Stargate snippet
Ok, so I really liked "Prometheus Unbound." As long as there is snark, arm-porn!Daniel, and Other-Casting-Spoiler? I'm a happy camper. So here's a snippet, spoilers for the episode included.
Jack dove into the corridor, the sound of zat blasts crashing into the wall behind him.
Well, he thought, this is nice.
It was nothing like a routine mission to the Land of Light, of course, where he would have been safe--not exactly a upside, sure, since it was for yet another treaty and that meant boredom, boredom, boredom. Or where the information he was privy to as General would have been safe as well, but hey, he was offworld. He had been in worse situations. For one, he’d been stranded before, and weaponless, and this time he had Daniel with him. Along with lots of guns, which in his opinion was always a plus.
Of course, since the universe believed in balance, he also had one tiny problem.
“So,” Jack said as they ran down the halls. “You’ve gotta be Vala.”
The woman turned to him, her smile brass and cheeky. “Hi,” she said cheerily.
“You probably don’t want to talk to her,” Daniel chimed in as they ran. He didn’t look very happy. “Being that she’s, oh, annoying and all.”
A sudden burst of staff weapon blasts prevented Jack from answering, and the three of them jumped almost as one into a neighboring alcove. Daniel turned almost immediately to finding the little symbol hidden in the gold artwork of the walls, trying to find them an exit. Jack immediately covered their rear. Vala, for her part, sat back and looked irritated.
“You’re not very charming yourself, you know,” she said, scowling at Daniel.
Daniel made an irritated sound, and Jack didn’t even have to turn around to see the disgruntled little expression on Daniel’s face, being as it was one he’d put there many a time himself. Ha ha, Daniel, Jack thought to himself, now there’s two of us. Excellent.
“Jack,” Daniel was whining, apparently not sensing Jack’s epiphany . “Make her shut up. Please?”
Jack jumped further back into the alcove, narrowly missing a staff blast. “Maybe,” he said, happy to ignore the plea in the name of teasing the hell outa Daniel, “we can argue about this another time? Since we’re getting shot at and everything?”
“He hits women, you know,” Vala said, leaning forward to tap Jack on the shoulder confidentially. “That’s not very charming, now is it?”
“She hit me first!”
“And,” Vala went on, her voice turning gleeful, “he’s a bad kisser.”
The world went silent for a moment. Then it exploded.
“What?” Daniel said.
“What?” Jack said.
They looked at each other.
“I’m a great kisser,” Daniel defended himself.
“There was kissing?” Jack asked, squinting over his shoulder at Daniel. “You didn’t tell me there was kissing.”
Daniel looked back at him sheepishly. “It didn’t come up?”
Oh boy, Jack thought to himself, are you gonna get it.
“And really, it wasn’t like that,” Daniel continued, beginning to babble, “we were fighting, and she jumped on my shoulders, and then we were on the ground--and she’s a freak, Jack! It’s not like I asked to kiss her, and technically, I didn’t! She kissed me!”
Vala looked at Jack. “Can you blame a girl?”
“Surprisingly,” Jack answered her, “I think I can.”
Her eyes narrowed, but her lips were twitching with a grin. “He kissed me back, you know,” she offered.
“I did not!”
“Really,” Vala went on, “he did.”
Jack looked at them both. “Ok,” he said, “first of all, Daniel, what did I tell you about kissing offworld girls, and secondly, why isn’t that door open yet?”
“I’ve got it,” Daniel protested, and the doors swooped open.
Vala plus Daniel, Jack thought to himself. Not the most efficient team in the world. Got it.
The three of them picked themselves off the floor and continued their run through the mothership. Three, Jack thought to himself. Three, two, one.
Right on cue, Daniel dropped back to speak to him. “Jack,” he said under his breath, presumably so that Vala couldn’t hear, “I didn’t cheat on you. I swear.”
Jack thought about it, letting Daniel stew for just a while.
“Can I pretend that you did?” he finally said.
Daniel was, predictably, shocked.
“Hey,” Jack protested, “she’s kinda hot. I’m not made of wood here.”
Then Jack continued to push them faster down the corridor. There was, after all, a very real threat going on, and Jack didn’t have any plans to spend his retirement in a goa’uld stronghold. But as they continued their run down the hallway, Daniel began to grin, and his grin was the dirty little half-curl to his mouth that always made Jack want to eat him alive.
Right, Jack thought, smiling to himself. I think I can live with this.
Hope you enjoy!
