FIC REC: All Those Things I Told Myself To Forget (and to make it through)

[bluebrocade.livejournal.com]

Title: All Those Things I Told Myself To Forget (and to make it through)
Author: momotastic
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 42k words
Rating: Explicit
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: After over a year of not talking to each other John did not expect to meet Sherlock in that pub. In fact, if he'd known that Sherlock would be there, he wouldn't have gone inside in the first place.

Reccer's comments: My favorite kind of fic is long and angsty with a happy ending. I love to be absolutely torn apart, sobbing and then have everything work out in the end. This fic (newly published a couple of weeks ago) is a great example of the genre. John and Sherlock haven't seen each other for over a year--not since That Day when Sherlock broke his heart in the coldest, cruelest way possible.

After 16 months apart, John runs into Sherlock unexpectedly. Sherlock seems to want to go back to their old existence--some form of it, at least--and starts asking John to help him on cases. But John wants nothing to do with Sherlock. Or rather, he wants to want nothing to do with Sherlock. Unfortunately, he's still in love with Sherlock and still helplessly drawn to the lifestyle Sherlock provided. The fic is non-linear and as Sherlock & John reconnect in the present, we slowly learn how they came together and what happened to tear them apart in the past. It's a fantastic journey, that kept me on the edge of my seat throughout.

Comments

[unovis.livejournal.com]

Just a quick reminder -- while we do allow warnings for excessive violence, we don't want warnings for non-explicit het (especially not for het or slash), abduction, language, and other content. That belongs in the reccer's comments about content or added to the author's notes.

[bluebrocade.livejournal.com]

Sorry about that. I just copy-pasted the author's warnings. I've since removed them from the rec.

[haikitteh.livejournal.com]

Mmm, long and angsty? Sign me up!

Thanks for the rec - looking forward to reading it.

[bluebrocade.livejournal.com]

I hope you enjoyed it!

[swissmarg]

Yes, I really enjoyed this too, especially the opposite timelines working toward the same point. Very cool.

[bluebrocade.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed it. It's one of my new faves.