A Dangerous Business, by Tarimanveri (PG)

Rec Category: Samantha Carter

Pairing: none
Categories: Samantha Carter, team, angst, character study
Warnings: mild Sam and Daniel whumping
Author on LJ: tarimanveri
Author's Website: unknown
Link: A Dangerous Business

Why This Must Be Read: A Dangerous Business is one of the many delightful fics that emerged from the wildly successful ficathon of samcarterfic a few months ago. I have a special fondness for early SG-1, and this story – set some time after their first mission – is about as "early" as you can get.

Here we have Captain Carter with a queen-sized chip on her shoulder, wary of her CO and determined not to show any kind of weakness whatsoever. So when weakness does appear, Sam is frantic to hide it – until she discovers that not only is that impossible, but also wholly unnecessary. Maybe Colonel O'Neill is a better officer than she realized, a man she can truly learn to respect and follow…?

Tarimanveri does a good job of drawing us into the crisis without realizing exactly what's happening. And it's interesting to see the stark differences between civilian-Daniel and military-Sam – one willing to admit to weakness, one afraid to admit to anything, and the slow understanding that maybe, just maybe, she's found a group of people where she doesn't have to be afraid at all.

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