AN: What if Jack… didn't work things out? What if Sam went back to Pete and married him anyway? Eight years have passed.

I've noticed I tend to avoid the domestic situation of Jack's behavior as a parent or even Sam's for that matter. In spite of his early experiences I think Jack would be a very good dad if his attitudes towards children in the show are any indication.

Also as a heads up, this story is over 40 chapters long therefore every Monday I will post something else, probably a Sammy and Jon story Wiggysmom. This will give you a solid month and a half of reading. Kind of like a comic book for hopeless romantics ;)

I should add a trigger warning. This story dips somewhat into the behavior of an emotional manipulator and how they act once thwarted in controlling someone. This is a pretty accurate depiction to the level someone like that will stoop to. They WILL attempt to ruin your life if you try to end things with them. In a narcissist's eyes, they decide, not you, when they are done. Worse they will make you feel like you are weak and incapable of running your own life. Sam is extraordinarily lucky. Usually Narcissists will run off everyone who loves you or make you suspicious of their motives until you run them off yourself; leaving you utterly emotionally alone. Without Vala's unique never give up personality… this story would be very different.

Bose Condensate

From Wikipedia: A Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) is a state of matter (also called the fifth state of matter) which is typically formed when a gas of bosons at low densities is cooled to temperatures very close to absolute zero (-273.15 °C). Under such conditions, a large fraction of bosons occupy the lowest quantum state, at which point microscopic quantum phenomena, particularly wavefunction interference, become apparent macroscopically.

In other words, the underlying cause which is not apparent when moving becomes apparent when subjected to absolute stillness.