Rating: G....maybe PG if you read the author's notes.
Disclaimer: They're not mine I just borrow them from time to time and promise to give them back in perfect working order...eventually ;).
Season/Spoiler info: End of season 6, early season 7, any time after The Changeling but before Orpheus. Spoilers for Past & Present, Redemption pt. 1 and The Changeling
Authors notes: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, it's short. This is because I whined and bitched about there being little to no Teal'c fic out there and finally came up with this little tidbit which isn't too bad if I do say so myself. Thanks go to Cheyenne for the beta and odie_63 for helping me with episode information.
"Who'd give you a name like 'Teal'c'?"
"It was given by my father, it means 'strength'"
Teal'c remembered the pride with which he'd spoken those words just over 3 years ago. He wondered now if he could truly live up to his namesake. The candlelight flickered, casting an array of dancing shadows along the silent grey walls of his room. This was the third consecutive night he'd been unable to achieve Kel’nor’reem. The last two he'd simply fallen asleep from the exhaustion of trying to reach his goal.
He felt weak. In body, mind and spirit. He hated to admit it, but he had relied heavily on Junior for his strength, well being and perhaps in a way - peace of mind. Was he really so unself-sufficient? Was he now experiencing the true price of freedom?
Probably not. That honor, he concluded belonged to Drey'auc. She had given her life for said freedom. In truth, was it not she who possessed the greater strength? It appeared so. He was never more proud to have been her husband.
Teal'c continued to fixate on the single tall candle in front of him. The illuminant object seemingly encouraging him to bear witness to its rapturous flame. It's light burned through his eyes causing them to water mixing with the memory of his late wife, finally allowed a few tears to falls. He mourned her death...he mourned her life. But he knew she had her freedom.
Her strength he came to realise didn't come from her symbiote, it came from her.
The End.
