Fic Rec: Twisting And Turning The Colours In Rows

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Title: Twisting And Turning The Colours In Rows
Author: leopardwrites
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 28,500 words
Rating: Teen
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC and 'Let the Right One In' (Låt den rätte komma in) fusion (No knowledge of the book or film needed to enjoy the story)
Author's summary: John Watson is an isolated thirteen year old boy: he’s got a distant mother, a resentful older sister, and a sadistic bully at school called Moriarty who’s got it in for him. When Sherlock Holmes moves in next door, he and John form a rapid, intense friendship based on their mutual loneliness. Unfortunately for John, Sherlock has issues that go much deeper than loneliness.
Reccer's comments: This is an intense and atmospheric teen AU. The author does a fantastic job of painting young John's bleak existence in his cold and snowy London council flat. She makes us yearn for those glimpses of Sherlock right along with John. The story certainly qualifies as magical realism and has moments of horror, but it was seeing John struggling with his own emotions and sexuality that made me fall in love with it.

Comments

[swissmarg]

I agree, this is a really well done fusion, and you don't need to know the original story to understand and appreciate it.

[bk7brokemybrain.livejournal.com]

I literally gasped when I saw what this was crossed with. I LOVE that movie (the original one). Can't wait to read this. Just thinking about the androgynous neighbor with a Sherlock twist making John react is getting me all shivery.