There was an abrupt change of the air, the heavy tension between them turned to a completely different sort of heaviness. O'Neill moved and she stiffened, if only for a moment.

His touch made her ache, it was the silly sort of thing that was written about in torrid dime store books. Her stomach felt like a thousand butterflies were circling inside her and her heart was beating against he rib cage like a trapped bird.

And then it happened, no life or death situations, no mind wipes or alternate realities. It was her and him and and this moment. Sam melted from the stiff resistance and returned the kiss. It was so easy to fall into it, everything about it was right, perfect.