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icarusancalion ([personal profile] icarus) wrote2005-01-17 07:26 pm

FICLET: The Walls of Jericho, Jack/Daniel. Partlet - 23

The Walls of Jericho - 23 (from part 1 here)
by Icarus



Jack was sprawled out and breathing softly when Daniel returned from his watch. But he was a notoriously light sleeper, so Daniel undressed as quietly as he could, rustling gratefully into his down bag with a satisfied sigh.

Then he saw the green glow of Jack's watch as Jack checked the time. Daniel stared up at the tent ceiling. Shit. Jack's eyes were a dark glimmer in the shadows as he turned towards Daniel.

"What do you want, Daniel?" His voice was low and rough.

"What?" But Daniel knew exactly what he meant.

"You keep bringing it up. Why?"

"I told you -- I'm just concerned."

"Concerned."

Daniel swallowed.

"Okay. More than concerned." He licked his lips. "Jesus, Jack -- you had this big part of your life and I had no clue."

"Unh-huh."

"I just want to know what's going on."

"See, that's where I don't get it." Jack's voice raised slightly. He leaned closer on his elbow. "You do know what's going on. You would've dropped it after the first night."

"Oh? So I'm not allowed to be your friend? Not allowed to care? Jack, I would venture a guess that half the problem is you keep everyone at arm's length."

There was a gulf of silence between them. Then a hand touched Daniel's lips. Followed the line of his jaw.

"At… at arm's length. And you can't do that…"

"I know."

Daniel's breathing came heavier, but he was determined to keep going until he got through to Jack…whose hand slowly, carefully, traced his cheekbone. "Then… then don't."

Daniel shut his eyes. Jack closed the gap between them.

"Okay."

Jack's lips, firm and dry, pressed against his for a long, slow moment. Moved softly, melting against his. They parted to breathe.

"Then… good," Daniel ended, not sure what they were talking about any more.

Jack rolled towards him in a rustle of sleeping bags, his chest warm against Daniel's, eyes steady and intense.

"We'll have to be quiet," he said in a low voice.

"Yeah. No shit," Daniel breathed.




Next part (a leetle, teeny tidbit) is up now.

Are we happy now?

[identity profile] kijikun.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
*Grin* Very very very happy *HUGS*

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Hooray! It was such a long ride to get here. *looks around* I hope people actually read it. It's been a couple weeks.

Icarus

[identity profile] cyanei.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
All I can say is finally, woman! Hoo! (Also, YAY!)

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
*sings* An-ti-ci-pa-tion...

Okay, any requests on the explicitness of the next part? *grins evilly*

Icarus

[identity profile] cyanei.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Well, if you know me you'll know I'm all for the pr0n, mate, but just go as far as you think fits the mood of the story. And... are you going to incorporate the aliens into it somehow (not nessessarily specifically, but, you know....)?

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I didn't say this was the climax of the story. There's... let's see... a handful of partlets left. *g*

Icarus

[identity profile] cyanei.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
Hah, double meaning...

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
Whoops. Heh.

Darn. Where is everybody? Did I lose the entire readership when I disappeared into schooldom? *mumbles... drat*

Icarus

*waving hand*

(Anonymous) 2005-01-18 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
Hi.

I'm still here and, goodness help me, reading outside my fandom because, well, I can't resist your stories... *sigh* Anyway, this was good. Very, very good. *bounce* I love the way you can handle things in such an understated way and it seems to flow so naturally. Heh. Poor Daniel. He was so sure he was winning the argument, but then Jack actually did the practical (hmmm, maybe not so much, but still!) thing and actually did what Daniel was recommending... *grin* I also loved the power bars from the last partlet. Please do finish this.

Matilda Baggins

Re: *waving hand*

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, yay! You're here!

Yeah, Jack finally clued in to what was going on beneath the surface and beat Daniel to the punch.

He was so sure he was winning the argument, but then Jack actually did the practical (hmmm, maybe not so much, but still!) thing and actually did what Daniel was recommending... *grin*

And broke all of his personal rules. Oh, but he's been sliding throughout this story. Those rules only work when everyone else plays out their specified role.

