Fanfic/Art by Yvi

Title: Symbiosis
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Author: Yvi
Rating: PG-13

Summary: When Jolinar doesn't die in the Ashrak attack, Sam is faced with a difficult decision. She can trust Jolinar and go to the Tok'ra base with her, hoping that they will be able find a new host, or she can stay at the SGC and trust the NID not to harm her. Sam decides to flee the base with Jolinar, not realizing that this is only the beginning of an adventure that will change her life.

Category: AU, action/adventure, gen, friendship, episode-related
Characters: Samantha Carter, Jolinar, Martouf, SG-1, Jacob Carter, various others
Pairings: It's complicated? Mostly gen with some *deep breath* Sam/Jolinar/Lantash/Martouf because, well, that's canon and has to be resolved, right? But 97.5% gen.
Word Count: ~65,000
Challenge: stargate_summer
Timeline: ventures into AU territory during/after "In the Line of Duty". After that, the timeline (most notably The Tok'ra/Secrets) is... a bit warped.
Warnings: some violence (torture)

Art: by gblvr

Author's Notes: Writing this story was... a wild ride, to say the least. In 2007, I participated in the sg_ep_ficathon and got the following prompt from medie: Sam/Martouf/Jolinar/Lantesh - "Sam and Jolinar survive the attack and manage to escape/make contact with the Tok'ra and Martouf/Lantesh". I wrote a 10,000 words story for it called 'Mutualism', which is still the backbone of what is now the prologue and the first half of chapter 1, though it has been changed. I submitted it, thinking that I would write two sequels to it. Which I never did. stargate_summer was the perfect excuse for me to finally get back to it.

This is my first fanfic longer than 10,000 words. It could have happened without the support by everyone who participated in stargate_summer, especially helens78 my cheerleader samantilles and the wonderful aurora_novarum. Words can't describe how much I owe to her for beta-reading this.

Thank you very much also to gblvr for the lovely art, which is posted behind the cut below. This is posted to Dreamwidth because I am in love with the site. Thank you to synecdochic for making this possible.

And I am starting to sound like an actress getting the Acedemy Award. On to the story...

( Symbiosis - Art )

( Symbiosis - Prologue )

Chapters One & Two