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Prompt 85.02
Five letters Jack wrote but never sent.
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i know your wedding is soon & you probably have a hundred things on your mind, but i just wanted to send you a brief note to wish you well. i'm sure you & pete will have many years of happiness together. i can think of few people who deserve it more. i'm no marriage expert, but here's some advice; try not to hassle him about socks on the floor & leaving the toilet seat up. tell him what's bothering you & let him fix it if he can. try not to go to bed angry with each other. don't bring your work home. make time for each other & listen to what the other has to say.
no rush in coming back from the honeymoon, i can keep daniel alive without your help. i think.
all my best,
jack o'neill
2. kawalsky,
so they put you in charge of an SG team. you poor s.o.b. the least they could've done is promote you to lt. col., God knows you deserve it. i could put a bug in hammond's ear next month before the promotion lists come out, if you want.
any time you need to talk, you know where to find me. you bring the beer.
jack
3. dearest sara,
words can not express how sorry i am. i know it's all my fault, if you told me once you told me a thousand time to lock up....
but that's not why i'm writing. i've been reactivated, can you believe it? it a crazy mission, that i can't tell you the details of, and there's a good chance i won't make it back. if i don't, i want you to know that i loved you very much. you were my rock, the thing that kept me going, that gave me something to come back from missions for. you and our son. there's a million things that i want to tell you, but the car they sent for me is here. just know that you'll always have a place in my heart.
love,
your husband
4. jonas quinn,
you seem to be doing a good job in daniel's place. not that you're replacing him, just doing his job. not his job exactly, just doing sort of what he did.
oh hell, this isn't what i wanted to write. some words of advice; for sam, always let her have the last of the blue jello in the mess & take her a cup of coffee when she's working late. for teal'c, nod at any words of wisdom he might have & laugh at his jokes even if you think they aren't funny. they usually aren't. as for me; keep your explanations short & use words that i can understand and we should get along just fine.
col. o'neill
5. dear charlie,
well you're off to college now & i wanted to give you a few words of encouragement. actually you're only 6 as i write this, but i'm sure you're going to a good school. perhaps on scholarship, as you seem to be favoring baseball at this age. your mother thinks you'll get in on smarts alone. any brains you have you got from her you know.
this is a major time in your life, being away from home for the first time. you're probably going to want to go out and live a little. that's fine, just try not to overdo it. if for no other reason than for your mother's sake. she'd hate to get a phone call in the middle of the night saying you got into some sort of trouble. study hard, do the best that you can and make some time to go fishing with your old man once in a while.
good luck,
dad
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All of them are sweet, but five...oh man.
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Five letters (warning for bad words and butchered Italian pretending to be Ancient)
Dear Dr. JacksonDanielHey!
How are things on sunny Abydos these days? I hope married life is treating you better than it did me. Sara rightly decided to leave
my sorry ass.Can’t say I blame her; our life was always more secrets than truth by the endand then Charlie…This is stupid.
My therapistA friend suggested I write a letter to work through my feelings on the divorce but not send it. Stupid, right? But hey, who better to write an unsendable (is that a word? Whatever? You’re never seeing this anyway) to than someone who’ll I never see again anyway.I’m retired now. Spend my days fishing and my nights looking up at the sky searching for Abydos. I’ve no idea why I can’t get it and Skaara
and youoff my mind. But I hope you’re all well and happy. Take care of that kid, alright. He’s got a troublemaker look about him, and you’re bound to be a terrible influence.Wish I was thereJack
2 - Daniel –
Se questa è l'ultima cosa coerente che lo produco appena voglialo sapere… Ah, inferno, I don' la t sa. Grazie. Per l'aiuto me attraverso il questo e tutto.
Amola cura circail sogno circa…Scopilo. Eravate un buon amico.
Sempre,
Jack
Daniel - If this is the last coherent thing I write, I want you to know… Ah hell, I don't know. Thanks. For helping me through this and everything.
I
lovecare aboutdream aboutFuck it. You were a good friend.
Always,
Jack
3 - Daniel –
I’m so, so sorry about Sha’re. Words aren’t my thing. I don’t know what to say to make this better. Although I suppose if I found magical words to heal pain I’d be rich instead of a lowly Colonel
pining away for his grieving best friend.Just…I’m here. We’re all here. And I promise to listen with minimal annoying interruptions if you need to talk.
Or need to be held, feel loved and treasuredYour friend,Damn it. I can’t send this anyway.
I love you,
Jack
4 – Daniel –
I am an ass. Forgive me anyway.
Your sorry ass,
Jack
5 – Baby –
Your name is cleared. Jonas – the weasel – came clean and is now seeking asylum with the SGC. He thinks you’re a goddamn hero. Which, yeah, you are, but I’m pissed off at you right now and in no mood to think about your so-called virtues.
