Suffer Me Not to Be Separated by Quercus (PG-13)

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Rec Category: Jack/Daniel
Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Category: Pre-slash
Warning: Language
Author on LJ: unknown
Author's Website: http://slashcity.org/quercus/index.html
Link: http://slashcity.org/quercus/Stargate/Home.html

Why This Must Be Read: There's actual plot and story here, but mostly it reads as a lyrical meditation on home and friendship and retirement and love. Daniel has to make a decision about his future, and it takes Jack some time and a truly alien encounter to sift through his feelings and decide what he wants. Both the settings and the emotions are beautifully, dreamily described.

Excerpt:
Daniel looked away from him, then rubbed one eye. An old woman tottered up to him, and he took her hand, saying something to her in Abydonian. She smiled gummily up at him, and then leaned up to kiss his cheek before moving away, clearly pleased with herself.

Daniel smiled at Jack. "I want to stay here. I can help here, in a way I can't anywhere else. Besides," and his smile grew broader, "my family's here."

Now Jack had to look away. Family. Shit. Didn't Daniel know he was Jack's family?