[Fic] Not untwist these last strands of man

[lindentreeisle]

Title: Not untwist these last strands of man
Pairings: John/Sherlock
Rating: G
Warnings: mentions of depression
Beta: HiddenLacuna (thanks for helping sort out the ending, especially!)

Remix of: The Mind Has Mountains by Kate_lear. Kate_lear was one of the first authors I read in the fandom, and I've always admired and respected her work. It was

Comments

[bulleteyes]

Two of my favorite authours tackling a subject I understand too well. Even as a child I knew the black days. You've written an excellent piece to accompany hers. I am hoping you used your lawyer skills to do research and do not speak from experience.

I was intrigued by Mycroft having the insight to set a color to match a mood for the young Sherlock. Inventive and exacting, just the thing to make it less of a temperature taking and more of a scholarly assessment.

I also appreciated Sherlock's almost disappointment in finding John did not fundamentally alter him since being Sherlock he would have taken more umbrage than comfort in that information once it sank in.

You have caught one of John's great strengths. Like so many healers he knows how to help others cope and lacks the skill for himself. It is part of what makes their partnership so strong. That innate ability to look into the other and provide what is needed while knowing they are unable to do it for themselves. It is amazing what people will work through together when they find this.

Thank you for a very strong, good story.

[lindentreeisle]

Thank you very much. Kate-lear gave me good material to work with. :D

I agree that part of what makes John and Sherlock's partnership so strong is the way their strengths and weaknesses slot together. It occurred to me when I was writing that last scene that Sherlock's outburst at John in the original, about how he wasn't magically different just because John was having sex with him, might be coming partially from Sherlock's own insecurity and frustration.

Sherlock's experience is nowhere near the same as mine, but I did mine my own symptoms for help understanding his. Luckily for me my treatment experience has been a lot less complicated and more successful.

Thanks again for your kind comments.