Between Two Lungs (Sherlock BBC, John/Sherlock)

[thedeadparrot]

Title: Between Two Lungs
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Rating: NC-17
Word count: ~5000
Summary: Sherlock discovers one of his own kinks.
Notes: Written for kink_bingo and the "breathplay" square. Much love to M and zulu for the betas.

Comments

[gritsinmisery]

That was mind-bendingly (izzataword?) HOT.

[thedeadparrot]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[schweinsty]

Guh. This is so not my kink, but you made it so hot. And that last part was adorable :).

[thedeadparrot]

I'm glad I could make the kink palpable to you! And they kind of end up adorable even when I don't mean for them to!

[treacle_tartlet]

Lovely! I really liked Sherlock's voice in this, and the way you keep the reader in his head - especially the bit when he's thinking that John doesn't wank with that hand, but he's used it on another man.

Also, HAWT!

Also, also, ♥ Florence + the Machine ♥

[thedeadparrot]

Thanks! And I totally agree with the Florence + The Machine love. :)

[butnotdrowning]

Hot *damn* that's hot. And unexpectedly sweet at the end. :)

[butnotdrowning]

And I love how Sherlock is (realizing that he's) needing, wanting *John*, wanting to touch him and get closer to him, and John seems to think Sherlock is just focusing on the experiment and his own sensations, and is just using John [as usual], that the only reason he's even including John is because he can't really do this experiment on his own. And how John gets it in the end and how they are finally on the same page, understanding that they both want *each other*.

What made the end particularly sweet was the fact it seems Sherlock, to begin with, thinks it has only to do with the choking thing, not with it being John touchin him. But after John kisses him, Sherlock seems to realize, or admit to himself, that it has mostly to do with John and really only incidentally to do with the choking. (Although choking is nice, too, obviously. :D)

[thedeadparrot]

Eee, as a writer, it's always a thrill to get a comment like this, so thoughtful and well-considered.

Uh, which is to say that you hit on a lot of things I was thinking about when I was writing this. I'm glad it all came across!