Tag: Angst

The Most Beautiful Words

Written by storybycorey
Fandom: The X-Files
Ship: Fox Mulder/Dana Scully
Rating: Mature

In response to the prompt “Things you said in our vows”. Post Amor Fati fic.

Word count: 1000-7500 (Short story) Mar 13, 2025

Tags: AngstEpiphaniesEpisode CodaIntrospectiveSeason 7Unresolved Sexual TensionYearning

My notes:

Exactly the way Amor Fati should have ended after the touchstone scene. Really well written analysis from Scully’s POV in response to the implications of what Mulder said to her, and to what she then confirmed back to him. Those were essentially wedding vows that were just never acknowledged, along with the rest of t... Read more

Simple Gifts

Written by J. T. Filipek
Fandom: The X-Files
Ship: Fox Mulder/Dana Scully
Rating: Teen and up

A week apart following the events of Millennium gives Mulder and Scully a lot of time to think. They come to the decision that a late Christmas is MUCH better than none at all.

Word count: 50,000-100,000 (Novel) Mar 13, 2025

Tags: AngstChristmasFeelings RealizationSeason 7

My notes:

Their first kiss at the millennium starts something between them, but Mulder doesn’t think so at first. When he sees Scully’s face fall when he murmured that “the world didn’t end”, he assumes the worst. We then jump back to the previous week to when Scully is in San Diego for Christmas, where... Read more

burn the shoes and boil the rice

Written by SleepyMaddy
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Ship: Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran
Rating: General audiences

Five times Daniel and Vala got married, and one time they didn’t.

Word count: 20,000-50,000 (Novella) Nov 27, 2024

Tags: AngstCannot Spit It OutFake RelationshipHumorOblivious to LoveSelective Denial

My notes:

This one makes me tear up it’s so lovely. All of the fake marriage scenarios are inventive and delightfully amusing – their antagonistic banter is just on point. In contrast, the last ‘scenario’ squeezes my heart so brilliantly, even after having read this quite a few times. Vala pushes as she does,... Read more

eBook cover for The Unending Story

The Unending Story

Written by WolfenM
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Ship: Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran, Jack O'Neill/Samantha Carter
Rating: Teen and up

Stories of life aboard the Odyssey while SG-1 and General Landry were stuck in the time-dilation bubble of the episode “Unending”.

Word count: 20,000-50,000 (Novella) Nov 14, 2024

Tags: AngstDeclaration of LoveDenial of FeelingsEpisode CodaEthical DilemmasFirst TimeIntrospectiveMental HealthOblivious to LoveRomanticSeason 10Team BondingTrauma

My notes:

A 3-part series that starts by following Daniel and Vala during “that scene” in Unending in part 1 (A Love-Hate Thing), then showing the rest of the team observing the changes in D/V’s relationship in part 2 (Cats, Candles, and Confessions), culminating in the meatiest part of this series (part 3 – I... Read more

One Step at a Time

Written by besully
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Ship: Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran
Rating: Teen and up

A series of scenes starting immediately after 10.07 Counterstrike and ending after 10.20 Unending, detailing the progression of Daniel and Vala’s relationship.

All Vala wanted was to conquer the challenge Daniel had unwittingly presented. Once she had her victory, she’d drop it and Daniel wasn’t sure he could survive that.

Word count: 1000-7500 (Short story) Nov 3, 2024

Tags: AngstDenial of FeelingsFeelings RealizationFilling the GapsPost-SeriesRelationship ConversationSeason 10Slow BurnUnresolved Sexual TensionYearning

My notes:

Told from Daniel’s perspective, a small behind the scenes look at Daniel and Vala’s relationship as it evolved after Counterstrike onward. I love the introspective yet cautious way Daniel navigates his need to be around Vala without challenging his comfort zone or confronting his feelings too directly. He’... Read more

No Turning Back

Written by Risti
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Ship: Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran
Rating: Teen and up

I’d been battling Daniel to see who had the greatest self-control for far too long, and I wanted to surrender.

Word count: 1000-7500 (Short story) Oct 4, 2024

Tags: AngstDenial of FeelingsFeelings RealizationFirst TimeOblivious to LoveOne-shotRomantic

My notes:

I love this. I 100% know they eventually collided after a moment similar to the one in Unending – just like it happens in this story. Vala will finally need to make a move because while she’s as scared as Daniel, she can’t help but feel her feelings. Daniel will shove what is happening down into his comfor... Read more

The Many Paths of Daniel Jackson

Written by evrymeeveryyou
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Ship: Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran
Rating: Teen and up

Every possibility, every choice I had ever made, even choices I hadn’t, led to an entirely different life until I could no longer tell reality from its alternates.

Word count: 20,000-50,000 (Novella) Aug 30, 2024

Tags: AngstAUDenial of FeelingsOblivious to LoveParallel UniversesYearning

My notes:

Daniel touches a mysterious crystal (which is just so Daniel) and starts experiencing various alternate realities and timelines his life might take. Not being able to discern what’s real as he’s living each moment, it sends him spiralling gradually into madness as SG-1 (plus Jack) tries desperately to save him. ... Read more

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To Patch With Gold

Written by UnabashedBird
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Ship: Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran
Rating: Teen and up

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?

Word count: 7500-20,000 (Novelette) Aug 27, 2024

Tags: AngstSeason 10