Emotional Archeology, by Morgan Briarwood (PG)

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson
Categories: gen, character study, angst, episode related
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: briarwood
Author's Website: morgan32
Link: Emotional Archeology

Why This Must Be Read: Fresh off the archive! This is a fantastic Jack and Daniel friendship piece in the wake of Show and Tell, with Daniel helping Jack deal with the emotional fallout. Understated, intelligent, sideways approaches... in short, perfectly Jack and Daniel. :)

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<b>Show:</b> SG-1

<b>Rec Category:</b> Jack and Daniel friendship
<b>Characters:</b> Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson
<b>Categories:</b> gen, character study, angst, episode related
<b>Warnings:</b> none
<b>Author's Journal:</b> <lj user="briarwood">
<b>Author's Website:</b> <lj user=morgan32 site=archiveofourown.org>
<b>Link:</b> <a href=https://archiveofourown.org/works/58343482>Emotional Archeology</a>

<b>Why This Must Be Read:</b> Fresh off the archive! This is a fantastic Jack and Daniel friendship piece in the wake of <i>Show and Tell</i>, with Daniel helping Jack deal with the emotional fallout. Understated, intelligent, sideways approaches... in short, perfectly Jack and Daniel. :)

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<i><Getting Jack to open up was like uncovering something fragile that had been buried for thousands of years. You had to go layer by layer, slow and careful, and know when to back the hell off if a crack appeared. Usually, Daniel would offer beer, or pull out a chess board. They would sit in silence, or argue about irrelevant crap and – eventually – Jack would say something about what was really on his mind. That wasn’t going to work in here.</p><p>That was okay. As Jack always said, you work with what you have. Daniel had staked out his ground, so to speak. Now he needed to carefully brush away the loose soil until he found the artefact beneath.</p></i>