Fic Rec: The Ashes to Prove It

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Title: The Ashes to Prove It
Author: currently anonymous
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 4,275 words
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: John should probably be more afraid of the Dark than he is. AU-ish

Reccer's comments: Full disclosure - this story was written for me. It is my very favorite type of AU - one where the rules of the altered reality reveal something about the canonical characters in unique way. The world-building is subtle and exquisite! John Watson is a good man who sometimes does Dark things, and Sherlock Holmes is very much at home in the Dark. The tension and temptation between them is palpable.

Here's an excerpt, so you can see what type of world you'll be stepping into with this story:
In the long-reaching sands of Afghanistan, straying too far from the lights of base camp could mean never being seen again in daylight, and not necessarily because the Dark things had won. Eat or be eaten. Often, it was the people who had done the eating that were the most dangerous.

Enjoy ( The Ashes to Prove It ).

Comments

[chapbook.livejournal.com]

I'm very fond of supernatural AUs, so this was right up my alley. Seconded.

[iamshadow.livejournal.com]

Archivist here - just a note that reveals have been posted and this story is by cleflink.