Loves, loves, loves, loves, loves. What a cool, surreal, yet still very sweet and comforting dream. If I were to die, I wouldn't mind an afterlife like that. I love how John's sense of time is messed up, how Cam forgets then recovers the purple tiger. It's all dream-logic and that wavering, floating sense of disconnect, the sense-memory of reaching for the gun at his hip. Love that John and Cam were pen pals: that's such a pre-internet thing. Nice attention to detail with the glass bottles of Coke, and John's confusion at a plastic water bottle.
Cam’s face falls. “I thought you’d say that,” he says.
“I didn’t say anything,” John says.
“You didn’t have to say it out loud,” Cam says. He lifts his hand, touches the tips of his fingers to John’s forehead.
Okay, have you seen SG-1's "Absolute Power" yet? If not, excellent absorption of fannish osmosis, because this is exactly how Shifu gave Daniel his dreams.
It's sad that John's happiest moments were so long ago, that he lost his mom and lost touch with Cam, but I like the sense of history between John and Cam that you've woven, with John hearing about the Antarctica crash, their being together despite the different galaxies. Also, I really, really like that dream!Cam's face falls. He's disappointed John won't stay, which says a lot about John and what he knows about Cam. It's so sweet :) Okay, I've rambled enough. Great story!
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Cam’s face falls. “I thought you’d say that,” he says.
“I didn’t say anything,” John says.
“You didn’t have to say it out loud,” Cam says. He lifts his hand, touches the tips of his fingers to John’s forehead.
Okay, have you seen SG-1's "Absolute Power" yet? If not, excellent absorption of fannish osmosis, because this is exactly how Shifu gave Daniel his dreams.
It's sad that John's happiest moments were so long ago, that he lost his mom and lost touch with Cam, but I like the sense of history between John and Cam that you've woven, with John hearing about the Antarctica crash, their being together despite the different galaxies. Also, I really, really like that dream!Cam's face falls. He's disappointed John won't stay, which says a lot about John and what he knows about Cam. It's so sweet :)
Okay, I've rambled enough. Great story!