Impenetrable - PG w/sensativitiy warnings (cancer)

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Rec Category: Sam Carter fic
Pairing: none
Category: S9/10 Sam angst
Warning: semi-graphic cancer details
Author on LJ:unknown at this time
Author's Website: unknown
Link: Impenetrable

Summary: Written for the samcarterfic a thon. Sam discovers and deals with her own lymphoma.
Request details:None.


Why This Must Be Read: The author of this fic does an excellent job of getting inside Sam's head and showing how she would react to the news and to the people around her. This is an excellent and moving piece.

Excerpt:
Normally the sympathetic glance would have driven her mad; she hated being treated as if she were fragile, but she barely noticed the medic’s gaze in her self-absorbed state. Sympathy was welcome from those she knew well because she’d earned their respect and they’d earned hers; she knew it wasn’t just looking down on the poor woman. She kept everything so guarded, such a close secret, had worked so hard for so many years to earn that respect, that the secrecy and self-restraint had seeped into her very being, even keeping her emotions in check to the point that it was a struggle to accept comfort.