Memoria by stargazercmc (rated adult themes)

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Rec Category: Samantha Carter/Daniel Jackson
Pairing: Samantha Carter/Daniel Jackson
Category: Sam, Daniel, Sam/Daniel, angst
Warning: Het, canonical character death
Author on LJ: stargazercmc
Author's Website: None I think, but I am happy to be corrected!
Link: here

Why This Must Be Read: This fic was written for the sdficathon, and it's stargazer's first pairing fic. 

I think she should write some more!

This story explores an ascended Daniel, coming back to help Sam out of a fix (something I always felt was a missed opportunity for the show itself!)  It's told through flashbacks, and is genuinely quite beautiful, as well as very sad.

Her back is turned to him, but her voice carries through the room. “One day, I won’t be able to save you,” she says. Daniel raises an eyebrow.

“Well, that’s maudlin. No one’s asking you to be my savior, Sam,” he says.

“Aren’t you?” she says. “You, and Jack, and Teal’c. That’s my part. You’re the scholar, Jack is the leader, Teal’c is the warrior, and I’m… I’m the one that bails us out when the science says we’re not going to make it.” Exhaustion is one thing; martyrdom is another, and it isn’t Sam’s style. Daniel can’t let this turn into a pity party. Especially not when she’s just pulled out another miracle.

“How heavy is that God complex you’re carrying around?” he says. He injects enough sarcasm that she turns to face him.