sgarecfinders | A trio of requests - Denial; New Skill!; and out-of-his-element John (Reply)

Post-consolidation... some of these might be familiar requests. I deleted the older ones - sorry for any confusion.

I am looking for:

1) John in denial of his Twoo Wuv for Rawdney, especially if he pretends not to like Rodney at all in order to facilitate said denial.

2) A main character taking the time to learn a new craft or skill, whether it be an instrument, a new language, a new negotiating technique, a new martial arts technique, or How to Properly Plant Beans. Special emphasis or handicrafts/life skills. :)

3) John is asked/required to employ skills that aren't native to him. This includes but is not limited to: recognizing Team as Family and learning how to treat them as such; taking care of a child; and (gasp!) discussing his feelings. Basically a situation in which John feels awkward and uncomfortable but eventually triumphs. (Note: this is kind of like request 1 request 2...)

I realized I'd been making a lot of (badly worded, written at 3AM) requests lately. I figured I'd delete them and start from scratch; I know this is probably 'not the way it's done', so I beg your forbearance.

-K