Holiday Party, SG-1 Style!

[holdouttrout]

First of all, thank you to everyone who submitted prompts--yes, this is very fast turnaround, but I wanted to give people time before Christmas day to start writing.

Now that we have prompts, and they've been more or less organized (and wow to people who have done this before, and with more prompts), it's time to write!

You have a couple of different options:

1) Write comment fic and post it here.
2) Write longer fic and post a link to it here.

You should, in the subject line, indicate your pairing, prompt, and rating, like so: "Jack/Sara, technology, R."

There were a lot of single-character prompts, or prompts where there were a few characters specified, but without it being a pairing--these I'm assuming are open to any and all pairings, unless otherwise stated. I'm also assuming that any and all pairing prompts could be friendship fic instead. The muse goeth where it willeth, after all, and you never know when your smut scene is going to turn into a gen adventure fic that involves research of mythology and biology. /grumping

I'll hold this post open until New Year's Day.

You can direct questions to me here, so this post can be all sorts of fic goodness.

Onto the prompts!



General:

The planet where Santa is a Goa'uld, SGC's secret Santa gift exchange, Fairy Tale of New York Colorado Springs, Ice skating on another planet, "It's just like Santa's workshop! Except it smells like mushrooms... and everyone looks like they wanna hurt me...", "The festival crossover option: Daniel: "Of Course, this was originally a pagan tradition..."", Cam takes Teal'c snowboarding, Cam teaching Vala to knit, Sam's first Christmas on Atlantis, NORAD at Cheyenne Mountain tracking Santa--plus George and Walter, reflecting on Christmas past, classic (or obscure) Christmas poetry, rif on A Christmas Carol, snow in Atlantis, Festivus


Team (any unless specified):
Elves, scrooge, snowballs, "This wasn't quite how they planned to spend the holidays...", offworld Santa (could be good, could be evil), the old classic: stuck in the infirmary over Christmas, cutting their own Xmas tree, decorating the tree, Christmas with Jonas, Teal'c first Christmas (What do you get the Jaffa who has everything?), decorating/baking cookies

(original team)--12 Days of Christmas: SG-1 style, caroling, loss, music, candlight service

(Team V 2.0) - Cam hosts Christmas in Gramma Mitchell style. Daniel/Sam cook, Cam/Vala decorate, Teal'c officiates. As shippy as you want (or not).


Het

Jack/Sara: traditions, the Ghost of Christmas Past, boxes

Sam/Jack: Christmas party, eggnog, broken new year's resolutions, candy canes, stranded, snowbound, apocachristmas, luminaries, Sam's 1st Xmas in Atlantis, closet, hiding presents, surprises, secrets

Sam/Daniel: mistletoe, Christmas morning, some assembly required, "a quiet holiday in Egypt", hot chocolate

Sam/Teal'c: caroling, mistletoe, peace, angels

Jack/Janet: midnight mass, scarves, snow

Daniel/Janet: a real Christmas tree, television

Catherine/Ernest: first Christmas home

Daniel/Sha're: winter wonderland

Sam/Cam: wrapping paper, early, baking cookies

Sam/Siler: "aluminum has a very high strength-to-weight ratio"

Daniel/Vala: Mars, astrobiology, trilobite, squid, marine biology, Spider-Man, cave paintings, sphinx, pony, octopus, the Kalevala, stapler, remote control, USB, gameboy, smurf, "Amazon prime membership and one-click buying"

Jack/Vala: "Jack's looking after the SGC for Christmas so that Landry can spend time with his family. SG-1 is out of town -- except for Vala.", north pole, piano, champagne


Slash/Femslash

Jack/Daniel: tinsel, mpreg, 'virgin birth', palm tree, spreading Christmas joy to the off-world natives, (post season 8) "Christmas isn't the same without you", "where'd that mistletoe come from?", ice skating, home, fireplace, Christmas in DC
"There's an old saying that whoever you ring in the New Year with is who you'll spend the rest of the year with. It's New Year's Eve, and though they weren't expecting or intending to, somehow Jack and Daniel wind up spending it together."

