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Title: Five Things Jack O'Neill Left Behind
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Categories: angst, character study, character: jack o'neill, era: multiple seasons, era: seasons 9-10, team, theme: joy of Jack,
Warnings: sexual themes, references to both het and slash (though none in the story)
Author's Webpage/Fic list: none known
Link to story: Five Things Jack O'Neill Left Behind
Why this should be read: Because it's a look at Jack through Jack's own eyes, marvelously in character, heart-breaking at times and yet always truly spot-on. This is a Jack who is realistic (and somewhat pessimistic) about life in general, and yet realizes just how special his team is and all the possibility there.
He misses Charlie with an ache that he carries every day, deep in his bones. And not even snake aliens, or space travel through a giant ring of water, or flying fucking spaceships is ever going to distract him from it, separate him from it.
The point the alien was trying to make, and one that he's beginning to feel sink into his bones, is that the guilt is something he can live without.
It's a weird epiphany to come to, so long after, and from such a bizarre source. But that's his life now, bizarre to the hilt. And it wasn't like he'd have gotten there sitting by the lake and fishing without Charlie beside him, pretending to catch sharks.
He's got work in the morning, way too early, because his whole team has to sit and talk to Hammond and promise to never let another alien -except maybe Teal'c- interact with the general populace. Ever. But after that it's a long weekend, with no plans and no expectations.
He's thinking maybe it's time to see if he can get Teal'c a Get Out of Jail Free card and drag the team up to his cabin. They probably wouldn't get around to fishing (knowing Carter, it would be avoided at all cost) but Jack would pay serious money to watch Teal'c play charades, to have Daniel explain the deep significance of Jenga, and make Carter outline the point of Twister.
Jack's thinking maybe he's ready to have fun.
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Author's LJ/DWJ:
recceaCategories: angst, character study, character: jack o'neill, era: multiple seasons, era: seasons 9-10, team, theme: joy of Jack,
Warnings: sexual themes, references to both het and slash (though none in the story)
Author's Webpage/Fic list: none known
Link to story: Five Things Jack O'Neill Left Behind
Why this should be read: Because it's a look at Jack through Jack's own eyes, marvelously in character, heart-breaking at times and yet always truly spot-on. This is a Jack who is realistic (and somewhat pessimistic) about life in general, and yet realizes just how special his team is and all the possibility there.
He misses Charlie with an ache that he carries every day, deep in his bones. And not even snake aliens, or space travel through a giant ring of water, or flying fucking spaceships is ever going to distract him from it, separate him from it.
The point the alien was trying to make, and one that he's beginning to feel sink into his bones, is that the guilt is something he can live without.
It's a weird epiphany to come to, so long after, and from such a bizarre source. But that's his life now, bizarre to the hilt. And it wasn't like he'd have gotten there sitting by the lake and fishing without Charlie beside him, pretending to catch sharks.
He's got work in the morning, way too early, because his whole team has to sit and talk to Hammond and promise to never let another alien -except maybe Teal'c- interact with the general populace. Ever. But after that it's a long weekend, with no plans and no expectations.
He's thinking maybe it's time to see if he can get Teal'c a Get Out of Jail Free card and drag the team up to his cabin. They probably wouldn't get around to fishing (knowing Carter, it would be avoided at all cost) but Jack would pay serious money to watch Teal'c play charades, to have Daniel explain the deep significance of Jenga, and make Carter outline the point of Twister.
Jack's thinking maybe he's ready to have fun.
Comments
http://reccea.livejournal.com/193522.html
If you don't have a link, perhaps you could try stargate_search over on LJ? Maybe you got it from the five_things comm?
It's unfair to rec a fic without an actual link, I think. I'll give you time to hunt for a link, but if you can't find one, we'll have to delete the rec.
I do appreciate your enthusiasm in reccing, both now and in the past, and I hope you'll have lots more recs for us!