Fic: Cooperative Principle - 8/8 (BBC Sherlock)

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Title: Cooperative Principle
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 6.9k this part, 56k overall
Betas: vyctori and seijichan
Disclaimer: Do not own.
Summary: As the newest instructor at St. Bart's, John has been explicitly warned to never do Sherlock Holmes any favours. Too bad the sex is so good.
Warnings: explicit sex, dubcon, PTSD, panic attacks

Comments

[lindentreeisle]

Hurray! I must confess some slight disappointment at the lack of makeup sex, but this is not that fic, I suppose. *G* No, this is a fic about a real relationship that goes to shit because one of the participants is being a massive dickhole, and the realistic repair of said relationship- one which is necessarily long and slow and sometimes halting. Apologies don't magically fix everything. Libidos don't flick on and off with a switch (well, mostly). I love this fic, and I love how you handled the resolution.

As a side note, I also really enjoyed that you wrote a ton of really hot sex and built up a very rich and fulfilling sex life for the characters, that didn't involve buggery. I know that YOU know gay sex isn't all buttfucking, but you sure wouldn't know it from reading all Sherlock romance/sex fics ever. So, kudos for that. :D

[bendingsignpost]

Thanks! I was rather looking forward to people being annoyed at the lack of concluding sex scene, to be honest. It just works better this way.

I did hang a small lantern on that back in chapter one. Felt like I had to explicitly address the lack of penises in butts by Sherlock turning down that option, which is a bit sad, but I haven't actually seen any complaints about the lack of anal. So, yay? (Honestly, I got annoyed after Stranger at the Gate and people talking about "the time they had sex" and me going "which time? there were a lot of times" and them "the time they had sex" and me going "yeah, which one?" So, decided to entirely avoid that here.)

[lindentreeisle]

I can see how that would get annoying, yeah.

[earlgreytea68]

::happy sigh::

“How did the trust issues make trusting someone a problem.”

Oh, John Watson, I love you so much.

I love how you twisted this all around to finish us at the beginning. Perfect.

[bendingsignpost]

He is made of sass.

Thanks! Even got in the "Nothing [good] happens to me."

[kres]

Absolutely BRILLIANT ending! Completely not what I was expecting (yes, firmly in the "makeup sex" camp over here), but it was so much better. Not easy, things are never that easy. I love how you circled all the way back to canon, and closed it that way. I love that sessions with Ella actually worked, for once. Outstanding!

I've been refreshing your journal multiple times every day, waiting for another installment (yes, also at work). This last chapter is a nail-biting experience, but it also feels very, very true. And the whole story is very well planned, and executed, and I'm sure I will re-read it. Thank you for this, it's been a great pleasure.

[bendingsignpost]

Thanks! And Ella gets way too much hate/poor portrayal. It's canon that John goes back eventually, so she must be some good.

[illereyn]

What a wonderful fic! And yes, communication is hard, and first impressions are hard to change. That said, you clearly showed how not trusting someone who's proved their trustworthiness again and again is really damaging and parradoxically, a betrayal of their trust in you. I'm so glad they made up again, by John earning Sherlock's trust this time.

[bendingsignpost]

Thanks! The trust issues were definitely an issue, and it's been fun taking the long way around in this fic.

[vorpalsward]

Oh my goodness. Thank you for this story. :)

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Thanks for reading!