Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Teal'c, Charlie O'Neill, team
Categories: ANGST, quantum mirror, character study, Jack and Teal'c friendship
Warnings: does Charlie need a warning?
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A is for Angst Why This Must Be Read: My first reaction on reading this was, "Break my heart, why don't you?"
Jack's Ancient gene triggers a certain... option on the Quantum Mirror, and he gets too much of an eyeful at what-might-have-been. Or what-is-happening-elsewhere, really.
Teal'c and Jack friendship for the absolute win and Jack's intense grief both make this absorbing, wrenching, and a must-read.
The mirror got shunted off to a remote SGC science department storeroom, safely contained, and started gathering dust. Until the night Jack couldn’t sleep.