FIC: Dear John

[adaliafic]

Title: Dear John
Author: Adalia
Beta: the incomparable wendymr
Characters: Sherlock
Rating/Warning: possible tissue warning
Summary: Sherlock writes John a letter, and tries to work some things out.
(See end of the fic for Author's Note.)

Comments

[wendymr]

This is beautifully touching and so Sherlock. Lovely work.

[adaliafic]

Thanks, Wendy. And thanks again for your help with it. :-)

[wendymr]

My dear John,

My sincere apologies for the intrusion, but it has come to my attention that my brother composed a letter to you which he then failed to send. I feel that it is important to remedy this regrettable omission. You will find it attached.

Congratulations on your engagement. Might I find your and Miss Morstan's wedding registry at Fenwick's of Bond Street or Fortnum and Mason? (I feel sure that you would find Harrod's rather too tedious these days).

My very best wishes, as always,

Mycroft Holmes.

[bethbethbeth]

What a lovely - and sad - set of letters from Sherlock (and well done, Mycroft, for interfering)

[exbex]

Yes Mycroft, you manipulative bastard. Now use your ambiguously evil powers to make some OT3 love plz.

[adaliafic]

I honestly don't know if I can do any more with this, but if anybody else wants to play in this sandbox I'd love to see what they come up with. :-)

Though... I may someday do a fic covering what specifically happened that caused Sherlock to draft this letter. (He hints at it more than once as he talks about Mrs. Hudson.) I think that might be fun to write.

[holyfant]

Wow, lovely. I love the well-crafted, finely observed Sherlock-voice you've given us here, and the ending is a kick in the gut. Thanks for sharing.

[adaliafic]

Thanks for reading! Glad you liked my Sherlock-voice. :-)

[ayantiel]

Nuuuuuuuuh *whimpers*

My sniveling aside, this was absolutely beautiful! Poor Sherlock. Let it never be said again that you have no heart! :(

[adaliafic]

::hugs both you and Sherlock::

Glad you enjoyed the fic! :-)

[exbex]

This is poignant and just wonderful. Perfect angst.

[adaliafic]

Glad you liked it! :-)