Hora Somni by Regann (PG-13

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Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Pairing: Jack/other, Jack/Daniel
Category: preslash, episode-based
Warning: language
Author on LJ: regann
Author's Website: LJ tag
Link: http://regann.livejournal.com/148865.html

Why This Must Be Read: During Threads, Daniel was missing and Jack was determined he wasn't dead. At the same time, Jack was dating a new girlfriend. This fic is a very plausible look at what it would be like to date a man on the desperate edge of fighting off grief, and the story unfolds beautifully. Though it doesn't include Kerry's goodbye scene, it sets the stage for it perfectly.

Excerpt:
"He's...missing in action, isn't he?"

"Uh, yeah." And Jack knew her hesitation was where she caught herself from saying "dead" because a great deal of people at the SGC were doing the same thing, most of them torn between the same poles of hope and despair that Jack knew ruled his thoughts, swinging like a deranged pendulum back and forth between the chance that Daniel might be alive and the cold truth that there wasn't really any way for him to be so.

Kerry was still acting concerned but she'd added contemplative to the mix. "You two were --- "

"Are."

"Excuse me...are. You two are friends?"

"Yeah. Friends." And, Christ, wasn't that the biggest understatement of the year? Friends -- as if that word really explained what they were and had been to each other.