...these were Rediscovered Hearts...

[so_out_of_ideas]

Ok, I've got another couple of fics done for sg_challenges Challenge 13. Since the challenge is love + heartbreak you'd THINK I could come up with a new installment for Rediscovered Hearts. But Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo............

Thanks to rants_by_james for beta on both of these.

Title: What She Didn't Say
Author: Lionchilde
Summary: AU Janet Brings Back the cure...

Rating: G
Length: 314 words
Category: angst, drama
Pairing:Daniel/Janet implied
A/N: Sort of an episode tag for Ripple Effect, and therefore spoilers for that ep. Written for sg_challenges



What She Didn't Say

Janet Frasier stepped through the Stargate with a mix of trepidation and relief. Home again, she thought as her team trampled noisily down onto the 'Gate Room floor. Landry was there; the right Landry this time, his face worn and haggard with worry over the Ori plague.

"I have something for you, Sir," she smiled, presenting him with the yellow box she had clutched at her chest since she stepped through the 'Gate on the other Earth. "I have the cure."

Of course, there were explanations that had to be given. For the first few days, though, the weary general gladly took his people at their word, let the doctor work. When the cure began to filter its way out to the public and they knew the nightmare was over, Janet calmly explained how her team had found themselves stranded in another reality--one in which Orlin had returned to cure the plague. She didn't hesitate, nor did her voice betray a hint of what she was holding back. As she spoke, she thought with a bit of private amusement that she felt rather like General O'Neill must have when he returned from the first Abydos mission.

Later though, as she stood in the 'Gate Room again, her vision blurred with tears. This time he would be the one leaving, only there would be no parting embrace. He would only be gone a few days…a short trip back to Abydos. Back home, for him. For her, though, it might as well have been another universe.

As the first hot tear slid down onto her cheek, she reached furtively to brush it away. A quick glance around the room assured her that none of the rest of the team had seen. Then her other hand slowly drifted to her belly and the secret she hid there. Not his. Not really. But almost…

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Title: Present
Author: Lionchilde
Summary: AU Some Birthdays just suck...

Rating: G
Length: 493 words
Category: angst, drama
Pairing: Guess, it's part of the fun
A/N: A certain person on my flist will probably like this one... Written for sg_challenges



Present

Her forehead rested against the cool of the windowpane, and she stared out at the dull, slate gray sky and the still-empty driveway. As the first hard splatters collided with the glass, she shivered, almost able to feel the cold, wet wind that suddenly picked up the plastic lid of the wading pool and sent it skittering across the yard. She felt her mother's weight slide onto the couch cushion behind her, but she swallowed twice and didn't turn, warm tears now tracking their way down her cheeks.

"He'll be here," she heard close to her ear as strong, gentle arms wound around her. She melted backward, snuggling into the inviting softness of her mother's breast.

"He promised," she sniffed with a nod of agreement, comforted already by the familiar, vanilla-scented closeness. A hand smoothed over her hair, then slid down to caress her back in slow, tender circles.

"Why don't you go and play with your friends?" her mother suggested. "I'll keep watch for a while."

She swallowed again, turning to peer into the kitchen, where a crowd of children were gathered around the festively decorated table or playing party games. "Someone's missing there, too," she said glumly.

Her mother sighed, bending to kiss the top of her hair. "This really is turning out to be an awful birthday, isn't it?" she murmured. "Daddy's gone and your best friend's moved away."

She nodded, coiling her arms tightly around her mother's neck. "Why does Dakara have to be so far?" she whispered tightly. "It's not fair, Mom!

"No, it's not…" her mother began, then suddenly tensed. "Look!"

She twisted in her mother's arms, then let out a squeal of delight. The dirty red pickup pulled into the driveway, and she tore off the couch, racing outside as the two men climbed out. Heedless now of the icy wind or the rain pelting her through the new dress she wore, she flung herself across the yard and into her father's arms.

"Dad! You did come home!"

"I wouldn't be anywhere else, Manda," Daniel said, kneeling to look up at her. "Uncle Jack and I just had to bring back your present."

"What present?" she frowned, looking from him to the grinning, white-haired man a few feet away.

"C'mon," Jack said, gesturing for her to follow as he walked around to the back of the truck.

