Title: Parallel
Author: brbsoulnomming
Rating: M, for sex, death, and mature themes
Pairing: John/Sherlock, OFC/OFC
Wordcount: 77,400
Warnings: Original characters; sex; off-screen death; mild, consenting somnophilia
Summary: Written for a prompt over on sherlockbbc_fic: There's a case at a secondary school/University, some series of threats or string of bizarre murders that ( Read more... )

( Despite Sherlock’s best efforts to distract John, they do end up visiting with Sam and Fiona, though fortunately only briefly. )

( There’s something heavy weighing down on him. )

( John already knows Fiona can move quickly when she wants to, so he isn’t surprised when she’s not in the hallway. )

( Sherlock’s mind is clearer when he wakes up. )

( Sam is alone in the living room when John and Fiona come down from his room. )

( John mentally adds ‘straddling (no, not straddling, he’d been very carefully not straddling, keeping his hips as far from Sherlock’s as possible) pinning his mad flatmate to the sofa in an exhausted, frustrated, half-desperate attempt to get him to get some bloody sleep’ to his list of things to never, ever do again. )

( Sherlock finally gets the supplies he needs, and spends the remainder of the day working. )

( Sherlock hasn’t even gotten to Bart’s when he gets the text from John. )

( It’s been a little while since she was last there; Austin was the first person killed, and his flatmates haven’t hosted any parties since. )