Here's a thought I just had. Doesn't it feel like Sherlock and Lestrade bicker like a divorced couple? Amiable, familiar but a little disappointed. So what if for the past 5 years Sherlock and Lestrade were married. Recently they find they just don't love each other like they used to and end up getting a divorce. It was mutual and Lestrade still asks for Sherlock's help on cases but Sherlock needs a new flat and flat mate, enter John. If the story could involve Sherlock falling for John and coming to Lestrade for advice because he doesn't know who else to go to I would love you forever!
FILL: Past and Present (1/5)yalublyutebyaOctober 7 2011, 11:56:11 UTC
A/N: Sort of a mini-ish fill. I would have loved to spend even more time with this because it was delicious, but I hope you enjoy it as it is.John had never really spent much time alone with Lestrade and there was a definite awkwardness as they sat side-by-side in the hospital waiting room. Sherlock was currently in the operating room, having a number of pieces from the pool they had just destroyed removed from his abdomen. Luckily for him, none of them had caused much damage and the surgery was minor. John himself had escaped with a bruised collarbone and a scattering of superficial cuts - and he was thanking his lucky stars. Early reports seemed to suggest only part of the Semtex had been ignited when the bullet hit it, and thank God, because John was quite sure neither he nor Sherlock would have lived to tell the tale if the explosion had been of the same magnitude as the previous ones
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FILL: Past and Present (3/5)yalublyutebyaOctober 7 2011, 11:59:07 UTC
Five days later, Lestrade finally put an end to Sherlock’s enforced convalescence and called him to a crime scene with five bodies and a dead dog. Much to Sherlock’s annoyance, after a cursory inspection of the bodies, John spent most of his time watching Sherlock and Lestrade, no doubt trying to find new meaning in every word and gesture. The insufferable man seemed just as disbelieving as he had been five days ago, despite Sherlock finally losing his patience the previous evening and depositing a manila envelope of photos on his flatmate’s lap - photos of the small civil ceremony and a few other miscellaneous photos of himself and Greg over the years. Sherlock had left the flat then and when he returned home, the envelope was on his bed and John was nowhere in sight
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FILL: Past and Present (4a/5)yalublyutebyaOctober 7 2011, 12:01:25 UTC
Greg knew something was not quite right as soon as he set foot in his apartment, but it wasn’t until he made his way into the living room to find Sherlock sprawled out across the couch, hands tucked under his chin in thought - how many times had Greg come home to this sight? - that he was able to pinpoint the source. As he slipped out of his coat and hung it up, he glanced at Sherlock, who had barely acknowledged his entrance
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FILL: Past and Present (5/5)yalublyutebyaOctober 7 2011, 12:10:02 UTC
At the next crime scene, it was plain to see that the relationship between Sherlock and his flatmate had changed dramatically and Greg let out a sigh of relief, glad that they had finally stopped dancing around each other. They were both practically buoyant with happiness and aglow with the smug satisfaction of the newly-intimate. Greg paused, momentarily delaying his next question for Sherlock when, whilst discussing the body with bowed heads, Sherlock skimmed long, gloved fingers over John’s wrist and they shared a small smile. And he tried very hard not to notice the love bite just visible below John’s collar when he shifted - happy as he was for them, it was not an image he wanted, although his brain couldn’t help noting that some habits (or, predilections) never changed
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So what if for the past 5 years Sherlock and Lestrade were married. Recently they find they just don't love each other like they used to and end up getting a divorce. It was mutual and Lestrade still asks for Sherlock's help on cases but Sherlock needs a new flat and flat mate, enter John. If the story could involve Sherlock falling for John and coming to Lestrade for advice because he doesn't know who else to go to I would love you forever!
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OMG I HAD NO IDEA SOMEONE FILLED THIS!
Btw I'm the OP. But WOW! This was amazing! Thank you!
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