Jack/Teal'c: eight tiny reindeer, silence

Daniel/Paul Davis: the holly and the ivy

Daniel/Teal'c: festival of lights, menorah

Daniel/Jonas: closing accounts

Cam/Teal'c: red for luck

Cam/Daniel: snowmobile, too much eggnog

Sam/Janet: stockings, velvet dresses

Sam/Vala: customs, quiet, new traditions, forgetful, risky, boredom


OT3/OT4

Jack/Daniel/Vala: "Trapped for days at Jack's cabin due to a freak snowstorm and they must help keep each other warm"

Sam/Jack/Daniel: longest night, "you're a mean one, mr. grinch", eggnog, apocachristmas

Jack/Daniel/Teal'c: cocoa with marshmallows, three kings

Sam/Jack/Teal'c: star

Sam/Daniel/Teal'c: shoveling

OT4 (original flavour): Christmas pageant, "the longest night is also the turning of the year", comfort and joy

Sam/Jack/Daniel/Teal'c (or choose three): "gold, frankincense, and myrrh"

Sam/Jack/Cam: silent night


Character/Random/Unusual

Teal'c and/or Jonas and/or Vala: "Trying to understand/explain Tau'ri traditions"

Teal'c and Jonas: Yule log

Teal'c and Cam: sleigh ride

Teal'c and Gran'ma Mitchell: eggnog recipes

Cassie: First Christmas, snowstorm, winter break from college

Janet + Cassie: Santa hats, the grinch

Hammond: Christmas Eve alone

Hammond and Walter: Secret Santas

Jacob: icicles

Teal'c: "checking out all the Earth winter holidays, figuring out if he wants to celebrate any", "rededicating the temple", "the twelve days of Christmas", shopping mall Santa Claus

Teal'c and Ry'ac: Santa

Bra'tac: wrapping paper

Teal'c, Ry'ac, and Bra'tac: shou sui,

Siler: "how I spent my winter vacation", christmas tree stands

Paul Davis: figgy pudding,

Sam: "in the bleak midwinter", "Judith with a sword", "the unconquered sun", (with Mark's family) presents,

Sam and Janet and Cassie: gingerbread house

Jack: ginger bread, "willingness to sacrifice", "Lord of Musrule",

Daniel: clay lamps, preparing a large meal, Solstice

Apophis: sleigh ride

Sam/anyone: holiday in Atlantis

Sam/team: surprise

Jacob Carter/Selmak and George Hammond: "the end of a pilgrimage"

Sam and Jacob: "I'll be home for Christmas"

Vala: "I've been reading up on your quaint little traditions; Darth Vader wasn't the only one..."



Have fun!

Comments

Sam/Daniel - "A quiet holiday in Egypt"

[zorb]

"Attention, all passengers on Flight 2487 to Cairo. Departure time has been pushed further back..."

Daniel echoed the groans of the rest of the boarding area with a sigh and resisted checking his watch for the umpteenth time. He glanced over at Sam, curled up in the plastic chair next to him. "I don't need to comment on the irony, do I?"

"Uh-uh," she mumbled from within her fleece jacket.

"You don't suppose we could call..."

"Already thought of it, and no. They're - " she looked around the terminal crowded with weary, dull-eyed travelers - "out of town."

"Right."

Daniel resisted the urge to sigh again, stuffing his hands deeper in his pockets. It would figure that their first real getaway in a long time would get off to a rough start. Jack, of course, would say they'd gotten exactly what they wanted - a perfectly ordinary vacation experience.

He looked back at Sam, whose eyelids were losing the battle. She looked tired, but less bone-weary than when she'd stepped through the gate the day before. He'd thought, then, that maybe she'd prefer to stay close to the Springs and just do nothing for three weeks, but when her first words to him following the enthusiastic hug were, "Take me someplace warm," all panicked thoughts of how he'd get back the ticket money vanished.

Mitchell hadn't understood. "Egypt," he said, when Daniel offered to chaperone the whole team. "Jackson, you know that's not exactly a substitute for Maui, right?"

Daniel just shrugged.

Vala had found Cameron's ski trip plans much more interesting, having spent more than enough time on desert planets as Qetesh, Teal'c , as usual, intended to visit his son, and inviting anyone after that would have made for, as Mitchell put it, "serious style-cramping."

