The Comfy Chair

The fact that John was his lover isn't actually important to the story, in my mind, though the fact that they one had a close relationship is a part of what he is moving on *from*. So to my mind, it's not about the sexual relationship; it's about Rodney reassembling himself after what happened. Those other relationships are sattelites in this story, revolving around Rodney's core. We never see how the Rodney of canon became this Rodney, and to me it's accumulation of things; the sexual aspect of his relationship with John is in fact pretty minor in the story.