stargateficrec | Anvil, by Lokei (PG) (Reply)

Rec Category: Teal'c and Daniel friendship
Pairing: none
Categories: Teal'c and Daniel friendship, Teal'c, Daniel Jackson, gen, angst, episode related, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

lokei
Author's Website:

lokeis_pen
Link: Anvil

Why This Must Be Read: Lokei gives us marvelous Teal'c POV as he goes to Daniel's office to confront him in the aftermath of Thor's Hammer. Here is honestly, and pain, and shrewd observations; a glimpse into the poignancy of both their situations, and the essential pragmatism that underlies their natures. I love that this isn't Saint Daniel, but very human Daniel, making a choice and dealing with the consequences.

There can never be enough fics that deal with the repercussions of Teal'c's and Daniel's twisted fortunes, but Lokei's Anvil is more than enough to satisfy!

Full and smug disclaimer: Lokei wrote this as a birthday present for me. Am I lucky or what? :)

“May I ask you a question?”

Daniel Jackson looks at him over the rim of the mug, and his face is much harder to read without the clues provided by his lips. If this were O’Neill, Teal’c would be expecting a joke--‘you just did’ is the colonel’s standard answer, but the archaeologist is rarely so flippant, and he merely nods acquiescence.

“Why did you disable the Hammer?”

The hand holding the mug trembles and Daniel Jackson puts it down carefully, folding his hands and looking at the tabletop. “Jack gave an order.”

“I have perceived that there are many instances in which you will not readily comply with O’Neill’s wishes,” Teal’c observes calmly. “And were this my command, I would never have asked a man to free one who was responsible for the enslavement of his wife. He should not have asked you.”