Whatever It Takes by jdjunkie (Mature)

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Show: SG-1
Rec Category: Daniel Jackson/Jack O’Neill
Characters: Daniel, Jack, Sam, Teal’c, Dr. Brightman, Dr. MacKenzie, Hank Landry
Pairings: Daniel Jackson/Jack O’Neill
Categories: Slash, Hurt/Comfort, Established Relationship
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: jd_junkie
Author's Website: jdjunkie at AO3
Link: Whatever It Takes

Author's Summary: Jack had been at Homeworld Security for fourteen days.

Daniel had been missing for four.

Why This Must Be Read: This is jdjunkie Hurt/Comfort at its best, which is saying something! It is wonderfully emotionally evocative, pulling the reader in right from the start. The characterizations are compelling, believable, and, at times, absolutely heartbreaking. The writing is fantastic, perfectly paced and never rushed, giving the reader time to reflect and to feel with the characters as the story progresses.


Excerpt:
They didn’t know how Jack’s heart was breaking, or how the rage he felt inside was eating him alive, or how the despair was taking him right back to a bleak earlier time and place in his life that only became better when a sneezing geek with a surprisingly steely core made him see sense and rescued him from himself.

He stared at an unopened whiskey bottle on his kitchen counter – an old friend and an older enemy. Daniel had bought it for him. It wasn’t meant to taunt or be a cruel temptation; it was a reminder of Daniel’s trust in him. Daniel had said they’d have a shot together during his first visit to the Washington apartment. They’d clink glasses and mark the beginning of the Chapter Before the Final Chapter, as Daniel had called it. Then Daniel had kissed him, slowly and with his heart, and told him everything would be fine. They’d be fine. Jack needed to have a little more faith in them.

He stared at the bottle some more.

Then he went to bed and failed to sleep again.