Title: Statements Unspoken
Author's LJ/DWJ: aurora_novarum | aurora_novarum
Categories: character: Daniel, character: Teal'c, episode related, era: season 1-2, friendship: Teal'c and Daniel
Warnings: Spoilers for 'Secrets'
Author's Webpage/Fic list: List of Stories
Link to story: Statements Unspoken
Why this should be read:

This is a painful but wonderfully gratifying missing scene for 'Secrets.' It explains quite a bit and expands on even more in the space of its 1500 words -- a great example of fic filling in the gaps left onscreen, both logistical and emotional.

Aurora's portrayal of the characters is always spot-on. Reading this is like watching a scene that was shot for the episode but cut for time, with the entree into Teal'c's mind and heart that prose permits, and with Aurora's eye for continuity and plot.

Snippet of fic:

Daniel Jackson did not follow, instead resting against a stone half-way up the path. "But we can't just -- we could bring her with us. Escape through the Stargate."

Teal'c could barely turn back to his friend. He had expected this resistance, grateful Daniel Jackson had merely followed in shock after Teal'c had fired on Apophis's queen, but now his friend was processing events, and resisting. This was the man who had begged to become a host merely to stay with Sha're, the man who had insisted upon remaining while she gave birth to a false god's child.

Teal'c could not look at Daniel Jackson because if he did, he would relent. He had sworn an oath to reunite Sha're and Daniel Jackson. Before, his guilt regarding Sha're had been abstract -- knowing he had chosen an innocent woman to be Amaunet's host, the beloved of a man he was now honored to call friend. But now, he had met Sha're, spoken with her. And yet, he had seen the Horus guards surrounding Nagada, the ha'tak over the Stargate. If Teal'c did not act, they would all perish. Emotion choked his throat as he fought to speak. "You know we cannot."