Overture in Slow Motion
Overture – noun
1) an opening or initiating move toward negotiation, a new relationship.
Slow motion – adjective
2) moving or proceeding at a slow rate.
Injuries sustained during his trip to Atlantis remind Daniel that “life is short”.
Incomplete
My notes:
Love this one. It really immerses you in the story and the POVs feel very realistic. It’ll probably never be finished, sadly, but if you read it as a prelude more than a full deep dive then it’s satisfying enough.
And when you’ve stopped running we’ll rest
Daniel and Vala’s grown child carries the crystal back in time, and then has to figure out how to belong in our world. Unending AU. D/V. OC. All the team is there.
My notes:
This is a really thoughtful, introspective AU that explores the premise that, instead of Teal’c, Daniel and Vala’s grown son Kieran comes back in time and has to find a place for himself in this now altered timeline. His interactions with each member of SG-1 are nuanced and do each character justice, while intro... Read more
Broken Things
Somehow I had managed to trick myself into believing that that would be all there was. All that she would expect. All that I wanted. That we weren’t on the verge of something I couldn’t control. Couldn’t handle.
Rediscovering Odysseus
The memories still didn’t quite feel like hers – like she was watching a film of another person’s life, knowing how they felt and why they felt it, but never quite actually living it. Spoilers for all of SG-1, AU as of the end of S4 of SGA.
My notes:
I love this AU so hard. I love the idea of SG-1 following Daniel to Atlantis, and Sam and Vala starting to remember their years on the Odyssey because of the naquadah in their blood. The way Vala responds to all of this new insight into her life with Daniel is quite nuanced and in character, and how she eventually confronts... Read more
To Patch With Gold
He looks at her then, really looks at her, and she knows he is seeing all the cracks in her, all the places she is broken and doesn’t quite fit together anymore, all the things she tries to hide . . . Funny how, now that she starts to see them, the cracks in him look a lot like the cracks in her.
They’ve both been through so much. The question is, will it bring them together or irrevocably push them apart?
Significant
“Do you have a significant other?”
“Um, not in the widely understood definition of that term.”
Scully was his best friend. His work partner. His emergency contact. His dry cleaning buddy. She was significant to him in every way but one…
My notes:
This is everything. I love the way they come together here. So naturally, so inevitably. Real, adult affection, the angst kept to a realistic minimum considering how long they’ve been best friends. Things have slowly evolved to both of their notice, until they just fluidly cross the last line. I love how they can̵... Read more
Normal Conversations
It always bothered me that Mulder had a degree in psychology but only seemed to use it on other people. Also I know it was the 90s, but everybody in this show needed a minimum 400 years of therapy. And yes, there’s eventually sex.
My notes:
Completely hot while being a genuinely fantastic character analysis of Mulder.
Falling Together
Leaning up against his bedroom door, she closes her eyes as she lets out a shuddering breath. Even though only moments ago she was fast asleep on his sofa, oblivious to the world around her, her mind and body were now humming with nervous excitement. How many times has she dreamed of this? Wished and hoped and prayed that they would both come to their senses, and just fall together one night.
Was tonight that night?
My notes:
One of the most plausible and realistic all things fics, in my opinion. Also, holy forking shirtballs is this hot.
Looking Back: Nine Moments That Changed Things
Nine little scenes that bring Mulder and Scully closer together from Alpha to all things.
My notes:
A lovely progression fic with great dialogue. There is a particularly fitting analogy woven throughout their conversations about “taking ice cream out of the freezer”.