stargateficrec | Tuesday, by mylittleredgirl (G)

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Pairings: Jack O'Neill/Samantha Carter
Categories: het, fluff,
Warnings: minor angst
Word Count: 2382
Author on DW:

mylittleredgirl
Author's Website: AO3 Profile
Link: Tuesday

Author's Summary:

Checking up on Carter.

Why This Must Be Read:

As one of the tags says, this is one of the obligatory 'writing Pete out of the picture' stories that's especially popular in Jack/Sam circles.

This is nicely done. There's a small hint of pining!Jack but he's willing to tamp that down to ensure that Sam isn't unhappy.

And the reference to Jack going to Janet for advice on how to deal with Cassie's emotional ups and downs is fun.

It took Colonel Jack O'Neill all of five minutes to figure out that something was up with Carter.

Of course, being distracted at a briefing, especially one of Daniel's briefings, was hardly a capital offense. Hell, he tuned in only for about one word in twenty unless the topic of conversation was something relevant, like that the artifact / ancient text / civilization in question had the potential to blow them up (or, with the proper handling, the potential to be used to blow someone else up). Teal'c... well, it was hard to tell about Teal'c on any given day. Paying attention and not paying attention looked pretty much the same.

But this was Carter. She was always there taking notes and asking questions, giving him very much the feeling that she ought to be sitting in the front row with her hand raised while he sat in the back of the classroom drawing stick figures of people in lewd positions and rolling up bits of paper to flick at Daniel when his back was turned. Even when Daniel had gone on far too long about how this specific word grouping could either translate as this one completely random thing or this other equally irrelevant thing, she was always nodding and frowning and giving all sorts of understanding facial expressions at appropriate moments.