Fic-Turn Around-Ch 9 Sam/Daniel (PG)
Fandom: Stargate SG1
Pairing: Sam/Daniel
Rating: PG
Genre: Romance
Notes: A tamer chapter to cleanse your minds after that last one ;) Sorry about the long wait--end of semester took over my life.
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Sam sat in the empty mess, idly eating her lunch. She wasn't paying much attention to what exactly was on her fork at any given time, just eating mechanically and staring off into space. She'd hoped to eat with Daniel today, but he was tied up with some cataloguing that he was behind on.
"Hey stranger." A familiar voice came from above her, and Janet Frasier sat down across the table from Sam.
"Janet, hey. " Sam smiled distractedly. "What do you mean, stranger?" She asked, suddenly registering the odd word.
"Oh, just don't see you around that much anymore. Routine checks and stuff, but that's about it." Sam shrugged.
"Busy, I guess." She wanted to tell Janet about Daniel. She really, really did. The thought of Daniel, however indirect, made her grin.
"Okay, that's it. What is going on?" Janet said, the curiosity evident in her mind. "I mean, first there was your appointment a month and a half ago, I hardly see you anymore, and now you're distracted as all get out and randomly grinning. Who is he, Sam?" The two women had grown close over the years they'd worked together at the SGC and Janet could only think of one thing that would link all of these incidences. Sam blushed.
"Who's...who?" she asked, feigning innocence. Janet raised an eyebrow.
"You know you're a bad liar, right Sam? " she asked. Sam rolled her eyes.
"Look. I can't talk about it right now. Are you off call this weekend?" Janet nodded. "Come over Saturday. I'll make coffee. We'll talk." Janet eyed her suspiciously but nodded again.
"Sure, Sam." Sam smiled in relief.
"Great. Now I guess I'd better get back to the lab." She scooped up her dishes to put them on the rack and left the mess, leaving a still-confused doctor in her wake.
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"So...Janet's coming over tomorrow." Sam said, snuggling back into Daniel's arms. They'd just finished dinner and were sitting on the couch.
"You want me to go out while she's here? I could get groceries or something," Daniel said reluctantly.
"No." Sam said. "I'm going to tell her about us anyway. You might as well be here. Maybe stay out of the living room at first, though...I'll tell her alone and then you can come out."
"You sure you want to do that? What about..." he trailed off.
"I'm sure. Janet won't tell. It's going to come out eventually anyway, especially if things keep going well," she smiled, and leaned up to kiss his jaw lightly before continuing, "and Janet is the closest thing I've had to a close female friend in a long time. I feel like she should know." Daniel nodded.
"Sure, Sam. Whatever you want." Daniel smiled and kissed the top of Sam's head. Sam smiled and snuggled in tighter to his chest.
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The doorbell rang and Sam walked to answer it after brushing a light kiss across Daniel's cheek and leaving the bedroom. She took a breath to calm her unsteady nerves as she pulled the door open.
"Hey, Janet!" She said.
"Hi, Sam. I brought chocolate," she said, holding up a small box. "I figured nothing goes better with coffee than chocolate." Sam laughed.
"Chocolate goes great with anything. Thanks. Come on in." She stepped back and waited as Janet took off her shoes and jacket. "So, I decided to have him over. While you're here. I mean, he's usually here, or I'm there, on the weekends anyway, so I figured why not?" Janet nodded slowly, confused by Sam's obvious nervousness, as she followed Sam into the living room. The two women sat on the couch.
"Okay, so....who is he?" Janet asked, cutting directly to the point. Sam blushed. "Samantha, you are practically glowing. This guy must be something. Do I even know him?" Sam's blush grew brighter and she nodded.
"Daniel and I have been seeing each other for a little over three months."
"Daniel....Jackson?" Janet asked incredulously.
"The one and only," Sam said. Her voice was light but it was clear Janet's reaction was making her apprehensive. Janet glanced around.
"I...thought you said he was here?" she asked, confused. Sam grinned.
"He's here. He's just in the bedroom. I figured I'd check your reaction first." Janet laughed.
"Well, obviously I'm happy for you, Sam. This is great. I won't lie, I've been wondering if you two would ever open your eyes, turn around and see what was right in front of you. Well, whether you would--I've seen Daniel looking at you for ages now. But..." her voice trailed off.
"What, Janet?" Sam asked.
"Aren't you worried? You know, about SG1? I know Daniel's technically civilian, but he does work for the Air Force."
"That's why nobody knows about us. We are worried. We don't want the team split up. So, until we can figure out a better solution...here we are. Nothing but appropriate at work, practically living together on the weekends unless we're offworld." Sam sighed wistfully. "I wish we didn't have to keep it a secret, but for now it's how it has to be." Janet nodded.
"I understand. So come on then. Are you going to give me details, or what?" Sam laughed.
"Sure. Mind if I call Daniel? I kind of feel bad having him shut away." Janet laughed and waved her hand dismissively.
"Go for it, I should probably congratulate him too." Sam quickly left the room, returning a few moments later holding Daniel's hand.
"Hey, Janet."
"Hi, Daniel. It's about time. Did I mention that, Sam? That it's about time? Because it is." she laughed.
