you're right. Donna wouldn't let him bully her, but she also would love him for himself. I liked the "deal" they made--no talking down to her and She would understand that he was trying, and tell him when he did something wrong or thoughtless instead of immediately getting all hurt about it

I also liked the scene where Donna called Sheppard on his attempted cockblocking, and his confession that it was partly him being a PIA to Rodney and partly him "protecting" Rodney--with the justification that if she was worth Rodney, John's charms couldn't lure her away. The scenes with Rodney's friends pulling Donna over and warning her not to hurt him were lovely as well.

It was really nice how you wrote them as a couple as part of a community, not just off by themselves being magically happy together...