Discover your heart…in truth

By Demon Faith

 

EMAIL: rosabeth@hotmail.com

CATEGORY: Series, Romance, Angst, Missing Scene/Epilogue: Enemies

PAIRINGS: Sam/Daniel, Sam/Jack

SPOILERS: Enemies; FIAD, Beneath the Surface (cookie continuity)

SEASON/SEQUEL: After Enemies; S5

RATING: PG

CONTENT WARNINGS: Angst

SUMMARY: The title says it all

DISCLAIMER: Enemies is the property of MGM. DYH is mine!

AUTHOR’S NOTES: Well, here we are again. The delay is simply due to this being Britain – and Sky only now showing S5 episodes. Tk asked me to post this now – no disrespect intended.

 

 

~~ “Sam, are you okay? ~~

 

~~ “Just thinking about Teal’c” ~~

 

//Liar// Sam couldn’t believe it.

 

//We haven’t even said a word. But, do we have to?//

 

Sam sat down in her office, and studied her coffee cup. Apophis was gone. Teal’c was brainwashed. Dad was playing racket-ball with Jack. Daniel…Daniel was missing.

 

He had drifted like a shadow, and only for the briefest seconds had she caught him. When he had forgotten his anger and his pain, had glanced at her for familiar comfort and met her unsure glance. When she had touched him for a moment, wanted so much more…

 

Sam rested her head on the desk, wondering how she had let it go this far.

 

“Can I join you?”

 

“Sure.”

 

Sam answered without thinking, then glanced up with trepidation. Daniel stood in the doorway, resting against the doorframe. He had obviously been there a while. Watching her.

 

He smiled awkwardly, and held up a paper bag.

 

“I brought cookies.”

 

Sam smiled tiredly, as he set the bag in front of her, settling himself across the table.

 

“I can handle this, Daniel, you don’t need to…”

 

“Can we?”

 

Sam looked up at him, but he had looked away, up and pacing around her office.

 

“Daniel?”

 

“I know you love him. You’ve always loved him. But…maybe we can’t handle that.”

 

Sam watched him, wondering why his words hurt so much, why she couldn’t accept their hidden meaning.

 

“We can, Daniel,” she said, shakily, “We’re strong…”

 

“Look at us, Sam!”

 

He turned, almost angry, and slammed his hands on the table.

 

“I can’t live like this. Not knowing if I could lose you to him, any day now…”

 

“It won’t happen, Daniel, I prom…”

 

“Can you promise, Sam? Say that we’re forever when we can’t weather this one uncertainty?”

 

The room fell silent, as they stared at each other. Sam couldn’t believe this was real.

 

“What are you saying?” she whispered.

 

“The truth, Sam. Only the truth.”

 

Daniel walked out, shutting the door gently behind him. Sam would’ve preferred a slam; and indication that he was ill or irrational, anything to stop the truth sinking in.

 

It was over.

 

~#~DF~#~

 

For them, maybe. But this series will last a little longer, methinks.