"More or less." Sam grinned as she and Daniel sat on the couch.
"Ok, so where are the details I asked for?" Janet asked.
"Uh, maybe I should go." Daniel said, his eyes shifting back and forth as the women laughed.
"Don't worry. I'll save the dirty stuff for when you're not around." Sam said, grinning at him. She launched into the story of how she and Daniel had gotten together, leaving out most of the parts about Jack, and Janet smiled when she saw them join hands again.
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"I should go. Thanks for dinner." Janet grinned. She'd stayed far longer than she had intended, deciding it would be okay since Cassie was spending the night at one of her friends' houses.
"See you later," Daniel said as he loaded their plates into the dishwasher. Sam walked Janet to the door.
"Thanks for coming over. It feels nice to finally have someone else who knows...although sometimes the secret was kind of exciting." Sam said, hugging her friend.
"Thanks for inviting me. I've got to say, when I figured out you were seeing someone I never guessed it was Daniel. You guys seem pretty serious."
"Yeah...I guess we are." Sam smiled.
"It's been a long time since I've seen you quite this happy, Sam. I'm glad."
"Thanks. I am happy." Sam said. "I'll see you on Monday."
"Yeah, see you Monday." Janet finished pulling up the zipper on her jacket and left quickly, slinging her small purse over her shoulder and waving as she shut the door quietly behind her. Sam headed back into the kitchen where Daniel was closing the dishwasher. She stepped behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist in a tight hug. He wiggled to loosen her grip a bit so he could turn and wrap his own arms around her.
"That went well, I'd say," he said, kissing the top of her head.
"Yeah. I'm glad. Janet just kept telling me it was about time I got my act together." Sam laughed. "She said she'd seen you looking at me for ages." Daniel grinned sheepishly in response.
"What?" Sam asked. "Had you been? Did i miss something somewhere?"
"You're very focused, Sam. It's one of the things I love about you." Daniel said, attempting to deflect her question.
"Don't distract me with compliments. How long?" Sam asked, her insatiable curiosity now piqued.
"Well..." Daniel said. Sam mock-glared at him. "Okay, so, maybe....a couple of years." Sam's expression quickly softened into a look of total incredulity.
"I had no idea..." Sam said softly.
"I felt blatantly obvious," Daniel said. "But you were my best friend, and anyway I knew how you felt about Jack, so I never said anything. I figured I didn't have a chance anyway."
"You would have had a chance." Sam said softly, bringing one hand up to stroke through his short hair. "But I think things happened exactly as they needed to."
"Agreed." Daniel said, as he bent his head down to cover the short distance between them and kissed her.
Pairing: Sam/Daniel
Rating: PG
Genre: Romance
Notes: A tamer chapter to cleanse your minds after that last one ;) Sorry about the long wait--end of semester took over my life.
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Sam sat in the empty mess, idly eating her lunch. She wasn't paying much attention to what exactly was on her fork at any given time, just eating mechanically and staring off into space. She'd hoped to eat with Daniel today, but he was tied up with some cataloguing that he was behind on.
"Hey stranger." A familiar voice came from above her, and Janet Frasier sat down across the table from Sam.
"Janet, hey. " Sam smiled distractedly. "What do you mean, stranger?" She asked, suddenly registering the odd word.
"Oh, just don't see you around that much anymore. Routine checks and stuff, but that's about it." Sam shrugged.
"Busy, I guess." She wanted to tell Janet about Daniel. She really, really did. The thought of Daniel, however indirect, made her grin.
"Okay, that's it. What is going on?" Janet said, the curiosity evident in her mind. "I mean, first there was your appointment a month and a half ago, I hardly see you anymore, and now you're distracted as all get out and randomly grinning. Who is he, Sam?" The two women had grown close over the years they'd worked together at the SGC and Janet could only think of one thing that would link all of these incidences. Sam blushed.
"Who's...who?" she asked, feigning innocence. Janet raised an eyebrow.
"You know you're a bad liar, right Sam? " she asked. Sam rolled her eyes.
"Look. I can't talk about it right now. Are you off call this weekend?" Janet nodded. "Come over Saturday. I'll make coffee. We'll talk." Janet eyed her suspiciously but nodded again.
"Sure, Sam." Sam smiled in relief.
"Great. Now I guess I'd better get back to the lab." She scooped up her dishes to put them on the rack and left the mess, leaving a still-confused doctor in her wake.
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"So...Janet's coming over tomorrow." Sam said, snuggling back into Daniel's arms. They'd just finished dinner and were sitting on the couch.
"You want me to go out while she's here? I could get groceries or something," Daniel said reluctantly.
"No." Sam said. "I'm going to tell her about us anyway. You might as well be here. Maybe stay out of the living room at first, though...I'll tell her alone and then you can come out."
"You sure you want to do that? What about..." he trailed off.
"I'm sure. Janet won't tell. It's going to come out eventually anyway, especially if things keep going well," she smiled, and leaned up to kiss his jaw lightly before continuing, "and Janet is the closest thing I've had to a close female friend in a long time. I feel like she should know." Daniel nodded.
