Carthago Delenda Est by Synedochic (Mature)

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Rec Category: Jack/Sam
Pairing: Jack O'Neill/Samantha Carter
Category: Jack/Sam. Het. Angst. Romance. Did I mention angst??
Warning: Het, Mention of Bi-sexuality, Heavy Amounts of Angst
Author on LJ: Synecdochic
Author's Website: http://www.kekkai.org/synecdochic/
Link: http://synecdochic.livejournal.com/182821.html

Why This Must Be Read: Imagine a bisexual Jack determined to deny all of his non-heterosexual feelings to stay in the Air Force. Now imagine him in love with both Sam and Daniel. He has denied all of his feelings for Daniel while allowing those for Sam to peek out. After watching the clone of Jack embrace his homosexuality, Sam finally decides to examine the feelings between herself and Jack and concludes that there is real feelings on both sides between them.  Unlike her usual avoidance of the issue, Sam has decided to confront Jack. Now I may have just lost the Sam/Jack fan base, but I highly recommend Synecdochic's take on Sam finally confronting Jack and forcing him to be honest with her. It is all too rare for us to see Sam stand her ground and insist that Jack be honest with her regarding the feelings between them. To see this confrontation from a highly-respected slash writer is interesting to say the least and Synecdochic makes the discussion sing. Both are in character, all too-willing to hide from what they feel and wounded, and the sexual tension between the two of them is enough to make you want to lie back and smoke a cigarette. Give this a chance to read some of the best written Sam/Jack I've seen.... Just to clarify, this is part of the Broken Wings universe with a lot of other non-het stories -- this section can totally stand on its own without needing to read the rest of the universe.

"Out of line, Carter," he snaps, fast and decisive, hating himself for giving into it, hating himself for giving her that much corroboration.

There's a pause. He drops his head into his hands, rubbing at his temples, trying to ignore the headache that's screeching up on him. "No," she says, slowly. "No, I'm not." There's a sort of iron-clad resolve there, one he's heard from her before but never directed at him. "I think we're past that now, si -- Jack. Or if we're not, we should be."

It's too much for him to think about. At all. Because this is Carter, and the two of them have spent the past ten years lying to each other about their emotions with face and voice and words, and there has been a mutal non-aggression pact to never ever talk about it and he's been so fucking careful to keep from piercing those lies and even so much as hinting that there's something underneath the face he offers her. And now, apparently, someone has given her the X-ray fucking glasses that let her peek behind the curtain, and this is so not the time for this conversation.

Maybe next Christmas. Maybe next decade. Maybe a week from never.

Comments

[synecdochic]

Thank you so much for the rec!

I should also mention for the benefit of the reader that this is part of the Broken Wings universe, an AU in which Jack's clone (named JD) has started up a software-engineering business with Cam (who was more badly injured in the Antarctica crash, and is partially-disabled and had to leave the Air Force), just so that people don't get confused when they see the references. *g*

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Does that note help clarify?? Wow, can't believe I missed that.... *g*