Prompting Part XXVI

[sherlockbbc_fic]

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John is a Greek muse.

[anonymous]

John is a muse come/sent to inspire Sherlock with his genius, in his violin and his cases.

Pref J/S or gen.

Fill: Electromagnitism, 1/3?

[anonymous]

a/n: Short-ish fill; I hope you don't mind that it strays a bit. I'm working on the Sherlock/muse-verse thing from the other direction, but I ended up with this too. Un-beta'd, feel free to leave concrit especially if I screwed up. Thanks for reading and enjoy!Sherlock turns to drugs when Victor finally leaves him. The seven-percent solution keeps his brain busy, the circuits sparking and spiraling enough to drown out the loss, and the crash isn’t much worse than the ache of Tuesdays, eleven-a.m.’s, and his world with not a glimpse of god anymore, maybe never again. The aftermath dulls him just enough so that he’s more aware of the chills in his still-young joints and the need for the needle than the overarching emptiness of losing his muse

Electromagnitism, 2/3ish

[anonymous]

a/n: The end continues to be stubborn. I'd forgotten to mention that I draw heavily from the discussion of muses and inspiration in a TED talk given by Elizabeth Gilbert in 2009 (http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html). Most of my ideas of offerings are gleaned from information presented at the Getty Villa in Malibu, California. Thanks for reading, next part to be up soon!

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Amazing, John calls him, and Sherlock has to bite his tongue. It had been fantastic. He feels as if he might cry. Sherlock swallows, saves the wonder and gratitude and relief until later. He refuses to be overwhelmed and works

Re: Electromagnitism, 2/3ish

[anonymous]

Glad to see an update of this!! The difference between talent and inspiration is very compelling and quietly painful, and I really love your style. Can't wait for part 3.

Re: Electromagnitism, 2/3ish

[anonymous]

ayrt
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a nice comment :) This last bit is being tricky (and real life beckons), but I should have it ready over the next few days!

Electromagnitism, 3/3

[anonymous]

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Sherlock wakes up the next morning and remembers. There’s a vague sense of déjà vu, which he shrugs off because, more pressingly, he remembers what made him lose his breath before.

Sherlock has something of a hypothesis, and there is evidence to be had. He tears into the kitchen, dressing gown billowing behind him like a heavy storm cloud. The tin is clean.

Oh.He stares, frozen in place. The near-confirmation is dizzying

Re: Electromagnitism, 3/3

[anonymous]

Not the OP, but I really like this. It's like you really took that "conductor of light" remark and ran with it--I can feel the air spark. :)

Re: Electromagnitism, 3/3

[anonymous]

Yay! I realized the "conductor" connection after I'd written in a lot of the electricity mentions and hoped I could separate the opposite relationships well enough. Thank you for commenting :)

Re: Electromagnitism, 3/3

[anonymous]

This is wonderful. Love it.

Re: Electromagnitism, 3/3

[anonymous]

Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)

Re: Electromagnitism, 3/3

[nejem]

That was beautiful, really beautiful! I can definitely feel how muse!John lightened Sherlock's life with inspiration: there's two distinctive feelings when reading the bit before John and the bit after John, I did feel the spark there while reading. Loved the ending too, very simply yet elegant: with those two simple lines - John steps around Sherlock and out of the kitchen. Sherlock feels as if he’s been struck by lightning. His gaze wanders to his lab equipment. Sherlock begins again. - I felt what a long and inspired excitement Sherlock was about to experience.

Well done, great fill!

Re: Electromagnitism, 3/3

[anonymous]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment :)

Shhhh, you saw nothing *Jedi handwave*

Re: Electromagnitism, 3/3 OP (finally made it back here)

[anonymous]

Oh God no, this was perfect. I never had any fleshed out expectations for this prompt and you've definitely blown my brain. Thank you so much for sharing this - I loved it.

Re: Electromagnitism, 3/3 OP (finally made it back here)

[anonymous]

So glad you came back, and I'm thoroughly pleased that you like it :D Thank you for the prompt and the nice comment!