Title: For You and For Myself
Author: soulofair
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/Irene, OFC, OMC, John/Mary
Warning: R, het, pregnancy, character death (Adele, OFC), illness (Sherlock), marriage (OFC)
Length: Novella
Status: Completed
Irene's role in Sherlock's life doesn't just fade away. Fading isn't her thing. Instead, their relationship flourishes.
At FF
Almost epic Sherlock/Irene story. A bit on the light side of style but it's a story woven over decades.
As much as I love this story: I have one major problem with it.
Adele's death did not become real for me. I could not feel it. Not grasp it through Sherlock's and Irene's grief. The closest I came was with Sherlock breaking apart. But I never got to the point where you acknowledge a character's death. It was more like she was away. Thus, the second child seemed like a very bad idea, I couldn't come to terms with that. To me, Sherlock and Irene never really dealt with the loss, they always behaved like Adele was simply 'gone' for an undetermined time. They were sad but not mourning, not grieving. The author didn't manage to induce this magic moment when the reader simply cries because it's too much.
