Comments | world_inverted: Eat, and Live Forever

world_inverted

Eat, and Live Forever

Jan 20, 2013 02:44

Title: Eat, and Live Forever
Status of work: Complete
Characters and/or pairings: Sherlock/John
Rating: R
Length: 340
Author's note: My thesis adviser would be thrilled to see this use of my Religious Studies degree, I'm sure. Title from Genesis 3:22, while "a voice in the midst of the fire" is adapted from Deuteronomy 4:33.

Summary: He has known ( Read more... )

seriously extended metaphors, sherlock, sherlock/john

Comments 9

innie_darling January 20 2013, 16:03:57 UTC

Beautiful.

world_inverted January 20 2013, 19:48:50 UTC

Thank you!

climie January 20 2013, 17:01:33 UTC

lovely. although I like to imagine this is Sherlock, it could easily be either. Nice use of wordplay.

world_inverted January 20 2013, 19:49:20 UTC

Thank you! It's Sherlock in my head, too.

climie January 22 2013, 22:57:14 UTC

ah, he speaks to many of us. :)

cordelia_v January 21 2013, 03:43:06 UTC

This is just brilliant. The references are subtle, clever, and note-perfect for each stage in what Sherlock is experiencing. Marvelous. Thank you!

world_inverted January 21 2013, 04:42:30 UTC

Thank you! I only seem to write in metaphors lately, so I'm really glad that it worked for you.

dioscureantwins January 23 2013, 18:41:05 UTC

Marvellous usage of words. This is sure better than the cocaine could ever be, isn't it?

Thank you and goodbye!

world_inverted January 24 2013, 02:31:55 UTC

Thanks so much!