He’d made this goddamned thing the center of his world after Sheppard’s death. A man liked to think that he was made of stronger stuff than that…but he wasn’t. He’d learned that much.

(tagged +rec.flawless +rec.all_fanfic +john_sheppard.rodney_mckay +auth.cesperanza +nsfw +slash +fanfic +stargate_atlantis)