Fic: The love-affairs of ghosts (Irene/Sherlock)

[tyleet27]

Pairing: Irene/Sherlock (implied Sherlock/John)
Rating: R
Spoilers: For all of series 2
Word count: 2,300
A/N: Thanks so much to exbex for beta-ing! Also, there is a Pablo Neruda quote slipped somewhere in the middle of this, which is taken from this poem.
Summary: A dead man comes to find a dead woman in America. They are not in love.

"I am collecting my

Comments

[gypsyandthecat]

This is so very tragic and beautiful. I love it.

[tyleet27]

Thank you so much!

[obsessionality]

Oh, oh fuck.

That hurts in all the right/wrong ways, christ.

Fuck. *shudders*

very tense, very intense. Just. Whoa. I feel like I want to yell at him to slow down, and it's great that you explored a little bit about how he would have felt, faking his death and leaving behind everything and everyone he has ever known, and the only person who ever cared properly, I guess. It's different, and good. I like it. I think I'd like seeing his perspective. It can't have been easy. I almost forgive Irene for the betrayal in this one. She makes up for it, she really does.

Brilliant fic. Thank you!

[tyleet27]

This comment made me very, very happy. Thank you so much! I really love Irene, so I'm glad that you almost forgave her in this one. I might write Sherlock's perspective at some point, but I find his head really hard to get into--I like looking at him through other people. But you never know--and I am signed up for Remix 10, so maybe someone else will get inspired and do Sherlock's point of view. :)

Thanks again for commenting--I'm totally beaming.

[missilemuse]

This was absolutely brilliant! I don't usually read Sherlock/Irene, but this worked like magic. Thanks for sharing!

[tyleet27]

Yay! Thank you for reading it, even though you don't usually read Sherlock/Irene. That means a lot. :)

[sophia_helix]

Damn, what a wonderful story. I love how much you pack into a short fic, so I really got the sense of months passing and things changing and all their crazy illegal adventures, and your Irene is just so perfect -- independent and calm and assured and herself, throughout. The ending seems like the natural conclusion to their relationship, really. Thank you for the great read.

[tyleet27]

You are so, so welcome. Thank you for writing such a lovely comment!

(Also: I ADORE your icon.)

[sophia_helix]

You're very welcome! And it's my favorite icon -- I lost my 100+ icons when I didn't renew my paid account, but decided that this default was perfectly fine for everything, as it has been for two years. :)

[pennypaperbrain]

This is a really beautiful and perceptive version of the Irene/Sherlock dynamic. Sub!Sherlock-doesn't-really-want-Irene-per-se-but-damn-she-stirs-something-in-him is my headcanon so I'm really happy to see it written out this way - and done so well. Thank you!

[tyleet27]

Thank you! I have so many conflicting feelings about Irene/Sherlock--I mean, I ship them like crazy. But I can't ever imagine them being happy together--it just wouldn't work, for about a thousand different reasons, only one of which is that the emotions between them are really uneven. Thanks for commenting.:)