4. He was everything Daniel hated: aggressive, rude, and disdainful of academics. There was, quite simply no one more capable of completely irritating him, no one who could get under his skin and incense him, more than Jack O’Neill. They had a language totally unto themselves; a back and forth comprised of taunting jabs and scornful silences. One word, a gesture, a look – that was all it took to cause his blood to boil and his temper to flair.
But from the very first time he had laid eyes on him, he knew that he had lost all ability to leave him.
5. His foster father hadn’t been tall; Daniel had towered over him early in his teens. He was a tidy man, favouring a short, cropped hairstyle and the cleaner look of contacts. He wasn’t terribly imaginative, his job as an accountant lending a frank and straight-forward air to his entire being. He was as different from Daniel’s father as it was possible to be.
And yet he was kind, and encouraged Daniel to follow his own dreams. He worked hard to give the young boy a home, one filled with books and paper and love. He could never replace Daniel’s father, but then, he had never tried to. And for this, Daniel loved him all the more.
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Part 2
Date: 2009-09-14 09:17 am (UTC)But from the very first time he had laid eyes on him, he knew that he had lost all ability to leave him.
5. His foster father hadn’t been tall; Daniel had towered over him early in his teens. He was a tidy man, favouring a short, cropped hairstyle and the cleaner look of contacts. He wasn’t terribly imaginative, his job as an accountant lending a frank and straight-forward air to his entire being. He was as different from Daniel’s father as it was possible to be.
And yet he was kind, and encouraged Daniel to follow his own dreams. He worked hard to give the young boy a home, one filled with books and paper and love. He could never replace Daniel’s father, but then, he had never tried to. And for this, Daniel loved him all the more.