Let it Snow! [TR for Carter]

[has_2ls]

It was no real secret that Jack was excited about having a baby and it was also no big secret that Sam was...less than excited. Still, he'd always been able to make the best of a bad situation and he and Sam had seemed a lot better that she'd had some time to think about and get used to the idea of being pregnant. He hoped, anyway. Besides, soon they were going to be married and he didn't think it'd be a good idea to start a marriage off on bad terms.

Figuring it was high time he got his ass into gear and spent the last few days as a single man wooing his fiancee, Jack woke up early and jogged up to the Compound. He usually got coffee for both of them but with the pregnancy, Sam couldn't have the caffeine, so he improvised and used a little chocolate from the storeroom to make them both cocoa. He tasted it, before walking back, and it was everything he'd dreamed of on a cold winter morning. Minus, of course, faking a cold so he didn't have to go to school.

He tried to come back inside quietly and put the cocoa down on a little table before taking off his parka and gloves. That done, he settled on the edge of the bed, nudging lightly at the Carter-shaped lump in his bed.

"Wake up, Sunshine. Big day ahead."

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[gate_expert]

Sam shook her head and burrowed deeper under the covers. "Sleepy," she murmured. Early pregnancy had made her tired, and now that morning sickness had kicked in, made her reluctant to jump out of bed like she normally would.

[has_2ls]

"Got you a surprise," Jack said lowly, tugging at a strand of golden hair peeking above the blankets. "Gotta get up to get it, though. Can you do that for me?"

God, did she know how damned cute she was when she did that?

[gate_expert]

A hand crept out from under the blanket, pushing it back just enough that she could blink at him over the top of it. "Surprise?" She sniffed, smelling something chocolate, and when the scent didn't make her stomach turn over, she cautiously pushed the blankets down a little more.

[has_2ls]

"Mmmhmm. Homemade, straight from the kitchen and chock full of Jack O'Neill love."

It was sappy, but it wasn't like anyone could actually see or hear him besides Carter who, in fact, happened to like sappy. Jack figured she had to or she would have left him forever ago.

"Hot cocoa."

[gate_expert]

"Mmm," she said, sitting up. It wasn't coffee, but it was chocolate, and that was the next best thing. "I think I can handle that."

[has_2ls]

"Yeah? I could sweeten the deal, if you wanted me to," Jack said, kissing her temple lightly. "I know all kinds of ways to wake you up."

[gate_expert]

"We'll start with the cocoa," Sam said, smiling a little. "And make sure I don't, you know, have to..." She mimed a little running gesture with two fingers in the direction of the door.

[has_2ls]

"Yeah. Is it still that bad?" Jack asked, tone a little softer than before. He didn't like seeing Sam sick and he guessed that made him kind of a sap, but hey. He loved her. Didn't want her miserable.

[gate_expert]

She took the cup of cocoa from him and sipped at it carefully. It was really good, but she just wanted to make sure it stayed put when she drank it. "Not too bad," she said, "I just don't want to tempt fate." Usually she felt a little better after she'd been sick, so that was a small plus.

[has_2ls]

"Can't imagine. Other than the morning sickness, been doing okay?"

Jack wanted to kind of dote on her but, considering Carter was just as deadly as he was, figured that was a bad idea.

[gate_expert]

"Yeah, I'm okay," she said. "Everything's pretty much finished for the wedding, the dress hasn't been chewed up by the zoo... knock on wood..." That took a little stress off, knowing everything was pretty much ready to go. It wasn't going to be a big wedding, but Sam still wanted everything to be nice.

[has_2ls]

"Can I see it?" Jack didn't expect her to say yes, by any stretch of the imagination, but it amused him to tease her about it.

"I mean, unless you're all superstitious."

[gate_expert]

"I'm not superstitious," Sam promptly replied, eyeing him over her cocoa. Maybe she was a little superstitious where weddings were concerned, since she'd never managed one and didn't want to tempt fate, but she wasn't going to let him know that. "I just don't think you should see it yet."

[has_2ls]

"Uh huh. Well I'm sure you'll be a gorgeous bride," Jack said, giving her a softer smile than before. "I sure want to marry you, anyway, and I guess that's all that matters, right?"

[gate_expert]

"Yeah, that's all that matters." Sam returned his soft smile with one of her own and finished her cocoa, looking a little sad when it was gone. Now that she was sure she wasn't going to be sick, she could really go for some breakfast. Did the compound have a waffle iron? She could really go for a waffle, except what if there was no syrup? She tried not to think too hard about that just in case it wasn't available, despite the fact that she suddenly really wanted one.

[has_2ls]

"So. We've got options. We can either go out and play in the snow like a couple kids," which Jack was more than happy to indulge her in, "Or, we can stay inside and keep each other warm. Best way to keep warm is skin to skin contact, you know."

[gate_expert]

"Uh huh." Sam picked at the blankets a little, trying not to look too shifty. She was probably not succeeding at that. "Thing is, I'm um... kind of hungry. Now that I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be sick, I'm really hungry."

[has_2ls]

Jack couldn't help but laugh at that and he shook his head a little. Pregnancy, he guessed, but it was damned cute.

"Wanna head up to the Compound for breakfast then? Sure I can find something for you."

[gate_expert]

"Ooh, okay." Sam slid out of bed and oh my God it was way too cold to be walking around in a t-shirt and underwear; she squeaked a little when her feet hit the cold floor, and shivering, got dressed at a new speed record.

[has_2ls]

"I guess the gentlemanly thing to do would have been to offer to go get it myself," Jack said, laughing as he watched her. "After we eat, wanna come back and let me warm you up?"

He gave her his best puppy eyes, or the closest thing to them anyway.

[gate_expert]

"Well, it is kind of cold out there," Sam said, pulling on jeans and a thick white sweater. "Warming up will be...you know...a necessity."

Who could tell Jack no when he was making that face? Not here, that was for sure.

[has_2ls]

"Oh yes. Top priority," Jack said, ruffling her hair. "Only this time, less with the dying like it was in Antarctica, right?"

Not a pleasant memory by far.

[gate_expert]

"Yeaah," Sam said, drawing out the word a little. That seemed so long ago--to her at least, but to Jack it was only a couple of years ago."Not really itching to repeat that anytime soon."

[has_2ls]

"Me either," Jack admitted quietly. "Except the part where I realized I was falling in love with you. I'd take the rest of it to have that again, for sure."