What Our Hearts Sing by Josephine (G)

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Show: SGA
Rec Category: Carson/Teyla
Characters: Carson Beckett/Teyla Emmagan
Pairing: Carson/Teyla
Het/Slash/Gen: Het
Warning: canon character death, spoilers for episode "Sunday"
Author on LJ: lovellama
Author's Website: none that I could find
Link: What Our Hearts Sing

Why this must be read:

Josephine hit so many of my buttons with this gorgeous piece: music as a cultural exploration tool, a quiet Carson and Teyla moment, and a bittersweet ending. Being the music whore that I am, reading Carson and Teyla trade folksongs, both comical and saddening, made for a happy reader. And the ending... Oh the ending.... That last paragraph and snatch of song had my eyes tearing up at the sadness and beauty of the story. This is a wonderful illustration of why this pairing could work and the very sad outcome of it in light of Season 3's 17th episode.

Story Summary: Carson and Teyla find some common ground

He came to our lands
From a world far away,
Though none of his kind
knew what could
On the other side lay…