"Anvil" (SG-1 ficlet for Fig)

[lokei]

Anvil
By Lokei
Rating: PG, gen
Universe: SG-1, Teal’c and Daniel friendship
Author’s Note: for sg_fignewton , for the Fall Fandom Free For All, and for her birthday.  Happy Birthday, Fig!   An episode tag to “Thor’s Hammer.”

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Comments

[sg_fignewton]

I LOVE THIS. Everything, including the title. And you show so many subtle nuances of Teal'c's character here!

a quickly passing impish expression that reminds Teal’c painfully of his son, lost to silence but not forgotten.

Oh, Teal'c. The poignancy of Ry'ac in the days before Bloodlines, when no one on Earth even knows he exists, is heartbreaking.

selfishly he prefers his room at the SGC to the labyrinth, if he must spend his days under the weight of stone.

Oh, ow. It's another seven years before Teal'c will get an apartment off-base, and that only lasts for a month or so... What a fantastic observation, that Teal'c is, in many ways, a prisoner at the SGC.

I love how Teal'c has a harder time reading Daniel when he can't read the cues of his mouth, and how there was more pragmatism than selflessness (although there was that too) in Daniel's decision. And Daniel not wanting to hash it out, but Teal'c pushing it because oh, that is so TEAL'C.

What a delightful birthday present, Lokei. Thank you so much. And now I'm going to go exert a huge amount of control and save this to rec for the Teal'c and Daniel friendship category, despite the desperate urge to run and rec it in Episode Related RIGHT NOW. :) :)

Squee!

[lokei]

I am so GLAD and relieved you liked it! I find Teal'c very hard to write, so I'm thrilled his voice seemed right to you. I'd forgotten just how early Thor's Hammer was, and was excited to figure out that this might be a point where Teal'c and Daniel get to have one of their first moments of connection.

Happy Birthday!

[sg_betty]

Yes! Line drive up the middle! I loved this, and not only because it is exactly why I thought Daniel did it. ; ) Wonderful!

[lokei]

Hurrah! Thank you.

[flingslass]

Nicely done,. Definitely a the beginnings of a friendship. And Daniel was always honest with Teal'c.

[lokei]

Thanks!