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"Which is why we're all taking it in turns to keep you off the sweeties." With the help of his friends, Sherlock is healing from drug overuse and physical injuries. He is also trying to salvage his friendship with John with the hope that, perhaps, they can make it something more.
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07 Feb 2025
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Excerpt taken from Chapter 10:
We are the ill-fated sons of glory, dear brother. Mycroft had said that before, hadn’t he? The recollection was swirling, misty. Mixing crudely with the gray fog that had been creeping down the rickety attic stairs all day. Infiltrating his mind with fear. Unreal, most likely. The pirates you so used to admire had notoriously short lives.
Victor certainly hadn’t lived for long. Redbeard, he’d liked to be called.
Mind palace Mycroft. I thought I told you to go away. You’ve already said all of this.
Is it not still relevant?
Sherlock didn’t bother to answer. It was, in fact, not relevant. Dying this way – if that were indeed to be his fate – would involve no regret. No introspection. It is what it is. I’ve fought for good. I know I have. On the side of the angels.
This fic is technically the third part of a series, but it stands alone as well. NOTE: The title was changed from "Genius is a Star Whose Light (is Soon to Sink in Endless Night)", just because it was ultimately too unwieldy.
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- Part 3 of Earthly Pomp (Is But a Dream)
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06 Feb 2025
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John nearly takes a bullet. Then he takes a walk.
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05 Feb 2025
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In the aftermath of the Culverton Smith case, John spent one painfully stilted afternoon hanging out with Sherlock. He counted the minutes, finished his tea, and left for home without ever clearing the air between them.
And once he'd left, he found it very hard to go back.
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05 Feb 2025
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The next day, they very distinctly did not mention it. Sherlock was almost entirely certain that all he felt about that was relief.
For a genius, Sherlock sure has trouble figuring out his best friend.
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04 Feb 2025
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Sherlock is in love with John Watson. John Watson is in love with Mary Morstan. Sherlock likes Mary Morstan just fine. Sherlock likes drugs more. And most importantly, Sherlock doesn’t like Sherlock.
String theory dictates the laws of the universe. But their story isn’t one that can be boxed up neatly, tied in a heartstring bow.
"After all, the axioms of homeostasis dictate that an infinity sign of negative feedback can only loop back in on itself.”
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02 Feb 2025
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The Monument of Memory by J_Baillier
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
01 Sep 2019
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A genius traumatised by a past he's only beginning to recall. The psychopath sister that time forgot. A missing woman and a mentalist who may or may not be a murderer. And, in the middle of it all, stands John Watson.
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01 Feb 2025
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"In your case, solitary confinement is locking you up with your worst enemy."
One month and three days, and what came after.
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- Part 1 of Another Country
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29 Jan 2025
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Beginning in a Chinese restaurant and ending at the bottom of a well, what about the moments we didn’t see?
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28 Jan 2025
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People assume things about them, but nobody really gets it. Nobody really understands what they are. Of course, John isn't quite sure he understands, either.
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28 Jan 2025
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(Never) Turn Your Back to the Sea by DiscordantWords for thetimemoves
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV)
15 Apr 2017
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Baker Street is very much the same. Only different.
And Sherlock is just trying not to drown.
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28 Jan 2025
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In an AU where a small number of the population become Changelings at a young age, at 17 John Watson believes he's destined for Normal life but then the Change takes him and he is sent to the Baker Institute. There he meets Sherlock Holmes.
AN: Some common trigger warnings apply, but aren't listed due to spoilers. If you need a full list of warnings/triggers, they can be found in through the link in the first author's notes.
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27 Jan 2025
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When John realizes he has feelings for Sherlock and decides he must keep those feelings secret at all costs, the resulting tension might bring Baker Street to the ground.
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26 Jan 2025
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The Moment Pleasantly Frightful by teahigh (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
07 Nov 2012
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Sherlock doesn't kiss him all at once. He takes John apart, piece by piece, until there's nothing left of him.
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23 Jan 2025
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Empathy by Blind_Author for themusecalliope
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
28 Nov 2014
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John is an empath. Which isn't nearly as much fun as it sounds. Most of the time, it’s not even useful.
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23 Jan 2025
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After two weeks away, John finally texts Sherlock. He doesn't expect Sherlock to respond. He doesn't expect Sherlock to keep texting him. And he really doesn't expect things to spiral out of control so rapidly.
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22 Jan 2025
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They stood face to face in the middle of a clearing. The dim light of the moon barely allowed Sherlock to see the glassy terror in John’s eyes and the sweat that glistened off his forehead. His nose was bleeding again, blood dripping in a slow stream from his right nostril.
They were both gasping for air, John’s eyes locked on Sherlock’s. There was no recognition there, just wild animal fear.
Time stood still for an eternal few seconds, and Sherlock took a shaky breath. “John—”
Spell broken, John spun and bolted back into the woods.
Still heaving for air, Sherlock took off after him.
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21 Jan 2025
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John Watson woke up in the dark with a headache, the taste of sweetened copper in his mouth, and Sherlock snarling threats in his left ear.
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20 Jan 2025
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“And once again, you think you know what’s best for me.”
John rises from the chair, the anger and frustration and hurt overwhelming him, bursting out of every pore, and he doesn’t even know for sure that it’s Sherlock he’s angry at, really, but the only reason he tied himself to Mary in the first place is because the person he really loved left him behind, and the woman he married once sat in the shadows above a darkened swimming pool and aimed a sniper rifle at his heart and later shot his best friend in cold blood and cuckolded him and just gave birth to a child that wasn’t his and right now he just can’t do this, he just fucking can’t do this anymore.
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John has to somehow rebuild his life in the wake of Mary's betrayal and Sherlock's deceptions.
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19 Jan 2025
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It was only when people actually saw John working as a physician that they began to understand: that it wasn’t just about bullets and IEDs and trauma care under fire. That “doctor” actually covered a pretty wide field. And that John was bloody good at covering ground. 5 times Dr. Watson treated others and 1 time he treated himself.
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18 Jan 2025