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Chapters: 12/24 Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, John Watson & Mary Morstan, Mycroft Holmes & Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes & John Watson, Mary Morstan & Mycroft Holmes Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Mary Morstan, Mrs Hudson, Charles Augustus Magnussen, all the Sherlock crew Additional Tags: after mary shot sherlock, Canon compliant through HLV, canon defiant after HLV, Convalescence, Trust Issues, R.E.S.P.E.C.T., POV Multiple, Not always chronological, John Watson is Pretty Damn Smart, Angst, Aspiring to Angst, Sharing a Bed, happy Johnlock ending Summary:
While Sherlock’s recovering from being shot, John has to work out what the hell happened. Why did Mary turn up in his clinic in the first place? Why is Sherlock lying about her “surgical” shot? Why is Mycroft protecting Magnussen? For that matter, what's to be done about Magnussen? Since John can’t trust any of them to tell him the truth, he’ll have to play them all against each other.












