angw asked for a story about Ford in season 3. It happened to dovetail nicely with the Missing Persons Challenge over at sga_flashfic, so it's posted there.

Title: The Man in Black and the Baker's Daughter
Word Count: 5800
Rating: PG/T
Season/spoilers: Season 3. Spoilers for "Irresistible".
Characters: Ford, OC
Summary: Lucius had six wives and no children? Very unlikely. Two exiles discover unexpected kinship in each other, and Ford finds a shred of humanity in himself.

He is always one step behind them.