Hammond's Guilty Pleasure
Hammond rewound the tape to rewatch a moment that always made him chuckle.
He recalled the message he'd received beforehand. He'd been warned that the drink that had been given to SG-1 had appeared tame but apparently packed quite a punch. SG-1 had become extremely inebriated in a very short amount of time and not aware of it until it was too late. He'd told his Boys to bring them home.
From his view in the Control Room, there was very little that resembled Colonel O'Neill, a respected member of the United States Air Force and excellent instinctual leader that first came back through the gate. And judging by appearance, two of his team members, both considered highly-qualified professional individuals excelling among their peers, were just as bad off as their team leader.
Jack staggered out of the gate first followed immediately after, if not haphazardly, by his team. All except Teal'c, who watched but did nothing to assist in what occurred next. Jack's hair was standing up, his shirt tail was hanging out, and his face was flushed. He was finding it hard to adjust his footfalls to match the declining slope of the ramp, obvious by the way he was dangerously swaying with each step. He abruptly stopped halfway down the ramp and waving his arms yelled out, "H-honeeey, I'm m- mho-oooome"
He'd slurred every word. Jack was smashed.
Unfortunately, his two other team members who were holding each other up and caught in a fit of giggles had failed to notice that Jack had stopped. What happened next could only be described as a comical domino effect.
Dr. Jackson bumped into Jack, which caused Jack to loose his balance. Jack sidestepped to regain it, which immediately destabilized Daniel who fell towards the ramp, but not before he grabbed for Major Carter. Jack reached for Daniel at the same time Major Carter reached for Jack. They bumped heads mid fall and both of them ended up sprawled on the ramp on top of poor Daniel with a mutual "Ooof." Followed by a muffled "o-Ow."
Jack announced, "T-hanksss for the t-trip. S-s-seee ya next faaall". A moment later, all of them were lost in fits of hysterical laughter, except Teal'c who appeared perplexed, if not annoyed.
Hammond laughed and sipped his secret stash of whiskey — a small vice he allowed himself - then decided it was worth one more viewing before sleep called.
The End
