Fic: Written on Papyrus

[butterfly]

Obsession is an ugly thing, people.

Title: Written on Papyrus
Summary: Jack's doing it all wrong.
Timeline: Set during Moebius (part 2)
Warnings: Gen-ish. Angsty. Implications of slash and ship. A couple of bad words.
Disclaimer: Stargate SG-1 belongs to (take a deep breath) MGM-UA, Worldwide Television, Showtime, Gekko Film Corp, Glassner/Wright Double Secret Productions, the Sci-Fi Channel and Stargate SG1 Prod. Ltd. Partnership.


"You're doing that wrong."

Ah, today was going to be one of those days. Most of the time, Daniel Jackson completely ignored Jack. It was nice. Jack could spent time with Samantha and Teal'c, get to know them. He was pretty sure that he was close to being genuine friends with Teal'c, and Samantha...

"Did you want any help?"

"I'm good," Jack said, finally, not wanting to turn around and meet Daniel's eyes. Honestly, the man creeped him out sometimes. He definitely wasn't anything like the Daniel that Jack had met back on... back in his own time.

This Daniel wasn't big on babbling and he wasn't clumsy. Didn't seem to need glasses at all. And he held a gun like a military man. This Daniel was dangerous, flipped all of Jack's switches over to 'warning' mode.

And then there were moments like this, neither of them talking, Daniel watching as Jack made paper the wrong way. Jack had no clue what had brought today's visit on. He never had any idea why Daniel went from avoiding him to shadowing his every move.

But what he really didn't understand was Samantha's longing to figure the guy out.

Seemed simple enough to him, when he thought about it.

This guy and his friends had thought that they could beat the odds. They failed, and Daniel was feeling survivor's guilt. No big mystery. And he'd seen the tape, so he knew enough to know that he wasn't so fucking different from that Jack.

And Daniel had no reason, no right, to watch him with those dark, hungry blue eyes.

But that was easily explained, too. He'd said it to Samantha -- that other Daniel had seemed pretty much, well, gay. So, this one wanted to fuck him, too. No shock there. One of the things that he'd learned after his divorce was that there was no shortage of people who wanted Jack O'Neill, even when he was an asshole to them.

And as long as the guy didn't make any moves, they wouldn't have a problem.

So, Jack kept on working.

Daniel stayed there, watching him, for at least an hour. He could feel the man's eyes on the back on his neck.

But when he finally looked over, Daniel wasn't there anymore.

fin

Comments

[umbo.livejournal.com]

Very nicely done.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[lerefuge.livejournal.com]

I have decided you might want my death with those bittersweet and insanely short ficlets ;) Gah, there are so much to write I think but it's so hard to read. As before, great job :)

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

The ficlets themselves are actually pretty easy to write. Because I'm aching so much for Daniel, for that Daniel. And we're never going to see how his story ends. Expressing that sadness is helpful.

[librarianstales.livejournal.com]

Daniel does end up with the worst situation in the story. I can't imagine having to live my life out like that in those circumstances, though knowing Daniel he will.

Anyway, very good story. Like the other two, I enjoyed it very much. Very full of angst!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Anyway, very good story. Like the other two, I enjoyed it very much. Very full of angst!

Thank you.

Daniel does end up with the worst situation in the story. I can't imagine having to live my life out like that in those circumstances, though knowing Daniel he will.

Daniel gets royally screwed. And the worst part is, there are at least some days when he feels like he deserves it.

[moojja.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwww, poor Daniel, doesn't he ever get to be happy? Doesn't he deserve to be happy? At least we know he gets on better with the natives.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure that he'd let himself be happy. He's the one who suggested the trip.

And thank you.

[katie-m.livejournal.com]

Oh, good Jack. Our Jack, turned a couple of degrees in another direction.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

And yeah, it's that he could be our Jack that makes it so painful. Still Jack, but one with no deep emotional connection to Daniel.

[simonesa.livejournal.com]

Oooh! very, very good. Thanks.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[cofax7]

oooooooooh. Nicely done; I was hoping for something from AU!Jack's pov.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

And yeah, I found AU!Jack interesting. While Teal'c was, basically, CotG!Teal'c (And wow, CJ has become such a wonderful actor) and Samantha was... completely not Sam, Jack was just a really bitter Jack, still keeping up the dumb act.

[tafkarfanfic.livejournal.com]

Oh! Oh, that hurts. It's really good, but it hurts.

I especially liked this bit:

This Daniel wasn't big on babbling and he wasn't clumsy. Didn't seem to need glasses at all. And he held a gun like a military man. This Daniel was dangerous, flipped all of Jack's switches over to 'warning' mode.

I've been thinking a lot about how Daniel would be affected by the reappearance of His Team But Not; it never occurred to me to think how, say, AU!Jack would think of Daniel.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

I've been thinking a lot about how Daniel would be affected by the reappearance of His Team But Not; it never occurred to me to think how, say, AU!Jack would think of Daniel.

Yeah, until I started writing these, I hadn't thought about it. But Jack is still ex-military and... Daniel in the past really did come across as kinda cold and dangerous. AP!Daniel, but with his energy focused toward a different goal.