Better Off (by laytoncolt aka nixia_jane) (PG)

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Show: SGA
Rec Category: Epidode-related
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: slash (maybe more pre-slash, I think)
Warnings: see below (no AO3 warnings)
Author on LJ: laytoncolt (fanfic written as nixia_jane)
Author's Website: n/a
Link: Better Off on LJ
Why This Must Be Read: An episode tag to Conversion. There's no happy ending, but this packs a real punch and it's very well-written. A great, if unhappy, idea about how it might have gone after Conversion if John's recovery had been managed differently and with way more unwanted after-effects. Recommended if you can handle a darker outcome, but no AO3 warnings apply.

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