Fic Rec (BBC Sherlock) | A Dangerous Love
Title: A Dangerous Love
Author: redbuttonhole (AO3)
Pairings: Sherlock/John/Mary
Length: 10631 words
Rating: PG
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Author's summary: In His Last Vow, seven months between the Watson Family Domestic and Christmas at the Holmes’ pass unseen. Here’ one version of what might have happened during that gap. John and Sherlock and Mary all love each other. And it’s tearing them apart.
Reccer's comments: After Mary shoots Sherlock, John moves back to 221B. Sherlock attempts to bring John and Mary back together, and ends up growing rather close to Mary himself.
I like fics that explore the possibilities of a relationship between Sherlock, Mary and John; I very much like fics in which Sherlock is attracted to Mary independently of his relationship with John, and not just because he’s in love with John and she happens to be part of the package. I like Sherlock’s and Mary’s characterization here; they get each other because they are remarkably similar - which, as John points out, isn’t always a good thing. Contains infidelity, some angst, and three kind of messed up people trying to figure out what they are to one another and how they can possibly fit all together.
Excerpt: "Tell me," says John through gritted teeth, "why you're sorry."
"I did," says Sherlock, and it comes out like a pathetic wail. "I told you why. I'm-I'm trying. I don't know." He wishes John would let him up. He wishes he could go home. Tend to his wounds, drink a glass of water, go to bed. This was all a terrible mistake, Mycroft was right, some things can't be fixed. This is all too much work. He wants to walk out of here and never see either of them again.
John leans back a little, easing the pressure on Sherlock's wrists. He is still breathing heavily, but the anger has gone out of his eyes. He looks sad, lost. Exhausted.
"Did I ever tell you about when I was younger?" he says. "Twenty-five, maybe. My girlfriend at the time shagged my best mate. Two people I trusted the most in the world, going behind my back. Do you know how that feels, Sherlock?"
By way of answer, Sherlock tries to free his arms, but John grips them harder.
"It was awful. The worst feeling in the world, I remember thinking. But this-this is a thousand times worse. Do you understand that?"
Sherlock nods yes.
"Do you understand why?"
Sherlock hesitates again. He hasn't been doing well at these sort of questions.
"Because Mary's not just my girlfriend," John says. "And you're not just my best mate."
Author: redbuttonhole (AO3)
Pairings: Sherlock/John/Mary
Length: 10631 words
Rating: PG
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Author's summary: In His Last Vow, seven months between the Watson Family Domestic and Christmas at the Holmes’ pass unseen. Here’ one version of what might have happened during that gap. John and Sherlock and Mary all love each other. And it’s tearing them apart.
Reccer's comments: After Mary shoots Sherlock, John moves back to 221B. Sherlock attempts to bring John and Mary back together, and ends up growing rather close to Mary himself.
I like fics that explore the possibilities of a relationship between Sherlock, Mary and John; I very much like fics in which Sherlock is attracted to Mary independently of his relationship with John, and not just because he’s in love with John and she happens to be part of the package. I like Sherlock’s and Mary’s characterization here; they get each other because they are remarkably similar - which, as John points out, isn’t always a good thing. Contains infidelity, some angst, and three kind of messed up people trying to figure out what they are to one another and how they can possibly fit all together.
Excerpt: "Tell me," says John through gritted teeth, "why you're sorry."
"I did," says Sherlock, and it comes out like a pathetic wail. "I told you why. I'm-I'm trying. I don't know." He wishes John would let him up. He wishes he could go home. Tend to his wounds, drink a glass of water, go to bed. This was all a terrible mistake, Mycroft was right, some things can't be fixed. This is all too much work. He wants to walk out of here and never see either of them again.
John leans back a little, easing the pressure on Sherlock's wrists. He is still breathing heavily, but the anger has gone out of his eyes. He looks sad, lost. Exhausted.
"Did I ever tell you about when I was younger?" he says. "Twenty-five, maybe. My girlfriend at the time shagged my best mate. Two people I trusted the most in the world, going behind my back. Do you know how that feels, Sherlock?"
By way of answer, Sherlock tries to free his arms, but John grips them harder.
"It was awful. The worst feeling in the world, I remember thinking. But this-this is a thousand times worse. Do you understand that?"
Sherlock nods yes.
"Do you understand why?"
Sherlock hesitates again. He hasn't been doing well at these sort of questions.
"Because Mary's not just my girlfriend," John says. "And you're not just my best mate."