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Fig Newton ([identity profile] sg-fignewton.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] stargateficrec2009-02-10 08:51 am

Stains, by Claira (PG)

Rec Category: Jack and Sam friendship
Pairing: none
Categories: Jack and Sam friendship, Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, gen, character study, drama, angst
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] stars_like_dust
Author's Website: stars-like-dust.com
Link: Stains

Why This Must Be Read:
Claira gives us a badly shaken Sam and her quietly supportive CO, in the immediate aftermath of Sam's first up-and-close kill sometime in S1. There is stark imagery and very human pain, and Jack offering the only words he can. Stains is short, sharp, and vivid, and - like the smell of soap - it will linger for you long after you've finished reading.

She hadn’t realized how casual she had become about death looking through the viewfinder of a MP-5.