[TR] For Sam

[has_2ls]

It was hard to find places to go on dates on a deserted island and Jack was well aware it always required a lot of creativity. This morning, he woke up early and made the trek for coffee, bringing back two mugs (he drank his own in the compound kitchen) for Sam to have when she woke up. He put those close by before kneeling on the bed to kiss her awake. He always loved Sam when she first woke up in the morning and she was still hazy from sleep; Sam, in those moments, wasn't a soldier anymore. She was just Sam and had a sweetness he didn't think she could let herself have when fully aware and alert.

"Wake up. We've got plans today."

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[gate_expert]

"Well, now we're here, so we can enjoy it." Sam kissed him and then pulled off her t-shirt. "Come on. The water looks lovely."

[has_2ls]

"C'mere for a minute first," Jack said, pulling off his own shirt and motioning her close. "Something I need to do before we get all wet and sticky."

[gate_expert]

She wriggled out of her shorts and let them fall on the sand before stepping close to him. "Yeah? What's that?" she asked innocently.

[has_2ls]

Okay, that little wriggle wasn't really doing anything in the direction of Jack actually going through with the picnic and not heading back to the hut so he shook his head to clear it before cupping her face.

"I don't care if you marry me, Sam Carter. As long as you're not gonna leave me, and you love me, we're okay."

[gate_expert]

She leaned in to kiss him, soft and sweet. "I'm never going to leave you, and I'm always going to love you, Jack O'Neill," she said, between kisses. "And I will marry you."

[has_2ls]

"Uh huh. Eventually. When you just give in," Jack teased, toying with her hair. "I know how it is."

[gate_expert]

She punched him lightly in the arm, then leaned in to kiss him again. "You're irresistable," she said, winding her arms around his neck. Sam liked the way it felt to be this close to him, wearing just her swim suit, and for a minute she got distracted from the fact they were supposed to be going swimming.

[has_2ls]

"Yeah, well, you're not so bad yourself," Jack teased, sliding his hands down her back to her ass. "I mean, if we're comparing, you're the hottest."

[gate_expert]

Sam snorted a little at that--pure flattery, and Jack was so good at it--and squirmed a bit against his hands. They felt good on her skin through the lycra of her suit. "We really need to go swim now," she murmured.

[has_2ls]

"Probably," Jack agreed, bending his head to kiss her again without moving his hands. "Don't think I'm gonna let you stay dressed if we keep this up."

[gate_expert]

Sam pressed up against him, relishing every second of the kiss, and finally broke off, laughing a little. (It was either that or pull him right down on the sand, and while it was a private spot, it wasn't that private.) She laughed and slid out of his arms, running for the water. "Can't catch me!" she called back over her shoulder, over the sound of the surf.

[has_2ls]

Jack ran behind her, watching her for a long moment. She was beautiful and here on the island, she was happy. Carter had always seemed like there was something missing, back home, and it made him feel like an ass to even consider that the something might have been him.

"I will, eventually," he shouted, catching her around the waist in the waves. "See?"

[gate_expert]

"You caught me," she said, laughing. The waves splashed up against them, the spray catching them in the face. Sam's hair was braided, but it was falling down, and the spray from the waves plastered it against her cheeks. She twisted in his arms a little, sliding her arms around his waist.

"You caught me," she repeated, a little softer.

[has_2ls]

"Of course I did, Carter," Jack murmured, nuzzling against her neck. They were sappy, probably too sappy, but there wasn't anyone around to see them right now. It was okay. Besides, for Carter, it'd been ten years of waiting and wishing and praying for a retirement, so he figured she deserved a little sap.

"I'm just trying to hang on to you."

[gate_expert]

"I'm not going anywhere." They wandered out a little farther, waist deep in the water, and Sam wrapped her legs around him, arms around his neck. She kissed him, and he tasted like salt and sunshine. "I'm yours. Always."

[has_2ls]

"I could get used to this," he said, gazing at her with an amused expression. "You wrapping all around me like I'm some kind of life raft."

[gate_expert]

"Yeah, I kind of like it too," she said happily, shifting against him as the waves lapped up around them. "Comfy."

[has_2ls]

"Very," Jack agreed. "So...think you could get used to this? Growing old together in paradise?"

[gate_expert]

"Oh yeah." She wrapped her legs around him a little tighter, but one hand left his neck to trail in the water and help them keep their balance. "I mean, we have a long way to go before we hit old, but it is kind of paradise, isn't it?"

[has_2ls]

"Occasionally, when our friends aren't disappearing and we can be alone," Jack murmured, nuzzling against her neck.

[gate_expert]

Sam didn't want to think about the disappearing part, because if she thought about it too closely, she would have to entertain the possibility that she or Jack could go too, so she didn't.

"Only talking about good things today," she murmured against his ear. "Taking a vacation from everything else."

[has_2ls]

"So, how do you feel about some wedding planning today?" Jack asked cautiously. "Just...dates?"

[gate_expert]

"I think we can pick a date," she said, and surprisingly she didn't feel as panicked about that as she thought she might. Picking a date--yes. She could do that.

"After your birthday?"

[has_2ls]

"December," Jack decided. "Before the holiday and your birthday?"

[gate_expert]

She thought about it for a minute, considering, and then nodded. "December," she agreed. Once she said that, she felt a huge sense of relief simply to have made some kind of decision, to commit to a date, even if it was just deciding what month.