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Merry Christmas @niknaksstuff ! Your request was “Mistletoe fluff fanfic (pre relationship)"  I had lots of fun with your prompt, and I really hope you will like it :D
"General, c'mon, it's Christmas."
The look that General Hammond gives the Colonel has Sam trying really hard not to laugh.
"Last I checked, Colonel, it was December 22nd. Besides, you don't have to stay for longer than 24 hours. You'll be home before Christmas Eve."
"But," the Colonel says in a tone that's dangerously close to whining.
"Are you questioning my orders, Colonel?" Hammond asks, but his eyes are twinkling and Sam snorts, quietly, into her hands. Of course it does not go unnoticed by the Colonel. It makes her happy that seven years of working side by side with him have made her quite immune to his glares.
"No, sir. Yes, sir. Snowed in village on the other side of the galaxy on Christmas Eve Eve Eve it is, sir," the Colonel says still glaring at Sam.
Hammond smiles and rises from his chair. "You depart in two hours, SG-1. Dismissed."
***
The planet isn't as cold as Sam expected it to be. It is also a lot prettier than the images that were sent back by the MALP. They're greeted by a small group of people bundled up for the cold.
"Welcome!" one of them bellows and steps forward.
"Hi, Marko," Daniel says before the Colonel even opens his mouth.
Marko smiles. "Hello. You must be Daniel, I recognize your voice. We are most pleased to have our new alien friends join today's celebration."
"Oh, you celebrate Christmas, too?"
Sam grins. "Seems you might get to have two Christmases this year," she quietly tells the frowning Colonel.
But Marko shakes his head. "I do not know of this holiday. We celebrate the beginning of a new year. The days are short, this year is dying, it is time to say goodbye to everything that has happened, and welcome the new year into our homes."
The Colonel rolls his eyes, just a bit. "Close enough," he tells Sam.
"But let us not stand here in the cold. Come, come. There is food and drinks and"—he takes Daniel's arm and starts leading him to the village—”you will tell me everything about this Christmas you celebrate, will you not?"
Daniel helplessly looks back at his team. "Uh, yeah, of course."
Sam turns her head to the Colonel and Teal'c, to gauge their reaction, but the Colonel only shakes his head before gesturing for them to move.
"Every planet, I swear."
Sam laughs.
