Mar 16, 2017
John watches Sherlock wander through the flat staring at everything like it's all new, touching random objects as if they can tell him something he doesn't already know. Their eyes meet. They look away.
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John watches Sherlock wander through the flat staring at everything like it's all new, touching random objects as if they can tell him something he doesn't already know. Their eyes meet. They look away.
John might be touching Sherlock a little more often than is strictly necessary. Sherlock probably hasn't even noticed. Right...?
Now complete!
The first time it happened was completely by accident.
Post-Reichenbach, John finds a way to hold on to Sherlock after all.
Prepare yourself for 1.) angst 2.) plot 3.) smut 4.) more smut 5.) even more smut 6.) more plot 7.) happy ending. But, in apparently WAY too many chapters. If you’re worried about the graphic violence / torture, be aware it’s limited to Chapter 30. Probably canon-typical, but I’d rather over-warn than under-warn.
Here’s an excerpt, just to give you hope through the angsty first few chapters:
“I am going to seduce you, Sherlock Holmes,” he rumbled into Sherlock’s ear, smiling as Sherlock’s breath grew unsteady again. “Not because you need it, but because you deserve it. We both do.” He gave Sherlock a squeeze. “Trust me?”
Sherlock’s head lifted, those uncanny pale eyes looking at John with complete sincerity. “I’ve always trusted you, John.”
John felt the last bit of tension leaving his shoulders. “Good.” He kissed Sherlock one more time, swift and soft — a promise. “That’s good.”
Sherlock is back and all seems forgiven, but something is missing between him and John. Their friendship initially appears intact, but Sherlock doesn't understand why John seems to be slipping away. Finally, in terror, he tries to reconnect with John by taking him to the one place that seems to inspire any emotional interest in John any more: the Canadian wilderness. While there, Sherlock faces his greatest fear.
A chronicle of Sherlock's formative lap related incidents.
Three years after “The Reichenbach Fall,” Sherlock comes back. But he comes back wrong.
Coming back from the dead can be a complicated business. With a new case on the horizon, rebuilding a life is one thing… rebuilding a friendship quite another. For Sherlock and John, things may never be just the same…
John Watson has been writing a new blog about holidays and travel in the UK but when he's asked to return to the Cross Keys, he wonders if a return visit would be a good idea.
NOTES: This fic is illustrated by reapersun...so read it. Now.