Syllepsis by Komos (NC-17)

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Rec Category: Sara O'Neill
Pairing: Jack O'Neill/Daniel Jackson, past Sara O'Neill/Jack O'Neill
Category: Sara O'Neill, Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Jack/Daniel, established relationship
Warning: explicit m/m sex near the end
Author on LJ paian
Author's Website: Enkomion (not recently updated)
LJ fic tag (I think comprehensive)
Link: On website: Syllepsis
On LJ: Syllepsis

Why This Must Be Read:


A Sara O'Neill fic for the Jack/Daniel shippers that works so very well. Komos starts with a Jack and Daniel in an established, though very not public, relationship, puts Daniel in Jack's house while Jack shops for groceries, and has Sara ring the doorbell. What follows is not a comical, soap opera-esque flair up but instead a strange, wonderful triangle between three adults who have all known loss and who all care about each other and can perhaps read each other a little too well.

The Sara Komos gives us is strong in her uncertainty, still held by the past but also able to move on and she accepts Jack and Daniel as they are much easier than she might. That she gives us all this from Daniel's perspective only makes the story more powerful.

( sneak preview )

All the Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands by Scarletts_Awry (PG13)

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Rec Category: Ronon Dex

Pairing: none
Category: Atlantis, gen
Warning: none
Author on LJ: scarletts_awry
Author's Website: n/a
Link: All the Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands

Why This Must Be Read: With All Hallow's Eve creeping near, this is a wonderful story for the season: dark and weird and fascinating, not really horror in the classic sense, but with a creepy scarlet thread of dark fantasy woven throughout. This is the Pegasus Galaxy that we never quite see onscreen: weird and different and alien, just strange enough to be one step removed from the reality we know. This story is a reminder of how much Ronon must have lived, experienced, and seen before he came to Atlantis; there is so much about him that his Earthling friends, and even Teyla, will never know or understand.

( A brief snippet )

Not Us by Komos (NC-17)

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Rec Category: Jack/Daniel
Pairing: Jack/Daniel, clone!Jack/clone!Daniel
Category: slash
Warning: sex, language
Author on LJ: paian
Author's Website: http://komos.lyricalmagic.com/kmain.html
Link: http://paian.livejournal.com/88638.html

Why This Must Be Read: As per usual with paian, this is a gorgeous Jack/Daniel love story, this time told through two very different couples. The depth of their bond shows when Daniel has Thor make a clone of himself, to keep Jack's clone from being alone in the world. The clones are even more tightly entwined, sharing a secret nobody else can know. Ten years later, the clones' tech startup is of interest to the Air Force, and the two pairs are forced to think about "the others" they never wanted to encounter again. It turns out not to be a bad thing.

paian captures the multi-layered nuances of who the clones would be, the constraints on Daniel and Jack, and the similarities and differences between the clones and their counterparts. Plot, character, dialogue and sex all weave together perfectly to create a portrait of all four men.

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Youth Is Wasted On the Young/Same Old Slippers by Princess of G (NC-17)

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Rec Category: Jack/Daniel
Pairing: clone!Jack/clone!Daniel, Jack/Daniel
Category: Slash
Warning: Sex, Language
Author on LJ: princessofg
Author's Website: SG-1 fic LJ tag
Link: http://princessofg.livejournal.com/199592.html and http://princessofg.livejournal.com/207947.html

Why This Must Be Read: Following paian's Not Us, princessofg wrote a gorgeous missing scene for the clones and a tag for Jack and Daniel. Both fics fit seamlessly into the events and style and emotions of the original story, taking that beautiful romance and giving us more. princessofg dives mid-timeline to a pivotal moment in the clones' relationship. The context for the moment was clearly outlined in the original story, and this fills in perfectly. Jack and Daniel, also, get a scene that was implied and here realized. The three stories together are a warm, sexy blanket of happy-making.

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