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figs_sg1_recRec Category: Daniel Jackson
Categories: Sam and Daniel friendship, Daniel and Vala friendship, character study, episode related, angst
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:unabashedbird
Author's Website: Unabashed Bird on AO3
Link: Remind Me of Swimming
Why This Must Be Read: This is a beautiful exploration of Daniel's relationship with music and people over the years, arcing from pre-series to post-series. From Sha're to Sam to Sarah Gardener to Cassie to Vala, Daniel's musical skills and his willingness to play are deeply affected by the people and events in his life. I especially like how the author leaves the color of the goggles to the reader's discretion, especially with Vala: read this as friendship or pre-ship, and it all works wonderfully!
Sam noticed that there was no longer a precarious stack of books on the chair in front of the piano the next time he hosted team dinner.
“Are you playing again?” she asked. It was the first time she mentioned it, and with that simple sentence she told him that she’d paid attention, and had at least some understanding of what it meant.
“Not really. Maybe a little. I don’t know,” he told her.
He tried to play after he met Shifu. Sha’re’s son. But was he, really? She’d never referred to him as such, in the dreams. Always “the boy,” “the child.” He wondered, then, just what it had cost her to care so much, to work as hard as she did to ensure Shifu’s salvation. Thought’s of Sha’re and the life she got, and how different it was from the life she deserved, stilled his hands on the keys. He got up and moved to a different seat, not wanting his tears to stain the piano.
Mostly he was either too busy or too exhausted to play. So much was happening out in the galaxy, and SG-1 was always in the middle of it.
Categories: Sam and Daniel friendship, Daniel and Vala friendship, character study, episode related, angst
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:
unabashedbirdAuthor's Website: Unabashed Bird on AO3
Link: Remind Me of Swimming
Why This Must Be Read: This is a beautiful exploration of Daniel's relationship with music and people over the years, arcing from pre-series to post-series. From Sha're to Sam to Sarah Gardener to Cassie to Vala, Daniel's musical skills and his willingness to play are deeply affected by the people and events in his life. I especially like how the author leaves the color of the goggles to the reader's discretion, especially with Vala: read this as friendship or pre-ship, and it all works wonderfully!
Sam noticed that there was no longer a precarious stack of books on the chair in front of the piano the next time he hosted team dinner.
“Are you playing again?” she asked. It was the first time she mentioned it, and with that simple sentence she told him that she’d paid attention, and had at least some understanding of what it meant.
“Not really. Maybe a little. I don’t know,” he told her.
He tried to play after he met Shifu. Sha’re’s son. But was he, really? She’d never referred to him as such, in the dreams. Always “the boy,” “the child.” He wondered, then, just what it had cost her to care so much, to work as hard as she did to ensure Shifu’s salvation. Thought’s of Sha’re and the life she got, and how different it was from the life she deserved, stilled his hands on the keys. He got up and moved to a different seat, not wanting his tears to stain the piano.
Mostly he was either too busy or too exhausted to play. So much was happening out in the galaxy, and SG-1 was always in the middle of it.
