2006-01-18

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[personal profile] rydra_wong2006-01-18 08:52 am

Men Of Action by ana_grrl (NC-17)

Rec Category: Cameron Mitchell
Pairing: Cameron/Teal'c
Category: AU, Drama, Action/Adventure, Slash
Warnings: Slash
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] ana_grrl
Author's Website: not known
Link: Men Of Action

Why This Must Be Read:

Because apparently even an apocalypse can't shake Cameron's fundamental optimism. Much.

Actually, this fic is one of the major reasons I wanted to rec for this category. It's so many different kinds of good - a bleak and gritty AU sketched in a handful of lines, characters who are both utterly themselves and plausibly shaped by their altered circumstances, powerful pared-down bare-bones prose, distrust and wary connections and unexpected hope:

They meet inside the walls of a burned-out building in a blackout zone. It's past curfew, and Cameron's taking a risk. Unlike the Jaffa traitor, he doesn't have armour he can retreat behind.