{"id":1389,"date":"2012-09-03T01:51:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T01:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azar.ink-and-quill.com\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2012-09-03T01:51:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T01:51:09","slug":"fic-reason-to-stay-eureka-jacktess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/azar.ink-and-quill.com\/?p=1389","title":{"rendered":"Fic: Reason to Stay (Eureka, Jack\/Tess)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author’s Note:<\/strong> Written for fandom_stocking in January 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n

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“So, wait. Now you want <\/em>me to go?”<\/p>\n

“No, that’s not…of course I don’t want <\/em>you to go!”<\/p>\n

“That’s not what it sounded like a minute ago.” Tess frowned, folding her arms defensively across her chest. “I thought you’d be glad to hear I decided to stay.”<\/p>\n

“I am!” Carter sighed, running one hand through his short-cropped hair. “I just…I don’t want you to throw away a job you’d love on my account. Because then I’m<\/em> the one you’re going to resent if you regret it.”<\/p>\n

“Yeah, well, maybe I got offered another job I’ll love.”<\/p>\n

That made him stop and look at her. “Oh?”<\/p>\n

Tess just smiled. “When Eva Thorne reorganized GD, she decided that running it was too big a job for one person. She’s right, too. I can speak from experience on that point.”<\/p>\n

Jack nodded. “Right. She made Nathan director of research, and Allison director of…something else, I forget exactly what.”<\/p>\n

Tess smiled faintly. “Well, for some crazy reason I will never understand, Allison thinks I’m the perfect person to step into Nathan Stark’s rather large shoes. And apparently the DoD agrees with her. They’ve asked me to stay on.”<\/p>\n

Jack closed the distance between them, taking her face gently in both hands. “Are you sure this is what you want?”<\/p>\n

Tess looked up at him and smiled, this time more confidently. He knew she wasn’t just talking about the job when she answered, “Yeah. Yeah, it is,” and kissed him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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