fanfiction rec: The Year That Never Was

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Title: the year that never was
Author: emotionanalysis
Pairing: ​John Watson/Sherlock Holmes
Length: 2614
Rating: T+
Warnings: none
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Author's Summary: One morning John wakes up to find London empty except for him and Sherlock.
Reccer's Comments: emotionanalysis is very skilled at conveying the sorrow and freedom that John and Sherlock experience when everyone in London suddenly disappears. This is the kind of self-contained magical realism fanfiction I like best, fanfiction that drops the characters we know into another world, but still keeping the essence of who they are. This is one of those pieces that will stick with you.

Excerpt:

He's determined to solve the case of the disappearances, but whether to somehow bring them back or for the sheer intellectual challenge, John isn't sure. He isn't sure if there is even a case to begin with.

Was there a crime? And if so, who were the victims: those who disappeared without a trace, or the two of them left behind?

Comments

[swissmarg]

Great premise and well done. Thanks for the rec.

[emotionanalysis.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for reccing this! :D An overnight burst of comments was a very pleasant thing to wake up to.