Determination, by Cleo the Muse (PG)

Rec Category: Daniel and Cameron friendship
Pairing: none
Categories: Daniel and Cameron friendship, Cameron Mitchell, Daniel Jackson, gen, episode related, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: cleothemuse
Author's Website: cleothemuse_fic
Link: Determination

Why This Must Be Read: Cleo takes us right back to Cam's very first encounter with SG-1, when he was hospitalized for months after his F-302 crash-landed in Antarctica. Frustrated after a painful therapy session, it takes a visit from a certain archaeologist to inspire Cameron to find the determination to literally get back on his feet and give himself a new future.

Cleo weaves many of the events of the first half of S8 into the conversation, and gives us a plausible explanation of Cameron's choices. Determination is a nice look at Daniel and Cameron's first real meeting, and it does an excellent job of setting events into motion for Cameron's appointment to SG-1 at the SGC.

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