Fic: Retrograde (Sherlock)
Title: Retrograde
Characters/Pairing: John/Sherlock
Category: Slash
Rating: R (for language and violence)
Length: 40k
Summary: When Sherlock Holmes stepped onto the roof of St Bart’s to confront Moriarty, he had every faith that the combined might of the Holmes brothers was going to win out over Moriarty’s machinations once and for all. He was, perhaps, a bit over confident. When faced with the choice between almost certain death and jeopardizing the lives of those closest to him, Sherlock chose to make the ultimate sacrifice for their safety.
This is the story of those people doing what they could to pay him back.
Author's Notes: A gift for bootsnblossoms, in the 2012 holmestice holiday exchange. My undying gratitude goes out to mijan, without whose constant and unwavering support and creative input, this story would never have been realized. Thanks to killpurakat, for sifting through my blatant abuse of tense with a fine toothed comb. Thank you yaycoffee, for the Brit-pick and a taking the time to add a frankly ridiculous number of commas as needed. And lastly, much appreciation to gmonkey42 for the hand-holding, encouragement and canon-picking. This fic took a village to create. The four of you with your combined encouragement, feedback, brainstorming, and remedial instruction in grammar will make me a better writer yet.
Originally posted here, or read a further polished version of it on AO3.
Characters/Pairing: John/Sherlock
Category: Slash
Rating: R (for language and violence)
Length: 40k
Summary: When Sherlock Holmes stepped onto the roof of St Bart’s to confront Moriarty, he had every faith that the combined might of the Holmes brothers was going to win out over Moriarty’s machinations once and for all. He was, perhaps, a bit over confident. When faced with the choice between almost certain death and jeopardizing the lives of those closest to him, Sherlock chose to make the ultimate sacrifice for their safety.
This is the story of those people doing what they could to pay him back.
Author's Notes: A gift for bootsnblossoms, in the 2012 holmestice holiday exchange. My undying gratitude goes out to mijan, without whose constant and unwavering support and creative input, this story would never have been realized. Thanks to killpurakat, for sifting through my blatant abuse of tense with a fine toothed comb. Thank you yaycoffee, for the Brit-pick and a taking the time to add a frankly ridiculous number of commas as needed. And lastly, much appreciation to gmonkey42 for the hand-holding, encouragement and canon-picking. This fic took a village to create. The four of you with your combined encouragement, feedback, brainstorming, and remedial instruction in grammar will make me a better writer yet.
Originally posted here, or read a further polished version of it on AO3.