Fic Rec: Coins on My Eyes

[rachelindeed]

Title: Coins on my Eyes
Author: indybaggins
Pairing: Sherlock/John, Sherlock & Mycroft
Length: 35,000
Rating: M
Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: 'Sherlock spent nights lying awake, listening to the rustling of John’s hands on the bedcovers. The dull thumps of John’s head against the headboard. The

Comments

[cherrytide]

Great rec, this is an incredible fic. I love the take on a zombie apocalypse where things don't completely break down, it's a really interesting subversion on the genre (as well as all the wonderful character insights you mention.

[rachelindeed]

I love the take on a zombie apocalypse where things don't completely break down, it's a really interesting subversion on the genre.Sorry to be so late in answering, but I agree that part of the reason the story is able to work with such realism is that it seems less like a total apocalypse and more like a conceivable epidemic. That kind of situation has historical precedents and carries a sort of horrifying fascination. One of the most striking passages I've ever read was Thucydides' description of the plague that struck Athens while the people were crowded together inside the city walls during the Pelopponesian Wars. It is a harrowing, incisive description of the breakdown of society and the extremes of behavior that widespread fatalism created

[lijahlover]

This is one of my favorite stories ever. I adore every angst filled part.

[rachelindeed]

I was bowled over by it, too, and usually I am not a big fan of angst. But great writing really made it work, here.

[rachelindeed]

I agree on all points! It was so lovely to see both those relationships so profoundly well-realized.