Prompt 13.09

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Five true things about Cameron Mitchell that he doesn't know about himself.


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[dhae_knight_1]

1: He admires SG-1, he knows that. Spent a long and hard recovery with the single goal; to get to join SG-1. And he admires none of them more than Colonel - well, General - O'Neill.

But deep down, all the way down where he never goes, he also hates O'Neill.

Hates him for being who he is, for being a success, when Cameron has spent so much time being less than perfect. Hates him for having had - for 8 years - what Cameron knew he wanted from the moment he heard about it.

Most of all, though; Cameron hates him because there's a light in Daniel's eyes when he talks about O'Neill, and Cameron wants to be the only one who makes Daniel feel like that.

2: All of SG-1 has done amazing things. Jackson's been ascended for a year - although Cameron won't even pretend he understands what that means. Carter's been host to a Tok'ra. Teal'c has his own set of near-superpowers. O'Neill, more than all of them, what with Ancient genes and downloading the library of the Ancients not once, but twice.

Cameron knows he wishes he had special powers beyond just common stubbornness, because he's starting to feel like a normal human who's got to join the Justice League.

What he doesn't know - yet - is that in another year or so, they're going to find remnants of the Furlings, and they hold the key to Cameron's own superpower.

Then again; it's probably just as well. Do you really want to know you're a latent telepath?

3: Somewhere in Germany, there's a beautiful little girl with blond hair and blue eyes. Her mother still can't believe the young American pilot trusted her, when she said she was on the pill.

The girl is called Anna, but her mother never wanted to know Cameron's surname.

4: Cameron loves going through the gate. I'ts a rush; the craziest adventure anyone could ever imagine. But all the way at the back of his mind, crazy though going through the gate is... he misses the thrill of flying the X-302.

The acceleration that shoves him back into his seat - even with the intertial dampeners - as it kicks off down the runway. The thrill of pushing through the last visible veil of atmosphere to see unending black, sparkling space. The rush of having all that power, all that speed, humming at his fingertips.

But he'll tell you that he doesn't miss flying.

5: Vala is annoying and possibly psychotic. She's also a manipulative bitch, who cares more about her own safety than... well, mostly she only cares about her own safety and profit. And she's so very obviously... well, he doesn't know if Vala is even capable of bing in love as he defines it, but she's definitely out to have serial sex with Daniel.

Somehow, it doesn't help that she's smart and space-wise and quite beautiful.

Cameron is very good at keeping secrets from himself. That's why he figures that when he admires Vala's figure, it's just common lust. When he feels uncomfortable when Vala flirts with Daniel, it's because he worries about what it'll mean for his team. When he takes the time to actually talk to Vala, it's because he's a good leader and it's what's good for the team.

Cameron is so good at keeping secrets from himself that even the lies he tells himself are true.

As it is... it may take him a few years to run out of his true lies and face the secret he's been keeping from himself since the first time he laid eyes on Vala.

One day, he's going to marry her.

[paian]

These are great. I love the things Mitchell hides from himself and sublimates in these. Especially that he misses flying -- it's amazing and yet totally believable to think that he would really miss it that much and not believe, himself, that he does. And #2 cracked me up -- both the line he's starting to feel like a normal human who's got to join the Justice League and the revelation at the end. Cool! :-)

[dhae_knight_1]

Thank you. I'm guessing flying a plane is a little like reading books for me. Sure, you can give it up if something more interesting comes along - but you're never going to stop missing it.

And #2 pretty much wrote itself. SG-1's become a pretty heady group over the years... but of course Cam needs his own superpower - and to realize that *having* a superpower isn't all it's cracked up to be.

I have to admit that #5 surprised me. I was actually going to write him in love with either Daniel or Sam... but Vala wanted attention. And what Vala wants, Vala gets... ;-)

[sid]

Oh, terrific! Wanting to light up Daniel, missing flying, future Furling encounters.

Marrying Vala!

:-D Great job!

[kazbaby]

I really enjoyed these but the last lines of 2 and 5 had me grinning like a dang fool. Okay I really also loved the Justice League line. hee! Very cool. :D

[msbeata.livejournal.com]

Wow, those are amazing.