Fandom: Sherlock/Labyrinth
Author: silverpard
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Rating: PG
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/234649/chapters/359423
-I have never, ever understood why Sarah said 'no' to the Goblin King in Labyrinth. Who turns that down? This is a lovely, lyrical retelling of the story, with Sherlock as the Goblin King, where John wishes his little sister away at 17, and then later, after getting shot, wishes himself away.
Maybe he shouldn't be surprised the image of the Goblin King shifts in his head; trickery and illusion are, after all, the Fair Folk's speciality.
John is pretty sure that the first time he saw him, when he came to take Harry, he was tall, with neat black hair, grey-eyed and hook-nosed and thin to the point of emaciation, dressed in what was probably the height of fashion, back in the Victorian era.
Then he thinks, no, that's not right, has a very clear image of dark curls and superior smirk, expensive modern suit and flaring coat.
The hands are always the same, though, slender and long-fingered, the hands of a violinist. John is always going to remember how something had twisted low in his belly at the sight of them waving away his words like smoke from a fire. It's another of those things he is never going to talk about.