Across the Divide by Se/Seesaw (teens)

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Across the Divide by Se/Seesaw (Teens)

Rec Category: Sam
Pairing: none
Category: Adventure, AU
Warning: nothing really
Author on LJ: not that I'm aware of
Author's Website: Not that I'm aware of
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2641558/1/

Why This Must Be Read:
This fic takes an angle I don't recall ever seeing…that Sam's not a member of the SGC but joined the NID instead. General West is again used as an excuse for mismanagement and I do find the scenario rather believable.
Sam first comes into contact with the SGC when Hammond is forced to allow some NID officers to go through the gate on a mission. Of course, they get in trouble, and Sam and Jack are left behind. Now don't worry, there's no shippiness here, just two people that eventually learn about each other and a way to examine two different lives.
Across the Divide is actually part one of 6 different fic I believe, and each tells a chapter in Sam being in the NID, Sam helping the SGC to shut down the NID and some other bits and pieces thrown in.
One reason I enjoyed this is that it was nice to see a different Sam, someone harder, edgier and not quite as bound by military protocol as 'our' Sam is.
It's a great exploration of how the character might have developed had someone zigged instead of zagged.