Title: Waiting.

Author: Villemo ([email protected])

Category: Episode addition to 'The Lost City', S/J

Season: 7, after TLC 2

Spoilers: well, just for TLC I guess

Rating: PG-13? just to be on the safe side (I really have no idea)

Summary: Sam's waiting…contemplating. (S/J) (Hey, that rhymed!) Episode addition to The Lost City pt. 2

Disclaimer: Don't own the characters, or the concept.
I think they're the property of those lovely folks at Double Secret Productions and Gekko Film Corp. This is for entertainment purposes only; no money whatsoever is being earned (and that's the god awful truth ;p) I'm a poor student from a country where we rarely sue each other, so…be nice ;p

AN: I just had to write something after seeing The Lost City (part1&2).
At three o'clock in the morning I came up with this. It might be a little weird (the way of writing) but it's definitely me. I've always been a sucker for short sentences and...what's it called...well, "writing between the lines" I guess ;p Subtlety? Pure vagueness maybe? *lol* If it doesn't make any sense *please* let me know!
& constructive criticism and praise (;) is always welcome of course.
Enjoy.

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*Waiting*

waiting.
was what her whole life seemed to consist of. be about. at the moment.

waiting for Teal'c to return from his meeting with Bra'tac
waiting for word from the Tok'ra, from Dad...
waiting for the ancients, or the asgard, or the nox for that matter, to appear (we're the fifth! why aren't you here to help us?! for crying out loud...)
waiting for Daniel to decode his notes, and come running with a brilliant solution
waiting to find that damn city
and. waiting for him to...'defrost'; so she could smack him right in the face; for making her wait.

making her wait when she was going to say what she'd decided to tell
"I know..."
she'd probably known he'd known, but..
well that just wasn't good enough damnit. it needed to be said, why couldn't the man just shut up and listen...sometimes.
because he couldn't reciprocate? because he didn't want to hurt her feelings?
no. she couldn't, wouldn't, believe that. because.

"could we 'not' talk about that either?"
"okay... what do you want to talk about..."
silence.

waiting.
waiting for him to stop looking at her. that way.
his eyes frozen in time
where was he, where is he, where are you...?
can you see me. are you waiting too?
do you understand?

waiting.
she'd liked ordering him around
it would have been fun if not for...
no. Teal'c had raised an eyebrow. it *had* been fun.
"I trust you"
and
"I resign..."
that could have been fun...if not for...
not being the magic words she'd always believed, expected , needed them to be
they could have been, maybe, if not for...
the waiting...

waiting.
in the ice; silently; without anyone- him -making the noise she needed to be made
"we can't just leave him like this! ...the answer has to be here somewhere…"
"I don't think so Sam..."
...
cold as an ice age
her, Teal'c, and Daniel. (and him, but in another way)
calm, rational now. closed.
smooth on the surface; (but jagged underneath...)
that was her now. who she was now. who she'd always been?
no. she'd tried, but... the stubborn son of a. he made her wait.
that wasn't fair
she knew it
but it wasn't fair to her either.

waiting.
waiting to leave him. waiting before leaving him.
"MajorCarter"
rising from the cold cavern floor
"Teal'c.."
the others; waiting for her to take command
"Shall I summon DanielJackson?"
"...Yes"

then. waiting to return.

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