Title: Point of Intersection
Author's LJ/DWJ: sixbeforelunch 6beforelunch
Categories: Women being awesome, secondary characters, tok'ra, recovery
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Author's Webpage/Fic list: sixbeforelunch 
Link to story: Point of Intersection
Why this should be read:

"Of all the amoral former hosts I've spent time with, I wanted to kill you the least."

Anise/Freya got a really bad rap in fandom; there was more than a little misogyny in the "Tok'ra Barbie" label.  And okay, she was annoying, but just because Our Heroes didn't like her doesn't make her Evil.  This is the fic that fleshed her out and made her real to me, with all her flaws and all her strengths.  And this fic is about Vala, too, another character who sometimes gets a bum rap in fandom.  This fic is about their friendship, two very different women who learn to value one another.  This fic is about Vala, recovering from her time as Qe'tesh's host and the immediate aftermath.  I would never have imagined these two together, but I am so glad sixbeforelunch did, because this is an awesome story, about awesome women.

"Hi," Freya says softly. The woman stares at her. "Do you remember me."

"Tok'ra," the woman says. It's barely a whisper, but she spits the word like an insult.

"I'm Freya. I'm host to Anise."

The woman looks away at the far wall.

"How do you feel?" Freya asks and gets no answer. She sighs. "Will you tell me your name?"

"Vala."

"Vala. Are you hungry?" The woman still doesn't answer. "Lantash asked us to take care of you—"

The woman stiffens. "Don't say that name."

Freya looks at Vala's hands so Anise can judge their recovery. "What the crowd did to you wasn't Lantash's fault. They were acting out anger directed at Quetesh—"

"He tortured me," Vala says.

If Anise wasn't letting Freya have motor control, she would roll her eyes. She settles for a mental sigh. At least now she knows why Lantash dumped the woman on her.

"He tortured Quetesh," Freya says. "It's unfortunate you had to be involved."

"Have you ever been tortured?" Vala asks.

Anise starts to take control back, to let Freya retreat because that is something Freya does not like to think about, but Freya pushes her attempt aside. "Yes," she says simply.

Mods, can I get a tag for Anise/Freya?