Fic: Sparkles in the Night

[raqs]

Title: Sparkles in the Night
Author: raqs
Summary: The most basic joys.
Word Count: 3,075
Rating: G
Disclaimer: None
Written For: rivulet027
Prompt:Playful Jack
Notes:This is undoubtedly more pensive than the requester wanted, and undoubtedly a lot less graphic. I do apologize - this is what I had in me.

Comments

[rivulet027]

OMG! Thank you so much! This was so pretty! I love the way you described everything. I love that they find a place to have a nice evening. Thank you again!

[raqs]

Yay! Thank you. Yes, pretty is how I'd describe it too. :-) Thanks for waiting so long! You get a "Waited a Long Time For My Ficathon Fic" medal.

[sidlj]

Lovely! Nice and warming to read on a frigid night. :-)

I LOLed at the tickling, and sighed at the fireworks magic, and the blades of grass fleeting by.

[raqs]

Thanks! The tickling was courtesy of SK. "Playful Jack" was a tough prompt for me!

[antares04a]

This is very lovely! The nostalgic fair, the ferris wheel, and of course the poor man where Jack is shooting a stuffed animal for Daniel. *lol*

I'm sure Daniel loved it because Jack loved it and it was a perfect afternoon/evening for them.

Very nice story!

[raqs]

Thank you!! Yes, Daniel loved it because Jack loved it, at least as much as anything else.

[green_grrl]

This is so quietly beautiful. Wonderful reflectiveness on Daniel's part, and such a nice break from the crazy for both of them. (Okay, fried Oreos and piglet racing are a little crazy. :D)

[raqs]

The crazy part is, both the fried Oreo and the racing piglets were real experiences I've had at fairs around here! :-)

Thanks for commenting, too!

[ext_839706]

Quietly beautiful, like green_grrl said.

Your writing is always so atmospheric, and so full of well observed details. I really enjoyed this -- I loved how they made an oasis of "in the moment" for themselves, which is very rare in their perilous lives.

I love your writing. Thank you for participating in the ficathon this year. It's great to get to be inside your fic again. We miss you.

:D

[raqs]

Oh thank youI I think of you as a role model in the atmospheric category, so I really appreciate that.

This really was just all I had in me - I felt like "Value" was really the end of the stories I had to tell about them, so this one was almost out of space and time, no plot, just a few moments.

SK passes along your posts from time to time - don't worry, I'll get my Peg B writing up at area 52 one of these days - I haven't gone far! (Technically, I've stayed exactly right where I always was! :-) Though my brain has really moved on to Avengers fandom. And, oddly, in a small way, other DC characters.)

[ext_839706]

I totally understand about moving on from certain fandoms. I doubt I could write Frodo and Sam, or Jim and Blair, to save my life nowadays, but I still adore them.

That was one reason I was so delighted to see that you felt moved to revisit these guys!!! And I need to reread "Value." Is it on AO3? Or maybe on your website….

I am very glad you are planning on archiving your Peg B stuff somewhere accessible. You remain one of my all time favorite SG1 writers. I go back to your stories over and over. Thanks again for all the fic.

Also, I'm reading a lot of Avengers these days, so if you write them, I will be SO THERE. :) When you write Avengers, where do you post it? Your LJ?

Happy New Year.

PS Thank you so much for your kind words about my writing! *blushes*

[raqs]

Hey hon!

"Value" is up at Area 52, and I will get my PegB stuff up there (where is this holiday time going??) Avengers is up at AO3, under the same username as the Area 52. I have it out where people can see it!!

Happy New Year to you, too! Kind words available any time.