"Sure, Sam. Whatever you want." Daniel smiled and kissed the top of Sam's head. Sam smiled and snuggled in tighter to his chest.
*********
The doorbell rang and Sam walked to answer it after brushing a light kiss across Daniel's cheek and leaving the bedroom. She took a breath to calm her unsteady nerves as she pulled the door open.
"Hey, Janet!" She said.
"Hi, Sam. I brought chocolate," she said, holding up a small box. "I figured nothing goes better with coffee than chocolate." Sam laughed.
"Chocolate goes great with anything. Thanks. Come on in." She stepped back and waited as Janet took off her shoes and jacket. "So, I decided to have him over. While you're here. I mean, he's usually here, or I'm there, on the weekends anyway, so I figured why not?" Janet nodded slowly, confused by Sam's obvious nervousness, as she followed Sam into the living room. The two women sat on the couch.
"Okay, so....who is he?" Janet asked, cutting directly to the point. Sam blushed. "Samantha, you are practically glowing. This guy must be something. Do I even know him?" Sam's blush grew brighter and she nodded.
"Daniel and I have been seeing each other for a little over three months."
"Daniel....Jackson?" Janet asked incredulously.
"The one and only," Sam said. Her voice was light but it was clear Janet's reaction was making her apprehensive. Janet glanced around.
"I...thought you said he was here?" she asked, confused. Sam grinned.
"He's here. He's just in the bedroom. I figured I'd check your reaction first." Janet laughed.
"Well, obviously I'm happy for you, Sam. This is great. I won't lie, I've been wondering if you two would ever open your eyes, turn around and see what was right in front of you. Well, whether you would--I've seen Daniel looking at you for ages now. But..." her voice trailed off.
"What, Janet?" Sam asked.
"Aren't you worried? You know, about SG1? I know Daniel's technically civilian, but he does work for the Air Force."
"That's why nobody knows about us. We are worried. We don't want the team split up. So, until we can figure out a better solution...here we are. Nothing but appropriate at work, practically living together on the weekends unless we're offworld." Sam sighed wistfully. "I wish we didn't have to keep it a secret, but for now it's how it has to be." Janet nodded.
"I understand. So come on then. Are you going to give me details, or what?" Sam laughed.
"Sure. Mind if I call Daniel? I kind of feel bad having him shut away." Janet laughed and waved her hand dismissively.
"Go for it, I should probably congratulate him too." Sam quickly left the room, returning a few moments later holding Daniel's hand.
"Hey, Janet."
"Hi, Daniel. It's about time. Did I mention that, Sam? That it's about time? Because it is." she laughed.
"More or less." Sam grinned as she and Daniel sat on the couch.
"Ok, so where are the details I asked for?" Janet asked.
"Uh, maybe I should go." Daniel said, his eyes shifting back and forth as the women laughed.
"Don't worry. I'll save the dirty stuff for when you're not around." Sam said, grinning at him. She launched into the story of how she and Daniel had gotten together, leaving out most of the parts about Jack, and Janet smiled when she saw them join hands again.
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"I should go. Thanks for dinner." Janet grinned. She'd stayed far longer than she had intended, deciding it would be okay since Cassie was spending the night at one of her friends' houses.
"See you later," Daniel said as he loaded their plates into the dishwasher. Sam walked Janet to the door.
"Thanks for coming over. It feels nice to finally have someone else who knows...although sometimes the secret was kind of exciting." Sam said, hugging her friend.
"Thanks for inviting me. I've got to say, when I figured out you were seeing someone I never guessed it was Daniel. You guys seem pretty serious."
"Yeah...I guess we are." Sam smiled.
"It's been a long time since I've seen you quite this happy, Sam. I'm glad."
"Thanks. I am happy." Sam said. "I'll see you on Monday."
"Yeah, see you Monday." Janet finished pulling up the zipper on her jacket and left quickly, slinging her small purse over her shoulder and waving as she shut the door quietly behind her. Sam headed back into the kitchen where Daniel was closing the dishwasher. She stepped behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist in a tight hug. He wiggled to loosen her grip a bit so he could turn and wrap his own arms around her.
"That went well, I'd say," he said, kissing the top of her head.
"Yeah. I'm glad. Janet just kept telling me it was about time I got my act together." Sam laughed. "She said she'd seen you looking at me for ages." Daniel grinned sheepishly in response.
"What?" Sam asked. "Had you been? Did i miss something somewhere?"
"You're very focused, Sam. It's one of the things I love about you." Daniel said, attempting to deflect her question.
"Don't distract me with compliments. How long?" Sam asked, her insatiable curiosity now piqued.
"Well..." Daniel said. Sam mock-glared at him. "Okay, so, maybe....a couple of years." Sam's expression quickly softened into a look of total incredulity.
"I had no idea..." Sam said softly.
"I felt blatantly obvious," Daniel said. "But you were my best friend, and anyway I knew how you felt about Jack, so I never said anything. I figured I didn't have a chance anyway."
"You would have had a chance." Sam said softly, bringing one hand up to stroke through his short hair. "But I think things happened exactly as they needed to."
"Agreed." Daniel said, as he bent his head down to cover the short distance between them and kissed her.