Fic Rec: The Fisher King

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Title: The Fisher King
Author: pandoras_chaos
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 25680 words
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC

Author's summary: A series of firsts, as measured by time and understanding.

Reccer's comments: This is another story with simply exquisite writing. One chapter contains descriptions of drug use/overdose, and implications of possible off-screen non-con. The story was written pre-series 3, so it goes AU after Reichenbach. There is minor character death.


Each chapter is dedicated to a 'first' in a certain character's life. The first two chapters deal with John and Sherlock in childhood, and their respective ways of dealing with the loss of a father. The story continues on chronologically up through Reichenbach and beyond, through John's marriage to Mary, until Sherlock and John are finally connected in the most complete way possible. The firsts that the author chooses are major milestones in our beloved characters' lives, and shape their way going forward. Beautiful, heartrending emotion that all ends up in the best possible place. Not to mention a smokin' hot sex scene in the final chapter!