A Holmesian Solstice

Aw! So many things I really appreciate in this fic - Sherlock giving up that the photos were for him, and what's more, he needed them to keep going, the revelation that "the softer, gentler" Sherlock is perhaps the "realer" Sherlock he keeps hidden away because he presumes John's disdain of sentimentality, and, of course, the fact that he's been purposefully tormenting John (and us all) with those tight shirts and straining buttons. Lovely!