Fic Rec: Of Hearts and Heartbeats
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221b_recsTitle: Of Hearts and Heartbeats
Author: round_robin
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 3085 words
Rating: Teen
Warnings: None
Verse: Crossover between BBC Sherlock and Doctor Who
Author's summary: After Sherlock's Fall, John gets a visit.
Reccer's comments: The author's summary doesn't really tell you much about the fic. I can sum this up in one word: ANGST!!! To steal a phrase from a Reichenbach Fall review, there will be tears before bedtime. Though to be fair, the ending is open-ended enough to tempt you into believing in the possibility of a happy ending.
That being said, this was gorgeously done. I know next to nothing about Doctor Who, yet I could follow this very easily without being confused. If you are a Doctor Who aficionado, then your enjoyment will be even more enhanced.
After Sherlock's Fall, John is visited by someone from his past: the Eleventh Doctor. How does John know the Doctor? Well, that's easy; you see, John himself is a Time Lord. Well, he was... until he broke his fob watch, making himself permanently human. He's fallen in love with Sherlock, and he won't leave to join the Doctor in his travels because he's convinced Sherlock is alive and will return to him.
So the Doctor leaves John. But then a major twist is revealed in the second half of the fic, when the story reverts to Sherlock and his situation. You see, Sherlock isn't who John thinks he is... and the reverse is also true. Which leads to an inevitable conclusion that is nothing short of devastating.
He picked up his tea and walked into the sitting room. Plopping down in his chair, and scrubbing a hand over his face. “I destroyed the fob watch,” he said. He didn’t need to look up, he could hear the Doctor stiffen. “I destroyed it and all my memories came back, but none of the biology.” Dropping his hand, John finally met the Doctor’s eyes. “I’m human now. No going back.”
The Doctor swallowed, Adam’s apple bobbing. “Why?” He asked.
Author: round_robin
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 3085 words
Rating: Teen
Warnings: None
Verse: Crossover between BBC Sherlock and Doctor Who
Author's summary: After Sherlock's Fall, John gets a visit.
Reccer's comments: The author's summary doesn't really tell you much about the fic. I can sum this up in one word: ANGST!!! To steal a phrase from a Reichenbach Fall review, there will be tears before bedtime. Though to be fair, the ending is open-ended enough to tempt you into believing in the possibility of a happy ending.
That being said, this was gorgeously done. I know next to nothing about Doctor Who, yet I could follow this very easily without being confused. If you are a Doctor Who aficionado, then your enjoyment will be even more enhanced.
After Sherlock's Fall, John is visited by someone from his past: the Eleventh Doctor. How does John know the Doctor? Well, that's easy; you see, John himself is a Time Lord. Well, he was... until he broke his fob watch, making himself permanently human. He's fallen in love with Sherlock, and he won't leave to join the Doctor in his travels because he's convinced Sherlock is alive and will return to him.
So the Doctor leaves John. But then a major twist is revealed in the second half of the fic, when the story reverts to Sherlock and his situation. You see, Sherlock isn't who John thinks he is... and the reverse is also true. Which leads to an inevitable conclusion that is nothing short of devastating.
He picked up his tea and walked into the sitting room. Plopping down in his chair, and scrubbing a hand over his face. “I destroyed the fob watch,” he said. He didn’t need to look up, he could hear the Doctor stiffen. “I destroyed it and all my memories came back, but none of the biology.” Dropping his hand, John finally met the Doctor’s eyes. “I’m human now. No going back.”
The Doctor swallowed, Adam’s apple bobbing. “Why?” He asked.
John shrugged. “Because I fell in love. Is there any other reason?”
“Love,” the Doctor whispered, saying it almost like a curse. He dropped his chin and looked at the TARDIS’s paneling, his finger stroking over a knot hole. “In love with Sherlock Holmes.”
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Date: 2012-09-19 11:05 am (UTC)