if your hope should pass away

[glorious_spoon]

Title: if your hope should pass away
Pairings: Watson/Mary, Holmes/Watson implied
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Character death, attempted suicide
Summary: In which Watson reaches the end of his rope. Written for this prompt on shkinkmeme:

Watson falls into a deep depression when Holmes dies, but when Mary succumbs to illness it pushes him over the edge to the point

Comments

[laguera25]

This is quite wonderful and melancholy and bitterly sweet.

Mrs. Hudson's windows are dark. John doesn't know if she's asleep or away, and he walks softly in case of the latter.

Did you mean "former" here? Why would Watson care about noise if Mrs. Hudson was away?

[glorious_spoon]

LOL, yes. That's what I get for posting when I'm sleep-deprived... Thank you :)

[lunabunni]

My only complaint, my dear, is that it ends much too soon. :)

[glorious_spoon]

*grin* Thanks. :)

[vsee]

Well done!

[inlightofvisa]

Your icon. SO MUCH LOVE.

[glorious_spoon]

Thanks!

[snarkyducky]

oooh so painfully exquisite:

"but it's his whole damned life that he's trying to stave off "

thank you for sharing this ♥

[glorious_spoon]

Thank you so much - I'm glad you enjoyed.

[snycock]

I liked this very much! Well done - Watson's grief was very believeable and heart-wrenching, as was his emotion at finding Holmes alive.

[glorious_spoon]

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that his reactions worked for you.