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Part 1 of The Space Between (series)
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Published:
2018-07-29
Completed:
2018-08-14
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39,334
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33/33
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The Space Between

Summary:

After 10 years as a member of SG-1, Samantha Carter is moving on. Accepting the position of Expedition Leader of the Ancient Cityship Atlantis, Sam has six weeks to get her life on Earth sorted before travelling to the Pegasus Galaxy for the two year posting.

In Washington, D.C., Jack O’Neill is considering retirement, again. When Lt. Colonel Carter visits D.C. to accept the Atlantis position, O’Neill sees it as the perfect excuse to re-examine the agreement that they reached two years earlier.

Carter is in denial about nearly everything - her personal life, her relationships, her mental health. And six weeks is barely enough time to put it all back together. Her eyes are on the future, but the present is passing her by. Can SG-1 help Carter find herself again?

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TRIGGER WARNING: Discusses or describes PTSD, suicide, self harm, domestic violence and depression.

An AU romance fic set aprox. six months post SG-1 Season 10 and pre Stargate Atlantis Season 4. This is already at novella length and only about half done. So if you’d like a long read, then please join me.
Almost canon, with a few exceptions/assumptions:

- Jack is still posted to Washington, D.C. as Director of Homeworld Security.
- General Landry is still running the SGC.
- Dr Elizabeth Weir is MIA, presumed dead.
- Dr Daniel Jackson has recently formed and leads the Archaeology and Classics Research team at the SGC and is not active in SG-1.
- Teal’c has married Ishta and they are living offworld as leaders of their combined peoples.
- The IOC conducted a talent hunt/application process for the next leader of the Atlantis Expedition.
- Vala Mal Doran has returned to her life of black market trading but continues as a covert operative for the SGC, gathering intelligence.
- Cassandra Frasier is studying pre-med in Washington, D.C..
- Lt. Colonel Carter and Lt. Colonel Mitchell are currently the only permanent members of SG-1. The recruitment process for new team members is underway.

The story intends to explain the deleted scene from “Trio” in which Carter discusses the complicated relationship she has with someone in Washington, D.C.. It was also inspired by Amanda Tapping and Richard Dean Anderson’s love of motorcycles.

This is my first AO3 story, thanks for sharing in it. Feedback/comments welcome.

Chapter 1: Day 1: Vacation

Summary:

She had very few ties to the world of Be home on time, the practice of Sensible people don’t.

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Day 1: Vacation

The first time they limited themselves to two hours. Jack hadn’t done this for years. They had talked about doing it long ago. On the nights off-world when things were quiet and they sat around talking of everything and nothing, Carter had once told O’Neill how much she loved the feeling of freedom it gave her. And she had confessed, through a rare crack in her tightly maintained distance, that she liked the feeling of power and control and the escape of singular immersion in an activity.

Jack, of course, had done it himself, so he understood why she loved it so much. But Sara hadn’t been a fan, said she had enough to worry about with him being deployed. After his months as a POW in Iraq, he saw her point and pushed any interest in it to the back of his mind. And then there was Charlie. Why wouldn’t he spend every available free moment with his son?

Sam, however, wasn’t Sara. Like him, she was a pilot. Like him, she sought risk in her adventures. Like him, she had a love for high performance machines. Like him, she had very few ties to the world of Be home on time, the practice of Sensible people don’t.