Title: Stay in Touch
Author's LJ/DWJ: tefnut_
Categories: drama, angst, hurt/comfort, Jack and Daniel friendship, Sam and Teal'c friendship, team
Warnings: non-sexual nudity, some language
Author's Webpage/Fic list: Tefnut's Stargate SG-1 Fan Site
Link to story: Stay in Touch (subsequent sections linked on page); feedback

Why this should be read: Here's another rec for prison fics week - one of my favorite stories, too: Stay in Touch, in which the unintentional jailers' best intentions keep Jack and Daniel trapped in the dark beneath the surface of a planet with no way out.

Sam and Teal'c and the SGC doggedly try and try and try to rescue Jack and Daniel, even as they struggle to explain to their well-meaning captors that they need to get out. But their only method of communication is a deadly one - "One of us has to chat with these guys... and one of us has to stay sane." Can Jack and Daniel make it back to the dangerous surface, and relearn how to relate with normal human beings?

Bleakly, powerfully fantastic, with a epilogue that will leave you wincing, Stay in Touch is a long, satisfying read that you'll want to revisit over and over again.


"I'm trying, you know. But every time I say we want out, the others just grab me by the shoulders and throw me in the water!"

Jack frowned. "Are we prisoners?"

"I don't know. Do you think so? Hedlir told me they just wanted to help us. I've nver really asked."

"Well, ask, then!"

Daniel shifted, and Jack knew he was hugging his knees. "I'm sure if I could talk with Hedlir alone, he would understand. But the others never leave us."

"But how do they understand you? I thought only Hedlir could read."

"Through their skin, and the air. They are linked to each other, ir's virtually telepathy. I'm sure Sam could explain this."