"What had he thought? Sure, Rory had been coming down from her first off-world injury, where she'd nearly been massacred with her entire team, but she was fine when she came to John's room, where he'd reassured her and distracted her with the lights of the city and by touching her until she'd made the decision to kiss him...

Oh shit.


Now he finally parses the circumstances. Yep, that's our John. But I do really love his ways of dealing with LT Andrews. And Herrera deserves the promotion because of duty performance, but it's also a great way for John to send a message to the military personnel that such things as DADT don't have a place in Atlantis, regs be damned.

Thanks muchly for the update! I look forward to more of this as time and plot bunnies allow.