Infinite by Dira Sudis (dsudis) (G)
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stargateficrecShow: SG-1
Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters:Pairings: None
Categories: gen, team, mission
Warnings: discussion about Charlie O'Neill
Word Count: 1007
Author on DW:dira
Author's Website: AO3 Profile
Link: Infinite
Author's Summary:
Jack is sitting next to Daniel's bedroll.
Why This Must Be Read:
Originally posted in 2005, a short fic where Jack starts thinking about the possibilities of the quantum mirror. Daniel answers what he can.
The discussion (about Charlie, as a small warning) is both poignant and heart warming.
Daniel opens his eyes. It's not his watch yet--if he listens hard enough, he can hear Sam, pacing in the grass, and the silent place where Teal'c is lying, deeper than sleep--but he's suddenly wide awake, and Jack is sitting up, a little more than arm's reach from Daniel's bedroll. It explains why Sam is keeping her watch on the camp's perimeter, instead of sitting by the fire. She's decided Jack needs space.
Daniel catches his own pun as he notices that Jack is looking up at the sky, brighter with stars than Daniel ever saw the sky on Earth, even out in the desert at night, even when he was a child. They're significantly closer to the galactic core here, and the atmosphere runs a little thin. But the stars don't concern Daniel; Jack sitting awake after a long day on the march, with another long day ahead of them, does. Something looks strange about the outline of Jack's silhouette, and then Daniel realizes that he's holding his sidearm in his hands, as if he'd been cleaning it. Just holding it, and that's all. Daniel rolls onto his side and lays his head on his arm. If Jack didn't know Daniel was awake before Daniel did, he'll know it now. They've all had nights when they couldn't sleep offworld. They've all had times when they took another's watch, or walked off far enough to pretend there was any privacy to be had. Jack is sitting next to Daniel's bedroll. Daniel waits.
Jack says, "Do you think--" and then stops. Looks down at the gun, turns it over in his hands. He makes a motion as if he meant to holster it, but his hands tighten on the weapon, and Daniel thinks again about the half-outlined paper he's never going to write, regarding the degree of emotional security military personnel derive from going armed. "I was thinking about that quantum mirror thingy," he says quietly.
Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters:Pairings: None
Categories: gen, team, mission
Warnings: discussion about Charlie O'Neill
Word Count: 1007
Author on DW:
diraAuthor's Website: AO3 Profile
Link: Infinite
Author's Summary:
Jack is sitting next to Daniel's bedroll.
Why This Must Be Read:
Originally posted in 2005, a short fic where Jack starts thinking about the possibilities of the quantum mirror. Daniel answers what he can.
The discussion (about Charlie, as a small warning) is both poignant and heart warming.
Daniel opens his eyes. It's not his watch yet--if he listens hard enough, he can hear Sam, pacing in the grass, and the silent place where Teal'c is lying, deeper than sleep--but he's suddenly wide awake, and Jack is sitting up, a little more than arm's reach from Daniel's bedroll. It explains why Sam is keeping her watch on the camp's perimeter, instead of sitting by the fire. She's decided Jack needs space.
Daniel catches his own pun as he notices that Jack is looking up at the sky, brighter with stars than Daniel ever saw the sky on Earth, even out in the desert at night, even when he was a child. They're significantly closer to the galactic core here, and the atmosphere runs a little thin. But the stars don't concern Daniel; Jack sitting awake after a long day on the march, with another long day ahead of them, does. Something looks strange about the outline of Jack's silhouette, and then Daniel realizes that he's holding his sidearm in his hands, as if he'd been cleaning it. Just holding it, and that's all. Daniel rolls onto his side and lays his head on his arm. If Jack didn't know Daniel was awake before Daniel did, he'll know it now. They've all had nights when they couldn't sleep offworld. They've all had times when they took another's watch, or walked off far enough to pretend there was any privacy to be had. Jack is sitting next to Daniel's bedroll. Daniel waits.
Jack says, "Do you think--" and then stops. Looks down at the gun, turns it over in his hands. He makes a motion as if he meant to holster it, but his hands tighten on the weapon, and Daniel thinks again about the half-outlined paper he's never going to write, regarding the degree of emotional security military personnel derive from going armed. "I was thinking about that quantum mirror thingy," he says quietly.
