Fic Rec: In The Land Of The Blind

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Title: In The Land Of The Blind
Author: entangled_now
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 12,679
Rating: R
Warnings: -
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary: Sherlock's been acting strangely for days. There's a claustrophobic silence to the flat, experiments tossed aside or abandoned, cases ignored. It's almost as if nothing matters any more. John's determined to know why.

Reccer's comments: I have a sort of love/hate relationship with apoca-fics. They can be so very bleak and more than one has left me feeling rather gutted. But on the other hand they tend to bring out the best in the characters, if written well, and make me realize that most of my problems actually aren't that dire.

This does both. Reading it through John's eyes and realizing what's going to happen, without being able to do anything about it at all, gives me chills. But the way his relationship with Sherlock transforms because of it is just amazing. Every word is true to the characters and I probably don't need to advertise entangled_now's writing.

There are references to John being at work a couple of times, but no scene actually takes place there. The fact that everything happens at 221B adds to that feeling of unease and claustrophobia imo, so I think this fits our theme prefectly. :)