hathor_girl

Title: Picking up guys at the bar

Characters: Sam, Martouf/Lantash
Pairing: Sam/Martouf/Lantash
Category: Romance
Rating: NC-17
Summary: SG-1 is on downtime around Halloween, and Sam decides to dress up and go to a bar and have fun, since none of her teammates wanted to join her. There she meets a very attractive man, which she soon realizes she knows. How can that be? AU from around/just before Tok'ra I & II.
Notes: Written for Tok'ra Resistance challenge 2012/2013.
Plot Bunny: Written for this plot bunny:

Sam, Martouf/Lantash

Martouf being on a scret assignment to Earth (because we all know that they have 'way better' technology than us, and could easily sneek on to our little planet without our inferior detecting devices picking them up), and he walks into the bar where Sam is at (she was never blended with Jolinar), and she looks up and sees him all sauve, and drools!
Alternatively, Sam _was_ host to Jolinar, and recognize him, but this is the first time she has seen him (Tok'ra I&II and such happened differently, or haven't happened yet)

Sam POV

This is the first time I've taken time off for myself after the whole Jolinar mess. It took me a long time to get over it. First I was angry at him, but he ended up giving her life to save me, so how could I remain angry?

I miss him, actually, in a way. As odd as it sounds, I find myself wishing he was still with me. It's really strange, and the others would not understand, that's for sure! They had a hard enough time understanding I was sad.

As soon as I was physically better, I convinced them I should be allowed back on missions, and thankfully they believed me. I really need to work to keep my mind off all that is swirling in my head.

It didn't take long before I noticed changes. Janet told me I have naquadah in my blood, and that I am highly resistant to most drugs now. And that's just what we've found out for now.

I can sense Teal'c - or the naquadah in Junior, really. It's very strange, it starts with a feeling like a zap in my mind, and then there is like a humming in my blood. It's not unpleasant, just weird. Teal'c says he can't feel it, so Jaffa can't. I wonder if it is just me, or if symbiotes sense each other? If you can sense other hosts? I mean, Cassie could sense Jolinar in me, so it is definitely something to do with the naquadah.

I have had many flashbacks, to things that I can only assume comes from Jolinar's memories, like the one I had in the naquadah mines, when Daniel was going dark side on us. I also have dreams - mostly unclear, confusing dreams, that I cannot remember clearly. I haven't told anyone about most of them - I think my mind is still working on rearranging all the extra memories that got dumped in it, so that is why I dream so much right now.

I have told them that I had dreamt glimpses of the Tok'ra base, and that got their attention. I have worked with Janet to try and remember as much as possible, but it is hard. I am also not sure I really want to tell all about the Tok'ra. Part of me want to protect them, and they are very secretive.

Anyway, I recently managed to remember the gate address to the base - at least I think that's what it is. We were never allowed to go, though, we only sent a MALP. Then, while they were discussing it, the phone rang. My dad was dying, and the mission was scrubbed.

I miss him, terribly! I wish I had gotten to talk to him more, but at least I got a few hours with him before he died.

I really wish I could have told him about what I do. He so very much wanted to know, but they wouldn't give me clearance.

After that, I threw myself into work even harder, but now they insisted I take some time off. We all got time off, actually, after the black hole almost consumed everything. We only just got the gate closed, and we all need time to recover.

I had hoped to spend the spare time looking at some of the interesting pieces of tech we have brought back, and that I haven't had time to look closely at, but I guess I can take a little time off.

Teal'c went to see his family, Daniel is back talking to Kasuf after the surprising but short meet with Sha're a little while back, and the Colonel is celebrating Halloween with his ex-wife. I don't know if he is considering getting together with her or not, but there is definitely still something there. The experience with those crystal entities that made a copy of their dead son Charlie must have shaken them pretty badly.

So, I can't hang with my friends from my team - and Janet and Cassie are celebrating Halloween with Janet's sister, so they're also not an option. I don't really have any other friends - I work too much. My brother Mark is regretting not talking to dad before he died, but he's angrier at me than ever, so them I'm not visiting!

I guess I just go home and watch a couple videos. I could buy pizza and beer - or maybe wine - and chill by myself?

I decide that might be a good idea, and stop and buy two bottles of wine - and some beer, if I decide I rather want that. I get some snacks, and then some easy to cook food, and then I am on my way home.

Or...I could go to a bar, I think, as I drive past one that seems to be decorating for the evening. That's not something I've done since college, and even then I usually stayed home and studied. Maybe it's time to go out and have fun?

I check the time. It's not even 3PM yet. Grinning a bit foolishly at myself, I turn the car around and go to the nearest shopping mall. I am going to see if I can find something fun to wear - and then I'm going out, all by myself, for Halloween!

Most of the costumes were sold out, of course, so I only got a few things at the costume store, and then I had to find something that would work in the more "regular" clothing stores.

After eating a light dinner, I take a bath and get ready.

Looking at myself in the mirror now, I'm not sure if I bought this outfit - or if whatever remnant of Jolinar I carry, did.

I mean, it fits me. It even looks very good on me, if I am to say so myself. Way more sexy than anything

But the clothes also have a rather worrisome resemblance to the Egyptian-style clothing many female Goa'uld wear, so maybe it's something Jolinar thinks would be suitable for wearing undercover that inspired me? I do have memories of him... or is it her? because Jolinar seems to have worn something like this... and I suddenly get the distinct impression Jolinar was female?

I shake my head at myself, but I know that to people here on Earth, it would just be a rather nice Egyptian queen costume, so I think I will be fine.

I study the makeup I have put on. It is not nearly as heavy as what I have seen people do for Egyptian costumes, but closer to what some Goa'uld seems to wear daily. I have made the black lines, and then painted my lids a light purplish blue. It actually makes my eyes look really good! I also wear some red lipstick, which is pretty unusual for me.

My hair is a little short for this costume, and probably shouldn't be blond, but I decide against using a wig or colouring it. Instead I put on a gold and silver headband I have inherited from my great grandmother. I got a matching armlet from her, so I wear that as well, and no other jewelry.

I take another look in the mirror, and I think my costume is perfect now. Knee-length white dress that is tight at the top, accentuating my breasts, and then flow out and hang loose around my legs. Golden scarf for belt, thin strip gold-lame sandals (admittedly kitsch in any other situation), and a thin, translucent light blue cape.

Halloween parties, here I come! I just hope I don't meet anyone I know - my team members would laugh their asses off if they saw me!