Sam shoved her hands in her pockets so she didn't forget that.

[cameronmitchell]

"They haven't let me back in yet," Cameron protested, but it was habit nonetheless. Even if it felt strange saluting in civilian clothes.

[carter_i_am]

"You'll be lucky if O'Neill doesn't yell at you for being out of uniform," Sam muttered, hoping she would escape a similar fate for all that it felt weird to be back here in civvies. "He's...he's the best CO you could ever hope for, but he takes some getting used to."

[cameronmitchell]

"Most CO are supposed to take some getting used to," Cameron reasoned. "It's hard to go in uniform when you don't have one."

[carter_i_am]

She stopped at the door, flashing her ID for the guard and grinning as he started muttering under his breath. "See, that, right there? About the uniform? You need to stop expecting him to be rational, because sometimes he's just...not."

[cameronmitchell]

Cameron cast a look over his shoulder at the guard while he followed Sam, staying close to her as if she was the teacher on a school trip. "And he just happens to find it annoying when people try to be rational?" Cameron guessed.

[carter_i_am]

That earned him such an eyeroll. "You have no idea how annoying he finds it."

Perhaps not as annoying as he found technobabble in the middle of a crisis, but it was up there. She walked right to the elevator and pushed the down button. This part she could do in her sleep. "Or maybe it's just me--er, her--he finds--found--annoying. Some days it was hard to tell."

Sam cleared her throat while they were waiting. "Probably better to call me Sam. We won't be in the same building often, but I can guarantee that she's still Carter, or Carter-O'Neill, or whatever she's going by, but it's not Sam, so this should help lessen the confusion. A bit."

[cameronmitchell]

"I usually do call you Sam," he pointed out and he leaned against the back of the elevator, watching the numbers climb while they were definitely going down.