Fic: The World on His Wrist - 3/6 (BBC Sherlock)

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Title: The World on His Wrist
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 3.8k, this part, 31.4k overall
Betas: vyctori and fogbutton
Disclaimer: Do not own.
Summary: First, he is shot in Afghanistan. Second, he wakes to a phone call in Chelmsford, Essex. Third is pain, fourth is normalcy, fifth is agony and sixth is confusion. By the eighth, he's lost track. (John-centric AU)

Comments

[imhit]

Oh, poor John. How confusing his life (lives) must be.

Brilliant chapter; that little snippet of Sherlock and John's breakfast -- oh, just lovely. You're weaving such a gorgeous story, can't wait for the rest!

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Thank you!

Oh, poor John. How confusing his life (lives) must be.

Among the more obvious issues, simultaneously living in two countries isn't a very fun time. Reverse culture shock everywhere.

[call_me_ishmael]

Oh, John. His drunken encounter with Jake is hilarious and embarrassing and OH SNAP all at once. I really love it when people write believable drunkenness.

I don't know how you make this better with every installment, but you do. I am trying very hard not to fall into keyboard-smashing to express my glee at your update.

Oh, fuck it.

DKSFNGLKDSFNGLDSKDFGLKDSNGLKDSNGLDSKNGDFJLKJDSGSL

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I don't know why, but I'm thoroughly addicted to writing drunk John. Fun things happen with his personality. He's cuddly and stubborn. Drunken-sexual-crisis John, however, goes down as my favourite.

Hold onto your hat (and your keyboard), 'cause Great Game is on its way. Everything else has just been the preliminaries and I don't say that lightly.

[shezan]

Oh, I love them SO MUCH when they manage to be together!

... and Sherlock has guessed something, hasn't he?

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Through the power of John, everything is made of kittens. Strange, morbid kittens.

While I'm reasonably certain I know which Sherlock you're referring to, I'm going to have to ask for clarification on that category of something.

[shezan]

Sherlock has guessed that John is... otherwise engaged sometimes. Although I don't suppose he can imagine what's going on.

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Sherlock has sorted out that John will forgive him a remarkable number of things provided John has a good night's sleep. This is how John works and, though curious to him, it's very convenient. A normal person might note that John is oddly forgetful, particularly in terms of recent conversations (what you told him two days ago, he heard last week), but Sherlock deletes enough from his own brain that this looks normal to him.

There are a few things, like John somehow managing to watch telly even when he has no time because of a case. Nothing too suspicious, though. John simply cools off when left to settle and is also remarkably adaptable.

[jbs_teeth]

Oh boy, did I get excited when I saw the update! Yay, Jihn realizes he's gay fir Sherlock. ;) Also, very intrigued by the soldier's death. Wonder if anything more will come of that.

Already anticipating the next bit.

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Heheh, John is a little less pleased at this revelation.

It's on it's way! Thanks for reading.

[tardis_stowaway]

Wonderful. This continues to be odd, funny, and moving. I enjoyed the parallel breakfasts in his two London flats with John liking both the omelettes with his flatmate's tween and the bizarre, frank conversations while watching Sherlock.

Poor John is having an emotionally intense time of it between the young soldier dying, the sexuality surprise, and the fear for Sherlock's life. I want to cuddle him.

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Thank you!

Poor John is having an emotionally intense time of it between the young soldier dying, the sexuality surprise, and the fear for Sherlock's life. I want to cuddle him.

Great Game is just around the corner, so you might want to keep those cuddles on standby. (Five in-show days means it's going to take about three weeks. This isn't John's month.)