Fic: "The Breathless" - (13/13 COMPLETE!) - Keep Close
Title: The Breathless
Author: willowmeg (Nagaem_C)
Status: COMPLETE!
Word count: 2981 (of 27928 total)
Rating: Mature (after deliberation I have edged it up due to thematic content.)
Characters: Greg Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade's Wife, Sally Donovan, Molly Hooper, Mycroft Holmes, Original Characters
Relationships: Greg Lestrade & Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade/Greg Lestrade's Wife
Additional Tags: POV Lestrade, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Magical Realism, Lifelong Guardian, Dark Ripples AU, Canon Compliant
Warnings: Later in the story there will be canon-typical violence, drug use, miscarriage, secrecy, attempted rape, marital discord, and at least the implication of various other unhappy things.
Series: Part 1 of Dark Ripples
Unrelated to the Needles and Pins series!
Summary:
Greg Lestrade was just an average kid, living an unremarkable life. It was a pretty good life, all things considered, but nothing all that special.
Then, elsewhere in England, a baby was born...and an unwilling guardian was called to begin a lifelong duty...
Greg's been given a strange and stressful calling: supernatural guardianship over a boy he's never met. As years pass, he searches for balance in love and a rewarding career, all while keeping a powerful secret that does more than take his breath away.
Chapter 13: Keep Close
He's never failed Sherlock, and he never will...so long as he has breath to give.
Read Chapter 13: On AO3
From Chapter 1: On AO3
This one is done, but there's more Dark Ripples to come! Buckets of love to my precious betas, harmony_lover and directedbysherlock and theclaygoddess, who have all been a joy to work with.