Rec: "Handout" by Lily (The Lost Boys)

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Title: Handout
Author: Lily (lilysaid)

Episode and type: tag to The Lost Boys, AU from there
Rating: NC-17
Categories: slash, angst, h/c, first time
Pairings: McKay/Sheppard
Warnings: mention of drug abuse and addiction
Wordcount: 8000

"We all have our breaking point," John says tightly, in a low, dangerous voice that usually shuts people up. But Rodney is not other people, so he nods intently and looks distractedly around the room as though he can find a better answer there.
"And yours is...what, exactly?"

Recommended because...
The general idea alone is worth reading this fic -- times a thousand if you take the scarily accurate characterization of John into account. In the aftermath of the enzyme disaster (with that AU spin on it), Rodney is dealing with the damage his addiction has done, to John's continuing ignorance as to why he is affected by this so much. An amazing fic.