TITLE: Because she said it

AUTHOR: puk

EMAIL: copy-cat@t-online.de

CATEGORY: Sam and Jack

SPOILERS: D&C

SEASON/SEQUEL: Set after Divide and Conquer / Sequel to Because I didn't say 'I love you'

RATING: PG

CONTENT WARNINGS: none

SUMMARY: Jack' s thoughts about the events of D&C

ARCHIVE: Wherever you want, just let me know so I can boost my ego a bit

DISCLAIMER: Stargate SG-1 and its characters are the property of Showtime/Viacom, MGM/UA, Double Secret Productions, and Gekko Productions. This story was written for entertainment purposes only and no money whatsoever has exchanged hands. No copyright infringement is intended. And hell, if they were mine this would not be necessary J

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Okay this part two of something I didn't think would get a part two...
Anyway this is for Jo Ann, since she asked for it it should be hers.

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Because she said it

You know restraint is a wonderful thing that you learn in the military.

And I am career military, so go figure.

But today I was tempted. Temptation had its claws around my throat threatening to suffocate me if I should remain silent.

And I wouldn't have, but the tragedy that ended the day prevented me from saying anything.

Denial is a wonderful thing, too. I was into denial for so long that a nearly believed it myself. But now everything is out in the open.

And why is that? All of that is, as it is now, because she said it.

People think I am a very brave man, faced with danger I laugh and joke.

The truth is the only time I really feel alive is when the adrenaline of fear runs through my veins.

Or when she smiles at me.

I'm not a romantic kinda guy, but with her? With her all the roses in the world and every candle I could lit combined with the best poetry human kind ever came up with wouldn't be enough. Not for her.

But today I was tempted to try.

Revelation tends to be a good thing, generally. But why do the two of us always get ourselves into these embarrassingly revealing situations?

What I said today was, as usual, the coward's way out. I might be a brave man when it comes to battle, but I'm a coward when it comes to feelings. And she's a coward, too. When feelings are concerned, I mean. But today she was brave, she stood before me trying to make me understand what the hell she was talking about and all I did was making it harder for her.

And instead of cowering back she confronted me, it, love.

I know I love her and now I know that she loves me too, because she said it.

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FINI

Okay, for those of you who now think: Wait a second, wasn't the other story titled "Because I *didn't* say 'I love you'"? You are right and there will be a sequel, if you want it that is. :)