Sherlock/Dresden Files: One War Zone for Another

[awanderingbard]

Title: One War Zone for Another
Characters: John, Forrester (OC), Sherlock, Harry
Rating: R
Warnings: language, a racial slur (not used by any of our heros), slightly detailed descriptions of sutures being put in
Spoilers: Forrester basically sums up Somnus in the middle of this, so if you haven't read that, but would like to, beware of major

Comments

[aeron_lanart]

Love this. I was smiling through most of it but for some reason I couldn't stop giggling after this “Dresden is attempting to convince me that he can track criminals by looking at ant vomit,”

[shadowfireflame]

I mean, Sherlock looks like a fucking mind-reader most of the time and that's all logic and observation. He could pull off being a psychic easily. He'd just rather everyone knew he was clever rather than thinking he was magical.

Ahahaha, and this is why Sherlock will never be like Shawn on Psych.

Heee, Sherlock’s “friendly dolphin sound” was hysterical (I know exactly what you’re talking about, kind of like a ridiculous giggle).

Okay, so I don’t know anything about the Dresden Files (I assume that is the crossover fandom!), but this was adorable and lots of fun. It’s great to see John talking to someone from his past-even from before the army-and to see Sherlock having to work with a very clever person who just uses different methods. (And is Dresden seriously taller than Sherlock?! Whoa, awesome. But, yes, “freakishly” so, haha.)

[awanderingbard]

Yes, it's a Dresden Files crossover. I should have made that more clear, sorry! Most of the people who comment on my stories regularly came in through my Dresden fics ages ago, and I forget that lovely people like yourself arrived via a different fandom. :-D

Dresden is taller than Sherlock. The actor who played him is around 6'4" and in the books the TV series was based on, the character is actually close to seven feet tall. Sherlock's only about six feet, so there is a bit of a difference there.

I'm glad you enjoyed the story, anyway! Thanks for reading and commenting!

[aelfgyfu_mead]

invented superfast local anestheticI don't think you did, actually. I went to the dermatologist just last week, and he gave me an injection in the back of my hand to do a biopsy of something there, and he said, "Let's give that a minute to work" and went to the other side of the exam table to get his stuff. Then he walked right back and started cutting, and I didn't feel a thing. I couldn't believe it. It took less time than I've already spent typing on this comment. (Anesthetic for a deeper wound might take a little longer, but I think their conversation is long enough

[awanderingbard]

he gave me an injection in the back of my hand to do a biopsy of something there

I hope it was for nothing serious!

I think I was looking at it from a dentist point of view, which always takes forever and doesn't work for me anyway. I've never had local anywhere else, I'm happy to say.

I feel a bit bad for John and Sherlock that they'll never know the truth! But Sherlock couldn't handle the truth, and John seems highly averse to it here.

Oh, they may come round to it eventually. I toyed with how I wanted John to react, but I do think he's a man of science first. I see him as being more open to it than Sherlock, once he's given proof, but until then, probably pretty skeptical. But I also see him as a live and let live fellow, so not too terribly judgmental. But a little judgmental. Because Sherlock Holmes probably wears off on a person. Though, I also see Sherlock pretty uncaring in terms of beliefs like religion. I don't think he'd give a toss who you worshipped. He'd just judge you for it. /ramble

It's nice to see John getting

[aelfgyfu_mead]

The hand thing isn't serious; it's a question of whether it was a wart, a cyst, or a pimple, I think. If I'd known that a) he'd think those weren't warts and b) he was going to take so much skin off the back of my hand, though, I'd never have called the doctor!

John kept being on the verge of connecting the dots and then stepping back, but I too would rather believe I was attacked by a person in a wolf suit than a werewolf.

I keep giggling thinking of Sherlock getting more and more frustrated.

[awanderingbard]

I had something like that a little while ago. I thought, 'oh, I'll show it to my doctor next time I go in for prescription renewal' and, Canadian healthcare being what it is, by the time I got an appointment, it had already drained itself. Universal healthcare: making you make yourself healthy before we can even examine you.

I figure that Sherlock would be really, really angry if he couldn't figure something out. I picture him as the sort of person who sits with a rubic's cube for days on end because he will solve it, and just can't let it go until he knows the answer.

[joonscribble]

A beloved crossover! I love how you did this by linking Forrester and John. It works really, really well. As disappointed as I was that John and Sherlock couldn't know the truth, it might have made Sherlock's head explode.

Sherlock put on one of his fake smiles briefly and made a noise like a friendly dolphin mimicking human speech, as though he couldn't be arsed to come up with an actual word. It sounded something like 'hnnn!'.

I nearly coughed up the apple piece I was eating when I read this. It's so wonderfully hysterical. The entire story is marvelous but this does win out for my absolute favorite part. Sherlock probably most of his life can't be arsed to come up with proper words to speak to other humans.

[awanderingbard]

Thank you! It was one of those things that I conceived at two am and then it spiralled out of control. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

The magical side of things was something I would have liked to explore a bit more, but the story was running long anyway and it felt like I was cramming it in. It might be something to explore in the future.

Sherlock probably most of his life can't be arsed to come up with proper words to speak to other humans.

One of my favourite scenes is in Baskerville, when Sherlock is talking to Henry the morning after he loses it with John at the inn, and everything Sherlock is doing just screams of 'this is how normal humans behave'. I find it so entertaining and adorable. Plus, I felt like he'd be pretty manic here, with all the unexplainable going on, and slightly jealous of Forrester. I'm glad you enjoyed it, and am pleased I didn't accidentally kill you, I'm pleased I haven't accidentally killed someone most days, though. Just in general.