fic- "A Little Gift" Stargate SG-1 Part 5
Title: A Little Gift
Author: CJ aka WritinginCT
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Rating: Teen - PG13
Warnings: Slash, Romance, Humor
Disclaimer: I don’t own the recognizable characters I’m just inspired by them. Hopefully they’ve had fun playing in my sandbox.
Comments: A friend of Daniel’s is leaving the SGC and gives Jack & Daniel a little gift.
Notes: This fic is a Jack/Daniel relationship storyline along with an OFC/OMC relationship storyline. Because the folks at the SGC know that life is too short not to be with the one you love.
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The next morning Roslyn was surprisingly calm. She had however packed and unpacked her backpack a record number of times.
Everyone was ready in the gate room and the gate was dialed. Teal’c went through, followed by Sam and Calvorn. Jack, Daniel and Roslyn reached the event horizon and she stood there in awe for a moment. Then with a quick grin to Daniel she confidently stepped through.
On the other side of the wormhole Roslyn’s eyes were huge as she took in the fact that she really was on another planet. Calvorn allowed himself a moment to watch her expression of awe.
They were met at the gate by several Fratarians and escorted to the main settlement. Ensconced around a large oasis in the desert the settlement, although not permanent, was neatly set up. The tents were arranged in an orderly fashion and the animals corralled far from them. There was music and laughter, and the sounds of children playing.
Roslyn now understood why his first visit here was one of Daniel’s favorite missions. And she imagined that it reminded him of Abydos in many ways. Her eyes tried to be everywhere and absorb everything. Calvorn was equally entranced with the culture.
The plan was to spend the day at the settlement and trek out to the rock formation the next day. It would give them some time to see if the Fratarians potentially had any information about what the Gou’ald could be looking for.
Jack asked Teal’c to stay close to Roslyn. The Fratarians had much respect for the Jaffa and Jack knew that he would keep Roslyn safe in the off chance that something came up. Roslyn was thrilled. She had formed a friendship with Teal’c soon after arriving at the SGC. She was someone that he felt comfortable asking Earth cultural questions of, and she had accompanied him to different events off-base. In return, Teal’c would share his knowledge of various cultures and worlds. Both could be quiet introspective people and they didn’t feel the need to fill the voids in conversation with inane chatter.
They all freely mingled with the Fratarians all day then attended a impromptu feast in their honor that afternoon, although truth be told, the Fratarians loved a good feast and looked for any excuse to throw one.
Calvorn and Roslyn sat side by side enjoying the festivities. They shared that same comfortable companionship from the night before, even so far as to share samples of different foods from each other’s plates. They both were content to be in observation mode and spoke little but their body language was apparently speaking volumes to those watching them.
Daniel almost spewed his wine when he overheard one of the local women ask Roslyn how long she and Calvorn had been mates. Roslyn and Calvorn just looked at each other blushing and laughed, then Roslyn collected herself and said to the woman, “I’m sorry. We are not laughing at you. It is just that we only met two days ago. We are not mates.”
Several of the women around the room all raised questioning eyebrows at Roslyn’s declaration and it was at that moment that Vtene, the wife of the chieftain, invited all of the women, including Roslyn and Sam, back to her tent for tea. Daniel had warned them both of the custom of the chieftain’s wife “holding court” and that they shouldn’t be offended. The Fratarians held women as equals and the custom was to give the women bonding time with other women, especially visitors.
Roslyn had prepared for this “honor” of being invited to the women’s tent and once the women were settled on comfortable cushions with their tea she dug into her pack for the gifts she had brought.
“Vtene, Daniel shared with me images from his first visit of your beautiful embroidery. I would offer this gift to you as a sign of friendship.” She handed Vtene a cloth wrapped bundle. When she opened it a wide smile crossed her face and there were ohh’s and ahh’s from the other women present. Roslyn had given her a large bundle of embroidery thread in every color along with packages of needles and a pair of small ornate scissors.
Vtene fingered the items gently and said, “This is truly a gift, Roslyn. And I would take this time for us to speak so that I may know you.”
“I would be honored, Vtene.”
Sam was impressed, Roslyn was a female Daniel. A peaceful explorer. She wondered why Roslyn had not been put on an SG team until this point, she certainly seemed capable. Sam filed that away as something to ask Daniel.
The women spoke on a variety of topics and Roslyn’s carefully worded questions gave the two Earth women a great insight into the Fratarian culture. Daniel had told them that women here were equals but that was not entirely accurate. Women were equal in terms of laws and rights, but were also revered. It was not an overt reverence but more of a respect or deference. They were the keepers of the home and hearth, and brought forth new life into the tribes. They were cherished.
All of the women were enjoying the conversation greatly and Vtene had been sitting quietly studying Roslyn and asked, “Roslyn, is it true you only met Calvorn two days ago?”
“Yes. He came as a visitor to my world.”
“But you will be joined to him, will you not?”
