Show: SG1
Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: Jack, Daniel, Gibbs, Ziva
Pairing: Daniel/Ziva
Het/Slash/Gen: het
Warning: none
Author on LJ:
writinginct
Author's Website: Nocturnal Scribblings, Fic Index in LJ Memories, Fanfic.net, Area 52, WraithBait
Link: Goodbyes Never Said
Why this must be read:
Xover with NCIS
There's nothing like a crossover that is canonically possible in both fandoms. CJ is also a very emotional writer that pulls off the Daniel/Ziva pairing with maturity and deftness that just makes me smile. I just really liked the setting in which CJ sets this pairing and how they meet years later after time and events have changed their fundamental characters. It's a fantastic character study to see how years can change individuals, but first, glorious loves always stick with those that experience them.
Story Summary: A chance encounter in a Washington coffee shop takes Daniel and Ziva back to a time before she was Mossad and before he ever stepped through the Stargate, to the summer they shared and the goodbyes they never said.
Jack and Daniel were in a painfully slow line to get coffee and they were shooting the breeze about nothing in particular as they waited. Daniel was ostensibly in Washington to brief and answer questions from some of the new military brass involved with the Stargate program. In reality, Jack just wanted him to come out for a visit, feeling lonely and cut off from everyone since coming to Washington.
Jack was surprised when Daniel's head whipped around upon hearing the conversation the latest customers through the door were having, “Ziva, you should know better than to listen to Tony...” The customers in question were a silver haired man about Jack's age, and a beautiful exotic woman with dark hair and eyes. All Jack could do was sputter as Daniel simply walked out of line and headed for them, they had almost been up to the counter.
The woman was still laughing and teasing with the man she was with, and Daniel allowed himself to watch her for a moment before saying, “Ziva?”
It only took a second for her to recognize him and her eyes grew huge in surprise. She launched at him with a cry, “Daniel!”
Jack had seen Daniel accept hugs and embraces from people before, but he typically did not like public displays, so it surprised Jack when Daniel hugged the woman that had flung herself at him for all he was worth.
When they pulled back a little so they could see each other's face they started speaking in Hebrew, and from there proceeded to slip and slide through a dozen languages at a frightening pace.
Gibbs was watching with interest, he had never seen this side of Ziva, or seen her so completely comfortable with another person, it was as if all her self-imposed walls had come down. Whoever this Daniel was, she apparently trusted him, and from the radiant smile that had taken up residence on her face, she apparently also had strong feelings for him. He wondered who he was, and why was he with a two star Air Force general.
As Jack watched Daniel with Ziva he thought that Daniel suddenly looked years younger, a light in his eyes that hadn't been there in a very, very long time. And he wondered exactly how Daniel knew this woman. And he wondered who the man was that was with her. Deciding to remedy that, he turned towards Gibbs and extended a hand, “I think we've lost them. General Jack O'Neill.”
“Special Agent Jethro Gibbs, NCIS.”
“Any idea how they know each other?” Jack asked with a smirk.
“Not a clue.”
Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: Jack, Daniel, Gibbs, Ziva
Pairing: Daniel/Ziva
Het/Slash/Gen: het
Warning: none
Author on LJ:
Author's Website: Nocturnal Scribblings, Fic Index in LJ Memories, Fanfic.net, Area 52, WraithBait
Link: Goodbyes Never Said
Why this must be read:
Xover with NCIS
There's nothing like a crossover that is canonically possible in both fandoms. CJ is also a very emotional writer that pulls off the Daniel/Ziva pairing with maturity and deftness that just makes me smile. I just really liked the setting in which CJ sets this pairing and how they meet years later after time and events have changed their fundamental characters. It's a fantastic character study to see how years can change individuals, but first, glorious loves always stick with those that experience them.
Story Summary: A chance encounter in a Washington coffee shop takes Daniel and Ziva back to a time before she was Mossad and before he ever stepped through the Stargate, to the summer they shared and the goodbyes they never said.
Jack and Daniel were in a painfully slow line to get coffee and they were shooting the breeze about nothing in particular as they waited. Daniel was ostensibly in Washington to brief and answer questions from some of the new military brass involved with the Stargate program. In reality, Jack just wanted him to come out for a visit, feeling lonely and cut off from everyone since coming to Washington.
Jack was surprised when Daniel's head whipped around upon hearing the conversation the latest customers through the door were having, “Ziva, you should know better than to listen to Tony...” The customers in question were a silver haired man about Jack's age, and a beautiful exotic woman with dark hair and eyes. All Jack could do was sputter as Daniel simply walked out of line and headed for them, they had almost been up to the counter.
The woman was still laughing and teasing with the man she was with, and Daniel allowed himself to watch her for a moment before saying, “Ziva?”
It only took a second for her to recognize him and her eyes grew huge in surprise. She launched at him with a cry, “Daniel!”
Jack had seen Daniel accept hugs and embraces from people before, but he typically did not like public displays, so it surprised Jack when Daniel hugged the woman that had flung herself at him for all he was worth.
When they pulled back a little so they could see each other's face they started speaking in Hebrew, and from there proceeded to slip and slide through a dozen languages at a frightening pace.
Gibbs was watching with interest, he had never seen this side of Ziva, or seen her so completely comfortable with another person, it was as if all her self-imposed walls had come down. Whoever this Daniel was, she apparently trusted him, and from the radiant smile that had taken up residence on her face, she apparently also had strong feelings for him. He wondered who he was, and why was he with a two star Air Force general.
As Jack watched Daniel with Ziva he thought that Daniel suddenly looked years younger, a light in his eyes that hadn't been there in a very, very long time. And he wondered exactly how Daniel knew this woman. And he wondered who the man was that was with her. Deciding to remedy that, he turned towards Gibbs and extended a hand, “I think we've lost them. General Jack O'Neill.”
“Special Agent Jethro Gibbs, NCIS.”
“Any idea how they know each other?” Jack asked with a smirk.
“Not a clue.”