Funnily enough, there's this instinct in the back of Jack's mind that says this is how to get the situation back in hand. Find the right script for Daniel.

Icarus

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
Don't you hate it when you lose momentum on a fic? This was really going strong until school started.

Icarus

[identity profile] cyanei.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think you're losing readership, maybe people are just giving less feedback? I know I had to kick myself to type something. *L* Sometimes the effort is just too much, and school going the way it is, I'm definitely in the effort=bad camp.

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I hope school starts going better for you. You were right, by the way, people were reading. I was sure everyone had grown bored waiting and wandered off.

Icarus

[identity profile] cyanei.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
We're all on the edge of our seats, really. ( ;
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did someone say "explicitness?"

[identity profile] dustandroses.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, any requests on the explicitness of the next part? *grins evilly*

My vote is for as porny as you wanna be...I'll take anything from well written but sexy inuendo to out and out pr0n - the raunchier the better. But I have to admit I might be a little surprised if this fic went to that extreme. I think that would be a little out of character with the feel of the rest of the fic, but hey...who amy I to judge? (Uh, not that I'd complain or anything, anyway...*g*)

Re: did someone say "explicitness?"

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha! This cheered me up this morning (which is good since otherwise the morning was crappy).

I suspect the next part is going to be a little more porny than you'd imagine.

Icarus
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Re: did someone say "explicitness?"

[identity profile] dustandroses.livejournal.com 2005-01-20 10:05 am (UTC)(link)
Cool!!! There's nothing I'd love to read more than "More porny than I'd imagine!"

I'll be waiting! semi-patiently!

btw - glad I could give you a bit of a boost this morning! Everyone needs one everyonce in a while! *g*

[identity profile] setissma.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
Well. This makes my admittedly terrible morning much better. Lovely job, as always. I think I like that even when he's utterly confused, Jack still knows Daniel. (That there's something wrong because he keeps bringing it up, even if he doesn't know what it is.)

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
It must be the day for lousy mornings.

I think I like that even when he's utterly confused, Jack still knows Daniel.

That's exactly right. He knows Daniel's pushed it way beyond his normal level of nosiness/curiosity... even if Daniel doesn't.

Icarus

[identity profile] godiva696.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, I was making a point of not reading this, dammit, because I can only take so much goodness without getting vicious and demanding more, but then there were these new parts and I fell headlong into temptation.

Wow. This is utterly, completely enthralling. The characters are very, very right, and I love that Sam and Teal'c are present and just as right as Jack and Daniel. The aliens? SO cool. I still want to know more about them, I'm fascinated...

And this last part? *Squee*! Thank you for the huge smile on my face!

Zoe

Oh what a treat! Thank you.

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-19 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
I thought for sure no one was reading, I took too long to post the next part, people had wandered off bored and I was kicking myself for not at least posting this part before that happened. *whew*

I've had other fics where people asked "so where's Teal'c and Sam?" and I've thought "who?"

This is utterly, completely enthralling.

Cool. It was the plot that worried me, since of course the main point was to get Jack and Daniel together. ;)

Icarus


[identity profile] villeinage.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
*waves* I'm reading this,too. I'm actually wanting to sit and read it all again in one swell foop the second it's finished. And then make coherent comments. for now, I'll just say that I love your Jack.

You know, that last line sounds way more perverse than I intended.

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-19 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
I'm actually wanting to sit and read it all again in one swell foop the second it's finished.

I'm trying to get this done as soon as I can, probably posting at least once a week if not sooner. Getting this point was the hard part. *nods*

Icarus

[identity profile] dementedsiren.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, we are. Hear the contented sigh of the collective 'we'.

"We'll have to be quiet," he said in a low voice.

"Yeah. No shit," Daniel breathed.


Heh.

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-19 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
It's been a long tease. 15,000 words worth of teasing. And now - (Icarus rubs hands together) - now for the sex.

Oh yeah.

Icarus
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[identity profile] tigerlilly2063.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, here you have me... Completely new to this fandom and entirely curious.