Roslyn sat there closing and opening her mouth like a fish out of water not knowing what to say and Sam came to her rescue, “Roslyn and Calvorn are still learning about each other, Vtene. In our culture courtship may take a long time.”
There was a lot of good natured teasing and ribbing about the whole thing and when she and Sam left the tent a while later, Roslyn felt the twinges of a headache coming on.
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Jack and Daniel were walking on the outskirts of the settlement as the sun was setting. Jack knew this was one of Daniel’s favorite cultures, and he enjoyed seeing his partner so relaxed. Daniel had a sort of vague, distracted look on his face as they walked and Jack wondered what Daniel was trying to process in that brain of his.
He draped an arm casually around Daniel’s shoulder as they walked, nothing that could be interpreted as anything other than friendship. He saw Daniel inhale deeply, “God I love the desert, Jack.”
“I know. You’ve had this moony-eyed look since we got here.”
Daniel teased back, “Probably the same look you get when we go somewhere with streams and ponds.”
They both laughed. They knew each other well.
As they returned to the heart of the settlement they saw Roslyn sitting on the ground surrounded by children. They paused as not to disturb them and watched. She was showing them pictures and describing things to them. The children were in turn telling her things of their worlds and people. They saw her dig in her pack for something and the children all clamored around her even closer. Whatever it was that she gave each child brought squeals of delight, and the children rushed off to show their parents their new treasure.
Roslyn was fixing her pack and smiling. The children’s reaction to the glass cat’s eye marble she had given each of them was even more than she had expected.
After the children ran off Jack looked over at Daniel in the fading light of the day and saw him staring at Roslyn. His expression was a mixed one Jack thought, part longing, part curiosity, and part regret. He flashed back to their conversation from the night before and knew that he was reading Daniel’s expression correctly.
Jack looked back to Roslyn lost in his own thoughts. Daniel nudged him as Calvorn walked over to Roslyn and offered her his hand to help her up. Jack and Daniel couldn’t hear what was said between them but they could see her warm smile as they walked off together. “She really likes him, Jack.”
“Yeah. You’re right about her being okay with the snake thing. I don’t know if I could do it.”
“Roslyn has always been someone who accepts people for who they are, she never judges. I used to be like that.”
Jack knew that Daniel had lost a lot of his innocence in their struggles against the Gou’ald, “You still are, Danny.”
Jack saw an impish look cross Daniel’s face and knew he was in trouble, “So I did I mention I love the desert lately?”
“I seem to remember you saying something about that.”
“Want to go find a private sand dune and I can show you just how much I love the desert?”
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Chapter List for A Little Gift
Author: CJ aka WritinginCT
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Rating: Teen - PG13
Warnings: Slash, Romance, Humor
Disclaimer: I don’t own the recognizable characters I’m just inspired by them. Hopefully they’ve had fun playing in my sandbox.
Comments: A friend of Daniel’s is leaving the SGC and gives Jack & Daniel a little gift.
Notes: This fic is a Jack/Daniel relationship storyline along with an OFC/OMC relationship storyline. Because the folks at the SGC know that life is too short not to be with the one you love.
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The next morning Roslyn was surprisingly calm. She had however packed and unpacked her backpack a record number of times.
Everyone was ready in the gate room and the gate was dialed. Teal’c went through, followed by Sam and Calvorn. Jack, Daniel and Roslyn reached the event horizon and she stood there in awe for a moment. Then with a quick grin to Daniel she confidently stepped through.
On the other side of the wormhole Roslyn’s eyes were huge as she took in the fact that she really was on another planet. Calvorn allowed himself a moment to watch her expression of awe.
They were met at the gate by several Fratarians and escorted to the main settlement. Ensconced around a large oasis in the desert the settlement, although not permanent, was neatly set up. The tents were arranged in an orderly fashion and the animals corralled far from them. There was music and laughter, and the sounds of children playing.
Roslyn now understood why his first visit here was one of Daniel’s favorite missions. And she imagined that it reminded him of Abydos in many ways. Her eyes tried to be everywhere and absorb everything. Calvorn was equally entranced with the culture.
The plan was to spend the day at the settlement and trek out to the rock formation the next day. It would give them some time to see if the Fratarians potentially had any information about what the Gou’ald could be looking for.
Jack asked Teal’c to stay close to Roslyn. The Fratarians had much respect for the Jaffa and Jack knew that he would keep Roslyn safe in the off chance that something came up. Roslyn was thrilled. She had formed a friendship with Teal’c soon after arriving at the SGC. She was someone that he felt comfortable asking Earth cultural questions of, and she had accompanied him to different events off-base. In return, Teal’c would share his knowledge of various cultures and worlds. Both could be quiet introspective people and they didn’t feel the need to fill the voids in conversation with inane chatter.
They all freely mingled with the Fratarians all day then attended a impromptu feast in their honor that afternoon, although truth be told, the Fratarians loved a good feast and looked for any excuse to throw one.
