Echoes of Autumn, by Moonshayde (Teen)

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Show: SG-1
Rec Category: Drama
Characters:: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Sam Carter, Teal'c
Pairing: none
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warnings: Highlight: mental illness and disabilities
Author on LJ: moonshayde
Author's Website: Moonshayde at The Alpha Gate orMoonshayde at FanFiction.Net

Link: "Echoes of Autumn"

Why This Must Be Read:

I first read this story when it appeared several years ago, and it has haunted me since. The first time I read it, I couldn't stop because the suspense gripped me so much; rereading it, I couldn't stop because the characters held me.

Jack wakes up to find himself years older than he remembers being when he was general at the SGC. He has trouble even contacting his old team. He soon realizes that he has forgotten something important—but what? How can he remember?


Excerpt:

"Oh my God." Carter laughed, a derisive laugh, one touched with so much apprehension that it made Jack feel even uneasier. "You're completely delusional."

Now it was his turn to be shocked. "Excuse me?"

"You've stopped taking it, haven't you?" She jumped to her feet and rushed into the kitchen. "Damn you, Jack. I thought we could end this today."

Dazed, Jack rose to his feet and followed her, wishing to God she would start making some sense. Someone had to tell him what was going on here.

"Stopped taking what?" he asked, frowning as she picked up the phone book he'd been using earlier. "End what? Carter, what the hell?"

"Ten years," she mumbled, grabbing his phone and dialing quickly. "After all this time, I just thought, maybe…" She shook her head. "Nothing has changed at all."

Ten years? Had Carter said ten years? Jack nearly choked on the thought, his mind reeling.
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