Echo, by DrGemini86 (DrGemini24)
Summary: Sam begins to have flashbacks of SG-1's time aboard the Odyssey and she turns to Teal'c for help. Meanwhile, Teal'c takes the opportunity to make the next fifty years much nicer for two of his friends. Tag to Unending. DanielVala, SamDaniel, CamVala, JackSara, Teal'cIsh'ta
Pairing: DanielVala (flashbacks), SamDaniel, CamVala, JackSara, Teal'cIsh'ta
Rating: T
Category: New Romance
Genres: Angst, A/U, Drama, Episode-related, Friendship, Relationship-focussed, Romance-focussed, Thoughts
Spoilers: Anything up to and especially including Unending
A/N: passages in italics are flashbacks
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"I'm not saying I'm much better. There was a time when I thought I would… I would never get over my wife. I mean the idea of…" he sighs and closes his eyes as he stands near some shelves in what appears to be darkened quarters on the Odyssey, "… being hurt that way again… but I finally got to the place. I finally! For the first time in a long time have gotten to the place where I actually feel I could get close to somebody again. But… not in a million years… a million, million years…"
Vala, sitting on the bed, her back to him, closes her eyes as she begins to cry quietly. "… years would I ever possibly consider that person being you. I mean we are so completely opposite and… wrong for each other that it's not funny and the worst part! The worst part about that is… you know that. And this whole flirty…" he rubs his chest, "… sexual thing that you do… that's just your way of having a laugh at my expense. So I'm sorry if I'm not more appreciative of that and I'm so sorry that you're bored… but don't pretend that it's anything else!"
Sam woke up with a gasp, sitting up in bed in shock at the intensity of her dream. She closed her eyes and could see Daniel's angry face again… she had never seen him so angry. She couldn't understand why she had had the dream, and why it had been so vivid… vivid enough for her to feel Daniel's anger and frustration… Vala's odd mixture of emotions.
Finding herself unable to sleep, she got out of bed and slipped into the bathroom to wash her face. She stared at her tired reflection in the mirror, noticing how melancholy she had become during their fight against the Ori.
She thought back to the dreams that she had already had of Cam trashing his quarters aboard the Odyssey… and what appeared to be an elderly version of the team eating breakfast in the Mess. She closed her eyes as she remembered one of Daniel and Vala sleeping together, attempting to shake it out of her head.
The one consistent theme appeared to be the Odyssey.
At first she had dismissed the dreams as just that… dreams; her subconscious mind trying to figure out what had happened aboard the ship during the time dilation field.
But the dreams... and nightmares were still there after two months... and they were just as vivid.
Needing to know if she was going mad or it was something else, something far more sinister, she quickly got dressed, leaving her house for the SGC so she could seek Teal'c's counsel. After all, he was quite literally the authority on what had happened during the time they had spent on the ship, technically being the only person who had lived through it.