Protective Resemblance, by Otter (PG)

Rec Category: Sam and Daniel friendship
Pairing: none
Categories: Sam and Daniel friendship, Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson, gen, angst, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: agentotter
Author's Website: Faded Press
Link: Protective Resemblance

Why This Must Be Read: Otter gives us Sam and Daniel on one of their earliest missions, when Daniel is still half-dazed - and crazed - with grief and loss. Sam gets him talking a little, and laughing a little, as they bond over huge frogs and the gleeful wonder of standing on an alien planet. I love the peek into Daniel's memories of Abydos, with the opening of that world... which leads, in turn, to the opening of possibilities to friendship and understanding.

I love early Sam and Daniel fics, where the two of them are just getting to know one another. This is early, early Sam and Daniel, when Sam still thinks of Daniel as "Jackson" and Daniel still calls her "Captain Carter." By the end of this charming story, though, Sam is thinking of him as Daniel - and, to use a cliche that suits this very non-cliched story perfectly, it's the beginnings of a wonderful friendship.

( snippet of fic... )