East of Eden by dirty diana (NC-17)

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Show: Stargate SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill/Daniel Jackson
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, John Sheppard
Pairing: Jack O'Neill/Daniel Jackson
Het/Slash/Gen: slash
Warning: dubcon situations, violence, language
Author on LJ: dirty_diana
Author's Website: Shocking Pink
Link: on author site, on Area 52

Why This Must Be Read: Here's another I-can't-believe-it-hasn't-been-recced-before Jack/Daniel story, and it's another dark!Daniel fic—this one is Daniel still in Shifu's dream. Dictator of the planet, he's keeping Jack around, despite Jack's numerous escape attempts.

Diana creates a slow build of horror and helplessness as we experience Jack living in Daniel's control. It's not so much ruthless evil that makes Daniel so creepy, but more his casual inattention to his own wrongness. With spot-on dialogue and a few incisive observations, Diana uses spare language to weave a deeply felt story.


Excerpt:
"Where are they?" he asks.

"Who?" Daniel asks, and he has honestly forgotten, before Jack's cold, hurt glare reminds him. "Oh. Your friends. They're gone, Jack. Don't worry about them."

There is silence.

"Are you going to ask me to tell you what you want to know?" Jack asks him, finally.

"Why?" Daniel's hands toy with the seams of his pockets, leaning against the wall. Daniel, moving while thinking, things that are the same. "Would you tell me?"

"No. Wait, let me think." Jack waits a beat, surveying the tray laid out in front of him. Four kinds of pie. "Definitely no."

Daniel nods, and then smiles. Jack wishes that he wouldn't do that. "Let's skip that stage, then." He reaches for the door. "I'll leave you to your dinner."