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1. The Missing Piece by suitesamba

   Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   02 May 2016

   Tags

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   • Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
   • Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
   • John Watson/Mary Morstan
   • Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade
   • Sherlock Holmes
   • John Watson
   • Mycroft Holmes
   • Greg Lestrade
   • Mrs. Hudson
   • Molly Hooper
   • Canon BBC Sherlock Characters
   • Angst
   • Pining
   • Bisexuality
   • Adventure
   • First Time
   • First Kiss
   • Supporting Character Death
   • Hurt/Comfort

   Summary

   After Sherlock’s suicide, John struggles to understand exactly what Sherlock was to him, and why he is mourning so deeply and wholly. He accepts help from an unwanted source, and in time is able to reconcile his feelings and move on to love again - just in time for Sherlock to reappear, awakening in John all the old feelings, but this time, the missing piece of the puzzle as well, the one he’d been unconsciously suppressing before the fall. To complicate matters, he’s got a relationship that’s actually working, a wedding to plan, a bright future ahead of him rather like the one he dreamed of before Afghanistan. Before Sherlock.

   John has learned a lot about love in the years Sherlock’s been gone. The question is - how much has Sherlock learned?

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   English

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