Calvorn and Roslyn sat side by side enjoying the festivities. They shared that same comfortable companionship from the night before, even so far as to share samples of different foods from each other’s plates. They both were content to be in observation mode and spoke little but their body language was apparently speaking volumes to those watching them.
Daniel almost spewed his wine when he overheard one of the local women ask Roslyn how long she and Calvorn had been mates. Roslyn and Calvorn just looked at each other blushing and laughed, then Roslyn collected herself and said to the woman, “I’m sorry. We are not laughing at you. It is just that we only met two days ago. We are not mates.”
Several of the women around the room all raised questioning eyebrows at Roslyn’s declaration and it was at that moment that Vtene, the wife of the chieftain, invited all of the women, including Roslyn and Sam, back to her tent for tea. Daniel had warned them both of the custom of the chieftain’s wife “holding court” and that they shouldn’t be offended. The Fratarians held women as equals and the custom was to give the women bonding time with other women, especially visitors.
Roslyn had prepared for this “honor” of being invited to the women’s tent and once the women were settled on comfortable cushions with their tea she dug into her pack for the gifts she had brought.
“Vtene, Daniel shared with me images from his first visit of your beautiful embroidery. I would offer this gift to you as a sign of friendship.” She handed Vtene a cloth wrapped bundle. When she opened it a wide smile crossed her face and there were ohh’s and ahh’s from the other women present. Roslyn had given her a large bundle of embroidery thread in every color along with packages of needles and a pair of small ornate scissors.
Vtene fingered the items gently and said, “This is truly a gift, Roslyn. And I would take this time for us to speak so that I may know you.”
“I would be honored, Vtene.”
Sam was impressed, Roslyn was a female Daniel. A peaceful explorer. She wondered why Roslyn had not been put on an SG team until this point, she certainly seemed capable. Sam filed that away as something to ask Daniel.
The women spoke on a variety of topics and Roslyn’s carefully worded questions gave the two Earth women a great insight into the Fratarian culture. Daniel had told them that women here were equals but that was not entirely accurate. Women were equal in terms of laws and rights, but were also revered. It was not an overt reverence but more of a respect or deference. They were the keepers of the home and hearth, and brought forth new life into the tribes. They were cherished.
All of the women were enjoying the conversation greatly and Vtene had been sitting quietly studying Roslyn and asked, “Roslyn, is it true you only met Calvorn two days ago?”
“Yes. He came as a visitor to my world.”
“But you will be joined to him, will you not?”
Roslyn sat there closing and opening her mouth like a fish out of water not knowing what to say and Sam came to her rescue, “Roslyn and Calvorn are still learning about each other, Vtene. In our culture courtship may take a long time.”
There was a lot of good natured teasing and ribbing about the whole thing and when she and Sam left the tent a while later, Roslyn felt the twinges of a headache coming on.
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Jack and Daniel were walking on the outskirts of the settlement as the sun was setting. Jack knew this was one of Daniel’s favorite cultures, and he enjoyed seeing his partner so relaxed. Daniel had a sort of vague, distracted look on his face as they walked and Jack wondered what Daniel was trying to process in that brain of his.
He draped an arm casually around Daniel’s shoulder as they walked, nothing that could be interpreted as anything other than friendship. He saw Daniel inhale deeply, “God I love the desert, Jack.”
“I know. You’ve had this moony-eyed look since we got here.”
Daniel teased back, “Probably the same look you get when we go somewhere with streams and ponds.”
They both laughed. They knew each other well.
As they returned to the heart of the settlement they saw Roslyn sitting on the ground surrounded by children. They paused as not to disturb them and watched. She was showing them pictures and describing things to them. The children were in turn telling her things of their worlds and people. They saw her dig in her pack for something and the children all clamored around her even closer. Whatever it was that she gave each child brought squeals of delight, and the children rushed off to show their parents their new treasure.
Roslyn was fixing her pack and smiling. The children’s reaction to the glass cat’s eye marble she had given each of them was even more than she had expected.
After the children ran off Jack looked over at Daniel in the fading light of the day and saw him staring at Roslyn. His expression was a mixed one Jack thought, part longing, part curiosity, and part regret. He flashed back to their conversation from the night before and knew that he was reading Daniel’s expression correctly.
Jack looked back to Roslyn lost in his own thoughts. Daniel nudged him as Calvorn walked over to Roslyn and offered her his hand to help her up. Jack and Daniel couldn’t hear what was said between them but they could see her warm smile as they walked off together. “She really likes him, Jack.”
“Yeah. You’re right about her being okay with the snake thing. I don’t know if I could do it.”
“Roslyn has always been someone who accepts people for who they are, she never judges. I used to be like that.”
Jack knew that Daniel had lost a lot of his innocence in their struggles against the Gou’ald, “You still are, Danny.”
Jack saw an impish look cross Daniel’s face and knew he was in trouble, “So I did I mention I love the desert lately?”
“I seem to remember you saying something about that.”
“Want to go find a private sand dune and I can show you just how much I love the desert?”
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Chapter List for A Little Gift