Stop Me If You've Heard This One by Jane Davitt (R)

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I'll start off my Jack/Daniel recs this month with a trio of pre-slash fics -- one a little angsty, two with happier endings.

Rec Category: Jack/Daniel
Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Category: Pre-slash
Warning: Slash, Language
Author on LJ: janedavitt
Author's Website: http://www.janedavitt.com/
Link: http://community.livejournal.com/jackslashdaniel/218555.html

Why This Must Be Read: A short and beautifully written piece describing Jack and Daniel's relationship approaching the brink. Jack knows that Daniel's friendship gives him something no one else's can, but is too shut down to see all the implications. Daniel wants more, but not badly enough to push. Yet.

Excerpt:
Daniel doesn't want Jack to leave.

So he listens. That's what Jack wants. That's all Jack wants. Daniel in the time-honoured role of bartender, supplying oblivion in a bottle and a distantly friendly ear.

Daniel, who's not military and doesn't care if Jack lets his feelings out to play with sharp objects so that it all ends in tears.