To Touch the Edge of Peace by Ayiana (G)

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Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Pairing: very mild Sam/Jack UST
Category: Jack O'Neill, Sam Carter, angst, Charlie O'Neill, Sam and Jack friendship
Warning: none
Author on LJ ayiana2
Author's Website: The Porch
Link: To Touch the Edge of Peace

Why This Must Be Read: This quiet, understated little story packs a powerful emotional punch. Jack returns to Colorado and enlists Sam's help in finding something he left behind in storage - of course hidden somewhere among a mess of unlabeled boxes. ayiana2 gives us subtly wonderful Sam and Jack characterization and a glimpse into the life Jack had before Charlie's death, as well as an understanding of how he's dealing with that tragedy, all these years later.

The author labels this fic as straddling the line between ship and gen and she's right. I'm comfortable calling it gen, but there is certainly UST there if you want it, but no more than you get on the show itself.

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The Moon Be Still As Bright by Wintertime [PG-13]

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Rec Category: John/Rodney friendship

Pairing: none
Category: Angst, AU, John/Rodney friendship
Warning: none
Author on LJ: n/a
Author's Website: Wintertime's page on Wraithbait

Link: The Moon Be Still As Bright

Why This Must Be Read: This story, an AU of Conversion, is a brilliantly crafted little gem. The language is beautiful, the premise chillingly plausible, and the way that Rodney finds to give something back, to the person who has lost it all, is heartwarming and lovely and, well, ingenious.