Series Rec: Letters Series
Title: Letters Series
Author:
earlgreytea68
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 16K with 4 parts complete (and a 5th part in the midst of posting)
Rating: General to Teen
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: None provided for the series. Summary for part 1: While he's dead, Sherlock writes John letters.
Reccer's comments: Everything you wanted them to say to each other. But it turns out, that may not be enough.
The first and third parts of the series consist entirely of notes that Sherlock wrote to John during his 'hiatus', never intending for John to read them (or did he?). They are pitch-perfect, ranging from humorous to heartbreaking. As they are described from John's POV in part two:
Sherlock came across loud and clear in them. John could practically hear his voice as he read. It was as if Sherlock had suddenly dropped by and treated him to a monologue on the things that were annoying him. It was so much like it had been Before everything that John actually forgot to be heartsick and just lost himself a little while in the flow of Sherlock’s comments and observations.
It's not just a little slice of home, though. Through the letters, Sherlock reveals some of what his time away entails him doing, and how he is affected, physically, mentally, and emotionally. I was very taken with how much could be shown in so few words. Some of the notes are only two or three words, while others go on for several paragraphs, and that in and of itself is telling.
Parts two and four, then, are written in a more familiar narrative style and show what happens when John finally does read the notes. The results are both heart-wrenching and empowering, but even once everything is out in the open, nothing is really solved yet.
The fifth part of the series has just started posting as a multi-chaptered fic. However, the first four parts complete a nice arc, and although they do leave you wanting more, it's not so open-ended that I'd warn anyone to wait.
Author:
earlgreytea68
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 16K with 4 parts complete (and a 5th part in the midst of posting)
Rating: General to Teen
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: None provided for the series. Summary for part 1: While he's dead, Sherlock writes John letters.
Reccer's comments: Everything you wanted them to say to each other. But it turns out, that may not be enough.
The first and third parts of the series consist entirely of notes that Sherlock wrote to John during his 'hiatus', never intending for John to read them (or did he?). They are pitch-perfect, ranging from humorous to heartbreaking. As they are described from John's POV in part two:
Sherlock came across loud and clear in them. John could practically hear his voice as he read. It was as if Sherlock had suddenly dropped by and treated him to a monologue on the things that were annoying him. It was so much like it had been Before everything that John actually forgot to be heartsick and just lost himself a little while in the flow of Sherlock’s comments and observations.
It's not just a little slice of home, though. Through the letters, Sherlock reveals some of what his time away entails him doing, and how he is affected, physically, mentally, and emotionally. I was very taken with how much could be shown in so few words. Some of the notes are only two or three words, while others go on for several paragraphs, and that in and of itself is telling.
Parts two and four, then, are written in a more familiar narrative style and show what happens when John finally does read the notes. The results are both heart-wrenching and empowering, but even once everything is out in the open, nothing is really solved yet.
The fifth part of the series has just started posting as a multi-chaptered fic. However, the first four parts complete a nice arc, and although they do leave you wanting more, it's not so open-ended that I'd warn anyone to wait.