Okay, so today's my undermistletoe day and my story's just going like tickety boo and it's all good except for the part where IT JUST KEEPS GOING.

Yeah.

I have 7000 words and IT'S STILL NOT OVER, never mind revision and actually posting the damn thing. It shall be done! Yes!

Title: The Theory of Acquired Characters
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Rating: NC-17
Length: 8,400 words

A/N: Thanks to tamalinn, droolfangrrl, and sparktastic for cheerleading, and HUGE thanks to beeej for the idea from which this sprouted. I also owe a debt to my Biology 336 class. You'll see. This fic grew completely out of proportion with my intentions! Gah!

Summary: AU, (loosely) based on Never Been Kissed.

( The Theory of Acquired Characters )

Stolen from lyrawing. The first line of fic written in each month of 2006:

( Under here )