Thank you so much! <3 I'm really, really happy with the way this turned out -- the inspiration to play against type was very welcome and I felt really good about where it took me. Not that I want the boys to be unhappy -- but I like seeing what happens when things don't go as expected, both in the meta sense of not following fanon and in the more direct sense of John fucking up (and Rodney failing to communicate clearly until after the scene). :)