May. 10th, 2018

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Title: Holmes, Voiceless
Author: A Candle for Sherlock
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Length: c. 5k
Rating: G
Verse: ACD canon
Author's summary: On reading my stories, one might believe that Holmes and I have always been as we became, co-conspirators in everything. This was not at all the case. To begin with, I was a little in awe of him.

Reccer's comments: This is a fic that may need no introduction; I still don't have a very good sense of what counts as well-known in this vast and sprawling fandom. But it is a fic that opened new vistas for me, and a fic that feels mysteriously perfect, well-balanced and well-paced. Its Watson is a delightful Watson, earnest, devoted -- ardent, too, and a little inarticulate in his ardor. There are many wondrous lines in it, but my favorite is this:

"You cannot have me safe. You can have me as I am--in love with you--or not at all."

Now that's the kind of high-stakes emotional drama I love. Go forth and enjoy, for the first time or fifth or fifteenth.

Holmes, Voiceless

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