That, at least, he could agree with. He looked again at the blonde head bobbing next to him, still fighting. He smiled and reached across to gently push it down to his shoulder, letting his hand drift down once it was settled to smooth over her loose ponytail.

He remembered when she'd decided to let it grow; back from a bizarre trip that only Teal'c remembered, not yet thinking about Atlantis, or anything but going straight home and washing away the end of the Asgard. He'd found her in the bathroom, standing naked in front of the mirror. "Do you think I should let it grow out?" she asked without preamble. One hand was fingering a close-cut lock, the other resting on the counter.

He moved in behind her and let his hands settle on her hips. "Do you want to?"

"Maybe. I don't know, I feel like it's time for a change." Her eyes me his in the mirror. "You know?"

He shrugged. "Pretty happy where I am, actually." He tickled her belly lightly, prompting a jerk back into him and a smile.

"Can't keep up with me, can you," she teased.

"What, you think I should get contacts?"

She turned in his arms. "Nah. I kind of like this part." She reached up to gently remove his glasses, place them on the counter behind her, and wrap her arms around his neck...

A toddler's shriek brought him out of the memory and made Sam's head jerk up, startled. Daniel shifted to wrap his arm around her shoulders, gathering her back in to him. Strains of a hackneyed carol reached his ears through the din. "Maybe we should take 'opportunity for travel' out of the recruiting blurb."

Her answering smile was somewhat less sleepy. "Wouldn't feel the same without a little drama."

He brushed errant strands of hair behind her ear. "Thought you were looking for change."

"Mmm, I've thought about it."

"And?"

"I decided that change is all right," she said, slipping her arms around his waist, "as long as you're there when I come home."

Sam closed her eyes and snuggled into his side. The PA announced someone's gate change; the family seated across from them broke into yet another argument; the music turned into something high-pitched and peppy.

Daniel dropped a kiss on her forehead. She already knew he agreed.

Re: Sam/Daniel - "A quiet holiday in Egypt"

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

This is so comfortable and nice. Ordinary, but sweet.

Re: Sam/Daniel - "A quiet holiday in Egypt"

[zorb]

Thanks! That's how they fit for me.

And thanks for hosting the party!

Re: Sam/Daniel - "A quiet holiday in Egypt"

[surreallis.livejournal.com]

Ooh! OOH! So goooood! A lovely little ficlet, and it's my prompt. :D :D

A Sam/Daniel fic taking place while Sam is stationed in Atlantis. EXCELLENT! I love the idea of Daniel taking Sam to Egypt and showing her everything.

Re: Sam/Daniel - "A quiet holiday in Egypt"

[zorb]

Yay, I'm glad you liked it! I think they'd have a great time in Egypt together, but someone else will have to write the details of that story. ;-)

Re: Sam/Daniel - "A quiet holiday in Egypt"

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

AWWWWWW!

I love how familiar and comfortable they are and how it was just them and how they can take happiness in ordinary things and change/no change and Daniel buying her the tickets as a surprise and being lucky that she actually wanted them and just....them....so easy with each other.
*squishes them both tight*

Re: Sam/Daniel - "A quiet holiday in Egypt"

[zorb]

Yes, exactly. Thank you!

Re: Sam/Daniel - "A quiet holiday in Egypt"

[shutthef-up.livejournal.com]

Oooh, yay! For some reason I have an unholy love for airport fic.

Thanks!

Re: Sam/Daniel - "A quiet holiday in Egypt"

[zorb]

I do feel a little guilty about stranding them there, but hey, it's not forever. Thank you!

Re: Sam/Daniel - "A quiet holiday in Egypt"

[niamaea.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love this. And I love that they get to have a normal holiday, even if it does include some plain-old Earth travel. So sweet.

Re: Sam/Daniel - "A quiet holiday in Egypt"

[zorb]

Thanks! They could use a break from the extraordinary.

Re: Sam/Daniel - "A quiet holiday in Egypt"

[jessm78.livejournal.com]

Aw... this was so sweet. :) Captures their interaction with all its ease and level of comfort. I love the idea of Daniel taking Sam to Egypt (and love their post-Unending interaction re:Sam growing her hair out).

Very nice!!

Re: Sam/Daniel - "A quiet holiday in Egypt"

[zorb]

Thanks so much!