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They found each other, and it was wonderful.
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- Part 9 of They're Gonna Be All Right
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“Out with it, Donovan. Don’t have all day,” Lestrade says impatiently.
Donovan draws a deep breath through her nose, and says, “He’s dead, sir. Holmes. Sherlock, he - there was an accident -”
“I’m really not in the mood for jokes right now,” Lestrade growls as ice floods his veins and the world around him tunnels, fading at the periphery until there is only Donovan. “It was one thing for you to go over my head -”
“It’s not a joke,” Donovan breaks in desperately, her eyes wide and her face drained. “He’s gone, sir. He took his own life.”He turns on the television and watches Sherlock die five times in the space of an hour. A passerby caught his jump on a mobile and the images are played over and over while solemn newscasters warn that the footage might not be suitable for all viewers. Lestrade finds himself imagining what the fall might have been like - Sherlock’s heart hammering out of control as he takes the final step and drops; the wind forcing the air from his lungs; the free-fall causing his stomach to bottom-out. The world spins and bile rises in the back of Lestrade’s throat. He sits down heavily on the floor of his office while a reporter takes her audience through Sherlock’s life story for the third time, repeating the details that the rest of the city now knows by heart.
...born on January 6, 1980, in the...
They cut away to the video once again. It doesn’t show the impact, but Lestrade’s imagination fills in that particular gap, too.