Title: Between Two Waves of the Sea
Author's LJ/DWJ: stringertheory
Categories: angst, AU, character study, character: Daniel, character: Jack, character: Sam, character: Teal'c, drama, team, theme: quantum mirror
Warnings: None
Author's Webpage/Fic list: Fic list
Link to story: Between Two Waves of the Sea
Why this should be read: A thoughtful, lyrical ensemble piece in which the could-have-beens ghost across the gaps between quantum realities, brush the characters like soft breaths, and die away.

908 words.

Teal'c shifts under the heavy weight of his armor as he stands in line, the soft clank of metal on metal accompanying the movement. He subtly wrinkles his nose as the greasy tang of the oil lamps envelops him. Then there is the press of a hand against his back, warm through his shirt, and the greasy smell of french fries from his tray. He is not burdened by the armor he threw off long ago, and he allows his temporary confusion and the disturbance it causes him to slide off him like water.

Phantom quantum entanglement – the quantum equivalent of a phantom limb remembering a grasp that is no longer there. There is something in them, something in their very atoms, that recalls who they never were.