The time Daniel thought he was going to die (of embarrassment)
“Daniel, it’s alright. Really.” When Sam didn’t tell the whole truth, her mouth turned up slightly at the corners in a tight, pinched kind of way. Daniel stared at those give-away lines on her face from his prone position merely inches away from her in her off-world tent. He’d known her for all of three weeks. This was their second mission. It would probably be his last. “Um. I’m so … It happens sometimes. When I’m stressed or working too hard. It started after my parents died. I haven’t done it for years.” He edged a little further away from her sleeping bag as he spoke. His gaze flicked around the tent. He looked anywhere but into her eyes. He didn’t want to know what was written there in blue; sympathy, anger, irritation. “Daniel, I said it’s okay and I meant it,” she spoke gently, sincerely. That almost made matters worse. “Why don’t you go and get some sleep …” “Sleep. Yeah. That’s the problem. I really am … I’ll just …” He tried to orient himself, scrambled to his feet and almost fell out of the tent into the alien night. He hadn’t sleepwalked in years.
The time Daniel thought he was going die (of fear)
He was 14 and had been invited to Rosie Travis’s house to watch a movie and eat popcorn. He hadn’t really wanted to go. It would inevitably lead to embarrassing kissing (he wasn’t very good, this he knew because Kellie MacDonald told him so) and fumbling (he was good at fumbling but that was bad thing) and then awkward looks and apologies. But he went and was delighted when he managed to put his arm across Rosie’s shoulder while sitting on the couch and she didn’t object. Then she got up and slid the movie into the VCR and Daniel froze. Zombies. Out of all the movies in the video store, she had to pick a zombie movie. Zombies terrified him. The walking dead, eating flesh. It was the stuff of his adolescent nightmares for reasons he could never quite fathom. Since then, he’d faced down System Lords, serpent guards, metal bugs and more. But nothing frightened him like zombies. Go figure.
The time Daniel thought he was going to die (of laughter)
Karaoke at O’Malley’s to mark Sam’s birthday was a riot. Thankfully, not the kind that gets you thrown out and banned. They’d already done that and bought the T-shirt. After countless beers and Southern Comfort chasers, off-key singing to a crowd who couldn’t have cared less suddenly seemed like a good idea. Sam (who had recently broken up with Pete) offered a creditable I Will Survive. Jack looked embarrassed at first but later right at home as he did a passable Born to Run. He somehow acquired one of Daniel’s bandannas for the authentic Springsteen look. But it was Teal’c’s rendition of Barry White’s Love Serenade (Part One) that had Daniel virtually requiring CPR. Obviously taking his homage seriously, Teal’c offered up a pitch-perfect spoken intro, a la the Sultan of Smooth Soul. It was when he hit, “Because baby, you and me, heh . . . this night, we're gonna get it on . . .” that Daniel finally collapsed to the floor. He took a helpless Jack with him. It was a night to remember.
Five Times Daniel Thought he Was Going to Die Part 1
“Daniel, it’s alright. Really.”
When Sam didn’t tell the whole truth, her mouth turned up slightly at the corners in a tight, pinched kind of way.
Daniel stared at those give-away lines on her face from his prone position merely inches away from her in her off-world tent.
He’d known her for all of three weeks.
This was their second mission.
It would probably be his last.
“Um. I’m so … It happens sometimes. When I’m stressed or working too hard. It started after my parents died. I haven’t done it for years.” He edged a little further away from her sleeping bag as he spoke. His gaze flicked around the tent. He looked anywhere but into her eyes. He didn’t want to know what was written there in blue; sympathy, anger, irritation.
“Daniel, I said it’s okay and I meant it,” she spoke gently, sincerely. That almost made matters worse. “Why don’t you go and get some sleep …”
“Sleep. Yeah. That’s the problem. I really am … I’ll just …”
He tried to orient himself, scrambled to his feet and almost fell out of the tent into the alien night.
He hadn’t sleepwalked in years.
The time Daniel thought he was going die (of fear)
He was 14 and had been invited to Rosie Travis’s house to watch a movie and eat popcorn.
He hadn’t really wanted to go. It would inevitably lead to embarrassing kissing (he wasn’t very good, this he knew because Kellie MacDonald told him so) and fumbling (he was good at fumbling but that was bad thing) and then awkward looks and apologies.
But he went and was delighted when he managed to put his arm across Rosie’s shoulder while sitting on the couch and she didn’t object.
Then she got up and slid the movie into the VCR and Daniel froze.
Zombies. Out of all the movies in the video store, she had to pick a zombie movie.
Zombies terrified him. The walking dead, eating flesh. It was the stuff of his adolescent nightmares for reasons he could never quite fathom.
Since then, he’d faced down System Lords, serpent guards, metal bugs and more. But nothing frightened him like zombies.
Go figure.
The time Daniel thought he was going to die (of laughter)
Karaoke at O’Malley’s to mark Sam’s birthday was a riot. Thankfully, not the kind that gets you thrown out and banned. They’d already done that and bought the T-shirt.
After countless beers and Southern Comfort chasers, off-key singing to a crowd who couldn’t have cared less suddenly seemed like a good idea.
Sam (who had recently broken up with Pete) offered a creditable I Will Survive.
Jack looked embarrassed at first but later right at home as he did a passable Born to Run. He somehow acquired one of Daniel’s bandannas for the authentic Springsteen look.
But it was Teal’c’s rendition of Barry White’s Love Serenade (Part One) that had Daniel virtually requiring CPR.
Obviously taking his homage seriously, Teal’c offered up a pitch-perfect spoken intro, a la the Sultan of Smooth Soul. It was when he hit, “Because baby, you and me, heh . . . this night, we're gonna get it on . . .” that Daniel finally collapsed to the floor.
He took a helpless Jack with him.
It was a night to remember.