Not Safe With Anybody Else by Telesilla (M)

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Show: SGA

Rec Category: John Sheppard (bug!John subcategory)
Characters: Ronon Dex, John Sheppard
Pairings: Ronon Dex/John Sheppard
Categories: pre-slash
Warnings: None
Author on LJ: telesilla
Author's Website: see the AO3
Link: Not Safe With Anybody Else on AO3

Why This Must Be Read: I'm fond of bug!John stories, so that's what I'm reccing for December. Many of them are AUs but this one's canon-compliant. It's about John in recovering-but-still-dangerous bug mode, almost losing it when Ronon visits him. I like the accurate-feeling portrayal of a somewhat bitter, aggressive and disinhibited John struggling against the bug-instincts to try and make Ronon get out for his own safety - despite Ronon's dangerous attraction to him.


"Go away," John growled.

"Never took you for a coward, Sheppard."

Sheppard snorted. "Nice try." He fell silent then and Ronon, who was more than comfortable with silence, waited.

"We don't think of them - bugs, I mean. We don't think of them as being individuals, of having independent thought." Sheppard paused, but Ronon remained silent. "They're a collective, right? Ants or bees or, hell, even Wraith. They're all part of a hive."

Now it was Ronon's turn to snarl. "You aren't a Wraith."

"No," Sheppard said. "Might be better if I were; you'd all know to be afraid of me." Too quickly for Ronon to really track him, Sheppard was on his feet, his scaled hand tangled in Ronon's shirt. He tugged, pulling Ronon close. "You'd know enough to keep me locked up."