Illogical, even. by magikspell (NC-17)
Title: Illogical, even.
Fandom: Sherlock BBC
Pairing: Sherlock/John (some unhealthy Sherlock/Victor)
Categories: Sherlock centric, growing up, character study, first time, romance, awkward sexual situations
Length: Medium (9,124 words)
Warnings: None
Author on LJ: magikspell
Author Websites:
magikspell, 221bee tumblr
Author's Summary: Five reasons Sherlock never believed in love and one reason he does now.
Review:
Beginning in early childhood, Sherlock learns painful lessons about what it means to connect with others, and by the time he's 34, he's sure he understands the whole uncomfortable mess. Then he meets John.
The 'five+ things' trope lets us drop into Sherlock's life at ages 5, 10, 16, 20, 27 and 34 without a long epic. Sherlock learns in very different ways to be cynical and closed off, because he can't help deducing the problems between his parents and later between his schoolmates and between himself and Victor. The childhood years especially, before the cynicism sets in, make you want to console and reassure him. I love the repeated paragraph full of mark-throughs and revisions, like the chorus of a song, updating his conclusions. The awkward sex seems just right for someone who can't easily get lost in sensation and who mistrusts the motivations of others. And of course, I loved the revelation of John and the tectonic shift in Sherlock's understanding when he finds he belongs to an Us.
Illogical, even.
Fandom: Sherlock BBC
Pairing: Sherlock/John (some unhealthy Sherlock/Victor)
Categories: Sherlock centric, growing up, character study, first time, romance, awkward sexual situations
Length: Medium (9,124 words)
Warnings: None
Author on LJ: magikspell
Author Websites:
magikspell, 221bee tumblr
Author's Summary: Five reasons Sherlock never believed in love and one reason he does now.
Review:
Beginning in early childhood, Sherlock learns painful lessons about what it means to connect with others, and by the time he's 34, he's sure he understands the whole uncomfortable mess. Then he meets John.
The 'five+ things' trope lets us drop into Sherlock's life at ages 5, 10, 16, 20, 27 and 34 without a long epic. Sherlock learns in very different ways to be cynical and closed off, because he can't help deducing the problems between his parents and later between his schoolmates and between himself and Victor. The childhood years especially, before the cynicism sets in, make you want to console and reassure him. I love the repeated paragraph full of mark-throughs and revisions, like the chorus of a song, updating his conclusions. The awkward sex seems just right for someone who can't easily get lost in sensation and who mistrusts the motivations of others. And of course, I loved the revelation of John and the tectonic shift in Sherlock's understanding when he finds he belongs to an Us.
Illogical, even.