Title: The First Cut Is the Deepest
Author's LJ/DWJ: dsudis / dira / dsudis
Categories: character: Teal'c, humor, season 1-2, team, theme: terrific Teal'c
Warnings: Graphic depiction of paper cuts
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Link to story: The First Cut Is the Deepest
Why this should be read:
Teal'c gets a paper cut for the first time, and we get character study and cultural study and early-seasons team bonding all wrapped up in one delightful 950-word package.

Snippet of fic:

Perhaps Teal'c simply underestimated the sturdiness of the paper. The Tau'ri had advanced technology; there was no reason that they should be using mere flattened plant-pulp for their important communications. Faced with another stack of the ubiquitously plain paper--always white, the text always black, always in the same style and size--Teal'c took up the top sheet and examined it more closely. It was very fine--thinner than the paper Teal'c was familiar with from Chulak, where paper was made of cloth as well as plants. The Tau'ri pages had a very uniform edge, precision-cut. They made a hard sound when one tapped them against the table. All the pages Teal'c had seen were precisely the same size, with the same sharp corners.

Teal'c tested his thumb against one of the corners--it did indeed function as a point of sorts, poking tangibly against his skin. He drew his thumb down the edge of the paper, and then stopped short at the strange sensation.

It wasn't until he saw blood welling up that he felt the pain of the tiny wound--indeed, the Tau'ri's paper was as unexpectedly dangerous as they were themselves. Teal'c raised his eyebrows, impressed.