Title: Graveyard Poppy
Author: AlphaTango
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/John, Mycroft
Warning: R, slash, injury, drug abuse
Length: Novella
Status: Completed
"The fact you endured three years of hell on earth to get back to this flat means that you valued enough of your life before the suicide to come back at all. So feel free to bitch at me, bully me, hurt me, shut me out and hide from me --it won't fucking matter if you do, because I am unwilling to let you go a second time." A story in which John and Sherlock struggle to become what they've always been, Mycroft interferes, and an unforeseen obstacle climbs out of the rubble to threaten everything that they've all worked for.
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This is actually quite a complex relationship. I like my Sherlock hurt, somewhat in need of guidance, emotional but completely overwhelmed because he so is not used to emotions. This is actually... not my cup of tea. Well, it isn't, and yet it is. Sherlock is jumpy, and still caught up in the past three years. He has killed, he has been injured, he has encounter more trouble than he could deal with. John's different. He has accepted that he needs Sherlock, and taken him back. Sherlock though shows little to no development in his affection for John. He simply likes him... because he's still there. Interesting characterization.
