stargateficrec | More than This by 6beforelunch PG-13/T+ (Reply)

Rec Category: Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran
Pairing: Daniel/Vala, Cam/Carolyn
Category: AU, romance, apocafic
Warning: Het, angst, major character death (assumed), Cameron Mitchell's bare ass
Author on LJ:

6beforelunch
Author's Website: Fic Tag
Link: More than This

Why you should read this: I like a lot of things about this fic. I like the way it flicks back and foward in time. I like the selection of characters the author has chosen, and their various coping methods. I like the quiet sense of strength and hope the ending gives.

I also like the memorial tree - I love seeing records in this kind of situation (and currently 'SGU: Darkness' is fresh in my mind), as I always picture some alien race finding them, translating them and wondering about the people who left them.

And finally the Daniel/Vala aspect is portrayed very well, very in character and completely believably given the circumstance.

That night they stand by the lake with the setting suns and read the names. When it's over, Cameron and Carolyn disappear and Vala is sure if she heads back to the tent she'll find Cameron's T-shirt out front. Code for DO NOT DISTURB. Not unless you want to see Cameron Mitchell's bare ass. Frankly, Vala doesn't mind seeing Cameron Mitchell's bare ass, but it makes Cameron cranky so she respects the T-shirt.

Daniel walks to the other side of the lake and Vala is sure he's not in the mood for company. She sits down under the tree and reads the names again, all four hundred and sixteen. Four hundred and sixteen reasons why she never should have stopped running. Four hundred and sixteen people she was never supposed to care about.