Title: Lessons
Author: Moonshayde
Season: One
Category: Drama, Ficlet
Spoilers: The First Commandment
Pairing/Character: Jack and Sam (friendship)
Summary: Both warriors new and old can learn important
lessons.
Warnings: None
Rating: PG
Author's Notes: In
response to the GWS Challenge for "The First Commandment."
Disclaimer: Stargate, Stargate SG-1 and all of its
characters, titles, names, and back-story are the property of MGM/UA, Double
Secret Productions, Gekko Productions, SciFi Channel, and Showtime/Viacom. All
other characters, the story idea and the story itself are the sole property of
the author. This story cannot be printed anywhere without the sole permission
of the author. Realize this is for
entertainment purposes only; no financial gain or profit has been gained from
this fiction. This story is not meant to be an infringement on the rights of
the above-mentioned establishments
He'd seen her spirit. He'd
seen her compassion. He'd seen her resolve.
Today, he'd seen her
weakness.
Through his many years in
the service, both as a pilot and as a soldier in Special Ops, Jack had seen a
lot of people crack. Some lost themselves, broken by the stress and the heat of
battle. Others bottled away their compassion so that nothing remained but the
cold, battle-hardened soldier.
Jack had seen that monster
himself. He'd lived in its shoes and had walked the walk, talked the talk.
While war wasn't pretty –
the loss of loved ones, friends becoming enemies, those damn distasteful things
– the key to survival was to stay true to the self. He knew that now.
And when he looked over at
Carter, her eyes open and shining with newfound hope and determination, he knew
that she understood that lesson as well.
THE END
Return to Scribal
Traditions (Main Fanfic Page)