No. 50

Prompt: Stargate: SG-1, Jack O'Neill/Daniel Jackson, Summer at Cheyenne means water gun fights when the brass aren't looking.
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/714439.html?thread=94376135#t94376135

Jack at his most commanding is ridiculously hot. It's why Daniel can never take him too seriously, because then he'll get distracted in the field. Trading sarcastic barbs is work mode. Jack being all military and bossy? That's sexytimes mode. So Daniel is pretty pleased with himself for keeping a straight face while Jack paces along the line of new recruits, who have formed single file on the grass at the top of the Mountain, at attention.

"This exercise," Jack says, "is designed to instill you with skills that are vital to your continued survival in the Stargate program. I expect you to act with bravery, diligence, and most of all, professionalism. Teal'c, show these marines their fine weapons."

Teal'c, also with an impeccable straight face (that's not difficult for him), holds up a neon orange plastic water pistol. "This is your weapon. Load it like so. Aim it like so. Fire it like so."

Jaws drop.

Jack glares at the marines, and they quickly close their mouths.

"If you are hit in the head, you are dead. If you are hit in any vital organ, you are dead. If you are hit in a limb, that limb is useless to you. There are no reloads. There are no time-outs. There are no take-backs. Now, get out there and rescue our archaeologist."

Daniel waves, then presents his wrists to Teal'c so he can be bound - and he does notice the gleam in Jack's eye when Teal'c snaps the cuffs on - and then follows Teal'c as Teal'c guides him to the "jail" demarcated by a square of white stones. Teal'c has a super soaker.

Jack strides off to the sidelines and tells the marines they have five minutes to formulate their strategy, and then the battle is on.

General Hammond thinks Daniel has taken the marines to Kate Heightmeyer for a lecture on self-care and the psychological stress of being on a gate team.

Daniel doesn't like shrinks, and Jack prefers a little show, don't tell. These kids need to loosen up and laugh, because if they can't, they won't survive the program for long.

"Aaaaand go!" Jack blows on a whistle.

The marines fan out and open fire.

Teal'c's super soaker is full of jello.

The first marine hit looks confused, the second horrified.

And the third, the third laughs.

And Daniel thinks these kids might actually do all right.