She ran off after him, trailed by Daniel, who stooped to pick her up when they reached the truck bed. Jack reached for the wet tarp, snapping it back with a flourish.

"Ta-da!" he exclaimed, revealing the unmistakable, stoic form of a Jaffa warrior, who rose from the familiar meditative position with slow grace and offered her a bow.

"Teal'c!" she cried, launching herself from Daniel's arms to his. "You're back from Dakara!"

Despite the awkwardness of the way they were standing, Teal'c caught her easily, and allowed a momentary smile to cross his face. "Indeed I am, AmandaJackson."

Comments

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

Take your time. I've been thinking about this literally for months. ;)

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

Ok, I'm back. How about this. Take your idea. The other two had been left behind in Egypt, maybe staying with colleagues of their parents or something, and those people ended up taking them in. They'd been told that Daniel was dead, so Remiel and Gabriel never had reason to look. Danny being in foster care in the States probably couldn't have returned to Egypt to find his brothers until he was 18 and out of the Social Services system. So, maybe he finally did go back to Egypt while he was in college, searched for and eventually found the brothers. I imagine his relationship with Remiel would be rather rocky anyway, and maybe they had a falling out prior to Daniel joining the Stargate Program.

When he got back from Abydos, he could have just not re-established contact with them because in the first place he's angry with at least one of them, and in the second place there are all the complicated confidentiality issues involved in what Daniel does, so maybe he just decided the best thing for everybody would be for the brothers to think he had vanished.

Then take my idea. Danny's on a mission somewhere and becomes badly injured. Maybe he's got some rare blood type or something that makes it difficult to find compatible donors. *Someone* would have to know he has twin brothers, whoever you want it to be. So, off goes SG-1 to find Daniel's brothers...?

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

That makes more sense than anything I've been able to come up with thus far. Nice job! *takes notes*

I have no idea when, if at all, I'll get the time to write this. Probably not until after my plotkraken (the evil psychic Daniel one) gets written, but I have hope for it. Thanks! :)

I too imagine Daniel's relationship with Remiel being a little strained. ^_^;;; But he's REMIEL, it's kind of a given. And I'm trying not to think of Gabriel as timid, because he *isn't*, he's just way more laid-back and quiet. Well, and a shamelessly flirting sexbot. ;) (In regards to having the three pairings, I'd picture Daniel/Sha're since it's already established, Gabriel/Janet, and Remiel/Vala because I would LOVE to toss them in a room together and see who comes out on top. *pause* Oh, BAD Vala muse! Stop wording things that way!)

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

I was trying to puzzle out the pairings...you're right. It's got to be Daniel/Sha're, of course. *hugs Sha're* Gabriel/Vala would just never work, she'd run all over him...so yeah. Gabriel/Janet and Remiel/Vala.

*begs* *cries* *pleads* write it! Puh-leeeeeeeeeeeeeze....

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

lol You just want the triple eyecandy mental image! Admit it! ;)

When would it be set, though? If I had Daniel/Sha're it would have to be before mid-season three...but then we can't have Remiel/Vala, or Nick. Unless we put time travel into it, or just go "hell with it" and make it totally AU where Sha're didn't get snaked or got unsnaked somehow. Dammit. *plots*

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

I just realized I used "we" extensively in that. My muses have GOT to stop booting into my subconscious. I didn't even realize I was referring to myself in the plural until I sent it. ^_^;;;

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

lol, I do that all the time. It's usually me talking about "my brain" as another person. I've got an idea... *furiously types in other window*

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

I admit it! I admit it!

I've got an idea how Sha're gets unsnaked. Teal'c bursts in but hesitates for just a moment too long when he sees what's going on. Ammaunet spins around, starts to raise the hand device toward Teal'c and Daniel scrambles off the ground and tackles her. Then Teal'c zats them both and they take Sha're to the Tok'ra for de-Goa'ulding.

Then! Fast forward to Heroes Pt.2 and Daniel was the one who got shot instead of Janet...except he didn't die, he got rushed back to Earth and that's where the brothers can be found to come save him. That leaves the door open for Vala later...somehow... *keeps thinking*

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

Oooh, AU episode tie-ins. I liiiike it. Maybe Vala could come in later, after the whole Heroes AU thing?

