crack_van | Untitled by Thea (PG)

Fandom: STARGATE: SG-1
Pairing: Cam/Vala
Author on LJ:

thassalia
Author Website: memories
Why this must be read:

Vala is another difficult character in fic, I think, because she has to walk that fine line between precocious, but not stupid or shallow. (Well, shallow in some ways. Not in others.) And Cam/Vala, I tend to think of as a 'ship mainly invented by "those crazy Farscape people" (not that that's necessarily true, or that there is anything wrong with Farscape or sublimated John/Aeryn urges, I fully support all of the above). But in canon, they've exchanged maybe two sentences outside the briefing room. Thea takes those two sentences, and shows us how much Cam and Vala actually have in common. Each is the odd man out, the newbie, doing the best that they can.

And if that doesn't sell you, just think: John! Aeryn! Kissing! Eeee!

Across the mess, he can hear Vala's laugh, sharp and catching. He looks over, sees her talking to the two security guards who aren't supposed to follow her so much as steer her in the directions she's supposed to go. It's like setting rabbits to watch the Rotweiller, but she hasn't – to his knowledge - tried to seduce or rob them like last time so everyone just lets the situation alone, hopes for the best.

"Do you think this is a good idea?" Mitchell looks at Sam intently, trying to put some of his serious misgivings into his voice. "To let her stay?"

Sam shrugs. "Where else is she going to go?"

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