Starting Over by Redbyrd (PG-13)

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Rec Category: Pre-Series (Genre:Other)
Pairing: bit of Jack/Sara
Category: Jack, pre-series, drama, missing scene
Warning: language
Author on LJ: redbyrd_sgfic
Author's Website: Redbyrd's Stargate Fanfiction
Link: Starting Over

Why This Must Be Read: Great account of Jack's point of view during the Stargate movie and the time between the movie and the series - and interesting to understand movie-Jack with the perspective of all we've learned of him from series-Jack. Big fan of Redbyrd's stuff.

'I had a family...' In one sentence, O'Neill told Daniel more than he'd told anyone, than he'd told West, than he'd told Sara, for god's sake. And Daniel's soft pitiless voice cut through the fug of grief, shame and self-pity he was drowning in, and straight into the heart of the man he used to be. 'I don't want to die. Your men don't want to die. And these people here don't want to die. It's a shame you're in such a hurry to.' He'd expected sympathy or pity or even an awkward attempt to comfort, something he could have angrily rejected. And Daniel hadn't given it to him. If he'd said, 'get off your ass and soldier, soldier', it couldn't have been a more effective rebuke. And with Skaara's eyes on him, bright with concern and hero-worship, he got off his ass and soldiered.

Comments

[redbyrd-sgfic.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks! ::blushes:: This one actually started with me wondering how Jack and Catherine get from their very formal relationship in the movie to first names and hugging in Torment of Tantalus. And with wanting to write the scene with Jack and his team getting back to earth. It all just snowballed from there.

[omens.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Thanks for writing :)

The Catherine thing had always made me wonder, too. But now it's explained, right? That's why I love fic :) :)