Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8

Chapter 9 - First Aid

It took less than five minutes for a loud banging to echo through the garage, and a voice from the other side of the metal door to call out “Police! Open up!”

Lestrade. John thought with relief, placing Sherlock's long black coat into the crook of ( Read more... )

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John pushed a £20 note into the taxi driver's hand before jumping out of the cab and rushing to catch up with Sherlock as his walked quickly towards the latest crime scene.

This was the latest in a string of murderers that had so far claimed five victims, and when all of their efforts had failed to leas them any closer to the killer, Lestrade ( Read more... )

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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7

Chapter 8 - Redemption

Sherlock lay as still as he could, eyes clenched closed, waiting for the bullet to hit. Any second now, the bullet would hit is head, and his life would be over.

Seconds ticked by in his head, and still Sherlock waited. Time seemed to run unnaturally slowly ( Read more... )

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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6

Chapter 7 - Broken

Warning - This chapter contains rape.

The world came swimming back to Sherlock extremely slowly and with notable reluctance. He could hear the sounds of another person breathing and pacing, the noise pounding into his brain with almost as much force as the original blow. ( Read more... )

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Chapter 4
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Chapter 6 - Breaking

John sighed as he walked slowly down the stairs to the living room, listening carefully for any sign from his flatmate. It had been a week since Sherlock had received the email from the rapist, and John had found himself walking on eggshells ever since.

Every morning when he woke ( Read more... )

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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4

Chapter 5 - A Nibble

John was confused.

"What?" He said, staring. "You're going to pose as a rape victim?"

Sherlock simply turned to glare at him. He opened his mouth to reply, but was interrupted by the door to the office bursting open, and Mycroft Holmes burst through the door.

"Sherlock!" He exclaimed, his ( Read more... )

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Chapter 3

Chapter 4 - Bait

John sighed, watching as Sherlock continued to loiter around the outside edge of the crime scene. They had arrived more than half an hour ago, and Sherlock had spent just two minutes glancing around the area where the twenty-fourth victim had been found, before walking away to stand and watch the ( Read more... )

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Chapter 2

Chapter 3 - A Perfected Act

John woke the next morning to the sound of shouting from downstairs, and so, yawning and rubbing the sleep from his eyes, he dragged himself out of bed and down the stairs to investigate.

Lestrade was standing in the living room, hands on his hips, watching as Sherlock pinned picture after picture ( Read more... )

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Chapter 2 - Number 23

It was an ordinary garage on an ordinary housing estate, only standing out because of the lines of police tape blocking it from public access, and the number of pale, serious-faced police officers standing around outside.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Lestrade asked as John followed Sherlock through the police ( Read more... )

Too Close to Holmes

A/N: Warning: This fic contains references to all kinds of nasty stuff. We're talking child abuse, drug use, self harm, eating disorders... don't look if you don't wanna see

Disclaimer: Do you really think I'm Steven Moffat, or Mark Gatiss, or Arthur Conan Doyle, or anyone else who actually owns Sherlock or Sherlock Holmes? ( Read more... )