Fic Rec: Time in the Light

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Title: Time in the Light
Author: scullyseviltwin
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 7317
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC

Author's summary: One warm palm in the middle of John’s chest and he goes back willingly against Sherlock’s duvet. “We managed just fine last night.”

“We did,” John grins stupidly. “Didn’t we?”


Reccer's comments: As per the author's notes, this is a second time fic, with emphasis not so much on the sex itself as on the emotional connection that is developing, and has developed, between Sherlock and John. It's hot, and also full of feels. Both of them come to the same conclusion on how they feel about the other, but of course neither one of them can come right out and say it. Somehow, they manage to communicate the truth to each other anyway.

The story takes place in the immediate aftermath of The Hounds of Baskerville. The author does a brilliant job of incorporating and intertwining canon events into the story that she wants to tell. Sherlock is especially lovely in this, while never veering out of character. The sex scene is not only hot, but packs a big emotional wallop.

Don't be fooled by the tone of the excerpt; there is angst, but it mostly takes place in the beginning of the fic, then moves on into a bit more fluffy, light-hearted story-telling, although emphasis on feels and emotion continues to the end.



( excerpt )