A/N: Thank you to everyone who has reviewed etc. Sorry this has taken so long to be posted. I've had most of it written since I posted the last chapter but real life got in the way.
Please review! I crave your thoughts.
No beta - all mistakes are my own.
Deep Red Robes
Chapter 3
Jack woke early the next morning with a groan. He was comfortable and sated. More comfortable and sated than he had been in for longer than he cared to remember.
Slowly he opened his eyes and smiled to himself as he stretched. His eyes focused and came to rest on the other person in the room. He jumped at the sight of her.
"Jesus, Carter," he said as he sat up on the bed. He looked at her sitting on the floor, one leg stretched out in front of her, the other bent at the knee and held close to her body.
The provocative simple red dress was gone. She sat on the floor in her BDU's and boots. He looked down at himself and saw he was still wearing the deep red robes from the night before.
"What happened?" he asked curiously but knowing he didn't really want the answer to his question.
"How much do you remember?" she asked in return.
"Um... you told me my drink had been spiked. We left... Oh God," he buried his head in his hands. "You didn't.. did you?"
"I had to," she said as she moved from her place on the floor to sit on the bed beside him.
"Carter!"
"Sir, I had to. If I didn't, things could have gone very wrong..." she sighed and took his chin in her hand and made him look at her. "Jack... you did the same for me-"
"That was different!" he protested.
"It was exactly the same," she argued and silenced his next retort with a glare. "I was merely repaying the favour. And preventing you from bursting a blood vessel."
"We didn't... did we?" he asked, repeating her fears from their previous encounter.
"No. Just like you, I would never do that."
"So, foreplay?" he asked as he smirked at her.
"A lot of foreplay," she breathed a laugh in response, looking down at her hands.
"Thank you," he said as he took one of her hands in his and squeezed gently.
"You're welcome."
They sat on the bed in silence. Neither knew what to say to the other.
"Oh, Daniel brought your clothes, they're on the chair. I spoke to one of the elders while you slept, told him what had happened. The women are going to be punished for interfering with a marriage and drugging an ally with the intention of ruining our newly formed treaty."
Jack nodded and stood up. He stretched and worked out the kinks from his deep sleep. Slowly he made his way over to the chair and picked up this uniform. He set it back down on the chair and turned to face his Second.
"I know its pretty much a moot point by now, considering you've seen everything..." he said and watched her turn slightly pink.
"I'll be outside," she laughed as she stood up from her place in the bed and made her way to the closed door. She stopped when Jack gently placed a hand on her arm.
"I really do appreciate what you did for me last night. And the same rules apply. It stays between us and we can both pretend it didn't happen."
"Yes Sir."
Deep Red Robes
Jack watched as Daniel shook the last of the elders hands. It had taken him a while, but he had finally managed to convince the council of elders that the treaty would not be affected by the red haired woman's actions.
Jack hoped he would never have to see her again, although he was flattered that someone found him attractive enough to do what she did.
He saw the glare that narrowed his Seconds blue eyes. He knew what she was glaring at without having to look. He made a point of not looking in the direction of the woman as he took his 'wife's hand and walked over to the DHD.
"She's over there, isn't she?" he asked her as he dialled the gate.
"Yeah," she replied as she pulled up her jacket sleeve and readied her fingers to punch in the code.
"I was really hoping to never see her again. Do you think we can get a restraining order on her for whenever we're here?"
"I'm sure they wouldn't object to it."
Teal'c and Daniel appeared at Jack's side as Sam sent the code through. Daniel watched as Jack made himself smile as he turned around to face the small farewell party that had accompanied them to the gate.
The smile became genuine when he noticed the red haired women being dragged away by two well built men.
"Thank you for having us," Jack said as he shook the oldest of the elders hand.
"I can only apologise again for the shocking behaviour of two of my people. I hope they have not sparked any distrust between our people? Or caused you any troubles with your marriage?"
"Everything is fine," Jack smiled at him genuinely. "I would just prefer to never see her again."
"She has been banned from any future feasts between our two people's. The waitress has also been dealt with accordingly."
"We'll see you again soon," Daniel said as Jack turned towards his 'wife' and wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
Daniel and Teal'c stepped through the Stargate first, Jack turned and smiled at the elder again before waving. He winked at Sam before following her through the gate himself.
"Welcome back SG-1," Hammond said from his place at the bottom of the ramp. "I trust everything went well?"
"Oh you have no idea, sir," Jack smirked as he walked down the ramp. "We ate, we drank, Daniel attracted an obscene number of woman, Teal'c kept everyone in line, and Carter and I are married again."
"Again?" Hammond sighed.
"Oh yeah, standard mission all around."
"Briefing in one hour. Get yourselves cleaned up."
Jack followed his team out of the gate room and down the winding halls to the elevator. He pressed his back against the wall of the car and watched as his Second pressed the button to take them to their locker room. His eyes roamed her body as she moved so effortlessly, he lingered on her hands and devoured the sight of her fingers. He shook his head and let out a silent sigh.
Slowly he followed the lines on the floor to his destination. He was the last to enter the room, Daniel and Teal'c were already in the shower as he pulled open his locker.
"Something bothering you Colonel?" she asked as she held her towel to her abdomen.
"No," he lied as he shrugged off his jacket and lay it over the bench.
"Sir," she pressed.
"What do you want me to say Carter?" he sighed as he turned around to face her.
"You could answer my question," she offered with a shrug.
"You really don't want me to answer that," he said.
"I wouldn't have asked if I didn't want the answer."
"You really want me to tell you that all I can think about is how amazing it felt to have your hand wrapped around me?" he asked her in a whisper.
"Oh..."
"Do you really want me to tell you that watching you wipe your mouth with the back of your hand after you swallowed, was the hottest thing I've ever seen?"
"You remember," she said slowly as all the colour drained from her face and the towel fell from her hands.
"Everything," he replied, his voice huskier than she had ever heard it before. He looked deep into her eyes and smirked at her.
"That isn't fair," she breathed. "I still don't remember anything."
"You know," he wrapped an arm around her waist and held her close to him as he whispered in her ear. "That thing you did with your tongue... best thing I've ever felt in my life."
He winked at her as he removed his arm from her waist and made his way to the showers. He saw her glare as he walked away. He breathed a laugh as she shouldered past him, he groaned inwardly at the way she purposely teased him by over emphasising the sway of her hips as she walked.
He knew they were going to be ok.