FIC: Writer's Choice: My Level of Incompetence (Stargate)

Title: My Level of Incompetence
Author: Alex alexcat
Fandom: Stargate
For: OEAM Writer's Circle, August Prompt
Genre: FCGen
Characters: Jack O’Neill
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Alas, I do not own Jack though I would be glad to!
Summary: Jack is tired of his work and longs for a better life.

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My Level of Incompetence

I was never meant to be a desk jockey but that’s what I do now. My name is Jack O’Neill and the powers that be have moved me from the work I love and the people I care about and put me here.

‘Here’ is an office in the Pentagon in Washington, DC. I have a nice title too. Head of Homeworld Security. Sounds catchy, doesn’t it?

I long for the days of being shot at and blown up and threatened on a daily basis! Man! I had no idea how good I had it when I gated all over the galaxy all the time with my best friends in the whole world. We saved the world on a weekly basis! When I got back and hit the sack, I slept like a baby.

These days I talk on the phone a lot and I know lots and lots of secrets, secrets that would keep you up at night if you knew them too. Hell, they even keep me up at night.

I have always heard that people tend to rise to the level of their own incompetence and I actually thought it was a joke. Nope, no joke. Here I am making decisions that could affect the entire planet and my favorite TV show is The Simpsons. Think about that!

I have put in my time. More than my time. I think it’s my turn to go. There is a lake with no fish in it and a wonderful Air Force Colonel that I would happily spend the rest of my life with out there. I think they need me more than the world does.

Don’t you?

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