(And ok, I'm desperate for feedback--I'm not going to lie to you. *g* This being my first SG fic and all.)
Jack dove into the corridor, the sound of zat blasts crashing into the wall behind him.
Well, he thought, this is nice.
It was nothing like a routine mission to the Land of Light, of course, where he would have been safe--not exactly a upside, sure, since it was for yet another treaty and that meant boredom, boredom, boredom. Or where the information he was privy to as General would have been safe as well, but hey, he was offworld. He had been in worse situations. For one, he’d been stranded before, and weaponless, and this time he had Daniel with him. Along with lots of guns, which in his opinion was always a plus.
Of course, since the universe believed in balance, he also had one tiny problem.
“So,” Jack said as they ran down the halls. “You’ve gotta be Vala.”
The woman turned to him, her smile brass and cheeky. “Hi,” she said cheerily.
“You probably don’t want to talk to her,” Daniel chimed in as they ran. He didn’t look very happy. “Being that she’s, oh, annoying and all.”
A sudden burst of staff weapon blasts prevented Jack from answering, and the three of them jumped almost as one into a neighboring alcove. Daniel turned almost immediately to finding the little symbol hidden in the gold artwork of the walls, trying to find them an exit. Jack immediately covered their rear. Vala, for her part, sat back and looked irritated.
“You’re not very charming yourself, you know,” she said, scowling at Daniel.
Daniel made an irritated sound, and Jack didn’t even have to turn around to see the disgruntled little expression on Daniel’s face, being as it was one he’d put there many a time himself. Ha ha, Daniel, Jack thought to himself, now there’s two of us. Excellent.
“Jack,” Daniel was whining, apparently not sensing Jack’s epiphany . “Make her shut up. Please?”
Jack jumped further back into the alcove, narrowly missing a staff blast. “Maybe,” he said, happy to ignore the plea in the name of teasing the hell outa Daniel, “we can argue about this another time? Since we’re getting shot at and everything?”
“He hits women, you know,” Vala said, leaning forward to tap Jack on the shoulder confidentially. “That’s not very charming, now is it?”
“She hit me first!”
“And,” Vala went on, her voice turning gleeful, “he’s a bad kisser.”
The world went silent for a moment. Then it exploded.
“What?” Daniel said.
“What?” Jack said.
They looked at each other.
“I’m a great kisser,” Daniel defended himself.
“There was kissing?” Jack asked, squinting over his shoulder at Daniel. “You didn’t tell me there was kissing.”
Daniel looked back at him sheepishly. “It didn’t come up?”
Oh boy, Jack thought to himself, are you gonna get it.
“And really, it wasn’t like that,” Daniel continued, beginning to babble, “we were fighting, and she jumped on my shoulders, and then we were on the ground--and she’s a freak, Jack! It’s not like I asked to kiss her, and technically, I didn’t! She kissed me!”
Vala looked at Jack. “Can you blame a girl?”
“Surprisingly,” Jack answered her, “I think I can.”
Her eyes narrowed, but her lips were twitching with a grin. “He kissed me back, you know,” she offered.
“I did not!”
“Really,” Vala went on, “he did.”
Jack looked at them both. “Ok,” he said, “first of all, Daniel, what did I tell you about kissing offworld girls, and secondly, why isn’t that door open yet?”
“I’ve got it,” Daniel protested, and the doors swooped open.
Vala plus Daniel, Jack thought to himself. Not the most efficient team in the world. Got it.
The three of them picked themselves off the floor and continued their run through the mothership. Three, Jack thought to himself. Three, two, one.
Right on cue, Daniel dropped back to speak to him. “Jack,” he said under his breath, presumably so that Vala couldn’t hear, “I didn’t cheat on you. I swear.”
Jack thought about it, letting Daniel stew for just a while.
“Can I pretend that you did?” he finally said.
Daniel was, predictably, shocked.
“Hey,” Jack protested, “she’s kinda hot. I’m not made of wood here.”
Then Jack continued to push them faster down the corridor. There was, after all, a very real threat going on, and Jack didn’t have any plans to spend his retirement in a goa’uld stronghold. But as they continued their run down the hallway, Daniel began to grin, and his grin was the dirty little half-curl to his mouth that always made Jack want to eat him alive.
Right, Jack thought, smiling to himself. I think I can live with this.
Hope you enjoy!
(And ok, I'm desperate for feedback--I'm not going to lie to you. *g* This being my first SG fic and all.)