Fic: Natural Allies [BBC Sherlock]

[keerawa]

Title: Natural Allies
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Rating: Gen
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Mary Morstan-Watson
Length: 221b
Alternate Link: AO3
Author's Notes: Written for the watsons_woes JWP 2015 Prompt #5: Note to Self. Unbeta'd. I've always wanted an excuse to write this trope!
Summary: The bare mattress and the feel of his own oily, tangled hair reminded

Comments

[okapi1895]

I think our minds were on similar tracks with this one. Should Sherlock trust his own voice? Hmm. Maybe Mary's duped him. I like the ambiguity.

[keerawa]

I'm glad that came across. It's hard to tell what's going on, and that's the point. Thank you for the comment!

[pompey01]

By all the deities real and fictional! So few words and such a wallop of plot!

[keerawa]

Brevity. It's how I roll. ;-)

Thanks pompey01!

[rojo3131]

Oh Christ! This was as unexpected as shocking and exciting! So very much like him to make a recording to tell himself exactly what he needed to hear in as few words as possible!

[keerawa]

Thank you rojo3131, I'm delighted the story made such an impression!

[kitmerlot1213]

I adored this a great deal and the idea of Sherlock not able to retain his memory when his Mind Palace is everything to him feels doublely poignant--well done :):)

I also love the shades of Memento :)

[keerawa]

Sherlock considers his brain the only worthwhile part of himself, so damage to it is very worrying, indeed. Thank you for the comment!

[methylviolet10b]

Good grief. Talk about ambiguous - and cliffhanger to boot! Well done you.

[keerawa]

*grins* The 221b form doesn't exactly lend itself to well-realized stories with satisfying resolution. This is more of an amuse-bouche, designed to whet the appetite for more.

Thanks for the comment!