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Fic Rec - Hidden Depths
Title: Hidden Depths (hosted on the Sacrilege! anthology website)
Author: Susannah Shepherd
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Length: 7160 words
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None.
Verse: Books
Author's summary: Watson inadvertently lets slip that his war injuries are far more extensive and crippling than he has formerly admitted. Holmes encourages him to confront his fears and find new hope.
Reccer's comments: I read this story back when I was discovering Holmes/Watson fanfiction and was struck by the mix of delicacy and realism on the author's part. They did a wonderful job with voices and tone, notably at the beginning: that Holmes discovers the true nature of Watson's wound not through deducing, but because of ill-applied levity and sarcasm felt very much in character. The author's choice to show Watson as entirely straight makes his trust in Holmes, along with his decision to test his own limits by letting Holmes accede that most intimate secret, all the more...touching, indeed. The reader will find no Healing Cock trope here, no miraculous conversion, merely an open ending - all judicious choices to me. The bittersweet, yet profoundly tender atmosphere of the whole piece gives it a very special charm and makes it one of my favourite h/c fics.
Author: Susannah Shepherd
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Length: 7160 words
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None.
Verse: Books
Author's summary: Watson inadvertently lets slip that his war injuries are far more extensive and crippling than he has formerly admitted. Holmes encourages him to confront his fears and find new hope.
Reccer's comments: I read this story back when I was discovering Holmes/Watson fanfiction and was struck by the mix of delicacy and realism on the author's part. They did a wonderful job with voices and tone, notably at the beginning: that Holmes discovers the true nature of Watson's wound not through deducing, but because of ill-applied levity and sarcasm felt very much in character. The author's choice to show Watson as entirely straight makes his trust in Holmes, along with his decision to test his own limits by letting Holmes accede that most intimate secret, all the more...touching, indeed. The reader will find no Healing Cock trope here, no miraculous conversion, merely an open ending - all judicious choices to me. The bittersweet, yet profoundly tender atmosphere of the whole piece gives it a very special charm and makes it one of my favourite h/c fics.