Andante, by JDJunkie (PG)
Rec Category: Episode Related
Categories: Daniel, friendship, team, angst, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: jdjunkie
Author's Website: jdjunkie at AO3
Link: Andante
Why This Must Be Read: Classic-style fic as Jack tries to get the team back into the swing of things, post-FIAD. Daniel isn't really helping, but teamy goodness and solid friendship can always work wonders...
A good, thoughtful look at Daniel and his interactions with the team - and his memories of Sha're.
Jack checked his watch. Hammond had given them 24 hours and they’d be cutting it fine if they didn’t start heading back soon. It was a two-hour hike back to the gate. Normally, they could cover the distance in 90 minutes, but Jack wasn’t prepared to push it. He was concerned about Daniel’s physical stamina and concerned about the emotional state of all them, himself included.
Sha’uri’s death and been sudden and shocking. He ached for the loss of her spirit and fire, something he’d recognized and admired in her from the beginning. It was easy to see why Daniel had fallen for her. Had stayed with her. He ached for Daniel’s loss and for Teal’c’s pain. He wanted badly to guide his team through this.
Jack had no idea what had passed between Teal’c and Daniel since that awful moment when Teal’c’s staff weapon flared and the light died in Sha’uri’s eyes, but Teal’c had stayed away from the burial ceremony.
They were grieving in their own ways when they should be drawing strength from each other, which served to illustrate something Jack had long suspected; friendship was no easy thing for any of them. Carter had colleagues, Teal’c had warrior-kin, Jack had a small network of Forces buddies and poker buddies and hockey-watching buddies and Daniel ... Daniel had the three of them.
Comradeship had been hard won in the past three years and Jack hoped that the bonds that held them together, although stretched, would not break.
Categories: Daniel, friendship, team, angst, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: jdjunkie
Author's Website: jdjunkie at AO3
Link: Andante
Why This Must Be Read: Classic-style fic as Jack tries to get the team back into the swing of things, post-FIAD. Daniel isn't really helping, but teamy goodness and solid friendship can always work wonders...
A good, thoughtful look at Daniel and his interactions with the team - and his memories of Sha're.
Jack checked his watch. Hammond had given them 24 hours and they’d be cutting it fine if they didn’t start heading back soon. It was a two-hour hike back to the gate. Normally, they could cover the distance in 90 minutes, but Jack wasn’t prepared to push it. He was concerned about Daniel’s physical stamina and concerned about the emotional state of all them, himself included.
Sha’uri’s death and been sudden and shocking. He ached for the loss of her spirit and fire, something he’d recognized and admired in her from the beginning. It was easy to see why Daniel had fallen for her. Had stayed with her. He ached for Daniel’s loss and for Teal’c’s pain. He wanted badly to guide his team through this.
Jack had no idea what had passed between Teal’c and Daniel since that awful moment when Teal’c’s staff weapon flared and the light died in Sha’uri’s eyes, but Teal’c had stayed away from the burial ceremony.
They were grieving in their own ways when they should be drawing strength from each other, which served to illustrate something Jack had long suspected; friendship was no easy thing for any of them. Carter had colleagues, Teal’c had warrior-kin, Jack had a small network of Forces buddies and poker buddies and hockey-watching buddies and Daniel ... Daniel had the three of them.
Comradeship had been hard won in the past three years and Jack hoped that the bonds that held them together, although stretched, would not break.