I don't know much of the series (have only seen a few episodes randomly) but I know the movie. Fortunately they show the series again from the start here and amonst other things you can take credit for me beginning to watch it now.

I really like your writing style (as always ;)). Since I've seen so many posts from you regarding this fic I started today at the first post and just couldn't stop reading.

I love the interaction of the team-members, especially Jack and Daniel's bickering.
Your idea of the aliens is simply great - I get just crazy about such stuff like shapeable lava.
And when I remember Jack's behaviour at the village on Abydos in the movie I just can see him in his typical Colonel-maner, having no sure instinct for foreign conventions.
You really made me laugh some times, e.g. when Sam got that shocked expression when she realised that they had gone in underwear.

And yes, I'm happy now. :D

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-19 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
other things you can take credit for me beginning to watch it now.

That brings a smile to my face. If I have converted a new addict, all is well.

I love the interaction of the team-members, especially Jack and Daniel's bickering.

Jack and Daniel bickering is the best part of the show.

Your idea of the aliens is simply great - I get just crazy about such stuff like shapeable lava.

They are based on some actual people I know, whom I'm convinced are aliens. :D

And when I remember Jack's behaviour at the village on Abydos in the movie I just can see him in his typical Colonel-maner, having no sure instinct for foreign conventions.

Oh, that's an understatement.

You really made me laugh some times, e.g. when Sam got that shocked expression when she realised that they had gone in underwear.

Yay! Sam is often abused in Jack/Daniel fics.

Icarus *starts scribbling sex scene*
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[identity profile] tigerlilly2063.livejournal.com 2005-01-19 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Jack and Daniel bickering is the best part of the show.
I fully agree to that. There's so much potential.

They are based on some actual people I know, whom I'm convinced are aliens.
*lol* I know some of that kind of people myself.
At university we had a prof who had studied mathematics and physics and when there was no place in the cafeteria to sit my fellow students and I started an argument about wormholes, time warp, alien nations and such crazy things. It didn't take long 'til the first table was free for us. *eg*

Oh, that's an understatement.
*lol* Yeah, you're probably right. Maybe a bull in a china shop would be easier to tame...

*starts scribbling sex scene*
Looking forward to it. *leers*

[identity profile] kuteki.livejournal.com 2005-01-18 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh.

Perfect. Just utterly perfect. more!

It was just so slow and lovely and it just happened and Daniel is so confused, because he doesn't know why he is so interested in Jack's sexuality, way more interested than he should be, but Jack knows and acts on it and oh god. How can I melt so from a simple kiss?!

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-19 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, what to say? Exactly so. Daniel doesn't know why he's fascinated, concerned, fixated. Jack's ability to tune in to emotions while missing "details" - irrelevant facts, reasoning, rationalizations - is as accurate and perceptive as ever.

Thank you. More soon.

Icarus

[identity profile] lerah99.livejournal.com 2005-01-19 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
I go away for one weekend and then you get all posty! It was a real treat to find these when I got back! I love this part! I love Jack distracting Daniel as he talks. I love the closeness. I can't wait for the sex. Thank you for posting these.

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-19 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Welcome back, Icarus leers.

I've just waited to post the hot stuff. More to, um, come.


Icarus

[identity profile] djinanna.livejournal.com 2005-01-19 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
Yay! More Walls of Jericho -- and one is tumbling down right now. Woohoo!

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-19 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
one is tumbling down right now.

Aha! Caught the reference did'ya? Yep. The real walls are Jack's, and Daniel's and the Aliens' and the military's and....

Icarus

[identity profile] linnet-melody.livejournal.com 2005-01-21 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooooh, so good! Keep writing! *hugs you and shows dimples and shining eyes and puppy dog looks and and and --*

Pweeeeze.

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. *is happily squished* Because the shit has got to hit the fan now. ;)

Icarus
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[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
More on the way. I've stupidly stayed up all night, so it's gonna be a little later than I intended. *writes*

Icarus

[identity profile] lizardspots.livejournal.com 2005-04-14 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Alriiight! *punches air* *hops onto next partlet with happy bubble of anticipation*