After three terrible years, even Holmes doesn''t expect Watson to accept him back from the dead quite that readily. And neither of them expect the shocking affair of the Dutch steam ship Friesland, which so nearly costs them both their lives...
Pairings: Mary/Watson, Holmes/Watson.
Warnings: Terminal illness (tuberculosis), eventual political violence, flashbacky non-linear timeline shenanigans, but above all, ANGST.
A/N: Everyone has to tackle the marriage and the hiatus sometime. Hereis my bash at it.
Antidote to Sorrow, Part 1 Antidote to Sorrow, Part 2