When I saw that ether!Moriarty aspect of your prompt, that struck me as a very scary proposition right away. I ran with that. I loved thinking about future canon and what ripples might exist after Jim's death, not just Moran running all over the place.
James=Hamish - I found that rather sexy and sweet that Sherlock might want to keep John close that way. I can only imagine how vulnerable and lonely he would have been, missing his partner that way. D'awwww. *pets Sherlock*
The SHERLOCK/JOHN unit is central to me shipping this pair, platonic or otherwise. They are just yin-yang and all kinds of co-dependent and unhealthy and fiercely protective of each other. I love that. Their broken edges fill in the other's empty spaces in a delicious way.
Hearts don't burn - I heard that in an old film recently. I thought it would be perfect for the John=Heart metaphor. I Googled and Wiki'ed it, and it seems to be true to some extent.
Fake kissing - lol. That was one scene I had to work in. It's been a fantasy of mine, and I finally put it in writing. Damn, I really hope they use that in the series in some way. They have got to get in a snog right around the time John gets married, just to muddy the waters a bit.
I love watching the secure-with-their-masculinity Lestrade and John offering a matey kind of support to the Holmes brothers. Now that I look at it, there's a bit of Mystrade in the mix here, if you want to squint. If Sherlock can have his BAMF John, then Mycroft can have his own BAMF DI. It's a mixture I like. :)
Anyway, thank you for your great prompt. I have a blast researching, coming up with ideas, scrounging images and scenes from real life and putting them in fic (there really are Kenyan poachers and Thai fences), and I had a great time writing for you. I'm so pleased you enjoyed it. Thank you for the feedback.
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James=Hamish - I found that rather sexy and sweet that Sherlock might want to keep John close that way. I can only imagine how vulnerable and lonely he would have been, missing his partner that way. D'awwww. *pets Sherlock*
The SHERLOCK/JOHN unit is central to me shipping this pair, platonic or otherwise. They are just yin-yang and all kinds of co-dependent and unhealthy and fiercely protective of each other. I love that. Their broken edges fill in the other's empty spaces in a delicious way.
Hearts don't burn - I heard that in an old film recently. I thought it would be perfect for the John=Heart metaphor. I Googled and Wiki'ed it, and it seems to be true to some extent.
Fake kissing - lol. That was one scene I had to work in. It's been a fantasy of mine, and I finally put it in writing. Damn, I really hope they use that in the series in some way. They have got to get in a snog right around the time John gets married, just to muddy the waters a bit.
I love watching the secure-with-their-masculinity Lestrade and John offering a matey kind of support to the Holmes brothers. Now that I look at it, there's a bit of Mystrade in the mix here, if you want to squint. If Sherlock can have his BAMF John, then Mycroft can have his own BAMF DI. It's a mixture I like. :)
Anyway, thank you for your great prompt. I have a blast researching, coming up with ideas, scrounging images and scenes from real life and putting them in fic (there really are Kenyan poachers and Thai fences), and I had a great time writing for you. I'm so pleased you enjoyed it. Thank you for the feedback.