That’s a lie. Though I wish to God it were true. Anger is a much nicer feeling than the pain you've left me.
I hate you Daniel Jackson.
Come back to me.
Still yours,
Jack
***
Daniel smiled as he read the last of the letters he’d found on the nightstand under his glasses when he’d woken up. Leave it to Jack to sweet talk him with foul language and angry words. He set the letters back down and padded down the hall – still barefoot and bare-chested – to the kitchen.
Jack was standing at the counter, watching coffee drip into the pot. He didn’t turn around at Daniel’s entrance, and Daniel took advantage of the pose to slip in behind him, wrapping both arms around to pull Jack tight against him.
Daniel hooked his chin over Jack’s left shoulder and pressed their cheeks together. “Most people say it with flowers.”
Jack leaned into the touch with a laugh. “Most people aren’t trying to say it to a linguist.”
“Trying to seduce me with language?”
“Is it working?”
Daniel pretended to consider. “Appeal to the archaeologist in me by digging up some breakfast, and I’ll be yours forever.”
Jack leaned back to press a kiss to Daniel’s stubbly cheek. “Sweet.”
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The letters are fantastic, and the dialogue in the kitchen is perfection. ♥
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Thanks.
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Five Letters Jack Wrote But Never Sent - And One He Did
Dear Sara,
Even though you don't blame me (or so you say. How can that be?), I'll never forgive myself.
I know you don't want me to go on this mission, but it's my duty. And anyway, it's probably for the best.
I'm sorry. For everything.
- J.
2)
Carter--
I know I said I cared more than I should, but it's not what you think. We're all in each other's hip pockets. We ALL care more than we should. It doesn't mean anything.
Well, it means something. It means a lot. Just not what you think.
I'm not who you think. Really. I'm not. So don't hang your hopes on me. Trust me on this, and move on.
Move on, Carter. I'm not the one.
- O'Neill
3)
Daniel--
You called me a "stupid son of a bitch." That hurt. A lot.
Oh, I know I'm stupid, sometimes, and a son of a bitch too. What hurt me wasn't the words. It was the anger, the RAGE, behind them.
I'll take that pain, though. It's a lot less than the pain I'd feel if you died.
If the price of keeping you safe is your hatred of me, I'll pay that price and never count the cost.
- Jack
4)
Dear Mini-Me,
Since you ARE me, you know how much it's making me crazy that you're out there, getting a second chance to make a first impression.
I wish you didn't exist. But since you do, I guess I owe you something. Something, but NOT what I have. Keep your paws off what's mine. I don't share.
Can't imagine how you'll stand it in that school, sitting where Charlie should be. So when it gets to be too much, let me know, and I'll help you work out something else. Hopefully, something that'll take you a long way from this place, from my life, from Daniel. Something like herding yaks in Tibet.
And then, once you're gone, I never want to see or hear from you again.
No offense.
- Me
5)
Dear Daniel,
If you're reading this, it's because I'm dead.
Sorry about that.
I've left you everything. The house, the cabin, the truck. Bank accounts, stocks and bonds. You're the named beneficiary of my military life insurance.
All the information you'll need is on the attached pages. My lawyer has a copy of my will.
For a long time, I wondered what you might have wanted. I knew what I wanted, knew it was impossible. This is the only way I know to make you understand. It's not enough, it can never be enough. It'll have to be.
- Jack
6)
Dear Daniel,
I've been keeping a little list of goals, and I thought you'd like a status report.
Item One. Defeat Goa'uld.
Check.
Item Two. Defeat Ori.
Check.
Item Three. Retire.
Check. Effective 12:01 AM today.
Item Four. Ask Daniel.
I think I know the answer, but I want to be sure.
Item Five. Live happily ever after.
Pending resolution of Item Four, above.
I love you more than I know how to say.
Ball's in your court.
- Jack
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Hmm, that came out dirtier than I intended...
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Thx for the feedback!
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I adore #6, and I'm so glad you expanded the original prompt to include it. :-)
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five letters jack wrote but never sent.
Janet – my friend. you kept my heart beating, my blood flowing and my nano-what-u-macallits in check forever. You didn’t over rule my objections nearly enuff for my own good. You kept all my secrets.
Mom – you weren’t always wrong.
Laira – How is everything on Edora? The weather okay? Are you keeping the elders in line? Did Garan patch the kayak?
Daniel – I can’t do this anymore. I want you with me for all eternity. I demand you stop traveling to foreign places and sticking you nose in where it don’t belong! No more disappearing and returning all broken and bloody. Absolutely no more saving the world. I mean it.
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And, yes Daniel, stop with the heroics and start making Jack breakfast in bed already! :) ♥
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Aw, but Daniel's the one he'll never stop thinking about. But it's just as well he didn't send the letter. Better to have Daniel think it's his own idea when he finally gives in to Jack's subtle but relentless pressure and settles down. :-)
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