Courage and Commitment, by Debs (PG)

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Rec Category: Teamy goodness

Pairing: none
Categories: team, Daniel Jackson, gen, friendship, hurt/comfort
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: unknown
Author's Website: unknown
Link: Courage and Commitment

Why This Must Be Read: Told mostly in flashback mode, Courage and Commitment seems to be Daniel's story, as he tries to take the final step to defeat the fears caused by a near-fatal fall offworld. But it's really a story of teamy goodness, as we get a clear picture of the support offered by Sam, Jack, and Teal'c that has helped Daniel reach this point.

Debs gives us rock-solid friendship as SG-1 works to solve a problem together. Short and satisfying, Courage and Commitment will leave you with a smile on your face.

 

It wasn’t until a week after their return that he started having problems. It was subtle at first, so small and innocuous that he didn’t recognize it for what it was. He was in the locker room with Jack and Teal’c. They had been there when he first went into the showers but when he came out the room was deserted. An icy fear crept up his spine when he realized he was on his own. Grabbing his stuff he’d run out after them, spurred on by the mindless need to be with them, to be protected by them.

A few days later, he was at the store picking over the oranges. He only wanted one or two, no point in buying more as they often went rotten sitting in his fruit bowl. He turned the fruit over looking for bad spots. Without warning, the hairs on the back of his neck stood up as he felt the eyes of everyone in the store suddenly focus on him. He dropped the oranges back into the bin as cold tendrils of fear tingled and danced across his scalp. He felt the trickle of perspiration as it ran down the hollow of his back, soaking his waistband. He panicked and ran for the entrance like a startled rabbit, flinging himself into his car and locking the doors behind him. Sitting there for what seemed like an eternity he knew with absolute certainty that he was not going to be able to go back in there anytime soon.

Sam was the first person he told about what had happened. He didn’t really know why, other than he was fairly certain that she would be sympathetic and she wouldn’t make jokes at his expense. Jack reacted as he expected he would and he lived through a barrage of wiseass comments but as usual Jack was steadfast in his support of him. Teal’c was as enigmatic as ever, but he helped out in very tangible ways. Top of the list was his insistence that Daniel meditate with him. He did and found that it helped, although he figured it was because Teal’c was close by and it made him feel safe.

Daniel couldn’t understand why, after sustaining so many actual life-threatening injuries, this near miss had rattled him so badly. Lets face it, he thought, when you’ve done the ‘dying really painfully thing’, this shouldn’t have even registered on the old fearometer.

SG-1 made a pact. They would help Daniel through this on their own as a team. No Janet, no McKenzie, no lotions or potions. Just the simple steadfast support of his teammates.