Title: Can't Rewind Verse
Author: Basser
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Characters: Sherlock, Mycroft
Warning: NC-17, Drug Abuse, Mention of Slash, murder (Siger), suicidal (Sherlock)
Length: Novel
Status: Ongoing
At age nineteen, Sherlock Holmes dropped out of university to become a drug addict.
At AO3
I really enjoyed:
Pt 1: Internet Killed the Video Star
Pt 2: Can't Rewind Now We've Gone Too Far
Never heard of this author before. Mostly active in Detective Conan and Sherlock Fandom - as I've been out of the former for some time, and just getting into the latter, this is barely a surprise.
Writing style is rather promising - drug abuse stories often glorify the abuse, tend to become overkills. Here, the balance between Sherlock's downward spiral and his mood swings is described beautifully. I am rather critical of drug abuse stories because I don't like them oversimplifying things. Here, the author pays attention to the negative aspects, but also to what keeps addicts doing it (duh, the addiction, but also how they feel about it). Mycroft's meddling seems kind of canon as well, and I can imagine Sherlock as an angry teenager.
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The Smart One
