Protect and Defend by green_grrl (PG)

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Daniel Jackson/Jack O’Neill
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Jack O’Neill, George Hammond
Pairings: Daniel Jackson/Jack O’Neill
Categories: Slash, AU, Romance
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: green_grrl
Author's Website: green_grrl on AO3
Link: Protect and Defend

Why This Must Be Read: This is a sweet and fun hockey AU. Don’t worry if you’re not overly familiar with hockey; it provides a great background, but this story is very much about Jack and Daniel. It is very gently paced, easily drawing the reader a picture of their daily lives, the development of their relationship, and even mixing in hurt/comfort, as well as some neat nods to SG-1 dialogue and events, which left me smiling!


Excerpt:
By the time Jack and the scrimmage teams made it to the ice the next night, Daniel Jackson's rapid-fire patter was already giving the fans a rundown on the prospects they would see in the game. George had called Daniel's observation skills outstanding and snatched him up as PA announcer for his uncanny ability to speak twice as fast as a normal person, meaning flawless delivery of French commentary with added English for the high points. Somewhere the new radio and television broadcasters were doing the same, stoking the appetite of hockey-starved Québécois for their new team.

Jack had first met Jackson—"call me Daniel"—when George had invited him to one of his early get-togethers with the staff and the NHL veterans who had already been signed, even though PA announcer was a very, very part-time contract gig.

"PA announcer?" Jack had blurted out. "You should be in television—you've got the looks for it."

Daniel had raised his eyebrows and Jack had felt his cheeks pink. Daniel just said, "I fell in love with hockey going to games, being in the arena—the whole live experience. The chill off the ice, the sound of the puck cracking against the boards, the feel of the crowd all around. That's … that's where I want to be, where I want to engage the fans."

Just watching Daniel share his passion for the game—yeah, Jack got it.

Comments

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you!