Originally posted by ErikaMariia
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Oh crap. this doesn't actually fit as a drabble but this is what came to mind with the word Answers
If Things Were Different
”If things were different..?” she asked, gazing him with her blue eyes.
Jack was dumbfounded. He wasn't best known of his skills to read women but even he could see this particular woman was very close to bursting into tears. And she was asking him something. Something deeper was hidden behind those few little words. He took a moment to study her. For a second he thought he saw something in her eyes. Regret, desperation, even a hint of panic. Her eyes were glistening and suddenly he felt like sinking.
”I...” he started mut closed his mouth again. Indeed, what if things were different. There were so many ways things could be different. If charlie was still alive, if daniel hadn't gotten the stargate to work, if he hadn't gone to Abydos, if he had died on Antarctica. Or.. if they hadn't left it in the room.
For a long time he had hoped they could take it out of the room but time seemed never to be right. And now she had moved on and he couldn't blame her. He wanted to say something that would make her toss that damned ring to the wrong side of the event horizon but how could he? He couldn't promise her anything more he could years ago. And she deserved happiness. That Shanahan guy might be a jerk but he seemed to make he happy. The panic and desperation he thought he saw in her eyes were probably just cold feet. Or was it? For a fraction of a second he thought she was begging him to say ”don't do it”. And God knows he wanted to. He wanted to grab her in his arms and kiss that Shanahan out of her mind. Screw the regs. But no, he couldn't do that.
He forced a smirk.
”I wouldn't be here” he answered and walked away.
Spoiler:
If Things Were Different
”If things were different..?” she asked, gazing him with her blue eyes.
Jack was dumbfounded. He wasn't best known of his skills to read women but even he could see this particular woman was very close to bursting into tears. And she was asking him something. Something deeper was hidden behind those few little words. He took a moment to study her. For a second he thought he saw something in her eyes. Regret, desperation, even a hint of panic. Her eyes were glistening and suddenly he felt like sinking.
”I...” he started mut closed his mouth again. Indeed, what if things were different. There were so many ways things could be different. If charlie was still alive, if daniel hadn't gotten the stargate to work, if he hadn't gone to Abydos, if he had died on Antarctica. Or.. if they hadn't left it in the room.
For a long time he had hoped they could take it out of the room but time seemed never to be right. And now she had moved on and he couldn't blame her. He wanted to say something that would make her toss that damned ring to the wrong side of the event horizon but how could he? He couldn't promise her anything more he could years ago. And she deserved happiness. That Shanahan guy might be a jerk but he seemed to make he happy. The panic and desperation he thought he saw in her eyes were probably just cold feet. Or was it? For a fraction of a second he thought she was begging him to say ”don't do it”. And God knows he wanted to. He wanted to grab her in his arms and kiss that Shanahan out of her mind. Screw the regs. But no, he couldn't do that.
He forced a smirk.
”I wouldn't be here” he answered and walked away.
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