Title: Uncertainty
Author: Amanda / fraiser_jackson
Category: ficlet, angst, Sam/Jack
Challenge: Response to a livejournal challenge meme where people gave quotes that needed to be used in a 100 - 500 word fic.
Rating: G
Author's Note: For Ness's line -- "Tell me it won't always be like this." And look! My first Sam/Jack! Sort of.
Summary: Now I feel no sense of certainty....
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Jack stopped what he was doing when he heard the door open. He was about to yell at the person entering for failing to knock when he looked up and saw Carter, her eyes red and tear-rimmed.
"Tell me it's not always going to be like this." She spoke so quietly he barely even heard her.
"Carter, what � "
"Daniel's near death because of me."
Oh. Of course. The first mission with her in charge of SG-1 where harm had come to one of them. "You know very well that Daniel is accident-prone, Carter."
"He wouldn't have done it unless I hadn't ordered him to." She sat down in the chair across from him, looking everywhere around the room but at him.
They sat in silence for a minute before he finally spoke. "I can't say that, Colonel."
He succeeded in getting her to make eye contact. "Sir?"
"I can't say that it won't always be like this. Do you think I never once felt guilty when one of you ended up in the infirmary? It was my job to lead SG-1. Sometimes, hell, most of the times, someone got hurt while I was in command. It comes with the territory, Carter."
"I know, sir. I think with this being the first time, it hit me really hard." She straightened in her seat. "I'll be fine."
His eyes narrowed as he looked at her suspiciously. "You're sure?"
"Yes, sir."
He didn't really believe her, but let it go, for now. He stood, moving to the other side of the desk. "Come on, Carter, let's go bug Daniel. He may be unconscious, but I'll bet he can still hear us. We can tell him all about how silly you're being."
Rolling her eyes at her commanding officer, she said "Yes, sir." She got up and preceded him out the door.
END!
