You Can Buy Her Things Now But She’ll Never Be Bought by Minervacat (NC-17)

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Rec Category: Daniel/Vala
Pairing: Daniel Jackson/Vala MalDoran
Category: Het
Warning: Het, adult situations
Author on LJ: minervacat
Author's Website: when the floods roll back
Link: You Can Buy Her Things Now But She’ll Never Be Bought

Why This Must Be Read: This is a fantastically written fic, with great pacing and a terrific grasp of the characters. Vala is her sassy self but just a touch of vulnerability, and Daniel is DANIEL, understanding how a newcomer feels at the SGC, therefore understanding Vala and her current situation. The author involves the teammates, popular earth culture, and all that has come before for these two to create a wonderful story atmosphere.
(And the sex is pretty hot too.)

Excerpt:
Given everything you can say about Vala - she's a petty, self-centered, manipulative thief, to start - you can't say that she isn't smart. The double negative makes Daniel's head hurt every time she does something clever on a mission, unofficial fifth on SG-1, but it's the best way he has to explain it, and for some reason he feels like he needs to explain it.

She's a pain in the ass, but somewhere along the way she got to be his pain in the ass.