THE
WINNERDrabbles
(FIC OF ABOUT 100 WORDS)
These drabbles were all submitted as part of the SG4 competition at SDR. The challenge was to create a drabble around the Sam/Daniel relationship. All these drabbles were bound into a Zine which was available at SG4, and the winning drabble was presented to both Michael Shanks and Amanda Tapping.
Alone - Kat
Opening my door I realise I'm all alone. There's no-one here to greet me, no-one to ask how my day was. It would be nice if there was one person somewhere for me, that hopefully lived in Colorado Springs. It would be nice. The door sounds and I'm surprised to find it's Daniel. He's come making sure I'm okay, last mission not going well and all. We sit on the sofa and talk. After several hours he kisses me on the cheek as he leaves. As I sit back down on the sofa I realise maybe I'm not alone after all.
Breathe - Mel
Jack sat by Sam and watched as she struggled for breath, it coming in small shallow gasps. They took turns sitting with her after she'd broken down. Janet insisting on it if they wanted her to ever leave the infirmary. Janet spoke of Cassie and the lives of those at the SGC, Teal'c read to her, his voice calming her the most. Jack sat there and tried to breathe for her wondering when Daniel had become the air, the very thing she needed for life. And now that he was gone she had to learn how to breathe once more.
Burning - Demon Faith (Set during 'Fire and Water')
An endless void of nothing awaits, I can tell. I can't deny what I saw - when I close my eyes, I can still see him. Burning.
The fire is flaring in my mind, making a cinder path to nowhere. The smoke is blinding - it masks my tears.
I can hear him still, a ghost of a whisper. The worst thing is - I think I loved him.
Maybe that explains the emptiness in my chest, these tears that refuse to dry. For, he was Daniel - the one I can't let go. The reason for the dying flame inside, the last burning.
Compliments - Entropy
Her chin drops to her chest as the tears begin to fall. She twists to face the wall as the door creeks open trying desperately to hide her weakness.
Strong hands cup her face lifting it from its shame. With a practiced touch he gently wipes the tears from her cheeks.
"Daddy?" she questions.
"I'll take that as a compliment." She opens her eyes healed instantly by his smile.
"Daniel."
He pulls her in next to him, wrapping her in his arms. She sighs contentedly resting her cheek against his chest.
"That too." And tightens his hold on his love.
Cookies - Trinity
The pain is too much, the pain is everything, her whole world is hurting, a white, shining thing, and she just wants to scream until her throat is raw, until she can't think of anything else, can't do anything else, but she can't, so she clutches the packet to her chest like a rosary, and she cries, a flood that destroys her, because her walls are gone, crumbled to dust, and now she has nothing left, and she is nothing, because he was everything, her universe with blue eyes, and she is empty, oh god, so empty, and because she can never be whole again.
Dreaming - Hathor
Jack's in shock. He can’t believe that it’s real. Well, it is real- and he better get used to it. General Hammond just has that knowing smile. Dads got his eyes shut, and is obviously having some sort of internal battle with Selmak. Teal’c- well, he’s Teal’c.
Daniels the most shocked of all. But then, he might just have a good reason. After all, is it normal that your girlfriend slides across the table, sits in your lap, and gives you the deepest kiss of his life?
General Hammond begins to beep. Okay, and that isn’t normal…
Dammit! Dreaming AGAIN!
Empty - Tk (Set during 'Entity')
"How can you be so cold, Daniel?"
Cold. Empty. I'm empty.
"This is Carter. SAM! Our team-mate for four years..."
And my lover for one. One year. I had Sha'uri for one year before I lost her. Now, Sam and I have been together for one year, and I've lost her too.
One year.
Jack doesn't understand; doesn't know how, during the last year, Sam saw through the front I put up after Sha'uri died, how she filled the emptiness left by Sha'uri's death first with friendship, and then with love.
And now she's gone too.
And I'm empty again.
