Title: Second Chances
Author's LJ/DWJ: n/a
Categories: kidfic, team, angst
Warnings: none
Author's Webpage/Fic list: on JD Divas
Link to story: Second Chances

Why this should be read: Remember how awful it was when the Gamekeeper made Daniel rewatch his parents getting squished? You know how Daniel impulsively acts to save people? Yeah, well ... when SG-1 goes on a mission into a parallel universe, thirty years in the past, Daniel sees little Daniel still in shock from his parents' death, and snatches him away from the indifference he knows the boy is going to experience.

SG-1 has to help big Daniel through the emotional issues from his childhood he never really got over, find a real home for little Daniel, deal with the physical symptoms of two of the same person in the same universe, and figure out how not to screw up the reality's future. Along the way Jack enacts another fix, played out beautifully in an epilogue by Darcy. It's everything you could have wished for our angsty heroes, even if only in the parallel reality.


Jack eyed the young boy lying still in Daniel's arms. He reached over and raised the small face towards him, noting that the dull blue eyes weren't tracking. His long blond hair was reminiscent of Daniel's when Jack had first met him. He obviously needed a haircut; his bangs were falling into his eyes.

“We have to bring the boy back,” Jack began softly.

“His name's Daniel,” Daniel interrupted in an unsteady voice.

“We have to bring Daniel back so that he can be taken care of,” he repeated, eyeing the boy with worry. “He's obviously in shock and needs medical treatment.”

Daniel shook his head, holding the boy tighter against him. “They'll dope him up and leave him alone with his memories and his fear. He needs someone with him right now, Jack. He needs someone to hold him, to tell him everything will be okay.” Daniel's voice broke and he wiped newly formed tears from his eyes.

“Daniel, he's not aware of anything or anyone right now,” Sam said gently. “The Colonel's right, he needs medical attention.”

“Then let's take him home. Janet can look after him,” he mumbled against the boy's hair.

Teal'c moved a step forward into the small space. “That is unadvisable, DanielJackson. This is an alternate reality. To bring the boy to ours will cause him to experience Entropic Cascade Failure.”

“Well I'm not leaving him here alone,” Daniel said. The determined look on his face conveyed to Jack that they'd have to knock him out to take the youngster away from him.