Sherlock: Starting Again

[awanderingbard]

Title: Starting Again
Characters: John, Sherlock
Rating: R
Warnings/Triggers: much cursing, a few references to PTSD
Pairings: John/Mary (mentioned)
Spoilers: The Empty Hearse
Word Count 2,389
Summary: John and Sherlock have a heart to heart.
Author's notes: [Notes are Series Three spoilery] I've seen a few blog posts around about how Sherlock never actually explains to John why

Comments

[frozen_delight]

Right now I adore you, you know that? Nothing will ever right all the wrongs of Season 3 for me, but at least your gorgeous story made me feel a little better about all that stuff. What a lovely conversation between Sherlock and John - it rings so true. I just wish we'd seen that on screen.

You have a great talent for coming up with incredibly evocative and funny one-liners. This one was just hilarious:

“Can I put out the fire first, or is it urgent?”

I really liked to see how Sherlock was reflecting the time when he was away and how he came back and was overwhelmed by the changes in everything and everyone that once constituted his life in London.

“I keep forgetting I was dead. I wasn't. So, I thought of it as being away. It made things...easier.”

“When I was away,” he said. “I had an image of...home. I had image of the people here, in my head. You and Mrs Hudson and Lestrade, and London, and 221B, and work. I kept them in storage. I never thought about time passing, here, because it didn't here-” he pointed to his head. “But when I came home, it wasn't like that. It was different, and I didn't want it to be, and I didn't know what to do.”

“What if you don't like me at the end?” Sherlock said.
“I don't like you much, now,” John said.

He's such a sad, scared and needy child, isn't he? And the beautiful thing is that John knows all this and understands.

“Now, I do have something in the microwave that should be dealt with before it drips any further onto the work surface. Mrs Hudson is really very tiresome about that. I can't see why I missed her. She was always much more adoring in my head.”

This twist here from melancholy to humorous is fabulous. Nicely balances the story.

Thanks for writing and sharing! It's been a treat to read.

[awanderingbard]

Nothing will ever right all the wrongs of Season 3 for me, but at least your gorgeous story made me feel a little better about all that stuff. What a lovely conversation between Sherlock and John - it rings so true. I just wish we'd seen that on screen.

Series Three was a victim of its own hype, I think. We had two years to hope and wonder and psych ourselves up, and it couldn't possibly live up to all that we were hoping for. Overall, I could see what they were trying to do, but I don't think they got there. Except for the second episode, which was pure perfection for me. I wish all three writers would collaborate more often.

He's such a sad, scared and needy child, isn't he? And the beautiful thing is that John knows all this and understands.

One thing I noticed in all those blog posts was how angry people were at Sherlock, and I get that, he behaved appallingly, but to me, it all seemed out of desperation and not evilness. We feel bad for John, because he's the one who's our representative on the show, but I thought that Sherlock was not exactly kicking back on beaches and waiting to come back to mess with him. And John had people with him, who he could turn to if he chose to. Sherlock was completely alone.

Thanks for writing and sharing! It's been a treat to read.

Thank you for commenting! I was fussing about this, not sure if it worked or not. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :-)