Pick up Pieces, by Random (PG)

Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship

Pairing: none

Categories: Jack and Daniel friendship, Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, gen, episode related, angst, character study

Warnings: none

Author on LJ: randomfreshink

Author's Website:

Link: Pick Up Pieces

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Why This Must Be Read: I love how Random writes Jack and Daniel - with sharp, abrasive edges, yet wordless communication that's almost quantum level, sometimes. And in Pick Up Pieces, a missing scene from Need, Jack sees right through Daniel's compulsive habits to the core of what Daniel has to do to win the right to rejoin SG-1.

 

Daniel must pass an evaluation by MacKenzie before Hammond will allow him back on the team, but he's a little too used to using words as weapons for the sessions to do any good. And when Daniel gets a little too carried away with verbal fencing, it takes Jack to understand the underlying motives, call Daniel on it, and help him understand just what he has to do if he really wants things to return to nomral.

 

Courage and trust and faith in one another, and the ability to allocate and accept anger and blame in the right places: it's all here, it's all Jack and Daniel, and it's all good.

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