Fic Rec: I Do Believe

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Title: I Do Believe
Author: kcscribbler
Pairing: Gen
Length: 11,000 ish
Rating: K+... Teen?
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Written for this sherlockbbc_fic meme prompt: Sherlock is a master of disguise (just like every version of him ever) and he's not just going to spend his 'death' ignoring the people he cares about. So - 5 times Sherlock used a disguise to watch over the people he left behind and one time he revealed himself.


Reccer's comments: KC is one of the more well-known authors in this fandom, and yet none of her fics have been recced yet here, as far as I can tell. So I thought it was time to remedy that.

I had a bit of a hard time deciding which fic of hers to rec, since I love them all, so I did the logical thing and chose my favourite. Obvious. 

This fic actually doesn't focus as much on Sherlock himself as it does on the people in his life.  Sherlock is more of a periphery figure.  Taking place during the Hiatus, this is the story of six people who, at some point, did a favour for Sherlock, or supported him in some way. Some of the identities of these people will surprise you.  In return, Sherlock pays them back in his own unique way. For five of those people, he retains his disguise.  For one person, he chooses to reveal himself, albeit in a very Sherlockian way.  One guess as to who that one person is.

He knows better; it's basic procedure, and he knows better. But after six long months of watching the Boss worry constantly about watching his back, and floundering under what is undeniably a loss of expertise, unofficial though it may be, six months of regretting every hateful word he had ever said toward an undoubtedly innocent man he helped - no matter his lack of motive - to drive to suicide...after that long, he is slightly past caring and more than slightly past thinking.

"In my expert opinion?" he repeats, focusing on the reporter from the influential paper.

"Yes, sir?" The young man's expectant face is actually alight with honest curiosity.

"In my expert opinion, then," he says bluntly, and without flowery fanfare, "...Sherlock Holmes is innocent."

Someone blinds him with a camera flash, and it all goes to hell from there.