Fic Rec: Subliminal

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Title: Subliminal
Author: speranza
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: ~3k
Rating: teen
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: None given, providing the bit sentence instead:
The man arrives in the midst of foul weather. Mrs. Hudson shows him up. "Mr. _{(elocution lessons)} Holmes?" he asks, standing _{(good posture)} in the doorway. Sherlock ostentatiously lifts his eyes from his Blackberry, but does not otherwise move. The man _{(blue eyes)} is wearing expensive _{(Fendi; SW1X; Peter Jones, David Mellor, Royal Court; fashion design; hairdressers; advertising?)} glasses and _{(cuffs altered at least twice)} a second-hand _{(not advertising, then)} designer suit. His shoes _{(very interesting)} are very poorly made, and he has a messenger bag slung over his shoulder.
Reccer's comments: This is an ingenious fic for its structure; it brilliantly utilizes format to give a peek into Sherlock's head. The subscript asides and clickable footnotes for his observations and deductions in the middle of the text may take a moment to get used to, but are excellent at sharing the experience of Sherlock's thoughts. It all builds into the complete picture of what's going on.

This is a short casefic and a look at Sherlock and John's relationship. Even if you are not one for Sherlock/John I'd recommend giving it a try just to experience the disjointed, claustrophobic, amazing headspace illustrated here.