In A Name by Brionhet (G)

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Show: SG-1
Rec Category: Daniel Jackson
Characters: Daniel Jackson, other minor characters
Categories: Gen
Warnings: Some angst
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author's Website: JD Divas
Link: In A Name

Why This Must Be Read: This is a lovely character piece that shows us Daniel as seen from the point of view of several of the people he encounters in his life, starting with his first foster mom. I'm not usually a fan of snippet fics, but Brionhet manages to say a lot with relatively few words. From the moment Daniel decides no one is allowed to call him 'Danny' to the moment he decides it's alright for someone to call him 'Danny' again, this is a surprisingly moving piece.

I also recommend reading the follow-up story to this Journal: A Life (link at the end of In A Name), which tells Clair Jackson's story through a series of journal entries starting with when she was fifteen.


Marian picked up the glasses and tucked them into one of his hands. He solemnly contemplated the broken right lens, then sighed and slid the heavy frames onto his face.

"We'd better get you to the nurse, Daniel. She can help with the bloody nose, and it looks like you're going to have a first class shiner, there."

He avoided her eyes. "I'm fine."

"Daniel…"

"I'm fine," he insisted. "Bleeding's stopping already."

"I still think…"

"No!" He finally met her gaze. "I… I'm sorry, Miss Kenerley. I just… she'll call my…. She'll just make me go home. I don't want to miss school."

She shook her head. Forty years of intimidating the toughest of students… and along comes this quiet little mouse. This apparently totally oblivious mouse. She didn't scare him a bit.

He began gathering up the scattered papers. She watched him for a moment, then crouched down to help gather the belongings the three bullies had flung about. Pages and pages of his meticulous writing, several books, and a battered journal.