One of my favorite AU plot devices is that making one teensy tiny change in the past causes an avalanche of changes, so it's waaay different a bare few years later. Especially when it impacts an enemy force in any way, or anything involving relationships. So it's possible that this could somehow change the progression of events, making some things happen sooner while others happen later.

Ah, rationalization. ;)

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

That would work if you're up for it...maybe Janet's being alive affected something in the the events in Lost City played out, and Vala somehow came along during that story arc? I dunno how though. I'd have to watch it again.

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

See why this'll take awhile to write? :P

I mean my plotkraken has been in the works for over half a year and I'm still not done outlining the thing...I only just recently got over a major roadblock in the planning though, so that helped a little. And then moonshayde's A Priori and seeing the third X-Men movie helped with visualization, too. ^_^;;;

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

I know, I've got one fic I've been doing since before s9 started, and now there's Rediscovered Hearts, which is going to take a LONG time from start to finish.

But you've *gotta* write it. I'll diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeee if you don't!

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

How long before you start dying? ;) *gets the crash cart ready*

I'll try to write it, but I honestly can't make any promises on *when*. I still have to finish my monster Shadows of the Future series first, and then possibly a sister series with hopefully a few less tags. I've learned my lesson about trying to write too many fics at once, although now it seems they just pile up because I'm only writing a few at a time. No win scenario, sadly.

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

lol. I know. I have to discipline myself in terms of fic, which is why at least MOST of what I post even on sg_challenges is Rediscovered Hearts. Otherwise, I've got a million half finished stories. I've formally put my other long one on hiatus in hopes of seeing this one through to its completion.

But don't worry. I won't die unless you tell me you *won't* write it. I may have to make that cover, though....

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's why all my sg_challenges are drabbles or one-shots. Then I don't have to worry about more chapters, or getting the prompts to fit the story, or whatever. I learned the hard way to plan out my stories rather than making it up as I go. I only ever completed one fic the second way, and for a long time it was my longest story. Go figure.

By all means, don't make me stop you from making that pic! ;) Though I suppose if it was a cover, I'd need a name for the fic. Damn.

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

Well, Rediscovered Hearts was supposed to be a two-parter...it exploded one night or something.

Title: Stuck In The Middle. Heh.

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

Ah, I'm familiar with the type. They pretend to be all sweet and short, and then when you aren't looking they take over the house and trash the place. And then you just can't imagine them any other way, and HAVE to add more until it's a huge monster. And then you look back and wonder what you were smoking. :P

*snrrk* Can we try something that DOESN'T sound like an incestous porno? (My Vala muse is objecting to me objecting to the name. Down, girl!)

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

heh. Every time I go to bed early, Rediscovered Hearts grows. It's insane.

Well the only other thing I can think of at the moment title wise is "Brother's Keeper" which is lame...and makes me wonder which brother is who's keeper.

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

I had a title for it at one point, before it actually had a plot...I think I called it "Me, Myself, and I" but that's lame too.

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

Doppleganger Dilema...?

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

Triple Trouble? :P

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

Seeing Double...Again. Oh, no...that makes four. You'd have to include this guy.

;)

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

lol It's Adam! Yay! *has seen Sumuru, thinks it is the most unintentionally hilarious movie ever, since they gave Shanks so many Daniel-esque lines during his hiatus from Stargate*

Come on, quadruplets is just pushing it. ;) Besides, the chin gerbil is scary.

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Adam. *humphs* In fact, I used him for the sig image of my favorite RPG character. lol. Ok, quadruplets would be insane...but... *squee* Adam!

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

"*mock British accent* Dammit Jake, I'm a pilot not a doctor!"

XD And they referenced Superman! I swear, they crammed so many scifi refs in that movie. I caught Stargate, Star Trek, Superman, and various apocalyptic movies at various points. :P

I curse the fact that Sumuru is not available in the US. My copy is actually downloaded and dubbed over in RUSSIAN. But for some reason they left the original voices in as well, it's just quieter. Watching it for awhile let me tune out the Russian, kind of, which is good because that was just weird. I also had a transcript handy in case I couldn't make out anything. ;)