Cut Here, by Tripoli (PG)

Rec Category: Teal'c and Daniel friendship

Pairing: none
Categories: Teal'c and Daniel friendship, Teal'c, Daniel Jackson, gen, episode related, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: tripoli8
Author's Website: Sign of the Times
Link: Cut Here at her website, or on her LJ

Why This Must Be Read: I have a particular fondness for the developing friendship between our Daniel and AU Teal'c in Moebius. In this short story, told from Teal'c's POV, Tripoli gives us Teal'c struggling with the dichotomy that is Daniel – his odd familiarity with Chulak and kel'no'reem and Teal'c's family, and the face of the man he'd killed before escaping with the Tau'ri through the Stargate.

This Teal'c didn't have time to truly accept what joining Jack and Sam and the others would mean – the loss of everything he knew, of his time, even of his reality. There's culture shock and antagonism and reluctant respect, and it's all written in Tripoli's elegant style.

Cut Here is only a snapshot of AU Teal'c's adjustment to Ancient Egypt and Daniel, but it's powerful enough to leave you thoughtful… and moved.

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