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These Small Hours
When Tony DiNozzo was eight years old, Oma Desala set him on the path to ascension. Twenty-three years later, after contracting the plague, he takes the final step on the path. The loss of Tony changes everything for Gibbs and ultimately for Stargate Command and the city of Atlantis.
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Fandoms: NCIS, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: Tony DiNozzo/L.J. Gibbs
Word Count: 66k (Complete)
URL: jillyjames.com/these-small-hours/
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Fandoms: NCIS, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: Tony DiNozzo/L.J. Gibbs
Word Count: 66k (Complete)
URL: jillyjames.com/these-small-hours/
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Online Fanfiction
Published February 14, 2021
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November 5, 2024
Multi Crossover fanfiction not for everyone read at your own risk.
March 19, 2025
NCISxStargate crossovers are always so good. This one has a mix of the fun technology and the human grief that tickles my fancy just right.
November 13, 2023
Rounded up to 4 stars for a very clever and unique concept, well-realized, with some great sub-elements. It's maybe a smidge mushy in places, but I'm no Grinch, so I liked it.
Note that this is another M/M tale, just the one primary pairing and a few fairly minor/background ones (slash and het), but without much explicit content — partly due to their extended separation. Some favorite bits of fanon come into play, like sentient!Atlantis and the Sheppard family, and the epilogue makes an interesting use of my favorite fanon Ancient tech.
Tony's experiences on the Ascended plane demonstrate his strength of character and canniness. Gibbs's grief and regrets, left behind in the limbo of not knowing if or when Tony will return, is equally well-drawn. I've read more fics where undervalued Tony is well shut of the whole bunch, but obviously this diverges fairly early, and I was easily invested in their happy ending.
I should mention that it's fairly tough on minor-character Sam Carter (mainly on Rodney's behalf) and also on Gen. Landry. Oh, and Carson Beckett, all too accurately. Tony's disillusioned attitude toward the longtime Ascendeds' apathy is unquestionably justified, though a couple familiar individuals prove themselves not completely hopeless. There's personal growth for several of the human secondary characters, too, especially Kate, the whole ~surviving~ MCRT being removed to Cheyenne Mountain before she would have died, though Abby's unstable over-emotionality makes her ineligible and *her* growth is only noted at an off-screen distance in the form of getting therapy.
It seemed just a little in need of fleshing out at times, but YMMV. I don't feel like writing a longer review right now, though. (I've added in a bit more commentary here and there upon reread, 11/2023, and didn't find it lacking anything this time, unless maybe I meant in the epilogue time jump.) 🤷
10 chapters + prologue & epilogue, posted in five sections. Print-to-PDF lengths: 62+40+42+44+61
Story Main Page: https://jillyjames.com/these-small-ho...
Note that this is another M/M tale, just the one primary pairing and a few fairly minor/background ones (slash and het), but without much explicit content — partly due to their extended separation. Some favorite bits of fanon come into play, like sentient!Atlantis and the Sheppard family, and the epilogue makes an interesting use of my favorite fanon Ancient tech.
Tony's experiences on the Ascended plane demonstrate his strength of character and canniness. Gibbs's grief and regrets, left behind in the limbo of not knowing if or when Tony will return, is equally well-drawn. I've read more fics where undervalued Tony is well shut of the whole bunch, but obviously this diverges fairly early, and I was easily invested in their happy ending.
I should mention that it's fairly tough on minor-character Sam Carter (mainly on Rodney's behalf) and also on Gen. Landry. Oh, and Carson Beckett, all too accurately. Tony's disillusioned attitude toward the longtime Ascendeds' apathy is unquestionably justified, though a couple familiar individuals prove themselves not completely hopeless. There's personal growth for several of the human secondary characters, too, especially Kate, the whole ~surviving~ MCRT being removed to Cheyenne Mountain before she would have died, though Abby's unstable over-emotionality makes her ineligible and *her* growth is only noted at an off-screen distance in the form of getting therapy.
It seemed just a little in need of fleshing out at times, but YMMV. I don't feel like writing a longer review right now, though. (I've added in a bit more commentary here and there upon reread, 11/2023, and didn't find it lacking anything this time, unless maybe I meant in the epilogue time jump.) 🤷
10 chapters + prologue & epilogue, posted in five sections. Print-to-PDF lengths: 62+40+42+44+61
Story Main Page: https://jillyjames.com/these-small-ho...
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