An Instant of Regret
An Instant of Regret
by Sarah Anderson
TITLE: An Instant of Regret
AUTHOR: Sarah Anderson
EMAIL: jagmanrabb@aol.com
CATEGORY: Sam and Jack, Drabble
SPOILERS: None
SEASON / SEQUEL:Anytime after Season 4
RATING: PG
CONTENT WARNINGS: Minor Language, Character Death
SUMMARY: Someone thinks.
STATUS: Complete
ARCHIVE: Heliopolis
DISCLAIMER: Stargate SG-1 and its characters are the property of Showtime/Viacom, MGM/UA, Double Secret Productions, and Gekko Productions. We have written this story for entertainment purposes only and no money whatsoever has exchanged hands. No copyright infringement is intended. The original characters, situations, and story are the property of the authors. Not to be archived without permission of the authors.
AUTHOR'S NOTES:
Something I was never prepared for happened, in an instant. You know how people say your life can change just like that? Its one of the most truest statements in the universe. An instant is too short to do anything about it and too long to ever have to live over again but when its in motion everything goes still and becomes clearer, and the moments to follow bring the most excruciating pain to your soul ... to your whole being.
Then come the 'if only's' or the 'I should have's' which are all apart of one emotion, one of the worst. Regret. Regret of things left unsaid for so long. Regret of not being able to change events that only took an instant to destroy everything that you ever thought to be right. Everything that you knew was right. Everything that was right. Everything that can never be again
all because of one incorrect instant in time. Everything had to go so right for everything to end up so wrong. If I had only looked left instead of right. If only we would have headed back two seconds before we did ... Or after ... If only. That one instant wouldnt have turned out like it did. He might still be alive. Or we might all be dead. Thats what's the worst. Not
knowing.
Does everything happen for a reason? I used to think so, but now ... I'm not sure. I've learned that your never sure about anything anymore. But if every event in the universe had a reason then what in the hell was the reason for this one? To make me realise what could never have? To make me regret never realising its full extent? Or was it to make me see if I could handle it, like I have almost every other horrible event in my life that I refused to let bring me down? If that's the reason then its been a damn cruel one for I feel this may be the preverbial straw.
I'm sick of hearing the same words over and over. 'He was a good officer.' Thats what most people think and its true. But what about those few who knew better, knew that he was a damn good person. More people should have realized
this. All I can do now is wait and see where this turn of events lead everyone. Wait one slow instant at a time that was all brought on by one brief instant of tourture. And regret.
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