Incongruence, by Frostfire (PG)

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Rec Category: Daniel Jackson

Pairing: none
Categories: Daniel Jackson, gen, character study, angst
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: frostfire_17
Author's Website: Fanfiction by Frostfire
Link: Incongruence

Why This Must Be Read: This fic is bleakly beautiful, a snapshot of early S1 Daniel struggling with the incongruence of what his life was and what it has become. It's a study of contradictions: Earth and Abydos and Earth again, the wonder of Stargate missions and the banality of needing to dust his apartment when he goes home. The joy of discovering new civilizations and new/old languages, and the anguish over Sha're's unbearable fate.

Daniel has always been a study in contrasts. In Incongruence, Frostfire does a lovely job of showing us how he copes with the extreme disparities of his life.

It's a recurring problem. He's ground his own flour, but he can't remember how long a microwave takes to reheat a cup of coffee. (A minute forty-five, after a couple of experiments; by the time he got it right, he'd burned the skin off his tongue.) Nothing quite fits together, yet. Not here, not in his head.

He stares at the dust and wonders if his unwillingness to turn his apartment into a home is symbolic of his need for the stay on Earth to be temporary. Probably.