Facing the Future
by Vicki
E-MAIL: little_miss_likes_to_fight@hotmail.com
RATING: PG-13
SPOILERS: Chimera
SUMMARY: Tag for "Chimera"
STATUS: Complete
DISCLAIMER: Not mine... I'd treat the characters a lot better if they were though {mutter, mutter grumble}
AUTHOR'S NOTES: 'tis a bit pants... may try and work with the idea again when I'm a) not writing at 2.30 in the morning, and b) not thinking about the million and
one other things I need to be doing!!
Janet watched from the doorway, hidden from the infirmary as the Daniel
wrapped the tall blonde in his arms. She bit her lip uncomfortably, feeling
like a voyeur as she watched the two of them together.
He may not have been able to save Sha’re, but he had been able to save
Sarah, and she was happy for him.
Really, she was.
She turned away, sighing. Daniel was her friend and her patient, nothing
more. If he wanted to get involved again with his ex-girlfriend – who was
now minus one snake, there was nothing she could do about it.
Janet headed to her office, and dropped down in the chair. Leaning forward,
she rested her elbows on the desk and her head in her hands. It had been an
exhausting twenty-four hours for her, what with having another Goa’uld in
her infirmary, and three teams returning all with a selection of injuries.
She just wanted to go home, and try to forget about what she had just
witnessed. But first, she had to finish the paperwork on Captain McDonnell
of SG-8, who had returned with a rather unpleasant rash all over his
shoulders.
“Knock, knock.” Her heart fluttered and she looked up to see a sheepish
looking archaeologist standing at the door.
“Daniel,” she greeted, forcing a smile. “What can I do for you?”
“I need you to come with me for a minute,” he said. She frowned slightly
and stood up.
“Is there anything wrong with Doctor Gardner?” Janet asked, not able to
bring herself to call the woman ‘Sarah.’ She knew that she’d have to at
some point if she was dating Daniel, but she needed time.
“No, she’s fine,” Daniel replied, watching the petite woman as she got to
her feet. “Come on.”
Janet followed him down the hall, stopping outside the elevator. He swiped
his pass, and once the doors opened, indicated that she was to precede him
in. “Where are we going? It’s not going to take long is it? I’ve still
got loads of paperwork and…”
Daniel’s mouth descending on hers interrupted her. She froze at first, then
relaxed into the kiss. Her arms wrapped around his neck, while his came to
rest at the small of her back. Somehow she ended up with her back against
the wall, with his body covering hers completely.
The doors behind them opened, and a familiar Texan voice exclaimed “Doctor
Jackson!”
Breaking away, they saw General Hammond standing, staring at them with his
mouth hanging open. Janet blushed scarlet, and Daniel surreptitiously wiped
his mouth.
“Sorry, General,” he said. “It was the best way to stop her talking.”
“You do realise that there are rules about what can happen on base?”
Hammond informed him. “Get out of here before you do that again!”
Daniel grinned. “Yes, Sir,” he replied. Janet’s mouth dropped open.
“Thank you, sir.”
Hammond nodded, a small smile on his face. “See you on Monday.”
The doors closed, leaving him to wait for the elevator to return minus its
two current passengers.
Daniel turned back to face Janet, who was looking slightly stunned.
“Daniel, what’s going on?!” she demanded.
“I love you,” he blurted out.
She stared at him, hardly believing her ears.
“I’ve known for a while now how I feel about you, and I realised today that
I had to tell you,” he said. “I was able to actually say some things to
Sarah today, which I thought I’d never have the chance to. And I knew that
something could happen to me, or to you, and I would always regret never
telling you that I loved you.”
Janet just gaped at him. “So, you’re not getting back together with her?”
He laughed. “No,” he assured her, taking her small hands in his. “Janet,
Sarah is my past. We’ll always have what we once had, but there’s too much
history between us. I could never be with another woman as long as I’m in
love with *you*. You’re my future… if that’s okay with you.”
His answer came in the form of another kiss, as she wrapped her arms around
his neck once more and pulled him down to meet her waiting lips. “It’s
definitely okay with me,” she replied once they broke free for air.
When the elevator doors opened on the surface level, they were standing next
to each other, their hands entwined. They would face the future together.
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