Title: - ante meridiem - before midday -
Author's LJ/DWJ/AO3: agentotter | agentotter | otter
Categories: angst, character study, character: Daniel, character: Sam, character: Teal'c, drama, era: season 8
Warnings: Disturbing topic and images
Author's Webpage/Fic list: faded press (seems to be down, not sure if that's permanent) | SG-1 works at AO3 | Fic at AllDanielFic
Link to story: - ante meridiem - before midday
Why this should be read: A compact, wincingly painful fic that takes the potentially disastrous consequences of gate exploration one vast, harsh step further than 'One False Step.' The characteristic Otterfic twist comes earlier than usual, as the climax of the characterization-rich opening, in stark demonstration of why this had to be a Carter fic. She's efficient, prepared, famously problem-solving -- and this, like the traumatic event in her youth, cannot be fixed.

803 words.

Snippet of fic:

Behind her, Dr. Sandusci and his team are packing up, piling equipment cases and neatly bundled tents onto a pair of all-terrain carts for transport back to the SGC. He's already delivered the bad news, and now his people do their jobs silently, but for the occasional jingle of tent stakes and the flapping of canvas.

The whole world is quiet, like mourning, except for the whump-whump-whump of Daniel's shovel against his pants.