C is for Coffee, by Fig Newton (G)

[fignewton]

I suspect that no one really wants to be the first self-reccer (see this entry for more details), so I'm going to break the ice and offer one more tribute to Carmen Argenziano.

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Self-rec
Characters: Jacob Carter, Selmak
Categories: gen, friendship, Tok'ra
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: fignewton
Author's Website: Fig Newton at AO3
Link: C is for Coffee

Why This Must Be Read: At the beginning of Death Knell, Sam is astonished to learn that Jacob gave up coffee for his symbiote. This little missing scene offers a possible scenario for how that might have happened, with some fun give-and-take between Jacob and Selmak.


As an unabashed coffee addict, he'd been vaguely surprised when he didn't suffer any withdrawal symptoms in his first days offworld. Still, he supposed that a symbiote capable of curing cancer and fixing arthritic knees would have little trouble tweaking his serotonin levels and adjusting his neurotransmitters to avoid caffeine-induced crankiness.

Comments

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Thanks for doing this. I had missed the news of the actor's death, but when I saw what you wrote, I realized I should be looking for it—and there it was.

I'm sorry to see him go. And yours is a lovely little story.

[fignewton]

Thanks, Aelf. I first heard about it when Marzipan started reccing Jacob fics in tribute, so all credit to her. :)

Glad you liked the fic, too!