Fic Rec: Hallowe'en Homecoming
Title: Hallowe'en Homecoming
Author: earlybloomingparentheses
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Length: 12,594
Rating: Teen
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Sherlock and John are solving a case when Mycroft turns up and persuades Sherlock to return home for his mother's Hallowe'en celebration. John thinks that seeing where Sherlock grew up will help him understand the detective better; instead, he finds himself more confused than ever. But it's John Watson's job to look after Sherlock Holmes, come hell, high water, or Hallowe'en, so that's just what he's going to do.
Reccer's comments: Sherlock looks at him bleakly. After a moment, it sinks in.
“Oh my god,” John breathes. Because of course, of course the most devastating memory for Sherlock Holmes would be one in which he felt happy. Happy, and normal, and loved.
“Was that…the last time it was like that?” he asks, heart in his mouth.
Sherlock’s eyes widen. He nods.
John lets out a long breath. That’s it. That’s the secret. The truth about the detective, the riddle he thought he’d never crack.
Sherlock Holmes had a happy childhood.
I was debating what to post for my final rec this month; after seeing snarryfool's excellent, unsettling rec of earlier today (which is really REALLY good, so please read it!), I decided on this cozy, comforting story. It's a quite different peek at the Holmes family and their relationships with each other, one that John comes to discover quite by accident. Or is it?
This was written pre-S3 and so is not remotely canon. Sherlock and John and Mycroft are all still themselves, but maybe just a bit more revealing than we're used to seeing. While there is a brief reference to Irene Adler and the events of ASiB, there is no mention of the Fall at all, so this story either happens well before that or this is a world in which the Fall never takes place. There is a little bit of everything here- an intriguing case, angst, humor, bickering Holmes brothers, a warm and inviting Mummy Holmes, a steady John Watson, hot apple cider, Halloween decorations, and trick-or-treating. Most of all, there is lots of love, in the obvious places and (not so really) surprising ones.
Author: earlybloomingparentheses
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Length: 12,594
Rating: Teen
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Sherlock and John are solving a case when Mycroft turns up and persuades Sherlock to return home for his mother's Hallowe'en celebration. John thinks that seeing where Sherlock grew up will help him understand the detective better; instead, he finds himself more confused than ever. But it's John Watson's job to look after Sherlock Holmes, come hell, high water, or Hallowe'en, so that's just what he's going to do.
Reccer's comments: Sherlock looks at him bleakly. After a moment, it sinks in.
“Oh my god,” John breathes. Because of course, of course the most devastating memory for Sherlock Holmes would be one in which he felt happy. Happy, and normal, and loved.
“Was that…the last time it was like that?” he asks, heart in his mouth.
Sherlock’s eyes widen. He nods.
John lets out a long breath. That’s it. That’s the secret. The truth about the detective, the riddle he thought he’d never crack.
Sherlock Holmes had a happy childhood.
I was debating what to post for my final rec this month; after seeing snarryfool's excellent, unsettling rec of earlier today (which is really REALLY good, so please read it!), I decided on this cozy, comforting story. It's a quite different peek at the Holmes family and their relationships with each other, one that John comes to discover quite by accident. Or is it?
This was written pre-S3 and so is not remotely canon. Sherlock and John and Mycroft are all still themselves, but maybe just a bit more revealing than we're used to seeing. While there is a brief reference to Irene Adler and the events of ASiB, there is no mention of the Fall at all, so this story either happens well before that or this is a world in which the Fall never takes place. There is a little bit of everything here- an intriguing case, angst, humor, bickering Holmes brothers, a warm and inviting Mummy Holmes, a steady John Watson, hot apple cider, Halloween decorations, and trick-or-treating. Most of all, there is lots of love, in the obvious places and (not so really) surprising ones.