Warmth by Keiko Kirin (Unrated by Author, Rated PG by Rec'cer)

[thenightsfall]

Rec Category: Daniel Jackson
Pairing: None
Category: Character Study, Slash
Warning: None
Author on LJ:  keiko_kirin
Author's Website:  Stargate SG-1 Stories by Keiko
Link:  Warmth

Why This Must Be Read:  In her own inimitable style, in Warmth, the author presents a deft little character study of Daniel Jackson that is a slash story with no slash pairing.  Taking us back to his academic days in Chicago, we see a Daniel Jackson struggling financially to even heat his apartment and dealing with fellow students and colleagues offering him various levels of friendship mixed with bitterness and resentment.  The author's style is brittle and hard-edged, perfectly accentuating and reflective of these relationships and the solution one "friend" suggests for Daniel's money woes.  Daniel discounts this suggestion, but it nevertheless leads him to wonder about himself, leads the reader to wonder about the possibilities in his future, especially with the spare, subtle language of his last spoken line.

Author's Summary:  "A look into Daniel's past."

Comments

[avidrosette.livejournal.com]

Great rec and great review. I love this unusual story, and your review beautifully teases out the disquieting subtext beneath its lapidary, hard-shelled prose. This is a story I've spent hours thinking about, but I never cracked it like this. Lovely work.

[thenightsfall]

Thank you! It is a story meant for pondering. I was hoping I could convey its elegance and edge, without giving too much away of actual plot that'd spoil it for potential readers. Hope I accomplished that. Now, back to pondering...

[sg-wonderland.livejournal.com]

The link doesn't seem to be working.

[thenightsfall]

Hm, not sure what's up. I just tried it with no problems, but if you still can't access that one, here's another URL for the fic:

Warmth

Hopefully, one or the other will get you the fic. :-)

[sg-wonderland.livejournal.com]

I wandered back a couple of hours later and the link worked fine then. thanks.

[paian]

Thanks so much for reccing that. It was one of hers I hadn't read, and I enjoyed it tremendously.

[thenightsfall]

My pleasure. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :-)