Antidote to Sorrow -- Part 4

[w_a_i_d]

February 16th  1894

Alice, in an entirely uncharacteristic fit of thoughtlessness , knocked on my study door and then entered before I had a chance to tell her to wait, and  so caught me with my sleeve still rolled up, just in the act of withdrawing the needle.

“I’m so sorry!” she blurted at once, dropping into an appalled curtsey,

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Comments

[tripleransom]

to be honest knowing people are reading does sort of spur me on to keep going.

Yes, people are still reading. This is one of the most wonderful stories I have ever read. You are right up there with Alicia, Katie and Liederlady. Dare I hope that someday you will write more on this amazing fic?

[w_a_i_d]

Thank you. And I hope so! It was funny, your comment came on a day that seemed to be all about RETURN TO FANFIC, WAID! -- I got asked to write an article on it, for instance, and accidentally opened a file I thought was something else but was actually Antidote to Sorrow fragments...

The thing is, I'm writing this other story, which was for a charity thing, and it's taken me TWO YEARS (in fairness, it's six times as long as what I actually signed up for) and I have guilt and angst and I keep just avoiding this place until I can POST the damn thing and then, hopefully, get back to this. It is very, very nearly done now. But I do have a lot of pro stuff to write now, so AtS may still progress pretty slowly. But it's nice to hear there's someone out there who remembers it!

[tripleransom]

Still here, still remembering, still loving your writing, still hoping that some day you will finish both fics!

ETA: I just got up my nerve to read Calm Seas again and realised how neatly it fits into this story line. And it's not quite so bad when one realises that Holmes will make it home again, despite everything.

But oh, the unresolved angst - it burns, I tell you!