Fic Rec: your heart a weapon

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Title: your heart a weapon
Author: inktomi
Pairing: Gen (brief mention of Molly/Lestrade)
Length: 9,198
Rating: Teen
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC

Author's summary: When Sherlock goes, he takes Lestrade with him.

Reccer's comments: This is one of the most satisfying hiatus stories that I've read. Rather than let Lestrade go to prison for his involvement with Sherlock's 'crimes', Sherlock recruits him. They spend nearly three years working together on the run and for most of them they are tired, frustrated, and desperately pining for the lives (and people) they left behind. The action sequences are fast-paced and tense, and the emotional threads remain taut throughout.

It's almost entirely from Lestrade's point of view which gives a great perspective on Sherlock and John's relationship (although John is absent for most of the narrative, he's central to the story). I also like the friendship between Sherlock and Lestrade here - Lestrade likes Sherlock but doesn't put him up on a pedestal like John does.

John's brilliant when he finally does appear, and Mycroft, as ever, elegantly accomplishes a lot with few words.

"I can't go back," answers Sherlock simply. "And neither can you."


Lestrade exhales and drinks his tea. He finishes it in silence, sets down his cup and waits. On the sofa, Sherlock sits like a king without a crown.


"Come with me?" asks Sherlock, and Lestrade smiles, unfolding, alive for the first time in weeks.

There is no graphic violence but please check the tags for warnings.