My notes:
This is a beautiful character study of Vala. So well written.
Save the Last Dance
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
At Jack and Sam’s wedding Daniel finally gets a dance with the very popular Vala Mal Doran. It just takes a little prodding from Cam to get him there.
My notes:
This is so deliciously tense.
One Step at a Time
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
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.
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
Rediscovering Odysseus
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
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
Not Time’s Fool
Fandom: Gilmore Girls
2012 – And there she was, the star to his wand’ring bark, forever guiding his thoughts to her, to home. Time had moved on since he saw her (far too much time), but she was as he remembered (constantly imagines): beautiful, elegant, arms full of books, of course. His stomach flipped.
2016 – She had no job, no partner, no home. Adrift in every aspect of her life. She felt battered by self-doubt and dissatisfaction; one too many hits were pulling her beneath the waves and threatening to drown her.
But then there he was. Her ever-fixed mark, unshakeable when faced with her tempests.
The bits post-series/pre-AYITL and during AYITL that we didn’t get to see. AYITL-compliant, but complete wish-fulfilment on my part about who the baby daddy is!
I feel this is more story with added sex rather than straight forward smut, but what sex there is IS explicit, hence the rating. But there’s lots of heart, stolen glances, things unsaid, things said, fluff, love and pining thrown in there.
My notes:
This is just so achingly beautiful and perfect. This one leaves me warm and fuzzy. Great characterization too. Just. Ugh.
So Comes Love
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
A version of how Daniel and Vala, with a little nudge from Teal’c, finally get together. Post-series, following “Unending” (S10E20).
My notes:
This is just SO quintessentially Daniel. Everything about this. In fact, I’m pretty sure this is exactly what would happen if Daniel found out anything about what happened on the Odyssey.