Five Things: Carter by Paian (G)

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Rec Category: Sam Carter
Pairing: none
Category: Sam Carter, five things, character study
Warning: none
Author on LJ paian
Author's Website: Enkomion (not recently updated)
LJ fic tag (I think comprehensive)
Link: Five Things: Carter

Why This Must Be Read:
paian wrote this for the sg1_five_things prompt: "five true things about Sam Carter that she doesn't know about herself" and it is truly wonderful. In this short piece paian explores Sam's connection with her parents, hidden talents and physical limitations that Sam was never aware of and, finally, the voice deep inside Sam that drives her without her fully knowing it.

All five of them are fascinating little explorations, but it's the last one that hits home in all the right places and really provides a look at who Sam is.


2. She doesn't want a life partner or children. When she thinks I want what she means is I feel that I should. She's happily married to her career, has all the sex and deep, bonded companionship she needs, and likes the children in her extended family a lot more than she would if she had to be responsible for them full-time. One day, when she's old and grey and nodding by the fire of some distant sun, she may come to understand this, and forgive herself, and be at peace with it.

Comments

[paian]

This fic has a new link: http://paian.dreamwidth.org/97089.html.

And the all-fic tag is now http://paian.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+all+fic.

Thank you for this rec!