Everything's Changed - Steph (Set five years after Daniel's departure)
"Daniel! What are you...?" she exclaimed, not believing that she saw a man that had... left her five, painfully long years ago. She jumped out of her seat and touched him, reassuring herself that he wasn't just an illusion.
"I've come back. Turns out that I can now take my human form without dying," he explained, drawing her into a hug.
She leaned into his embrace, ecstatic with joy. "Oh God, Daniel, everything's changed but--"
"Yeah?" he prompted.
She blushed, cursing the hot feeling rushing to her cheeks. "I... still love you, Daniel."
"Me too," he replied, pulling her closer.
Existence - Kat
There's no need to turn to know who's entered my lab, I can sense him wherever he is. He comes over and wraps his arms around me and I'm grateful for the physical contact. Sensing him is one thing but being able in his arms is so much more. It makes me feel at home, no matter where we are if he stands close I feel safe. I sense him and when he's not here it scares me as I don't want to lose him as I've nearly done so many times, he's the reason for my existence. He's Daniel.
Happy New Year - Kat
I'm sat in the living room of our house when I realise the time 11:58, nearly midnight, nearly New Year. Next year should be better than this one right? I mean when he left..ascended..whatever I fell apart I just wish that he could have left me with something to remember him by. I look at the swell in my stomach and realise he did. The little one inside me will never meet his father but they will know all about him. I rub the bump as the clock chimes midnight. 'Happy New Year Daniel wherever you are. I love you.'
He Grounds Me - Tk (Set during 'Tok'ra')
I feel him watching me. Not spying, or staring, just watching out for me. And I'm grateful for it.
These tunnels, these people, all seem familiar to me. It's not just a flash; it's acute recognition, like I've lived another life here. And I'm drifting deeper into the confusion of it all.
Then I meet his worried gaze, and feel another bolt of recognition overwhelm me.
He grounds me.
I see concern in his eyes. I see the friendship we've built. I see love -forbidden, but still there.
He loves me. I know that. I know him.
He grounds me.
His Gazing Glance - Demon Faith
It’s just a glance.
Piercing beams of magnetism from cerulean orbs. Spell-bound wonder, with a self-depreciating sigh and a slow smile.
Lasts a moment.
The second swirling energy and almighty forces came together as one. Stars collapse in a blaze of glory, and comets burn their way to heaven.
Slowly, with clouded eyes, I glance back. Our eyes lock, the heat is intense, gazing at Daniel with the passion of suns.
Then, he looks away. I’m frozen in time, in a hellish monochrome of shadow. Carefully, he lifts his head, and the world is perfect again.
Damn his gazing glance.
Holiday Revisited - Mel
She stood there wondering when it had changed for her and he had become her source of strength. How she lost herself in him a thousand times a day and yet never was lost with him around as he filled her with his warmth.
Watching him she wanted to try and make him understand before it was too late because without him her strength was fading.
“Daniel you can’t die on me now” she breathed.
And then her strength returned. “Its nice to know that you don’t just like me for my looks.” He sighed and the warmth began again.
Home - Suzie (Set after Daniel's departure)
She looked at him, and he at her.
They smiled and moved toward each other.
Their arms snaked around their waists.
In each others eyes they saw what neither had to verbally express.
Love.
An all consuming love.
Their heads moved together and their lips met.
Only briefly.
Pulling back, their eyes looked over one another.
Taking in the changes the years had cause.
Forty years was a long time to be apart.
But to each other, the changes only made the other more beautiful.
The smiled again.
Their lips met a second time. Longer.
"Welcome home."
"I never left."
THE
WINNER
I knew I'd like him - Jeanine
Before I met him, I read his research, admiring the way his mind worked; never dreaming I'd get the chance to observe it so closely.
Never dreaming that he'd be so handsome, his eyes so blue, his voice so kind.
When I met him, he became my team-mate, then my friend, then my confidante.
I never dreamed that the day would come that he'd be anything more than that. That he'd see me as anything more than that.
And yet it has.
Congrats
Jeanine! Michael and Amanda loved it just as much as we do