Reaching Past the Sky, by Amilyn (PG)
Show: Stargate SG-1
Rec Category: Pre-series
Characters: Samantha Carter
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: amilyn
Author's Website: My little bits of fiction
Link: Reaching Past the Sky
Why This Must Be Read: This gorgeous, wrenching piece allows us a glimpse at a young Sam Carter, throwing everything she has into making it into NASA and then watching her dreams go up in the horrifying explosion that occurred on Challenger seven seconds after lift-off.
(If you're old enough to remember Challenger yourself, you'll find yourself especially moved. I know I did.)
You will ache for Sam as she ignores the whispers, the harrassment, the cold shoulders, and reaches for a goal... only to see it vanish before her eyes. And even them, with quintessential Samness, she's still reaching for the sky, and beyond.
This fic is honest, challenging, and full of determination. Just like Sam.
She had done her very best, pushed past obstacles, withstood assaults to her patience, her strength, and her ethics, and it was simply not enough.
Rec Category: Pre-series
Characters: Samantha Carter
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: amilyn
Author's Website: My little bits of fiction
Link: Reaching Past the Sky
Why This Must Be Read: This gorgeous, wrenching piece allows us a glimpse at a young Sam Carter, throwing everything she has into making it into NASA and then watching her dreams go up in the horrifying explosion that occurred on Challenger seven seconds after lift-off.
(If you're old enough to remember Challenger yourself, you'll find yourself especially moved. I know I did.)
You will ache for Sam as she ignores the whispers, the harrassment, the cold shoulders, and reaches for a goal... only to see it vanish before her eyes. And even them, with quintessential Samness, she's still reaching for the sky, and beyond.
This fic is honest, challenging, and full of determination. Just like Sam.
She had done her very best, pushed past obstacles, withstood assaults to her patience, her strength, and her ethics, and it was simply not enough.