Lovely by Martha (PG by reccer)

[sailorsueuk.livejournal.com]

Rec Category: Daniel
Pairing: None
Category: Crossover (with the Sentinel), Drama, Team
Warning: None
Author on LJ: saffronhouse 
Author's Website: http://www.skeeter63.org/~soulcake/
Link:  http://soulcake.skeeter63.org/lovely.html

Why This Must Be Read:

Yes, yes, I know most of you know this one :-)  But it's very seasonal.  And it's also very good.  Following The Light, Daniel attracts the attention of some genuinely menacing Bad Guys when he mysteriously gains the ability to teleport.  Therein follows some great Danny Whumping, cool use of canon, and even some traditional rest-of-team-in-pursuit-of-missing-archaeologist shenanigans.  Don't let the fact that this is a crossover put you off.  I've never seen the Sentinel, yet even as new characters, Jim and Blair play a satisfying and vital part in this superior fic. 

Snippet of Fic:

"The dreams?" Jim asked eventually.

"They were lovely," Jackson said again, his voice getting a little far away. "So peaceful. Every night, almost, I would dream that I was looking down at the streets of this amazing city. Like nothing I'd ever seen before, and I've seen -- it felt -- it's stupid, but at first the dreams felt like forgiveness, almost. Absolution." Another bitter laugh. "I should have known better."

Comments

[maaseru.livejournal.com]

This is one of my fave Daniel stories - and as an added treat, the reshteh polo that Blair makes to go with roast chicken always has me drooling like a dog. I wonder if it's as good as it sounds, and mean to try this soon.

[sailorsueuk.livejournal.com]

I never thought to actually make the recipe! What a totally splendid idea :-)

*goes away drooling*

[frostfox.livejournal.com]

I love the scene with Sam at her brother's house, drinking bad coffee. And ready to leave at the drop of a hat when Jack and Teal'c come to the door, because it's Daniel, it's family.

FF

[sailorsueuk.livejournal.com]

There's just so much that is awesome in this fic - the feeling of family runs so strongly right from the moment Blair invites Daniel to his house because it's *Christmas*. I also love that the author paints such vivid pictures of everything that you have no difficulties envisaging each scene - touches like the bad coffee just make it all work :-)