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Until

May 02, 2012 04:55

Title: Until
Author: sariagray
Rating: PG13
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John
Word Count: ~1200
Warnings: Post-Reichenbach, hints at suicidal thoughts, pill use, mental and physical damage, hints at a sexual situation.
Summary: Sherlock comes back a little broken.
Beta: analineblue, who keeps me writing.
Disclaimer: Do not own.
Author Notes: This popped into my ( Read more... )

bbc sherlock, sherlock holmes, john watson, fanfic, sherlock/john, one-shot

Comments 18

pony_rocks May 2 2012, 12:43:52 UTC

This was absolutely beautiful.

sariagray May 2 2012, 19:40:52 UTC

Thank you! :D

tracionn May 2 2012, 13:26:41 UTC

I'm totally amazed. This is such a beautifully intense story and the quiet and almost fragil tone of it sneaked right into my very cells.
Wonderful work, really!

sariagray May 2 2012, 19:41:32 UTC

Oh wow, thank you so much! I'm really happy to hear that!

lustmordred May 2 2012, 13:57:22 UTC

I liked this a lot. The imagery was really great and the details of his mental state. Very nice.

sariagray May 2 2012, 19:42:06 UTC

Thank you! I'm really pleased you liked both of those things - especially Sherlock's mental state, as that can be a tricky thing!

bugeyedmonster May 2 2012, 14:27:30 UTC

Lovely.

sariagray May 2 2012, 19:42:32 UTC

Thank you! :D

holyfant May 2 2012, 14:33:56 UTC

Beautiful. And with a teeming depth of things lurking underneath a surface that seems still. How language rebuilds itself, how it carries things across - one of my favourite themes, and I love how you've handled it. How the words are linked to the pills, and how as the pills decrease the words increase, and a bit of Sherlock is restored to himself.

What "John" means, and that it's not that far from "love", but how even Sherlock sees that it means something, that word, and that it needs to be protected.

Really, honestly beautiful. :)

sariagray May 2 2012, 19:46:29 UTC

I don't even know how to begin to do this lovely comment justice, but I will try!

Language - the purpose of it, whether or not it's actually necessary - is a favorite consideration of mine. And I am so pleased to know that the concept of pills-words comes through.

"John" as an almost-synonym for "love" - absolutely! And one of the most interesting things about both words is that the meaning varies, or can vary - the connotation is different contextually.

And I will stop ramble-flailing at you now. ;) Thank you so much! :D