holdouttrout | Ficlet: Twelve Down, Sam and Jack Friendship, Gen, for Fignewton's Birthday

It's

fignewton's birthday today, and in typical fashion, she's the one giving out the gifts! She wrote a lovely Jack and Daniel fic, Waiting for Daniel, spoilers through season 6.

And in honor of her birthday, I raided the remaining prompts from the

jacksamfriends ficathon and wrote a little ficlet.

Title: Twelve Down
Characters/Category: Jack and Sam Friendship
Summary: From the

jacksamfriends prompt: 12. "I knew I shouldn't have answered my phone this morning."
Rating: G
Words: 305

Carter was making herself breakfast when the phone rang. Probably a telemarketer, since the SGC only called her cell and she couldn't think of anyone else who would be calling at this time of day--it was barely eight in the morning.

"Hello?" she said. She tucked the phone into her shoulder and flipped the first egg, neatly breaking the yolk. Damn.

"I'm stuck on twelve down," General O'Neill said.

Carter sighed. "Sir, it's my day off."

"I know. That's why I thought you'd have time to help a friend solve a crossword."

Carter flipped the second egg, watching in annoyance as the yolk held perfectly. "I'm making breakfast."

There was silence on the other end. "You're...making breakfast."

"Yep," Carter said. She flipped the broken egg another time. If it wasn't going to be runny like a proper egg ought to be, she might as well cook it all the way through. "I do occasionally."

"Right," O'Neill said, in a rush. "I know. I was just reconsidering calling. In case you needed to concentrate."

You burn down one tent seven years ago and no one lets you forget it. She turned off the stove. "I'm done now, anyway," she said, sliding the eggs onto two pieces of toast--thankfully still warm--and then slapped a thin slice of swiss cheese onto each egg.

She watched the cheese melt for a second before taking a bite.

Bliss.

"Carter?" O'Neill said.

This time, she contained her sigh. "Alright. Twelve down."

"Yes!" O'Neill said. "I knew I could count on you."

"I knew I shouldn't have answered my phone this morning," Sam muttered.

"What?"

"Just how much do you have riding on this, sir?"

O'Neill paused. "I don't know what you're talking about."

Carter grinned. "Okay, then. Twelve down." She took another bite of breakfast and thought there were worse ways to spend a morning.

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Hee! I love the breakfast tribulations (we've all been there) and the crossword love and the unstated banter!

Aw! A

jacksamfriends prompt! Oooh, post it at the comm too! It's nice an orphan found a home, and for such an auspicious occasion as a cool chick's birthday too! :-)

Hee! Thank you. I will post it at the comm, too. :-)

Or I would if I had posting access?

Huh. I thought it had open posting access now. Will fuss with it.

Thanks!

Yeah, it's open access. Poke me again if it didn't work.

BTW, now I've got a craving for a fried egg sandwich with cheese. Thanks a lot! LOL

That is so weird! Unless I'm banned specifically... *g*

And you're welcome. :-)

Oh yes, that's right. We chose to open it to everyone except random fish that swim by. ;-)

(Please feel free to delete this whole tangential conversation, btw And poke me on aim if you want to futz with it more.)

Hmmm...Do I have your AIM name?

Oh, it's aurora novarum (same as lj, just without the _)

You burn down one tent seven years ago and no one lets you forget it.

roflmao. No, no they wouldn't let her forget. Very cute.

You burn down one tent seven years ago and no one lets you forget it.

Hee hee hee.

Oh, this is so them! I love how well they know each other, despite what each one might deny. And Daniel snuck into it via the bet, too! :)

Also, I am highly amused that you took prompt #12 and made it twelve down on the crossword...

THANK YOU for a gleeful and squeeful birthday present! :D

You are so welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it, tiny little ficlet that it was.

*snorts* Aw, so cute! (And, yum... dammit...)

Hee. I should feel bad about making people hungry, shouldn't I? (The odd thing is that I hate my eggs runny and I'm not that fond of swiss cheese, so it didn't affect me.)

LOL! This reminds me of one of my college roommates who would play Jeopardy with her friend over the phone. Sometimes you'd answer the phone and someone was shouting out "What is a cow?!"

So cute; I'd love to hear about the tent-burning incident!

Hee. Thanks! I like families/friends who play Jeopardy, too--it's an almost-tradition at my house. :-)

Excellent characterization! (But now I want to know what the crossword clue & answer were!) :P

Hee. I shouldn't admit this, but...I didn't make one up. :-) I'm glad you liked it!

Hehe. So cute.

Jack knew that she wouldn't say no!! And no one on the team would ever forget Sam burned down a tent!!

Fabulous little ficlet!! Thanks!

Thank you!

Ahahahaha!!!

:-)

Look what I found tucked at the back of my to-rec list! :)

Aw, thank you!

Very nice! :)

Here via the rec; what a pleasant end to a tiring day!

Thank you! These new nice comments made my day! :-)

the merciful fishiness of my life

Ficlet: Twelve Down, Sam and Jack Friendship, Gen, for Fignewton's Birthday

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