It's All About Technique, by Moonshayde (G)

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Rec Category: Sam and Teal’c friendship
Categories: Sam and Teal’c friendship, Samantha Carter, Teal’c, team, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: moonshayde
Author's Website: Celtic Mysts
Link: It's All About Technique

Why This Must Be Read: Lovely, instrospective story on a skating rink, complete with squabbling Jack and Daniel in the background to highlight the gentle serenity of Sam teaching Teal'c how to skate on ice. Thoughtful Teal'c POV, light humor, and delightful characterization wrap this fic into one delightful package that you're sure to enjoy.


For the next half hour, Captain Carter instructed Teal'c in the ways of the ice skating. He grew more confident, and stronger, and noticed another change as well. His mood had shifted, and for the first time in his life Teal'c felt as if he could soar above the pains and torments of his past.

He felt--

Startled, Teal'c stopped. "So this is what it means to be free," he whispered to himself.

"I'm sorry?" Captain Carter asked, shifting her skates to stop in front of him. "Teal'c? Do you need to sit down?"

For a moment, he did not answer her, his gaze focused outward and towards both O'Neill and Daniel Jackson whose bodies were sprawled across the ice. Despite their arguments, despite their hardships and loss of loved ones, they seemed happy, rising above the stresses in their lives.

And by his side, Captain Carter, though concerned for him, seemed to have had lost the fine imprint of pain she had suffered this year, her worries of her father, and her confusion with the Tok'ra.

In this moment, in this time, they were all free.